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Karl-Michael Sala, The Professional German Genealogist since 1979! writes: Click the images to enlarge!
When deep into German Genealogy research, even some professional German Genealogists avoid, neglect or even omit searching German church records’ death registers. We realize that is sometimes due to the lack of client funding.
However, we have cracked, solved & resolved more cases & extended many lineages using German parish register death records. We did so again today, 24 June 2011 !
This is a death record–a crucial-to-the-case Bavarian (Bayerischen) Catholic German parish register record of demise of just one of several hundreds of a client’s target ancestors whom we’ve researched, found & digitally documented.
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Left column: the 5th [of] Hornung aka February [1814]: Anna [line over the n or a denotes another of that letter] Bodenmüller from Altenburg, widow; age 78 years, 14 days. Go back in the record to that date & there she is! But that is another image…
Because there were 2 Anna Maria Bodenmüllers born around the same time, we needed further evidence. This death document–along with the births of all her children–helped us to rule out the other one, who was younger & from a different village.
Notice Anna Maria was listed as a widow, but the record did not provide her married name. There were other ladies whose married names were also not provided. So,
Yes, we nabbed all her children & she’s the only Anna Maria Bodenmüller having children when the target ancestor was born. Hint, hint for some of you German researchers out there. Mind you, using of ONLY the maiden name at death is unusual, but keep that option in mind.
Hint, hint for some of you amateur or professional German Genealogy researchers out there. Mind you, although the use of the maiden name at death is unusual, certainly keep it in mind.
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Karl writes: They say it is better to be trusted & respected than it is to be loved. If you only had one choice, would you rather be respected & revered or only just liked & loved. What say ye?
David Stroebel, Executive Director at Engelbertha Krupp Charitable Foundation, Inc
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David Recommends:
Karl-Michael SALA, German Genealogist since 1979!
For: German genealogy research and transcription
Superior knowledge regarding German history, culture, records repositories and German genealogy. Critical thinker who looks at every angle of problem. Dependable self-starter who is extremely dedicated and dependable. A must-hire professional who embodies core principals of integrity, honesty, service before self, and excellence in everything he does. I trust his judgment and experience and so should you. June 23, 2011
Top qualities: Great Results , Expert
David hired Karl-Michael in 2011, and hired him more than once.
I did not win any honorable mentions, probably because my Six-word Memoir was too industry-specific. But what a client once said has become our motto: “Karl Sala, of GermanGenealogist.com! Find my ancestors–before I become one!”
The others were more broad in scope. The winner was “Climbed the ladder–now lifting others.”
The other was too long, but still good for our purposes & track-record: “Expensive? No, Ma’am. Expensive is when you spend 30 years just TRYING to find what we usually DO FIND within one hour, one day or one month!”
We can read this Old German Handschrift (handscript or handwriting) better than 99% of German natives. Why? They don’t use it anymore. And of the remaining 1%, we can do German Genealogy better than 99% of those!
Call us today! 1-888-456-7252, but in advance, send an email to karlmsala@msn.com
Let us try your German Genealogy research case in our court! Here is a duplicate of a parish register that my daughter & I researched in 1994 for Roene Fischer (deceased)! “Karl! Are you drinking from the well, yet?” (She had been trying to find this for decades. I told her we’d go straight to the records & drink from the well. We did. I’m sure she has met with several of those ancestors on the Other Side.
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Need to www.FindAGrave.com? Volunteer work occasionally does pay off or gets paid back! Especially if you do volunteer work for the 3-decade professional German Genealogists of GermanGenealogist.com!
For this lady who made these detailed images for me TODAY, in partial return, within USA records & before she had any clue I would do this–I ascertained the heretofore unknown towns of origin of her German/Swiss ancestors! I just told her I’d “do a little bit.” But those who know me, know that I rarely “do a little bit.” Isn’t that right, Joyce Durren (the pretty lady) of Michigan & hundreds of others?
