Genealogy careers & jobs for freelancers

Project: Family History and Photography book, self-published.

Skills: Highly experienced with Adobe InDesign for book interior layout and exterior hard cover (perhaps with end papers). Expertise to create, design, layout book with around 200-220 pages of text (66,000 words) and 120-140 full and half page high quality 300dpi color photographs and charts with descriptions anchored to pictures. Includes headers, footers, page numbers, footnotes, TOC, front and back matter.

Good, clear communications; reasonable English proficiency; able to communicate via phone/text/email/video conference as needed.

Deliverable: Successful completion of Print ready 320-350 book, ready for Mixam Printing designed to their printing/layout standards - high quality PDF file, set for 7x9 size (Large US Trade), 100 lb satin paper, hardbound, color. Open to your suggestions.

All photographs have been fully restored, color-corrected, and upscaled to clean, print-ready 300dpi CMYK formats per Mixam. The final layout should aim for an estimated total page count as required by Mixam processes (e.g., page count divisible by 4).

My deliverables for the Designer: (1) fully edited Word File (text/narrative, with suggested formatting, Garamond 12pt etc) with explicit placement tags; (2) clearly labeled and chronologically numbered Photograph File with 300dpi high-resolution photos; and (3) Picture Description File - labeled photo captions ready to be anchored to photos. These files will be ready within 7 to 10 days from now. ISBN / Bar Code is ready. An example of Chapter 1 is attached with picture placeholders (PDF).

Time schedule: November 1, 2026, complete near final draft for press proof. Make minor adjustments as needed.

PROJECT OVERVIEW:
I am seeking a reliable local field researcher or genealogist based in Nigeria (Ogun or Lagos State) to assist with genealogical research and physical document retrieval for the lineage of Alhaji Jinadu Alatishe (Ogunroyega Ruling House, Ososa-Ijebu / Lagos).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Research and compile an organized family tree of the direct descendants/children across the 9 households of Alhaji Jinadu Alatishe. Special focus much be given to the branch I am related to.
• Visit local government registries, court registries, or family representatives to locate or procure official copies of relevant death certificates, affidavits, or public records.
• Conduct brief interviews or consultations with family historians or local council representatives if required.

DELIVERABLES:
1. Photos & Documentation of Burial Sites: Clear, high-resolution photographs of gravesites, tombstones, or family vaults (with location details).
2. Document Copies: High-quality scans/photos of retrieved official documents (e.g., Death Certificates, Affidavits of Next of Kin/Death, or registry entries).
3. Family Tree Report: A structured PDF or spreadsheet detailing identified children, households, and verified biographical details.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be physically located in or able to travel easily around Ogun State (Odogbolu/Ijebu-Ode/Ososa) and Lagos.
• Proven experience in field research, investigative reporting, paralegal work, or genealogy.
• Strong communication skills and professional etiquette when dealing with family members, court officials, or community elders.

I need an editor for my dissertation. Dr Hartzell from Concordia TX recommended you. Chapters 1-5 are written. I am in the process of cleaning up my references and citations. Not sure if I’ve filled this form out correctly

Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced genealogist for case-by-case assignments involving complex heir and ownership research tied to real estate (probate, intestate estates, and title issues).

This is not basic research—we are looking for a specialist who can independently reconstruct family lineage, identify rightful heirs, and navigate incomplete or conflicting records.

This is independent contractor work. You should be equipped with the tools and resources needed to conduct professional-level genealogical research.

Our business is growing nationally, so we will be a steady source of complex and real-world cases for the most qualified candidate.

We value accuracy, efficiency, and clear conclusions—our goal is to build long-term relationships with a small number of highly capable specialists.

Scope of Work:

– Analyze deceased ownership scenarios and determine likely heirship paths
– Conduct deep genealogical research using public records, historical data, and proprietary databases
– Reconstruct accurate family trees with supporting documentation
– Identify and help verify potential heirs
– Provide clear, concise summaries of findings and confidence levels

Ideal Candidate:

– Significant experience in professional genealogy or heir search
– Strong understanding of U.S. probate and intestate succession
– Comfortable working with incomplete, messy, or conflicting data
– Able to think critically and form defensible conclusions—not just gather data

Engagement Structure:

– Project-based / as-needed
– We will bring you in on higher-value or complex cases

Archoral is seeking a proactive, results-oriented coordinator to find, pursue, and track paid speaking, workshop, conference, webinar, podcast, and related opportunities for our CEO.

