Professional Genealogist
Ethan Russell HatchEthan Russell Hatch was born in California but has lived most of his life in Utah. He graduated in 2026 from Brigham Young University with a double-major in Family History: Genealogy and Russian and a minor in Global Studies. From 2021 to 2023 he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ukraine, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the summer of 2025, Ethan interned at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archives in Oświęcim, Poland, where he was awarded the Museum Director’s Award for his volunteer work. He has also interned at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he focused primarily on genealogical research in Poland, the former Russian Empire, and the Balkan Peninsula.
Ethan is currently employed by Ancestry as an Associate Genealogist in German Research. He is also working on becoming an accredited genealogist in Poland and Southern Germany. He has a deep passion both for researching Eastern European genealogy and for helping others learn about their own family history.
