Corporate Genealogist

Crista Cowan

Crista Cowan has been employed by Ancestry.com since 2004; her involvement in family history, however, reaches all the way back to childhood. From being parked under a microfilm reader at the Family History Library in her baby carrier to her current career as a professional genealogist, Crista has spent thousands of hours discovering, documenting, and telling family stories. Known online as "The Barefoot Genealogist" she shows up on Ancestry Virtual Events and Facebook LIVE regularly to provide you with the skills and resources you need to be successful on your family history journey.