Bernard Meisner, PhD, began researching his family over 30 years ago and enjoys sharing lessons learned from that experience, including his mistakes. Although he knew only one grandparent– his maternal grandfather– he has successfully identified all his great-great-grandparents, several third- and fourth-great-grandparents, and his Meisner eighth-great- grandparents. He is co-leader of the Dallas Genealogical Society’s German SIG and a member of the TxSGS, Germanic, and NGS Genealogical Societies.