Sheri Long, genealogist and founder of Longtime Genie
Founder & Genealogist

Hi, I'm Sheri.

I've spent years helping people uncover the truth about their families — sometimes joyful, sometimes hard, but always meaningful.

When you understand where you come from, you start to understand where you're going.

Sheri Long The Digger

Why I Do This Work

Genealogy isn't just dates on a chart. It's the inheritance of who you are. I started this work because I kept noticing the same thing in conversation after conversation: people carrying questions about their families they couldn't quite put into words. Gaps in the story. A grandmother who never quite added up. A father who was never named. A feeling that something — or someone — was missing.

I dig because those questions deserve answers. And because the answers — even the hard ones — almost always free people in ways they didn't expect.

What Makes a Good Digger

Good genealogy is part research, part intuition, and part stubbornness. It takes patience to read faded census records, skill to connect a DNA match to a name, and care to deliver findings to a person whose life is about to shift. I bring all three to every case I take on — and I treat every family's story like it matters, because it does.

The Way I Work

I'm thorough. I'm honest. I'm gentle with sensitive findings, and I never share what I uncover beyond the people who hired me to find it. Whether you're searching for a biological parent, building a family tree to leave to your grandchildren, or trying to make sense of patterns that keep repeating — I'll meet you where you are and walk with you all the way through.

What I Promise

Three things, every time.

01

Honesty

I'll tell you what the records say — even when the truth is complicated. No embellishment.

02

Care

Sensitive findings are delivered with the respect and gentleness they deserve.

03

Persistence

Other researchers stop at the dead end. That's usually where I find what I came for.

Let's talk about your family.

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