Jim Thornhill is a professional Genealogist and owner of Heroes of the Past, a company providing research, training, and speaking services as well as writing family histories and genealogy related articles.

After 15 years of family history research, he embarked on a second career, applying his existing experience in research, critical thinking, writing, and speaking to genealogy and started Heroes of the Past, Discover your Heritage.

Jim is a graduate of the Gen Proof and Pro-Gen professional genealogy course, Texas and Advanced Southern Research and has attended countless live classes and virtual presentations. He is Past President of the Dallas Genealogical Society, and author for Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, and has spoken for the National Genealogical Society, The Texas State Genealogical Society, and many local societies in North Texas, including ours.

Jim is a native Texan and has lived in the Dallas area his entire life and has family roots in pre-civil war Texas and Mississippi.