Category: General Research

Matt Yancey, my client via Facebook from over a year ago, has publicly dubbed me b0th “King Karl” & “Kaiser Karl.”   This, after I cracked his SCHRAMEIER Germany Genealogy case & kept him from digging at the wrong German ancestral SCHüRMANN roots!  These two new monikers now add to the already long list of warm gratitudinal names granted me by family, friends, patrons & clients: Angel, Guru, “The Michael Jordan of German Genealogy,” Miracle Man,  Santa Claus, Superman, Wizard, WonderMan, et al.

  Earned the business, so far, of only one person really–Vickie Wagner–whose case I cracked, & then dismantled the Brick Wall.  I actually turned over as few stones as possible.  

Liebchen Story from the Facebook Group “German Genealogy” wrote about  ‎

Karl-Michael Sala In the wilderness
stones flipping deep in the stream
heard in the distance
~haiku 12mar2012 

Karl replies:

Turned over huge stones
Much was found within the stream
Thanks beyond The Veil

“Kaiser/King” Karl-Michael Sala reports: My massive 2-month pro bono Europe genealogy research experience on FB has come to a positive conclusion: It will continue on a minor basis{:>) I cracked more cases in 2 months than in any previous 2 months of my last 30+ years of genealogy research. I will now only help what/whom David Sobanski of the Poland Genealogy Research Community (FamilySearch’s FB communities) called the “Road-Rashed.” I will serve as QC, QA, & Arbitrator, go where others cannot or will not go, to include where others have never gone before, seeking out old life forms (ok, you get the idea{:>). I have cultivated some die-hard fans, friends, patrons & even two clients who have “had my back” & supported me through some challenging & even negative posts. To get my attention, obtain, pay for, retain my services, you can/may/might/should PayPal MFHM1979@HOTMAIL.COM Phone? 480-507-3316 = 1-888-456-7252

http://www.hannibal.net/community/blogs/readers-writer/x306962856/Genealogy-Detective-Megan-Smolenyak

“…Q) Any parting comments for your readers?

A) Talk to your elders – and I mean soon. I’ve written whole books on how to research your roots, so could bombard you with tactics, websites and resources, but the one regret I hear over and over again is some version of, “I wish I had asked him when he was still alive.” Older relatives are living libraries and have so much to share. The databases and records will be there waiting for you. Talk to Grandma first! You’ll be glad you did.”

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This is for Vickie Wagner: According to the 1819 Mecklenburg Census of Broderdorff, et var., the father of your target ancestor is Johann _____ Vick.  He was born on 4 May 1789 in Hohen Schwarffs, which is a small village which is parochially associated with, & is to the immediate south of Kessin.

The mother (Maria Költz/Koltz) of your target immigrant ancestor (Fred Vick) was born in 1794 in Glasewitz, which is in the parish of Recknitz. Yes, we have those parish registers back to 1659 on microfilm!

http://bit.ly/RecknitzMecklenburgFHLCforMariaKoltz1794GlasewitzBirth

Vickie Wagner-Smetanka (client) hired you as a Genealogy in 2012 and hired you more than once

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

“”Put “german genealogist” into an internet search engine & guess whose website comes up organically–i.e. non-advertised–at the TOP OF THE LIST? How did he do that? I learned about Karl-Michael Sala http://www.GermanGenealogist.com online as a German Genealogist who could seemingly in very rapid, but methodical methods & means, crack difficult European genealogy research cases that others could not. I watched him do so for several other people in Germany, Poland, Prussia & Russia! He has on-site researchers in Poland & Moscow, Russia who have cracked 4 of Karl’s clients’ cases in the last few months. So, as a professional researcher myself, I opted to give Karl a reasonable retainer just to test him out on MY European “brick wall.” Oh, my gosh, I was stunned–as John Lennon might say “way beyond compare”–with the data, documents & images he immediately instant-messaged, showed & shared with me! He has already ordered the very microfilms for the location in which my target ancestor last resided—both German Census & parochial records ! And coming up with the name of THAT place is an exciting story of its own! He found my immigrant ancestor on a ship that departed from Hamburg, Germany. It gave his last known European residence in an archaic handwriting that was not only difficult to read, but the photography was seriously dark. He uses technology to lighten the dark & darken the light parts. After research, a genealogist is truly a hero or a zero. After having now witnessed his online research results & techniques for several people–including my own–Karl-Michael Sala is a hulk of a HERO! So, guess whom I’ve hired to work all MY clients’ European cases. You’ve got it–Karl! Ask him to tell you how he does this all from Phoenix, Arizona. Then clue me in! Vickie L. Wagner-Smetanka of Lapeer, MI smewala@aol.com” February 16, 2012

 

Karl-Michael Sala    Another German case cracked. With this find, we prevented the patron from digging at the wrong roots & barking up the wrong trees. It saved him hundred$, if not thousand$, to include efforts, time & frustration of finding nothing at the loc…ations he WAS intending to search: Coburg, which is actually a partial name of the province whence the target ancestor originated; Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, now a part of Thüringen in what was once East Germany.