160+ online Linkedin.com Endearing Endorsements, Commendations & Kudos from coaches, colleagues & clients for this gifted & talented researcher--& that's just since July 2008! & that's just from folks who happen to be on Linkedin! http://www.Linkedin.com/in/germangenealogist
Karl has received hundreds more offline client letters of gratitude & commendation since 1979. This, due to Karl's having found ancestral data, often within MINUTES, that other researchers either did not, could not or would not find.
Since 1979, THOUSANDS of data, documents & images for THOUSANDS of ancestral family members for HUNDREDS of clients' ancestral family members have been found by The German Genealogist!
After THOUSANDS of hours of German Genealogy research, in 1984, Karl-Michael Sala was accredited as a German Genealogist by the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After more than a decade of absolutely stunning successes for his clients, Karl was run into by a drunk pick-up truck driver. This 1995 near-death experience ultimately caused that his accreditation was involuntarily pulled. This was to protect the name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, since '95, along with Karl's recovery, Karl has had more success than ever for clients, patrons, himself & his living family members!
Since 1980, Karl has traveled 7 times behind the former Iron Curtain to East Germany to successfully exhaust hundreds of parish registers of the target ancestral family members.
Karl is a former USAFR Intelligence Officer who earned a Deserving Airman Commission while he had been serving as an Intelligence Operations Specialist & Linguist (German), Interrogator, Debriefer (non-commissioned officer at that time)
Karl is the very 1st person hand-picked for the Paid Expert Ancestry Research Line at Ancestry.com. His wife, Lynell Sala was the 2nd person selected for their short-lived, but highly successful Paid Expert Research Team!
When that project was abandoned, because of his language & research skills, Karl was promoted to taking the majority of research-oriented emails & phone calls from Europe for Ancestry.de, the Deutschland, i.e. Germany, version of Ancestry.com!
As the primary European ancestral genealogy & family history research consultant, Karl served Europeans in their native German language. This further fulfills blessings he had been given earlier in his life.
On the Ancestry.com International Team, Karl served as a consultant for Australia, Austria, Great Britain & mainland Europe! He cracked & solved many cases in those diverse locations.
For their clients, Karl & Lynell have found data & documents on thousands of living & deceased persons. The German Genealogist has solved cases that others said "can't be done!"
Just since Memorial Day 2010, Lynell & Karl-Michael Sala have cracked 6 cases in 6 locations! Germany (4), Lithuania (Littau, i.e East Prussia or Ostpreussen), Poland (5) (Posen or Poznan), Atlantic Ocean & the USA.
Indeed, Karl-Michael Sala is a Master German Genealogist!
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Lawrence Bieschke
I need your assistance in locating a birth certificate for my grandfather Ferdinand Bieschke. He was born in Cologne,Germany on April 30,1873. I have made a couple of requests to Der Oberburgermeister, Standesamt,Gulichplatz 1-3,59667 Koln,Nicht nachsenden! Wenn unzustellbar,zuruck!, and Historisches Archiv des Erzbistums,Koln for his birth certificate. However, i received responses that stated that they are not able to positively locate a birth certificate for my grandfather. Can you possibly assist me in this endeavor???
Karl-Michael Sala
Hi Lawrence Bieschke!
Thank you for your interest in your ancestral family members! We assure you, they are also interested in you-n-yours & wish to be “found.” They are helping you & us in ways that you & we cannot comprehend really. Whether you believe this, does not matter. If we believe it, & it helps us work & “crack your case,” then THAT is all that matters. As far as we know, since 1979, none of our clients have doubted this notion.
Interesting. We are working TWO other Köln cases right now. One client also thinks his ancestor was born in Köln, but actually it was just outside & to the south of that large city. Having been born outside of the jurisdictional geo-location is just ONE POSSIBLE explanation the Standesamt could not find Ferd’s birth record.
Or, there are other reasons… like too many sources to search; so many, that they likely either could not or did not search even the ones they could. Imagine you’re a civil registration bureaucrat who receives on a monthly basis, hundreds of these genealogy requests from as far away as Australia, even if you were paid, how much research would you do for people? That is, just how many hundreds of various indices & registers would you search?
Our other kölnische cases were solved via other resources, e.g. the client knew the family owned a steel business, which–lucky for us & our client–still exists today, even bearing the name of the target ancestor–Peter Schmitz! Now, to get the present owners, also Schmitz descendants–of a different surname–to assist & comply, is another story! I’m going to have to try a few other positive incentives–prior to actually showing up on-site{;>)
You made no mention of your pecuniary circumstances (budget). Most of our clients have thousands of $ worth of work to be done. Your case sounds no different. Just how important are these data, documents & images & how many thousands can you afford? We will do EVERYTHING we can right here in Phoenix, Arizona–& that usually suffices. However, in the event we need to try the various, uh, back-door resources, we need to know your upside budget limit.
Presuming you have sufficient budget, we shall then need to know ALL that you know about this man & have you email karlmsala@msn.com or mail just HOW & WHAT data, documents, images or rumors you have that indicate or show that he was indeed born in or even “around or near” Köln.
Round up what you have, both data, documents & dollars. Be it negative or positive, please call to discuss your case: 480-507-3316 or mobile: 602-865-9695.
Karl