Sr. Family History Researcher

Lisa Elzey

Lisa Elzey is a Sr. Story Producer at Ancestry®. Her latest project was leading the Ancestry® team on the award-winning Paramount and Ancestry® produced documentary short with Henry Louis Gates Jr., “A Dream Delivered: The Lost Letters of Hawkins Wilson.” As a genealogist of more than 20 years, Lisa specializes in family history DNA cases combined with genealogical evidence, U.S. family history research, and finding those elusive family history stories to then share and inspire. Lisa firmly believes there is a story in every family tree waiting to be discovered.