A professional genealogist may help you in descendancy research. A genealogist identifies people who descended from a particular individual. For example, you may be a descendant of Daniel Boone and want to start a family organization of his descendants to share genealogical information. A professional genealogist can help you identify the frontiersman's descendants so you can contact them. Finding Missing People.
Many people employ genealogists to find missing relatives or lost friends.
Some adopted children hire professional genealogists to help them find their birth parents. To save time and avoid travel costs, you can employ a record searcher to find and review the records for you. Record searchers review only the records you instruct them to search. Providing Other Services. Deciphering handwriting on old records.