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Research ServicesUnited States0-1 Employees
Genealogy research in the 19th and 20th centuries, including immigrant records; specializing in Jewish immigrant ancestry. Comprehensive records search at libraries, archives, and courthouses in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and all New York boroughs; and nationwide, in Canada, and the UK. Jewish immigrant ancestors a specialty; in many cases can go back to census and other records in "the old country," including Poland, Russia, Austria, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus. Publishing family histories as books, on DVD, and as websites, including stories, charts, reports, family photos and documents, family history records, and maps. For a formal genealogical family history report, we'll start with what you already know about your family and work from the most recent and known information back to the less recent and unknown. Lectures (live and as poster presentations) on Jewish genealogy, including "How to find your Jewish great-grandparents, even if you think it's impossible" and "Who the heck is Ida Gerskill? the challenge of researching Jewish names."