Qualifications

• 41 years German Research experience as a professional genealogist.
• 41 years experience in Translations English-German, German-English.
• Bachelors Degree in German, French and English, Millersville University, PA.
• Proficiency in reading Latin.
• Director of Family History Center in Bremerhaven since 2/2002.
• Assistant at York Branch Genealogical Library, York, Pennsylvania for 7 years.
• Proficient in reading the Old German Script and Latin (essential in German research).
• A listed researcher of the Lancaster and York, PA, Historical Societies.
• Lectured at York, PA, Historical Society and Family History Center.
• Fluent in English -- 98% of my clients are U.S. American.

Services

• Complete genealogical research in records of Germany and Poland (former German areas); 100% successful in finding your ancestors if correct birth place is known and records are available.
• Complete pedigrees researched back to the mid 1500s.
• Searches are performed in the microfilmed records as far as available. Otherwise archives and local researchers are employed to perform the searches.
• Order photographs and local histories of your ancestral home.
• German heir research.
• Will organize your genealogy using PAF, opon request.

Fees

• Base rate of USD 30.00  per hour for research, with a USD 150.00 retainer to start.
• Personal checks or Paypal.

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