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At Family Fondue Genealogy, we do all the things you’d expect Professional Genealogists to do, we just do them a bit differently.

While we deal in historical fact, we remember and respect that those facts represent the lives of your family members – all the ingredients in your melting pot that have blended to make YOU.

They come to life again for us through stories of adventure, achievement, laughter and sadness that we share with you.

We love what we do, and we want you to love working with us.

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Genealogical Research

We’ll uncover your family tree, from roots to leaves, and every gnarled branch in between.

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Lineage Societies

Patriots in the family? We can help you gather the documentation needed for your Lineage Society Applications.

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Adoptee Heritage

For an adoptee, searching for family history can seem daunting. It doesn’t have to be, and you don’t have to do it alone.

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DNA Analysis

We speak fluent DNA. We’ll asess your chromosomes and centimorgans, and help you leverage your new knowledge into meaningful results.

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Research Team

Recognizing that it ALWAYS takes a village, we pool our knowledge for you.

Maria Blais O’Laughlin

Pro Genealogist & Owner

A graduate of Boston University’s Advanced Genealogical Research Certificate Program and former corporate analyst, Maria loves nothing more than hunting proverbial needles in historical haystacks.

With over ten years’ experience in family history research, she specializes in Ellis Island immigration, DNA Analysis, Adoption Heritage and Storytelling.
(If you want any skeletons “found and made to dance”? Maria’s your girl.)

Cheryl Nestler Odell

Consulting Genealogist

Another graduate of Boston University’s Advanced Genealogical Research Certificate Program, Cheryl knows the War of American Independence like it happened in her backyard. (Which is hilarious, since she’s from California.)

Our go-to expert in Lineage Societies, Cheryl has her own family history business, but we love her so much, we drag her over to play when we can.

Laura Brickhouse Dickson

Consulting Genealogist

Laura’s the mathemetician. Seriously – she’s been comptroller for enormous companies. She’s detailed, she’s focused, and she’s ALL about facts adding up.

(In genealogy, like in math, facts run the show.)

Laura also helps to make sure that we don’t spend more than we make. And, if Maria doesn’t stop giving away free t-shirts, she’s going to have to get tough…

Annette Miller Rice

Consulting Genealogist

Pennsylvania native Annette has Amish/Mennonite family roots, and we defer to her in all things PA Dutch as well as Old German. In deference to this heritage, note the pic, above, is of her ancestor John Yoder.

After many years as a teacher, Annette is a stickler for the quality and accuracy that defines a great historian.

Document Detectives

With nearly three quarters of the world’s historical records not yet digitized, much of what we need to find for you is still hiding in libraries, archives and historical repositories. Our network of intrepid researchers is then deployed to acquire and sometimes translate documents – resulting in cost savings for you, our clients.