J. Mark Lowe describes himself as “born to be curious.” He is a professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark enjoys opportunities to share what he has learned over the years through YouTube, Webinars, and Institutes.

He served as the Course Coordinator for ‘Research in the South’ at IGHR (Georgia), SLIG (Utah), and TIGR (Texas), does Webinars for Legacy Family Tree Webinars and has worked on several genealogical television series including Follow Your Past, African American Lives 2, Who Do You Think You Are? and UnXplained Events, and podcasts, including Twice Removed and Blast From My Past.

Mark has published in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (APGQ), National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ), FGS’ FORUM, The Longhunter (So. Ky. Genealogical Society), Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society Quarterly, North Carolina Genealogical Quarterly, and other society publications. He is a Past President of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), and Past President of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Mark is a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Society and was awarded the Graham T. Smallwood award and Lifetime Membership award by the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Website: http://www.kytnresearch.com/
Blog: Keeping the Story Alive: http://keepingthestoryalive.blogspot.com/
Kentucky/Tennessee Stories: http://kytnstories.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @JLowe615
Instagram: @kytnresearch
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JLoweGenealogy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kytnresearch

Courses

  • 2026 – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories
  • 2026 – Building African American Families: Records, Resources & Documentation
  • 2025 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Colonial States
  • 2024 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Trans-Mississippi South
  • 2024 – Course Eleven – Researching African American Ancestors: Government Records and Beyond
  • 2023 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories
  • 2022 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Colonial States
  • 2022 – Course Eleven – Researching African American Ancestors: Courthouse Records
  • 2021 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Trans-Mississippi South
  • 2020 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories
  • 2019 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Colonial States
  • 2018 – Course Six – Research in the South: Trans-Mississippi South
  • 2017 – Course Six – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories