‎@ Rosemarie! Because of the oddities of “German(ic)” geography & history, each case is indeed its own. Historical “Germany” extends into numerous modern-day European countries, from Alsace & Belgium to Austria & Bessarabia..

For some limited complimentary counsel, you may email us your dilemma. That’s how Lynell & I have taught numerous German Genealogy “classes” that we call “workshops.” This means we are weary of people just talking & squawking about German Genealogy. While it may be just a hobby for some, for us, ’tis a passion & profession that nobody can deny or deny from us.

As a near-death experience (NDE) survivor, I say that time is short. It is time instead to get busy & crack, solve & build the case!

29 June 2011: We cracked two more cases that our client, Jill Holcomb, & another pro’ German Genealogist had been working on for THIRTY YEARS! We solved it in 2 hours! Tscheschen-Glashütte, Schlesien, Preussen. One Polish; the other German (yes, they did marry{;>).

The client cried with joy now 3 times: 1) When I analyzed her case & ordered the RIGHT microfilms; 2) When I found both target ancestors on those microfilms & posted the stunning images in her online tree (no, the years of birth she had were not correct); & 3) today as we discussed our having found yet other ancestral family members on both lines whom she & the other genealogist had missed. (Not blasting; just commenting).

Today, a grateful new client posted our 63rd endearing endorsement since 2008 on Linkedin.com for professional German Genealogy Research!

Since 1979, I’ve done much volunteer work in Family History Centers in CA, CO, Germany, NV, UT, just as I now do at the Mesa, Arizona Regional Family History Center. I love what I do for patrons & clients. Please don’t try to pop my bubble & those who need what I can do for them.

Karl-Michael SALA, German Genealogist since 1979! • Historically, speaking as the researcher for many family history books that are already published,

both the author AND the publisher were overly anxious & zealous to “…just get the thing published.”

This, prior to the appropriate quantity & quality of research that SHOULD have been done prior to the ultimate publication.

Yes, we are talking minor & major errors of omission & commission. Heaps of mistakes & miscellany.

There. I feel a whole lot better now. Cheap therapy.

I hope this encourages you to NOT quickly publish, unless, of course, it is online with the Wiki-oriented intent to have others contribute, comment, append, edit, follow-up, research, send you funding, etc.

And when that funding ($1,000 – $100,000) is secured, you know whom to contact:

Oh, heck, Ancestry.com! You led me on. Can’t you state that it is only pertaining to Bayern? Yes, I realize some of the soldiers were not from Bayern, but you could still clarify in your ad!

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I have connections in Salt Lake City to get us copies of books that are not orderable into a FHC. Send me your requests & we’ll get those going. Entire book? Certain pages only? Title Page, Table of Contents & Index, with pertinent ancestral family entries? Hard copies, CD, images burned & uploaded to Box.net?

Yes, there are allegedly a “few” microfilm copies, but I don’t want to compete with you when ordering the microfilms. So, you order them into your best FHC. We’ll talk more about that in a minute.

Yes, you’ll need to have your Russian linguist decide which films of the few I sent would be the births or deaths (or are they all mixed on one film). Then just order those from & only into a FHC that has a ScanPro2000 device (image shown herein). Ask fervently about which FHC in your area has 1 or 2 (Mesa has 2, thank goodness). With it, we have performed numerous near-miraculous adjustments of horrible microfilm images. If necessary, it is well worth several extra miles of driving.

We/you can lighten just the dark parts (a little easier) of an image &/or darken just the light parts (a bit trickier) of an image. You can scan them small, take ’em home & still be able to massively enlarge, crop & edit the images. There is usually someone at a Regional Family History Center to coach you. If not, you can arrange to have me be available between certain hours on (a) certain day(s) on the phone to tell you where to click, using right or left click, etc. Prior to calling me, please exhaust first their services.

The more the staff at a FHC & I can teach you to fish, the more you will be able to do on your own & preserve capital for necessary research functions. But, I will shore up the flank.

Lynell &/or Karl-Michael SALA ! Since 1979: Thousands of data, documents & images found on thousands of ancestral family members for hundreds of clients!
(USA, Euro-Germanic & German-American, Immigration & Emigration)

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99% success ratio of having FOUND & digitized online &/or offline data, documents & images

HUNDREDS of INTERNAT’L CLIENTS: business owners, former director, Deutsche Bank, celebrities (e.g., Tim Russ, Tuvok, the black Vulcan, Star Trek Voyager), farmers, politicians, et al)

Karl is THE very 1st person hand-picked for the former Ancestry.com Paid Expert Ancestry Research Line (PEARL)!
Karl, former Europe & Germany PRIMARY Research Consultant: fielded majority of research-oriented calls & emails from mainland Europe for Ancestry.de[utschland]!
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“Lynell & Karl! Quick! Please help me find my ancestors–before I become one!” –a young client
“Expensive? No, Ma’am. Expensive is when you spend 30 years and much expense just TRYING to find what we often DO find in ONE DAY!” –Karl Sala

On your initial retainer for online or microfilm research, take a 50% DISCOUNT off prices shown below (i.e., get twice as much)!
Can’t find specific data, documents or images yourself?
Hire us @ $50/hr ($500 – $50,000 retainer requested).
No mun? Offer us or sell something you don’t need! We also take pre-approved barter, cash, checks, trade, etc.

JANETSKI, et var. & KRAUSE in Tscheschen-Glashütte, Schlesien, Preussen! The client in Mesa, Arizona has been trying to find this for decades! After having analyzed the case a couple weeks ago, I ordered the appropriate microfilms & within 2 hours, I found it! It is near Breslau (center of this image)