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General Research August 22, 2012

German Genealogy expert, Karl-Michael Sala, is installed as one of the Managers, Austria Genealogy Research Community (FamilySearch’s Facebook community)

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German Genealogy expert
Betseylee Browning made you a manager of Austria Genealogy Research [on FamilySearch’s Facebook community by that name. This will include the old empire of Austria-Hungary, which included numerous East European countries, e.g. Galicia, pieces of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Slovakia, etc.]
This German Genealogy expert will continue to be grateful to serve thousands of yet unwitting patrons in the ancestral vineyard, for there are millions to yet be found{:>)
www.GermanGenealogist.com pays 10% residual reward for referrals for online or microfilm research.

General Research August 21, 2012

German Genealogy: Only the 2nd FamilySearch Facebook Genealogy Research Group to have done so: 1,000 Likes of the Germany/Prussia Genealogy Research community!

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Karl-Michael Sala 2012: This year, I’ve now given away pro bono about $10,000 worth of my time (at a low rate) for German Genealogy research consultation. Bragging, not complaining{:>) I think Betseylee Browning has me beat, however. We need some help on these boards.

Fran Jensen FYI: The England Genealogy Research page reached 1165 in June and 1213 in July. So the Germany/Prussia Genealogy Research page was our second GRC page to reach 1000 Fans!!!! Way to go everyone!

General Research August 20, 2012

What? $200/hr? Yep. This is the 7th time that a huge, well-known investment firm has paid me $200/hr as an expert genealogist to merely discuss the future of the ancestry, genealogy & family history online content industry! Why me?…

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Karl-Michael Sala ·

Today, 8-20-2012, I was interviewed by the 7th investment firm who paid me $200/hr. to merely discuss the ancestry, genealogy & family history online content industry. Did I set that fee? Nope. Could I ask for that from my clients? No way. These interviewers/researchers are usually young people (age <30) at various companies who are unclear on the concept of online genealogy research. They are performing what is known as “due diligence.” …

For better (or worse?), my input has been & will continue to be influential in their investing (or not) MILLIONS into various online genealogy content companies!

Why me? They say I come up #1 for all the appropriate keywords & for my having publicly been categorized & classified as being a Past, Present & Future leader in the ancestry, genealogy & family history industry !

First: on Linkedin.com & 2: in most search engines!

More gratitude to dispense upon my webmaster!

Also to www.AlphaSights.com (see image down below) who found me & hooked me up with now 2 of the 7 firms for expert genealogist interview & testimony.

— with Maria Sala Johnson and Paul Johnson [reachable @ paj@webondb.com]

General Research August 18, 2012

1988 Client writes his professional expert German Genealogy researcher–Karl-Michael Sala–a belated, but great endorsement!

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I, Karl-Michael Sala, expert German Genealogy researcher, in the summer of 2012, ran into a 1988 pre-internet client, whose endorsement was indeed given in 2012!
Larry S Flatau (1988 client)lsflatau@q.com
To Karl-Michael Sala GermanGenealogist.com
From: lsflatau@q.com
Sent: Sat 8/18/12
To: Karl-Michael Sala GermanGenealogist.com (karlmsala@msn.com)
Karl, I have not joined Linkedin.com, but I am including an endorsement that you are welcome to use at your discretion:
“An interesting coincidence happened at the Mesa Family History Library the other day. I was sitting next to a gentleman who was very graciously helping me utilize a microfilm viewing machine [ScanPro2000]. I hadn’t been to the library in some time, and the microfilm machines I had previously used had been replaced with a newer and more sophisticated model. Over the next couple of hours this gentleman showed me several time saving methods to conduct my research.

Eventually we chatted about our areas of genealogical interest, and I was startled to learn that he too was conducting research in Germany, and more specifically in East Prussia. Imagine my surprise when I found out that he had been the researcher, Karl-Michael Sala, I had hired in 1988 to conduct research on my East Prussian family tree.

Wow, talk about a small world. I had never met Karl in person, as he lived at that time in [Utah]. All of our correspondence had been by mail, as there was no internet and no e-mail to speak of at the time.

So, twenty four years later, I’m still actively pursuing that same family tree that Karl helped me initiate.

