Kimberly Powell is especially passionate about researching hard-to-find families in the Carolinas and Virginia and sharing her love of genealogy with others through teaching. She is the Director of Education for the National Genealogical Society and a past president of the Association for Professional Genealogists. She served as the Genealogy Expert for About.com for sixteen years and is the author of several books, including most recently “The Challenge of Endogamy and Pedigree Collapse” in Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies and The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd edition. She has also contributed to several popular genealogy magazines, including BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, Family Tree Magazine, and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.

Kimberly enjoys teaching in courses at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), and the GRIP Genealogy Institute, as well as for the online genealogy programs offered through Boston University. She also loves researching land records, reconstructing neighborhoods, and using genetic evidence to help solve complex genealogical problems. You can find her online at Level Up Genealogy, https://www.levelupgenealogy.com.

Courses

  • 2026 – Genetics for Genealogists: Fundamentals of DNA
  • 2026 – Repository Research: From Website to Doorway
  • 2026 – Understanding Land Records
  • 2026 – Core Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2026 – Researching Your South Carolina Roots: Finding Family in the Palmetto State
  • 2025 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2025 – Course Five – Genetics for Genealogists: Fundamentals of DNA
  • 2025 – Course Eight – For Land’s Sake! Advanced Analysis and Platting
  • 2025 – Course Ten – Repository Research: From Website to Doorway, How to Find What You Need
  • 2025 – Course Thirteen – Walking in Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania Research
  • 2024 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2024 – Course Five – Genetics for Genealogists: Fundamentals of DNA
  • 2024 – Course Eight – Understanding Land Records
  • 2023 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2023 – Course Eight – For Land’s Sake! Advanced Analysis and Platting
  • 2022 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2022 – Course Eight – Land Records: Using Maps in Genealogical Research
  • 2021 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2021 – Course Eight – Understanding Land Records
  • 2021 – Course Ten – Genealogy as a Profession
  • 2021 – Course Twelve – DNA as Genealogical Evidence (Advanced)
  • 2020 – Course One – Methods and Sources
  • 2020 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2020 – Course Eight – For Land’s Sake! Advanced Analysis and Platting
  • 2019 – Course One – Methods and Sources
  • 2019 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2019 – Course Eight – Land Records: Using Maps
  • 2018 – Course One – Methods and Sources
  • 2018 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2017 – Course Two – Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
  • 2017 – Course Eight – Understanding Land Records
  • 2017 – Course Ten – Virginia: Her Records and Her Laws