Bio: Linda Jonas has been conducting full-time genealogical research for more than 40 years. She has extensive experience in international genealogy, reading genealogical records in multiple languages. She is co-author with Paul Milner of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors (Betterway Books, 2000) and A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors (Betterway Books, 2002).

Linda specializes in using DNA to identify familial relationships. In 2005, she established the first ever DNA haplogroup project--the U5 mitochodrial DNA project. Linda has also been co-administrator of the British Isles DNA Project and of several Y-DNA surname projects. At the request of GeneTree and the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, she became a staff trainer and consumer consultant. Using Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA, Linda is uniquely qualified to use DNA with traditional genealogy to find verify current relationships and extend pedigrees.

Linda Jonas is the former president of the British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A. and has been the Director of the McLean [Virginia] Family History Center and past President of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society.