Mark A. Wentling, MLS, CG®

ProGen Member Overview

Mark A. Wentling, MLS, Certified Genealogist, is the owner and full-time forensic genealogist at Ancestor Introductions, LLC, Forensic Genealogy & Professional Family History, based in the Boston-Providence area (U.S.).  He has over 25 years of professional experience, and has specialized in forensic genealogy since 2017, completing thousands of billable hours in probate, kinship and heir research and quiet title cases for attorneys, as well as military repatriation cases for the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

He currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, University of New Haven, where he teaches genealogical research principles and methods, as part of the graduate Certificate in Forensic Genetic Genealogy.

He also serves as the current Vice President of the Association of Professional Genealogists' Forensic Genealogy Special Interest Group.

Mark also specializes in unknown parentage and adoption cases, including DNA consulting, as well as New England and New York family history, lighthouse keeper research, and Mayflower and Revolutionary War lineages. His clients include the Newbury Street Press at New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.  His research has been awarded by the New York State Legislature and New York State Office of Historic Preservation and is used in the permanent exhibits at Rock Island Lighthouse, Fisher’s Landing, New York.

Mark served as Vice President of the New England Chapter of APG from 2018 to 2020, and conceived and implemented a successful peer mentoring program for the chapter in 2019. From 2017 to 2019, he was the chapter’s delegate to the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) conference planning committee, and led development of new features for the chapter’s outreach that resulted in 30 new member signups at the 2019 conference.

In 2018, he served as facilitator for Boston University's "Genealogy Principles" course.