This role is not limited to researching opportunities or organizing a spreadsheet. We need someone who can manage the process from discovery through submission and follow-up:

- Find strong, relevant opportunities
- Identify opportunities with compensation, sponsorship, or revenue potential
- Evaluate requirements, deadlines, audience fit, and likely value
- Adapt our existing course and presentation descriptions to meet each application’s format and character limits
- Complete and submit applications and online forms
- Track every submission and its progress
- Follow up appropriately
- Proactively work toward securing bookings and paid engagements

We will provide background materials, speaker information, course descriptions, and other core content. You will be responsible for tailoring those materials to each opportunity and moving submissions forward accurately and on time.

## About Archoral

Archoral works in digital archiving, family history, genealogy, storytelling, photo preservation, libraries, aging, care communities, education, cultural heritage, and community memory.

Our CEO is available for virtual and in-person:

- Keynotes and conference presentations
- Workshops and professional training
- Webinars
- Podcast appearances
- Panel discussions
- Association and community presentations
- Educational programs
- Consulting and partnership opportunities

## Key Responsibilities

### Find Opportunities

Research relevant opportunities through conferences, associations, speaker platforms, podcasts, libraries, museums, educational organizations, care communities, cultural institutions, and other appropriate channels.

We want someone who actively looks for both visibility and revenue—not someone who waits for us to provide every lead.

### Evaluate and Prioritize

Assess each opportunity based on:

- Audience and subject-matter fit
- Compensation or revenue potential
- Visibility and strategic value
- Submission requirements
- Deadline and lead time
- Travel or delivery requirements
- Likelihood of acceptance
- Effort required to apply

Clearly distinguish paid opportunities from unpaid opportunities and prioritize those most likely to produce meaningful business results.

### Prepare and Submit Applications

Using the information we provide:

- Select the most relevant presentation, course, or workshop
- Edit titles and descriptions to match the opportunity
- Shorten or expand content to meet word or character limits
- Answer application questions accurately
- Complete submission forms
- Confirm that all required materials are included
- Save copies of submitted responses and confirmation details

### Track Progress and Follow Up

Maintain a clear Google Sheets tracker showing:

- Organization and opportunity
- Contact information
- Opportunity type
- Compensation or revenue potential
- Submission deadline
- Requirements
- Proposed topic
- Submission date
- Current status
- Follow-up date
- Response or decision
- Next action
- Relevant links and notes

Follow up when appropriate and keep our CEO informed about important deadlines, responses, and next steps.

## First Milestone: Paid Trial

The project will begin with a paid trial so we can evaluate your research, judgment, writing, accuracy, initiative, and communication.

For the first milestone, you will:

- Research and identify 10–20 strong opportunities
- Prioritize paid or revenue-generating opportunities
- Recommend which opportunities should be pursued first
- Create a clear submission and follow-up tracker
- Prepare tailored materials for the best initial opportunities
- Submit applications for approved opportunities
- Document exactly what was submitted
- Identify missing information, risks, or recommended next steps

Strong performance may lead to ongoing work managing the full opportunity pipeline.

## Ideal Candidate

You are likely a strong fit if you:

- Have experience researching and submitting to speaking, conference, workshop, webinar, podcast, grant, or professional opportunities
- Are proactive and motivated by results
- Know how to find opportunities beyond obvious search results
- Can identify potential sources of income as well as exposure
- Write clearly and professionally
- Can edit content precisely to meet word and character limits
- Are comfortable completing detailed online applications
- Track deadlines and follow-ups reliably
- Exercise good judgment when evaluating opportunities
- Communicate questions and recommendations clearly
- Can work independently without needing step-by-step direction
- Are comfortable using Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Sheets

Experience in speaker booking, conference submissions, business development, public relations, podcast pitching, executive support, or marketing outreach is strongly preferred.

Knowledge of genealogy, libraries, archives, education, aging services, memory care, storytelling, or cultural heritage is helpful but not required.

## What We Do Not Want

Please do not apply if your experience is limited to:

- Copying and pasting information
- Building lists without taking action
- Waiting for us to provide every opportunity
- Submitting generic, unchanged descriptions
- Tracking activity without pursuing results

We need someone who can find opportunities, adapt our materials, complete submissions, follow up, and help turn opportunities into confirmed—and ideally paid—engagements.

## To Apply

Please include:

1. A brief description of similar opportunity research and submission work you have completed
2. Examples of the types of engagements, applications, or bookings you have helped secure
3. How you find paid speaking, workshop, conference, or podcast opportunities
4. How you evaluate which opportunities are worth pursuing
5. How you ensure submissions meet detailed requirements and character limits
6. The tools you use to track applications, deadlines, and follow-ups
7. Your availability this week
8. Your proposed fixed price for the first milestone

To show that you read the entire posting, begin your proposal with:

**Opportunity to Booking**

Generic or copy-and-paste proposals will not be considered.