For that valuable finding, she has agreed to do some other follow-up work for me in the town of Oakley, Kanses, where my KALER ancestors homesteaded about 1870. Thank you FindAgrave.com & Deb Poe of Oakley, Kansas or nearby!
George & Melissa Ann Kaler (1830 – 1914) – Find A Grave Memorial www.findagrave.com
Not big enough for you? The volunteer even made the huge enlargement for a disputed birth year for Melissa Kaler:
Joyce Durren likes this..
Bonnie Balogh Rosado: What a huge blessing! It’s so important to know our ancestry. 🙂
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Since 1979: GermanGenealogist.com has found thousands of data, documents & images on thousands of ancestral family members for hundreds of clients!
1980-1990: Seven times of successful on-site research in numerous hamlets, villages & cities–behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia & East Germany–when it was not fun!
2005-2006: THE very 1st person handpicked to start the short-lived, but highly successful Paid Expert Ancestry.com Research Line. Why? How about an 80+% success ratio in finding what Ancestry.com subscribers could not find!
Who was 2nd-selected? My wife, our GermanGenealogist.com Research Director. Lynell Pierce Sala singlehandedly cracked four matriarchal German lineage research cases–just in the last calendar year!
2006-2007: Selected as THE primary German Genealogy Research Consultant for Ancestry.de who consulted with native Germans about their European research in various countries.
Since 2008: 60+ endorsements on Linkedin–& that’s just from folks who happen to be on Linkedin! Many of those are Ancestry.com clients, colleagues & coaches! Many more were received privately, i.e. offline or just not on Linkedin.
2010 Alone: Cracked 10 cases in 10 locations in Europe: Germany, Lithuania & Poland
Since Jan 2011: About 1,000 images found from numerous Baden, Bayern & Württemberg Evangelical & Lutheran parishes. These massive findings are for our latest client, a former Deutsche Bank Director.
We pay: 10% residual (yes, on-going) reward for referrals! Yes, this is real.
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“The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.” – Albert Einstein
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Comments Off on In 1995, after having survived a traumatic near-death experience, I was told to give up my professional German genealogy research business. Look at me now. #1 on Google, Bing, Yahoo & YouTube for “German Genealogist”
If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.
Here are some other successful souls who–just like me–were initially given the most negative of feedback & mis-judgement & had other failings & setbacks: 1968: Inspired by many wonderful musicians on the radio & TV, I announced to my father: “I want to learn to play guitar & sing.” He laughed at me.” But after I learned on a neighbor’s guitar & performed something for him, guess who paid for half of my 1st guitar? (Thanks, Dad. Rest In Peace. But I know you’re not resting. Way Too Busy.) And half for my Framus 12-string guitar? I bought it myself in München, Germany, with earnings from having played gigs in a rock-n-roll band.
1969-70: While only a high school sophomore, thanks to Coach Glenn Miller, I became the Best Man on the trampoline for the gymnastics team. I could consistently & competitively do a back-flip with a double twist, immediately followed by a front flip with 1 & 1/2 twist, followed by 8 lesser moves. In my very 1st year, I placed in the top ten at regionals! Master Sergeant Dad got orders for Turkey. It was as close as we’d ever get stationed to Germany. After much emotional wrangling, I chose to give up gymnastics & walk away from it. This, so as to be with my family in Izmir, Turkey, where there was no gymnastics team. Like Garth Brooks sang: “It looks like God knows what he’s doin’ after all.”
1970-72: My Izmir high school best friend & drummer let me use his 6-string electric & bass guitars & fed me; 30 years later, he sold me a Fender electric & a bass guitar for a very low price. Thanks, Hunter Brown, my friend forever. You always rocked my Life, both Then & Now.
1974-75: I played bass & sang high harmony vocals in a pop, jazz, rock-n-soul music band that would later serve as the warm-up band at concerts for Styx, REO Speedwagon, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show & Rare Earth!
