A surname changed after a ship crossed the Atlantic in 1911. Nobody in the family knew why until someone went looking. That's the kind of thing you'll spend your days finding.
We need an
Online Genealogist, remote, full-time,
USD 95,500 a year. You'll trace lineages through census pages, immigration paperwork, and DNA data, then turn what you find into something a family can actually hold onto and understand.
What This Job Really Is
Half research, half people work. A client isn't handing you a puzzle for fun — they're handing you their own history and trusting you not to get it wrong. Some need legal documentation for an inheritance claim or a citizenship application. Others just want to know who their great-great-grandmother was. You'll do both, and the accuracy matters just as much either way.
What You'll Be Doing
- Research family history across local and international archives.
- Search census records and vital records to nail down names, dates, connections.
- Comb through immigration records for movement patterns and origin points.
- Build pedigree charts and family trees clients can actually follow.
- Turn scattered findings into organized documentation they'll keep for years.
- Cross-check DNA results against paper records to confirm ancestral lines.
- Work inside genealogy software and databases to manage active cases.
- Explain what you found in language that doesn't require a glossary.
A Day, Roughly
Mornings tend to start with 1800s immigration records — the kind of detail that can reshape an entire project. By midday you're often confirming a lineage using DNA insights alongside vital records, turning what was a guess into something documented. Some afternoons include a video call, walking a family through progress so far. Evenings usually mean organizing notes so tomorrow doesn't start from scratch.
What You'll Need
- Education: Bachelor's degree.
- Experience: At least 3 years doing genealogical, archival, or historical research.
- Patience for records that refuse to cooperate on the first pass.
- Comfort with census data, immigration files, parish registers, and DNA platforms.
- The ability to explain a complicated finding to someone who's never done this before.
- Real care about context, not just a name and a date.
- Enough independence to run a project solo while staying looped in with the team.
Good to Have
Experience with genealogy software like AncestryPro Tools helps. So does familiarity with standards from groups like the National Genealogical Society, or background handling estate documentation for legal cases.
What You'll Work With
Ancestry databases, digital archives of estate and immigration paperwork, church and parish registers, DNA analysis tools. Genealogy software ties it all together so that pedigree charts and documentation are usable, not just accurate.
Pay and Benefits
- USD 95,500 annually.
- Fully remote — work from wherever the research flows best for you.
- A team that actually collaborates, with weekly huddles for tricky cases.
- Constant exposure to new archives and techniques that build real expertise over time.
What's Genuinely Hard About It
Records go missing. Translations get messy. A family story sometimes flat-out contradicts the paper trail. That's where patience earns its keep. Long stretches alone in the archives can wear on you too, which is part of why the team keeps casual check-ins going instead of leaving people to it.
How the Team Actually Works
Nobody's stuck alone here. Hit a wall tracing someone through immigration records? A quick message to the group often turns up a port or a record type you hadn't tried. Researchers who found this listing through
Naukri Mitra have mentioned that the collaborative side surprised them — genealogy looks solitary from the outside, but it rarely is once you're in it.
What Success Looks Like
Not speed. Accuracy with context — knowing not just that an ancestor existed but what their life probably looked like. When a client gets emotional seeing a finished family tree, that's usually a sign the work was done right.
Who Tends to Do Well Here
People who like puzzles. People with the patience to keep digging past the first dead end. People who care about getting the full story, not just the surface facts. If you were ever the one in your family flipping through old photo albums or asking a grandparent to explain a story again, that instinct fits right in here.
Apply
Send your resume with a short note about a research project — genealogical or not — where sticking with it paid off. We go through applications as they come in and reach out directly to people who look like a fit. Candidates from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, India, and other eligible regions are encouraged to apply.