I am looking for an experienced full-stack developer to build a professional MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) website and Android app for a skill-based platform.
The project should include the following features:
User Registration & Login
KYC Verification
Referral System
Binary/Unilevel MLM Plan
Team Tree & Genealogy
Wallet & Fund Management
Income & Bonus Reports
Withdrawal Request System
Admin Dashboard
Training & Education Module
Notifications
Invoice Generation
Secure Payment Gateway Integration
Responsive Website
Android App

I am looking for a reliable local assistant or fixer who is physically located in Odesa, Ukraine, for a quick, straightforward task at a local Tairovskoye cemetery.

I have an older photo of a relative's gravestone and need someone to visit the cemetery, take a fresh photo, and ask a quick question at the administration office.

Here’s a concise but professional Upwork job post that should attract experienced ghostwriters without overwhelming them:

Ghostwriter Needed for Family History & Legacy Book

For a “Fixed Price – Open to Proposals” work, I am looking for an experienced nonfiction ghostwriter to transform my existing manuscript, notes, family records, and additional interviews into a compelling, professionally written book.

This is not a book from scratch. I already have substantial content, including:

* A draft manuscript
* Detailed family history and genealogy
* Personal stories and historical background
* Additional notes and supporting materials

The ideal writer will:

* Organize and strengthen the narrative
* Preserve my voice while making the writing engaging
* Identify gaps and suggest additional material where needed
* Produce a book that reads like a professionally published memoir/family history

Preferred experience

* Ghostwriting nonfiction, memoirs, biographies, or family histories
* Strong storytelling and developmental editing skills
* Excellent written English
* Ability to conduct occasional interviews if needed

Please include with your proposal:

1. Links or samples of similar books you’ve written (preferably memoirs or biographies).
2. Your approach to transforming an existing manuscript into a polished book.
3. Your estimated timeline and pricing.
4. Why you believe you’d be a good fit for this project.

This is an important legacy project for my family, so I’m looking for someone who values accuracy, storytelling, and collaboration as much as excellent writing.

I am seeking an experienced UK-based genealogist for a focused, short-term research project involving a family with connections to both England and the United States.

The known children were born in the London area between approximately 1889 and 1895. Their father died in 1898, and the family also had significant ties to Liverpool. Records show that members of the family traveled between England and the United States several times.

One daughter remained in the United States. I have been unable to determine what happened to the other two daughters after their time in the U.S. The primary goal is to determine whether they returned to England, married, and had children or other descendants there.

The researcher will be provided with the records, names, dates, travel information, and research already completed.

Scope of Work

The selected researcher will:

Review the family information and records I provide.
Confirm the identities and relationships of the known family members.
Determine whether the parents had any additional children.
Search UK-specific records and databases for the two daughters who have not been traced.
Determine whether either daughter returned to the United Kingdom after traveling to the United States.
Look for possible marriages, children, deaths, census entries, electoral records, probate records, or other evidence of their later lives in England.
Pay particular attention to records connected to London and Liverpool.
Consider spelling variations, age discrepancies, and possible married surnames.

Deliverables

A formal genealogical report is not required. At the conclusion of the project, I would like:

Copies or images of relevant records located.
A list of databases, archives, libraries, and other sources consulted.
A brief written summary of the research performed.
The researcher’s conclusions regarding the family structure and the later lives of the two daughters.
An explanation of any likely matches that cannot be conclusively proven.

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal applicant will have:

Demonstrated experience researching families in England.
Access to UK-specific genealogy databases, archives, and library collections.
Strong experience with English civil registration, census records, parish records, passenger lists, probate records, electoral registers, and newspaper collections.
Experience tracing women after marriage and distinguishing between individuals with similar names.
The ability to clearly document sources and explain conclusions without preparing an extensive formal report.

Please describe your experience with similar UK family reconstruction projects, the principal resources you expect to use, your hourly rate or proposed fixed fee, and the approximate number of research hours you recommend for an initial review.

This is intended to be a focused project. I would prefer to begin with a limited number of hours and then decide whether additional research is warranted based on the initial findings.

40 Acres AI is an AI-powered historical intelligence platform that transforms millions of fragmented historical, legal, demographic, genealogical, land, and economic records into an evidence-based research system.
Unlike general-purpose AI assistants, 40 Acres AI is designed to produce verifiable, citation-backed answers, that professionals can rely on for scholarship, litigation support, policy development, journalism, genealogy, and education.
The platform's core principle is:
Every claim must be traceable to documentary evidence.

