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Annette Burke Lyttle holds the Certified Genealogist® credential and owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing.

She loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. Annette speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the national, state, and local levels. She has a master's degree in English and a bachelor's degree in journalism. Annette has been researching her family on and off since high school, and she has been a full-time genealogist since 2012.

Her genealogical education has included the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, the British Institute, the ProGen Study Group, and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly Study Group. She is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG). She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is editor of The Florida Genealogist.

Services

Research, coaching, education, and writing. 

Geographic Specialities
Midwest, Northeast

Additional specialities or search keywords
Quaker, Colonial, African-American, Migration, Civil War, Military

Publications/Media

• "ProGen Study Group, " Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2017.
• "Uncovering the Stories of Farming Ancestors, " National Genealogical Society Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 3, July-September 2017.
• "Researching the 'Friends' in Your Family." FGS FORUM, Winter 2019, vol. 31 no. 4.
• "Quakers and Slavery in the City of Brotherly Love," National Genealogical Society Magazine, April-June 2020, vol. 46, no. 2.

Lectures

• Genealogical Proof for the Everyday Genealogist
• Timelines: A Path to Your Next Research Steps
• How Research Plans Can Up Your Genealogical Game
• Prospecting for Family History in Unexpected Places
• Reconstructing the Lives of Our Farming Ancestors
• What is Social History and Why Should a Genealogist Care?
• How Advertising Brought Our Ancestors to the Midwest
• Turn Family History Facts into Stories You Can Share
• Probate Records: Wills and a Whole Lot More
• The Erie Canal and the Opening of the Midwest
• The National Road: America s First Federal Highway
• Border What Border? Our Ancestors Who Called Both Canada and the USA Home
• Free Online Genealogical Education
• Your Education Plan for Going Pro
• Chasing Uncle William Through the Wilds of Cyberspace
• Slavery, Quakers, and the Underground Railroad
• What Did You Do in the War, Granny? Women in the Army in World War II
• How Settlers Guides Can Help Us Understand Our Ancestors Lives
• Tax Records: More Exciting Than You Might Think

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century

Honorifics/Credentials
CG®

Degrees
B.A. (Journalism), M.A. (English Language and Literature)