Freelance Researchers

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History maintains the following list as a service to patrons. To have your name added, email MDAH. The department does not recommend specific researchers or assume responsibility for their work. All inquiries regarding services and fees should be directed to the researcher.

Jen Bullard
contact@thegenealogylab.com
Specializing in Native American Research, DNA interpretation and consultation, and U.S. Southeastern and Southwestern Research.

Heaven Davis
heavengenealogy.business@gmail.com
601-467-8349
Specializing in Lincoln County, Franklin County, and Lawrence County areas.

Thomas J. Fehn
tjfehn31@gmail.com
601-260-6168

Billie S. Fogarty
billiefogarty@aol.com
405-203-1274
Specializing in Native American Research.

Stanley Hastings
stanleyhastings1@hotmail.com
228-224-1940
Specializing in Claiborne County/Port Gibson history; genealogy of Samuel Gibson and descendants; genealogy of Granbery, Wharton, and Hastings families.

Elyse Hill
hill.research@bellsouth.net
Specializing in African American genealogy research in all states. 

Jan Hillegas
newmsian@hotmail.com
601-352-3398
Specializing in Mississippi African American family history, Mississippi civil rights documentation.

Joshua Hodge
joshua.hodge@yahoo.com
601-765-5674
Specializing in Southern Mississippi research and locating living relatives.

Josh Jenkins
services@ancestorstalker.com
443-280-9785
All counties in Mississippi searched, family trees, DNA analysis and custom projects; Native American heritage determination, locate services, onsite federal record research, land records, military records, will/probate and more.

Chris Nordmann
canordmann@sbcglobal.net
314-963-9579
Specializing in St. Louis-area research and free black families, Mobile County, Alabama.

James W. Petty
jwp@heirlines.com
800-570-4049
Specializing in Professional Genealogy Research Services.

Kim Richardson
Southern.Heritage.Genealogy@gmail.com
662-426-6366
Specializing in Mississippi and Arkansas research; will travel to locale to research.

Linda Rudd
lrudd@aol.com
Specializing in Mississippi death certificates, 1912-1943.

Steve Sansom
yorktown1781@att.net
601-957-0764
Specializing in Mississippi and Tennessee research.

Clarise B. Soper
cbsoper@yahoo.com
601-787-3646
Specializing in Mississippi and Alabama genealogical and historical research; will travel to county localities.

Terry Thompson
tterry@att.net
901-240-8177
Specializing in genealogy, courthouse, and photography research.

William Ashley Vaughan
wavaughan70476@earthlink.net
601-366-2907
601-260-1584
Specializing in Mississippi genealogical, historical, and legal research.

Griff Ashley Watson
seabreeze.educational@gmail.com
Specializing in U.S. Southeastern genealogical research.

George R. & Patricia J. Weeks
geopatwks@bellsouth.net
601-591-4958
Specializing in Mississippi Research, National & State Society Applications (DAR, First Families, etc.).

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