Professional Genealogist
Jessica Schneider
Jessica Schneider is a professional genealogist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving families, attorneys, and fiduciaries across the United States. She specializes in heir search and estate research, Canadian citizenship by descent, tribal enrollment and Métis family history, and complex records research that demands a high standard of proof.
Experience and approach
Jessica's work combines deep knowledge of historical records with disciplined, evidence-based reasoning. When a record is not where it should be, she does not stop there. She reconstructs who a person was, how they lived, and where someone like them would have left a documentary trace, then correlates evidence across sources to build a defensible picture of a family and the relationships within it. Her research is documented to the standard required for legal and estate matters, and clearly explained for the families she works with.
She works with estate attorneys, probate courts, fiduciaries, and individual clients, on projects ranging from identifying and locating heirs to intestate estates, to documenting a chain of descent for a Canadian citizenship application, to establishing verified ancestry for tribal enrollment.
Credentials and affiliations
- Member, Association of Professional Genealogists
- Vice President, Colorado chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
- Member, National Genealogical Society
- Member, Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society
Areas of expertise
- Heir search and estate administration research
- Canadian citizenship by descent and records retrieval
- Tribal enrollment and Métis family history research
- Probate and forensic genealogy
- Records research across archives, vital records offices, and repositories
Recent articles by Jessica
Why Now Is the Best Time to Research Your Family History 
Where to Start With Genealogy When You Know Almost Nothing About Your Family 
German and Eastern European Immigration to the Midwest: The Records That Trace Your Ancestors