Jamie Wasilchenko is passionate about her work as a Professional Genealogist and Heirloom Preservationist.

In this episode, Jamie shares her earliest adventures in family history as a nine-year-old child listening to stories from her paternal grandfather; and traveling with her step-mother on research trips.

Jamie has a unique skill-set in Genealogy and Preservation: Her services include:

1. Family Tree Foundations
2. Branches & Leaves
3. Brick Wall Research
4. The DIYer Package
5. Mapping & Trip Planning
6. Ancestral Biographies
7. Heirloom Preservation & Digitization
8. Technology & Organisation
9. Record Retrievals
10. Consultations

Her advice to researchers is to get micro local, visit archival repositories in person if you can, but even if you live far away, conduct a search for the local historical societies, local libraries that might have a history room, any of these, small organizations and reach out to them.

Jamie's package of services is displayed here on her Shifting Sands Genealogy website.