1975: I was sent Temporary Duty (TDY) out of my USAF Missile Communications Maintenance Shop to play instead bass guitar for the Base Recreation Center’s soul music band. Although we worked all day long practicing, upon return to my maintenance shop, because I did not have to go out in the field to the Minuteman Missile sites, I was treated like a piss-ant (which is not a protected category{;>). Having been slipped, at the last moment, an “Honorable Discharge under general conditions” was a slap in the face. I appealed to the Squadron Commander, an alleged Christian, that I was departing to serve a mission for the Savior. His response: “Well, if Jesus wants you to get an Honorable Discharge, then I’ll guess he’ll have to give you one.”
1976-77: Walked away from the glory & the lights. Learned to speak German & served an honorable, highly successful mission for the Savior. While there, I obtained my Honorable Discharge from the USAF, whose Manpower Team agreed with me & declared that the board had determined that my squadron commander had no right to pull what he did.
1985: Became a USAFR Intelligence Officer. There, I got more negative judgment because, for East German ancestry of my German genealogy clients, I would travel behind the Iron Curtain. But, this would be after my 2-week Reserve Duty tour. The commander there, a Major, tried to recruit me to do something illegal behind the Iron Curtain. I respectfully refused, knowing that his request was against the principles of Intelligence Oversight.
It would jeopardize my civilian profession as a genealogist who, then, specialized in traveling behind the Iron Curtain for clients’ genealogy research. It would have also jeopardized the microfilming projects of the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And finally, his request was downright foolish.
Long story short: He pencil-whipped me & wrote me a bad performance report; this caused my commander back home to be “forced” to write me a bad Officer Effectiveness Report (OER), which caused my Top Secret/SCI clearance to be non-renewed. No clearance; no officer position. I was given an honorable discharge, but I was heartbroken that I’d only made it to a 1st Lieutenant (O-2). Oh well, prior to my commission, I did make it to a Staff Sergeant (E-5).
1995: After a near-death experience, & after a 30-day rehab, I was told by several professional folks to give up my professional German genealogy research business. Like Michael Jordan, after having been cut from his high school basketball team, I went home, locked myself in a room; cried.
Look at me now: Search Engine Optimized (SEO’d, i.e. ranked) #1, Top Man on Google, Bing, Yahoo & YouTube (& many more) for the keyword “German Genealogist.”
Just from ONE client–in less than ONE YEAR, I have received about $15,000 to CONTINUE the successful German Genealogy work Lynell & I are doing for him, his father & their descendants across the globe (& ancestors on the Other Side)!
In just the 1st Quarter 2011, we have found THOUSANDS of digital data, documents & images! This ALREADY beats the milestone we set just last year in 2010 for another client!
On Linkedin.com, I now have 60+ endearing endorsements from people who absolutely love us & what we do for them!
In 2011, about this case, our client, Joyce Durren, wrote on Facebook: Give Karl a call; you will find out so much information about your family–I can attest to that! May 31 at 9:31pm
Karl, you and Lynell did such a great job–I love thinking about the ancestors and their rugged lives when they first came to America from Germany. We have so many Stuckums and Stuckum related relatives; it seems as though they should be able to share in the joy of discovery!
Karl-Michael Sala sends Good News & a Tip: When you lack the name of a specific Europe place of origin of USA immigrant ancestors, where is the best place to do European research? In the USA! Indeed, recently I spoke with someone for the first time ever. I had some fun & found the name of the precise cities in which her ancestors–on both sides–had been born in Switzerland AND the city in which they last resided in Germany! This, from the 1930 US Census & NY Passenger List, respectively. The Census usually does not provide a city name, but they did in this 1930 entry! In addition, it also gave cities of origin for THEIR parents! The surname spelling had been seriously botched, but Lynell & I know just about all the tricks to finding people when others could not. After all, due to our 80+% success ratio, we were the very 1st 2 persons handpicked to begin the Paid Expert Ancestry.com Research Line. Aren’t you happy for this client? They’d been trying to find this for many years! It goes to show that just jumping the water to Europe is generally NOT the solution to a European genealogy case that lacks the name of a specific place.
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