Skills
Select one or more knowledge areas or skills to find related occupations.
0 skills selected
Overview
Genealogists compare public records, recorded sources, interviews and other evidence to follow relationships between people and generations.
In job descriptions, look for archive research, family history, pedigree charts, database searches, interviews, transcription, source checking, reports and clear writing of research findings.
Explore this occupation
Search jobsWhat the work involves
Genealogists work with evidence about people, families and generations. Typical work includes archive searches, interviews, source comparison, family trees and written narratives that explain how conclusions were reached.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include genealogy, recorded-source analysis, pedigree charts, qualitative research, database searching, interview documentation, transcription and careful report writing. Some roles also touch family law, copyright or genetic information.
Salary context
Salary context depends on research depth, client type, record access, language coverage, historical period, report responsibility and whether the work includes complex source conflicts or genetic-analysis support.
Career paths
Paths can move toward specialist family history research, archive research, historical writing, records consultancy, client project management or deeper work with legal, genetic or manuscript material.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name archives, public records, interviews, pedigree charts, databases, transcription and written reports. That shows whether the role is research-heavy, client-facing or mainly documentation support.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial occupation information, not official labour-market statistics or occupation-specific salary advice.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Other personal service activities n.e.c.
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include marriage counsellor, chaplain and minister of religion.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
Map overview
Click the map to search for genealogist jobs.
— Jobs total — Countries with jobs
O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Historians
19-3093.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
96.99Other personal service activities n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
historian (2633.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5f45a1ea-4d1b-43c3-b6a8-53b2276b3eb3 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2633.1.1 |
| ISCO group | 2633 |
| Concept type | Occupation |