genealogist

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Recent Examples of genealogist The organization works with law enforcement agencies nationwide, using volunteer investigative genetic genealogists to build extensive family trees and trace DNA matches. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 According to the district attorney, an investigative genealogist with the Columbus Police Department traced the man’s DNA and identified McNulty as a potential suspect. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Jari Honora, a local genealogist and historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum in the French Quarter, discovered the new pope’s New Orleans roots on Thursday. Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025 As genealogist Peter Sjölund’s groundbreaking work proved, even the most challenging mysteries can, with a little luck, be solved with dogged determination and a willingness to think outside the box. Isabella Wandermurem, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for genealogist
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archivist
Noun
  • Co-curator and Ruocco archivist Todd Pitman provided us with truly remarkable color film footage — now digitized — of the Design Center site and building under construction in 1949.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Genealogist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genealogist. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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