About

Hi, I’m Abby Peart—the researcher behind Redbud Genealogy and a lifelong detective of the dearly departed. Armed with a genealogy certificate from Boston University and a bookshelf groaning under the weight of census records, probate files, and antique city directories, I help clients untangle their family trees (and sometimes their family legends).

Whether you're searching for Revolutionary War ancestors or trying to prove great-grandma wasn’t actually born on a pirate ship, I bring both rigorous research and a good sense of humor to every case. I specialize in Midwestern families, house histories, and those elusive ancestors who seem to vanish just before the 1850 census.

When I’m not knee-deep in 19th-century handwriting or explaining to people that “no, I can’t get you back to Adam and Eve,” you’ll find me exploring cemeteries, drinking too much coffee, or organizing another drawer of old photographs. Let’s dig into your roots—no shovel required.