User:MelissaMularski

Helping individuals using forensic and traditional genealogy research. I love solving complex questions and helping bring ancestors to life for those interested in their stories.

I've been successfully helping find answers to genetic mysteries using gedmatch, ancestry.com, and traditional genealogy: discovering unknown parents due to adoption, being surprised by unexpected NPEs, proving the ancestry of orphaned many-times-great-grandparents.

Some of my areas of interest


 * unknown family / parentage / ancestor questions
 * complicated family trees
 * discovering alternative forms of vital information when no typical records exist
 * Milwaukee-area cemeteries, especially related to the Milwaukee Co Grounds and defunct historic cemeteries
 * early history of southeastern Wisconsin including what's now the counties of Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha
 * colonial America
 * Calabria, Italy family history and related archives

DNA-related sites


 * GEDmatch, Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage

Software / websites


 * Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Family Tree Maker, Family Book Creator, gedmatch.com, MS Access and Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and Lightroom

Subscriptions / access to notable non-public online Archives/Repositories


 * Access World News - Historic Milwaukee-area papers via NewsBank
 * Ancestry.com World Edition
 * Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers (1840s-90 days ago) via WNA
 * GenealogyBank.com
 * JSTOR- 12M+ academic journal articles, books and primary sources
 * NewspaperArchive.com
 * Newspapers.com Publishers Extra
 * 19th Century US Newspapers via Gale (cengage.com)
 * US Newsstream with Chicago Tribune and LA Times (1980s-today) via ProQuest

Notable local in-person Archives/Repositories


 * Dane Co Courthouse (Wisconsin records)
 * FamilySearch Centers (microfilm and worldwide vital record sets)
 * Milwaukee Co Courthouse (Milwaukee vital records)
 * Milwaukee Historical Society research library
 * Milwaukee Public Library holdings, notably the Frank P Zeidler Humanities Room, local microfilm archives, and Rare Books collection
 * UW-Milwaukee archives and AGSL - the American Geographical Society Library
 * Wisconsin Historical Society library and archives
 * southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois cemeteries, churches, colleges/universities, etc.

Personal genealogy resources


 * 3,000+ historic cataloged electronic books and maps
 * library of 400+ books and maps

Personal related webpages


 * Ancestry extended family tree
 * FindAGrave
 * LinkedIn