I will provide my davidski G25 coordinates and I want some professional to provide me with the possible best fit qpadm models including Steppe_MLBA, A. The job requires an intermediate level of proficiency in genetic genealogy and qpadm modeling.

Subject Matter Expert in genealogy for the HivewareApp MyPeople project. In particular, exercising the up-and-coming Hiveware Domain Specific Language (HwDSL) capability applied specifically to the Hiveware built-in MyFamily tab of the hive MyPeople hive. 

Skills: Microsoft

ITALIAN HISTORIAN / GENEALOGIST / ARCHIVAL RESEARCHER
Paid Per Verified Historical Document

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

I am seeking an experienced Italian historian, genealogist, or archival researcher to locate original historical records relating to my ancestor:

ERNESTO DANIO
• Born: 1880
• Pagani, Salerno, Italy
• Labor leader
• Political prisoner
• Anti-Fascist
• Spanish Civil War volunteer

This is a long-term historical research project. I am looking for ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS from archives, churches, museums, libraries, universities, government agencies, and historical organizations.

PAY

$10 USD for EACH NEW VERIFIED DOCUMENT batch obtained from a DIFFERENT archive, organization, church, government office, museum, library, university, or historical institution.

Examples include:

• Birth Certificate
• Baptism Record
• Marriage Record
• Death Certificate
• Children's Birth Records
• Church Records
• Military Records
• Draft Records
• Prison Records
• Court Records
• Property Records
• Census Records
• Immigration Records
• Passenger Manifests
• Fascist Police Files
• Casellario Politico Centrale Records
• Lipari Confinement Records
• Spanish Civil War Records
• French Police Records
• Intelligence Files
• Newspaper Articles
• Obituaries
• Original Photographs
• Personal Letters
• Government Correspondence
• Signatures
• Museum Records
• University Archive Records
• Any other original historical documents.

REQUIREMENTS

Each submission must include:

• Scan or photograph of the original document
• Archive or organization name
• Archive citation or reference number
• Date of document
• English summary or translation

Duplicate documents or records previously submitted will not be paid.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluent Italian required
• English preferred
• Experience with Italian genealogy
• Experience with Italian State Archives
• Experience with church archives
• Experience with military and political archives
• Ability to visit archives in person is a plus

BONUS

Performance bonuses are available for exceptional discoveries, including:

• Previously unpublished photographs
• Intelligence dossiers
• Prison files
• Military files
• Personal correspondence
• Large archival collections
• Any major historical discovery relating to Ernesto Danio.

This project may involve researching more than 100 original historical documents over several months. Researchers who consistently produce high-quality work will receive additional assignments.

Hi

I am looking for an experienced genealogy researcher to help locate records of a Lebanese (then classified as "Syrian") immigrant who lived in the United States between approximately 1892 and 1912.

BACKGROUND:
My ancestor emigrated from Lebanon to Brazil around 1882, stayed approximately 10 years, then moved to the United States around 1892. He lived in the US for about 20 years before returning to Lebanon around 1912, leaving behind his American wife and three children.

KNOWN INFORMATION:
• Full name: Mustafa Muhammad El-Mir (Arabic: مصطفى محمد المير)
• Possible name variations: Elmir / El-Mir / Al-Mir / Elmire / Mir / Emir
• Born: approximately 1860, Lebanon
• Religion: Muslim
• In the US: approximately 1892 to 1912
• Occupation: clothing merchant / dry goods store owner (his American wife also worked in the store)
• Wife: American woman (name unknown)
• Children left in the US:
– A daughter named Bahia (Bahiyya)
– Two sons (one possibly named Mohamed Shafiq)
• Unknown state of residence

NOTE: Since he arrived before 1906, naturalization may have occurred at a state, county, or municipal court rather than a federal court. Also note that Lebanese/Syrians of that era were often recorded as "Turkish" or "Syrian" in US records.

WHAT I NEED:
1. Search the 1900 and 1910 US Census for Mustafa El-Mir and all name variations
2. Search for any Naturalization records (Declaration of Intention / Petition for Naturalization)
3. If found: provide the full record details including state of residence, wife's name, children's names and ages
4. If not found under his name: search for the daughter "Bahia Elmir" or any variation, as her name is rare and may be easier to trace

DELIVERABLES:
• Written report of findings (even if no records found)
• Copies or screenshots of any matching records

BUDGET: Fixed price, please provide your quote.
TIMELINE: Within 2 weeks

Please only apply if you have experience with:
- US Census records (1900, 1910)
- Pre-1906 naturalization records
- Arabic/Syrian/Lebanese immigrant research
- FamilySearch and Ancestry.com databases

Thank you.

I have the name, birth, and death dates of a person in Spain whose ancestry and descendants I would like to reveal.