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This project is to assemble genealogists of note - the scholars who studied the descent of persons or families.
It is organized by area of the world and historical period. Please add your ancestor or role model to the project (must be set to public). Collaborators, feel free to update the overview, particularly in indexing "notables."
Sovereign Dynasties - Western Europe
- Rev. James Anderson, DD (c.1679/80 – 1739) was a Scottish minister and genealogist, chiefly remembered for his monumental compilation Royal Genealogies (1732). Unknown to many modern genealogists, it is the ultimate source in English for many of the myths that still haunt us.
- Stewart Baldwin, FASG (1950- ) works with the history and genealogy of royal and noble families. He is the compiler of the Henry Project, the goal of which is to trace the ancestry of king Henry II of England, with good documentation. He is also the compiler of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table, Kings of the Danes prior to 873, and Kings of the Isle of Man.
- Charles Cawley is the director of The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, a non-profit organization devoted to medieval genealogy and prosopography. He has compiled Medieval Lands ("MedLands"), an "encyclopaedia of territories in the medieval western world and the royal and noble families which ruled them".
- Todd Farmerie is co-listowner of GEN-MEDIEVAL on Rootsweb and a contributor to the Henry Project, the goal of which is to trace the ancestry of king Henry II of England, with good documentation.
- Eduard Karl Heinrich Hevdenreich (1852-1913) Archivist of the City of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, Commissioner for Nobility Affairs in the Royal Saxon Interior Ministry, General Secretary of the Zentralstelle für deutsche Personen- und Familiengeschichte in Leipzig and Lecturer in Genealogy at the Royal Saxon Institute for Culture and Universal-History attached to the University of Leipzig led by Privy Councillor Prof. Dr. Lamprecht. Most famous work: Handbook for Genealogy (2 volumes). Geni profile: Dr. Phil. Eduard Carl Heinrich Heydenreich, Royal Saxon Genealogist
- Johann Hübner (1668-1731) was a German minister, geographer, and historian. He is chiefly remembered for Genealogische Tabellen, a compilation of royal genealogies. One modern historian, noting his credulity, has described him as "not very talented, but very widely read". His work is the original source of many modern genealogical myths. Geni profile: Johann Hübner, Pedagogue & Genealogist
- Eduard Hlawitschka (1928- ) s a German historian whose focus is in the early and high Middle Ages.
- Dr. Katharine Keats-Rohan (1957- ) is a history researcher, specializing in prosopography. She has produced seminal work on early European history, is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern prosopographical and network analysis research.
- Christian Settipani (1961- ) is best known for his work on the genealogy and prosopography of elites in Europe and the Near East. He co-founder and general editor with Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan of the publication series of the Unit for Prosopographical Research, Linacre College, Oxford University.
- Nathaniel Taylor, FASG (1965- ) has a Ph.D. in Medieval History. He has taught history and interdisciplinary medieval studies at the university level. He is also a co-editor of The American Genealogist.
Ancient Rome
- Christian Settipani (1961- ) is best known for his work on the genealogy and prosopography of elites in Europe and the Near East. He co-founder and general editor with Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan of the publication series of the Unit for Prosopographical Research, Linacre College, Oxford University.
- Sir Anthony Wagner, KCB, KCVO, D.LItt, MA, FSA (1908 – 1975) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as Garter Principal King of Arms before retiring to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms. He was one of the most prolific authors on subjects of the heraldry and genealogy of the 20th century.
Western Europe
Barbarian Kingdoms
- Charles Cawley is the director of The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, a non-profit organization devoted to medieval genealogy and prosopography. He has compiled Medieval Lands ("MedLands"), an "encyclopaedia of territories in the medieval western world and the royal and noble families which ruled them".
- Eduard Hlawitschka (1928- ) s a German historian whose focus is in the early and high Middle Ages.
- Sir Anthony Wagner, KCB, KCVO, D.LItt, MA, FSA (1908 – 1975) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as Garter Principal King of Arms before retiring to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms. He was one of the most prolific authors on subjects of the heraldry and genealogy of the 20th century.
Germany
- Johann Hübner (1668-1731) was a German minister, geographer, and historian. He is chiefly remembered for Genealogische Tabellen, a compilation of royal genealogies. One modern historian, noting his credulity, has described him as "not very talented, but very widely read". His work is the original source of many modern genealogical myths.
Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland)
- Carl Ludvig von Schantz was a Swedish genealogist.
- Tore Hermundsson Vigerust was a Norwegian historian, genealogist and politician.
Portugal
- Augusto Soares de Azevedo Barbosa de Pinho Leal, militar e historiador, «Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionário Geográphico, Estatístico, Chorográphico, Heráldico, Archeológico...»
- António Caetano de Sousa
- António Coelho de Pina
- António Godinho, escrivão da Câmara de D. João III
- António Ornelas Mendes
- Anselmo Braamcamp Freire, autor do livro Brasões da Sala de Sintra
- Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena, visconde de Sanches de Baena
- Bernardo Carneiro, genealogista das Terras de Basto
- Carlos Maria Gomes Machado, genealogista em Ponta Delgada, Açores
- Cristóvão Alão de Morais, «Pedatura Lusitana»
- Eugénio de Castro e Almeida, Poeta, introdutor do Simbolismo em Portugal, e professor universitário.
- Fernando de Castro da Silva Canedo, «A Descendência Portuguesa de El-Rei D. João II»
- Felgueiras Gaio, autor de «Nobiliário de famílias de Portugal». Accessible in http://purl.pt/12151/1/
- Francisco Coelho
- Francisco Xavier da Serra Craesbeek, autor de «Memórias Ressuscitadas da Província de Entre-o-Douro e Minho no ano de 1726»
- Francisco Xavier de Moraes Sarmento, escreveu «Famílias transmontanas: descendência de Francisco de Moraes, Palmeirim»
- [Gaspar Frutuoso] autor de "Saudades da Terra", obra de referência para o conhecimento da Macaronésia
- Henrique Leite Pereira de Paiva Távora e Cernache
- Jeronimo de Ataíde, 6º conde de Autoguia, escreveu «Nobiliario das Familias d'este Reyno», quatro tomos, manuscrito que se conserva na livraria do convento da Graça, de Lisboa.
- Jorge Forjaz, escreveu com José Francisco de Noronha a obra «Os luso-descendentes da Índia portuguesa»
- José Barbosa Canaes de Figueiredo Castelo Branco, autor de «Árvores de Costados de Famílias Ilustres de Portugal»
- José de Sousa Machado, «Últimas Gerações de Entre-o-Douro e Minho»
- José Francisco de Noronha, escreveu com Jorge Forjaz a obra «Os luso-descendentes da Índia portuguesa»
- José Freire de Monterroio Mascarenhas
- Inocêncio Francisco da Silva
- Leonel de Abreu de Vasconcelos Soutomaior, «Siqueiros &Pereiras, Manuscrito Genealógico»
- Luís da Gama Ribeiro Rangel de Quadros e Maia, nascido em 1691 e falecido em 1762. Escreveu vários volumes de genealogia editados com notas de Francisco Ferreira Neves, em 1957, em separata do Arquivo do Distrito de Aveiro, com o título Genealogias de Famílias Nobres Aveirenses.
- Luís Peter Clode, escreveu «Registo Genealógico das Famílias que passaram à Madeira», Accessible in http://nesos.madeira-edu.pt/
- Frei Manuel de Santo António e Silva
- Manuel de Sousa da Silva, autor do «Nobiliário das Gerações de Entre-o-Douro e Minho»
- Manuel Rosado Marques de Camões e Vasconcelos
- Manuel Severim de Faria
- D. Pedro, Conde de Barcelos
- Pedro Homem de Mariz Sarmento, escreveu Famílias Portuguesas, Árvores de Costado, e Título dos Dourados
- Famílias bracarenses ou memórias genealógicas de algumas famílias de Minho e Trás os Montes - Tomo I Accessible in http://digitarq.dgarq.gov.pt/details?id=4649624
- Famílias bracarenses ou memórias genealógicas de algumas famílias de Minho e Trás os Montes - Tomo II Accessible in http://digitarq.dgarq.gov.pt/details?id=4649635
- AUTORES DE TRABALHOS GENEALÓGICOS PORTUGUESES E BRASILEIROS, da autoria de Janes Monteiro, Accessible in http://janesmonteiro.paginas.sapo.pt/obraseautores.html
Low Countries
- See related project on Historians and Genealogists of the Low Countries...
