Whitt, Melanie MSc, QG

Description

Melanie Whitt, MSc, QG, is a professional genealogist who works for private clients and as a contractor for Family Locket Genealogists. She earned a Master of Science with Distinction in Genealogical, Paleographic, and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. She is accredited as a Qualified Genealogist with the Register of Qualified Genealogists in the UK. As the product of recent immigration to the US, her work has a strong international focus in France, Sweden, Germany, and the British Isles—in addition to extensive practice in the Great Lakes and Northwest regions of the US. Melanie has additional experience connecting US families back to Eastern Europe through Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Greek Orthodox, and civil records in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Melanie routinely incorporates DNA analysis in her research to identify biological family in cases of adoption, misattributed parentage, unidentified 19th-century females, orphaned ancestors, African-American heritage, and lineage confirmation. She is proficient in using Gephi and DNAGedcom to create and analyze DNA network graphs to identify ancestors.

Continuing Education:

Melanie attended I4GG 2025 and is a regular RootsTech attendee. She completed the Research Like a Pro with AI workshop in 2024. She is a graduate of both Research Like a Pro and Research Like a Pro with DNA study groups, serving as a mentor for the latter.

Presentations:

Melanie will present a DNA-based case study for the Research Like a Pro Series 2025 this October. She has presented other DNA-based case studies for the Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2024, the Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2023, and the Austin Lifetime Learning Institute. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the National Genealogical Society in the US.

When she’s not researching, Melanie enjoys spending time with her family, eating out, traveling, and playing pickleball. She can be reached at mbwgenealogy@gmail.com.