Professional Genealogist

Lori Samuelson

Lori Samuelson, M.A., M.Ed., NBCT Emeritus, is an author, educator, researcher, and lecturer. She blogs weekly at GenealogyAtHeart.com, focusing on sensitive subjects and heartwarming genealogical finds. Lori has written for a number of genealogy publications and journals and authored an eBook, Perseverance Amidst Adversity: The Ancestry of Three George Harbaughs. She has presented on a variety of genealogical topics throughout the U.S.

In May 2024, along with six other professional genealogists, Lori presented Rapid Roots: Seven Share Their Secrets in Seven Minutes at the NGS online conference. She will be presenting Preserving the Past, Preparing for the Future: Diversifying Your Genealogy Practice in an Uncertain World for the online Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference, and Tracing Noble Roots at the International Conference of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in person in Boston in September 2024.