Descendants of Judean Exilarchs in Narbonne & Languedoc
Southern Europe
China
Australasia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
Descendants of Judean Exilarchs
Mid East
Descendants of Judean Exilarchs
South Africa
- Johannes August Heese (1907-1990)
- Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers (1850-1887). De Villiers is known as the 'father of South African geneaology'
- Dr. Cornelis Pama (1916-1994)
South America
Brasil
- Carlos Grandmasson Rheingantz
- Luís Gonzaga da Silva Leme - Accessible in http://buratto.org/paulistana/index.htm
- Pedro Taques
- Reynato Frazão de Souza Breves Filho
- Rodolfo Smith de Vasconcelos
Uruguay
- Juan Alejandro Apolant autor de la obra "Génesis de la familia uruguaya"
Central America
Ancient Maya Civilization
United Kingdom
- Peter Clement Bartrum (1907- 2008), was a researcher and genealogist who, from the 1930s onwards, specialised in the genealogy of the Welsh nobility of the Middle Ages.
- William Berry (1774–1851) was an English genealogist.
- John Burke (1786-1848) was an Irish genealogist, and the original publisher of Burke's Peerage. He was the father of Sir Bernard Burke, a British officer of arms and genealogist.
- Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane, KCVO (872 – 1954) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
- James Watson Corder (1867–1953) is a historian best remembered for documenting family history in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. His volumes are today invaluable to people interested in genealogy.
- Charles Aubrey Hamilton Franklyn M.A. M.D. (25 August 1896 – 26 November 1982 (aged 86)) was a British medical doctor, and scholar of genealogy, heraldry, and academic dress.
- Michael Gandy A well known personality in the family history community, Michael Gandy is the editor of the Genealogists’ Magazine, the author of many books on the techniques of genealogy, and an accomplished after dinner speaker.
- Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, MVO (1888 – 1967) was a long-serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
- Mark D. Herber is a British author of genealogy, London legal history and family history books.
- Benjamin Incledon (1730-1796), was an English genealogist.
- Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, GCVO, WS (1893–1971) was the chief heraldic officer of Scotland. He served as Lord Lyon from 1945 to 1969. He is best remembered for Scots Heraldry (1954) and his revision of The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (1952).
- Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, CVO, QC, Ph.D. (1919-1985) was a Scottish genealogist and officer of the Scottish heraldic court. He wrote a number of popular books about heraldry and clans, including The Highland Clans (1967).
- Charles Gordon Mosley (born 1948) is an author, broadcaster, editor, and publisher, best known for having been Editor-in-Chief of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (106th edition) and of the re-titled 107th edition, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage.
- (John) Horace Round (1854–1928) was an historian and genealogist of the English mediaeval period. He translated the Domesday Book for Essex into contemporary English. As an expert in the history of the British peerage, he was appointed honorary historical adviser to the Crown. He is particularly notable for de-bunking many old myths.
- Henry Reed Stiles (1832 – 1909) was a physician who wrote a number of highly regarded historical records and genealogical books during the late 18th and early 19th century
- Richard Gordon FitzGerald Uniacke, FRSAI (1867 – 1934) Latin and historical scholar and genealogist
- Sir Arthur Vicars, KCVO (1862 – 1921) was an English-born genealogist and heraldic expert who spent his adult life in Ireland.
- Sir Anthony Wagner, KCB, KCVO, D.LItt, MA, FSA (1908 – 1975) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as Garter Principal King of Arms before retiring to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms. He was one of the most prolific authors on subjects of the heraldry and genealogy of the 20th century.
- Edward Walford (1823–1897) was a British magazine editor and a compiler of educational, biographical, genealogical and touristic works, perhaps best known for his Old and New London 6 volumes (the first two of which were written by Walter Thornbury), 1878.
- Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, KCB, KCVO (1874-1957) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
United States of America
- Truman Lewis Stone Author of Book II. of the family of John Stone, one of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn., also names of all the descendants of Russell, Bille, Timothy and Eber Stone published 1898, by Buffalo, N.Y. : C.W. Moulton. URL: https://archive.org/stream/bookiioffamilyof00ston#page/325/mode/1up...