Looking back at my records I realized that it was Karl that had identified my 3 times great paternal-grandfather, established the Kreis (County/Region) my paternal family came from, and even the towns and villages where various family members had resided. Karl provided detailed maps of those areas, even though East Prussia no longer exists. That was very exciting, actually identifying the homeland of my family.

Utilizing census and naturalization records he then determined when my family arrived in the United States, despite some significant misspellings of the family name, and utilizing City Directories, pinpointed their exact location in Detroit.

I have subsequently utilized the information that Karl developed to greatly expand my family tree. More important, I mimicked many of the research techniques to which he introduced me, and have had a wonderful time pursuing my genealogy avocation.

Best regards, Larry Flatau lsflatau@q.com

General Research August 17, 2012

Professional German Genealogist will consult on your Germany or Italy ancestry, genealogy & family history

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Professional German Genealogist with a colleague Professional Italian Genealogist (Jeff Skousen)

consult on your Germany or Italy ancestry, genealogy & family history | G.D.Outlet.

Jeff Skousen, Italian Genealogist & Karl-Michael Sala are collaborating on a huge German & Italian genealogy research case. Karl cracked the case, while Jeff is pushing through the walls!

General Research August 14, 2012

Expert old German handwriting analysis, distribution, publication, re-digitizing, translation, transcription,

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Karl-Michael Sala

Diane Mason Graywrote: Not only is Karl-Michael Sala a very nice person–who I’ve only met via the Internet–he’s an awesome genealogist with a specialty in German records. Karl read some German records for me that were copies of microfilm…

of records where the original book had been closed with wet ink causing what was on the left-hand page to appear on the right-hand page along with the writing that was intended for the right-hand page. He was able to discern the correct words and read them for me! It had to have been frustrating, but he did it and provided me with a lovely translation. I highly recommend Karl for any genealogical project!

General Research August 10, 2012

111th endearing endorsement for Germany/Prussia Genealogy Research counsel by professional Germany Genealogy expert

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Lauri Schauer-Bird has recommended a German Genealogy expert

Lauri Schauer-Bird , Plant Controller at Entegris, Inc. has recommended you on LinkedIn August 10, 2012

Lauri Schauer-Bird has recommended your work as GERMAN GENEALOGIST (Ancestry & Family History Research for Germany & Prussia) at [former] Accredited Genealogist (German).

“Karl-Michael responded very quickly to my query on the Germany/Prussia Genealogy Research Community Facebook page. Within a matter of hours he had found the microfiche parish records for my Great-Grandfather’s small village of Wladyslawowo, Kreis Schubin, Germany; currently Poland. He has vast knowledge of the various genealogy resources, and has been extremely helpful to me in our search for information about our German ancestors.”
Service Category: Genealogy Research
Year first hired: 2012
Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert

General Research August 9, 2012

Germany Genealogy expert branches out

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On Branch-Out, Donna Blalock endorsed Karl-Michael Sala!

“The experience and thoroughness of [this] professional is evident in problem-solving. He loves the challenge of solving difficult genealogy [dilemmas].”— Donna Blalock on Aug 9, 2012

General Research August 7, 2012

Furstenberg or Fürstenberg (Oder), Brandenburg, Prussia (Preussen)?

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http://bit.ly/FurstenbergOderBrandenburgPreussenFHLConlyJewishRecords provided as a courtesy to a patron, Kurt Herke, by Karl-Michael Sala of GermanGenealogist.com

Nikolaikirche, 15890 Fürstenberg/Eisenhüttenstadt, Oderstr. 1, Tel: 03364/2439

General Research August 2, 2012

The Webutation of GermanGenealogist.com & his expert German Genealogy Researcher status

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German Genealogy expert

Betseylee Browning made you a manager of Austria Genealogy Research [on FamilySearch’s Facebook community by that name. This will include the old empire of Austria-Hungary, which included numerous East European countries, e.g. Galicia, pieces of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Slovakia, etc.]

This German Genealogy expert will continue to be grateful to serve thousands of yet unwitting patrons in the ancestral vineyard, for there are millions to yet be found{:>)

www.GermanGenealogist.com pays 10% residual reward for referrals for online or microfilm research.