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Daisson, Melody
Melody Daisson is a professional genealogist, professor, and blogger. She is accredited in the United States Southeast Region. Her areas of expertise include Southern Colonial Research, Southern States Civil War Era research, and research in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina 1763-1940. She specializes in solving brick walls and untangling incorrect online family trees through evidence analysis. Melody also specializes in DNA and genetic genealogy. She actively researches lines that have community endogamy and unknown parentage cases. Melody accepts client work for any region of the United States. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University where she studied Midwestern Research, Urban Research, and Latter-Day Saint Research. Melody is passionate about education. She completed the following week-long institutes: - Brigham Young University Family History Conference, 2017, 2018 - Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Advanced Land Mapping, 2018 - Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Technical Writing, 2020 - Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Research in the South: Cessions and Territories - Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Introduction to DNA, 2021 - Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh, Tackling Tough Research Problems, 2021 - Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh, Advanced DNA, 2021 - Write It Up Workshop, Tom Jones, 2021 - Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, DNA as Genealogical Evidence, 2021