Melissa Dalley

Professional Genealogist specializing in Upper Midwest USA
Legacy Research Services
5072167919
Rochester, Minnesota


  • DNA
  • Family History Research

  • DNA
  • Document Retrieval / Record Agent
  • Ethnicity / Religion
  • Family History Research
  • Immigration / Naturalization
  • Tutor / Coach

  • Adoption / Unknown Parentage

  • Handwriting / Palaeography

Melissa conducts research for clients to answer their family history questions and help them pass on that knowledge to their loved ones.

Her genealogical education includes

  • ProGen Study Group 53 
  • Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
  • Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
  • Institute of Genealogy and Historic Research
  • NGSQ study group facilitator
  • Certification Discussion Group

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois, including Cook County
  • Germany, especially former Prussia
  • Scotland

  • 21st Century
  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century

English, German

  • National Genealogy Society
  • Utah Genealogy Society
  • Germanic Genealogy Society
  • various county genealogical societies

Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance with Elective Studies in Business), Wheaton (IL) Conservatory of Music