In the 1600s, one of my client’s direct ancestors is a former Oberderdingen, Württemberg Evangelical pastor: Johann Jacob Meh(en).

Another 1600s ancestor was Oberderdingen’s Mayor: Hannss Bastin (Johann Sebastian) Kegel/Kögel.

In den 1600er Jahren ist eines meiner Klientens Vorfahren ehemaliger evangelischer Pfarrer Oberderdingens gewesen.

Der anderer ist wohl Bürgermeister gewesen.

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Short Version: I am “Opa” to 5 grandchildren & 4 adult children.

I’m now GermanGenealogist.com & a Professional German Genealogist

am SEO’d #1 across the board on Google, Yahoo & Bing for the keyword “German Genealogist.”

Since 1979 (while yet a BYU undergrad), for clients, patrons, family members, friends & acquaintances & at least one enemy, I have found:

* THOUSANDS of online & offline digital data, documents & images on THOUSANDS of ancestral family members for HUNDREDS of clients!

* Successfully traveled 7 times behind the former Iron Curtain to East Germany for clients’ German Genealogy research! This was back when it was no fun, controlled by a repressive regime of Socialists-Communists.

* Got strip-searched at Checkpoint Charlie in the former East Berlin.

* Researched in East Berlin with my eldest daughter to seriously crack a client’s case wide open.

In the 1st Quarter 2011, I have already set new German Genealogy research milestones to surpass milestones set in 2010!

* Total number of ancestral family members found, documented, imaged, preserved & uploaded to Box.net.

* Total number of villages researched for just ONE client.

* Average & total amounts of client research retainers received from the top two clients: ($13,000 per client)

* SMALLEST # of clients! (This is good news! This is what a genealogist wants.) And, therefore,

* The average & total amounts of time researching for just ONE client!

58+ endearing endorsements on Linkedin.com (no, not connections; but rather: commendations, gratitude, kudos, raves, wow letters, etc.)–& that’s just since July 2008–& that’s just from folks who happen to be on Linkedin! Just in case this number does not seem very large, consider how many do you & everyone you know have?

Offline, I have hundreds from folks who were never online!

My wife (BYU grad 1976), our Research Director, who speaks NO German, singlehandedly cracked 4 matriarchal German lineage research cases!

Lynell &/or Karl-Michael SALA (BYU 78-’81, BA, International Relations, emphasis on German Genealogy & Germany Re-unification! 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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58+ ENDEARING ENDORSEMENTS online since just July 2008!
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Scores more received offline!

99% success ratio of having FOUND & digitized USA, UK, Euro-Germanic, Germany & Prussia online &/or offline data, documents & images: historical data, documents & images on THOUSANDS of ancestral family members for HUNDREDS of INTERNAT’L CLIENTS (celebrities, pig farmers & politicians; & senior-aged ladies)!

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]!
Highest-rated internat’l genealogist on Military.com & the ONLY German Genealogist on Military.com

“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

With the shaded areas of this image, here you can better view the specific scanner shading we are able to add or take away when the image is too dark. It has been absolutely crucial in some cases to have had the ability to lighten or darken certain portions of certain images.

Gratitude be given to Microfilm ScanPro2000 devices made by e-image data. Two of these are found in the Mesa Regional Family History Center.

I believe we are approaching 1,000 images preserved for these numerous Bayern & Württemberg surnames & villages! We thank our Heavenly Father for the gifts of technology in these latter-days. We are continuing to turn the hearts of the children (we descendants) to our fore[families]! This, as a part of His plan to bring to pass the immortality & eternal life of man.

Aren’t you happy for this client? We & they are! They’d been trying to find this for many years!

Indeed, last night, 22 May 2011, I spoke with someone for the first time ever. I had some fun & found the names 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!

Yes, the surname spelling had been seriously botched, but Lynell & I know just about all the tricks to finding people. 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 (PEARL).

I later was THE primary German research consultant for Ancestry.de.

This research breakthrough just once again 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.

Although it was never written in Linkedin.com, Mike Moran, Ancestry.com Recruiting Manager said: “Karl, we’re going to have to clone you!”

Karl & Lynell Sala were THE very 1st two persons hand-picked for the Ancestry.com Paid Expert Ancestry.com Research Line (PEARL). Why? How about an 80+% success ratio in having found what their subscribers had not been able to find over the last 3 decades! What an app!