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PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS
specializing in East European Genealogy

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FOREWORD: One of the important benefits of FEEFHS membership is access to many individual specialists with expertise in East European linguistics and genealogy.

This database highlights a few of the many FEEFHS professional genealogists and FEEFHS genealogy record searchers known or recommended to us as profesionals who are considered reputable in their field of expertise. However FEEFHS makes no such claim or representation.

FEEFHS offers this list on a good faith, best efforts basis, without accepting any liability for their performance, actions or inactions. We are interested in any experiences. postive or otherwise, that might guide our future recommendations.



GENBOVAIT EMAITAITIEN -- Professional Genealogist and Record Searcher
Architektu g. 72-51
232043 Vilnius,
Lithuania
Telephone: 44 20 81
Professional Genealogist/Record Searcher: Lithuanian citizen available to do genealogy research in country. Recommended by a member of the international reference desk staff of the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City.

Rates: Please send summary of proposed research with three IPRC's for an estimate.


JUDITH FRAZIN -- Professional Lecturer and Genealogy Record Searcher
P. O. Box 637
Northbrook, Illinois 60065-0637
Telephone: (708) 509-0201

Memberships: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, FEEFHS.
Professional Genealogy Record Searcher: Over 25 years experience in searching Chicago area and 19th century Polish records.
Over 10 years of experience in consulting and conducting record searches for clients.
Research Rate: Please send a SASE with a detailed description of the project for an estimate, rates and payment schedule.


G-ALEXANDER FÜLLING -- Professional Genealogist and Heir Tracer
c/o Schroeder and Fuelling, GbR2
P. O. Box 100822
51608 Gummersbach
GERMANY
eMail address 100570.2131@compuserve.com
Please see our HomePage listing on this Web Site under the listing of Schroeder and Fuelling, GbR


FELIX G. GAME -- Professional Genealogist and Translator
9 East Healey Avenue
Stittsville, Ontario K2S 1K1, CANADA
Telephone: (613) 831-2998
FAX: (613) 831-3171
eMail address: Specializing in Austrian and Hungarian Genealogy, and Translations of Hungarian and German genealogical material.
Web Site on another server: http://www.freeyellow.com/members4/felixatgss/intro.html


DUNCAN B. GARDINER, Ph.D., C.G. -- Professional Genealogist and Translator
Certified Genealogist, former university Russian language and linguistics teacher
12961 Lake Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107-1533
Telephone: (216) 221-9460
eMail address: ff164@cleveland.freenet.edu
Certified Genealogist: specializing in Czech, Slovak, German and Rusyn research
Rates: Send proposed research project statement with a SASE (two IPRC's from overseas) for rates an estimate
Professional Translator (script and text): Czech, Slovak, German
Annual Research Trip: My annual research trip (usually in April), undertaken for the last eight years, includes work in the state regional archives of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Services also include visits to ancestral villages, photographing the village and contacting any living relatives. Between my own trips, my expert associates can also conduct research.

Items posted for Duncan Gardiner, C.G. on this FEEFHS web site include:


MARTINA GLENN _- Professional Translator and Genealogist
16079 East Mercer Circle
Aurora, Colorado 80013-2762
eMail address: Certik@aol.com

Background: I have a definite advantage, being a natural born Czech - I was born and lived in Nova Paka (Eastern Bohemia). My husband also works with me. He is an American fluent in Czech.

Linguistics: I am an exprienced translator from Czech, Latin and German into English. I also have a lot of experience deciphering old scripts written in swabach. I've translated a number of materials for lots of people, and they are all very satisfied.

Genealogy Research: I am not a certified genealogist, but I've done extensive amounts of research in the Czech archives, on my own family line and for others. In addition, I have done volunteer work in a local LDS Family History Center.

Rate:In a perfect world, I would do these translations for free. But we now have a little baby at home, so I do charge a small amount for my work - usually about five dollars for one page.


CHARLES M. HALL -- Professional Genealogist and Translator
(Founding President, FEEFHS)
P. O. Box 21346
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121-0346
Telephone: (801) 278-4586

Professional Genealogist: specializing in Germanic research at the Family History Library and elsewhere in America and in Europe.
Rates: Send proposed research project statement with a SASE for rate and estimate
Professional Translator (script and text): French, German, Russian, Norwegian, Esperanto, Latin.
Items posted for Charles M. Hall on this FEEFHS web site include:


SONJA R. HOEKE-NISHIMOTO, A. G.-- Accredited Genealogist and Translator
5663 West 11200 North
Highland, Utah 84003-9413
Telephone: (801) 756-2713
FAX: (801) 763-8587

Accredited Genealogist specializing in Germanic Research
Professional Translator (script and text): Old Gothic German, modern German, French text.


JANA CUPKOVA HOLMES-- Professional Translator
17327 West Carmen Drive
Surprise, Arizona 85388
eMail address: milan@dholmes.com

Professional Translations by Jana Cupkova Holmes (script, text & audio): Slovak
See website for more details: http://www.dholmes.com/janatran.html


TOM HRNCIRIK, A.G -- Professional Genealogist
Tom Hrncirik
14055 FM 2920 #381
Tomball, Texas 77379
email thrncirik@sbcglobal.net
www.hrncirik.net
832-934-2772

Accredited Genealogist: specializing in the Czech Republic and Moravia. Will organize research projects that locate past and present family members, emphasizing family reunions in the ancestral villages.
Moravian Immigration Database with extensive listings by surname and village.
Rates: Send project description and SASE for current rates, estimate and payment schedule.


GORDON MCDANIEL, Ph.D., M.L.S. -- Professional Translator, Professional Genealogy Record Searcher
Gordon L. McDaniel
1 Bronxville Rd #2P
Bronxville, NY 10708
eMail address: gmcdanie@aol.com

Background and Experience: Ph.D., Slavic Languages, University of Washington (1980); M.L.S. (Master of Library Sciences), University of Illinois, 1992. He has taught Russian and Serbo-Croatian at the college level at the University of Washington, the University of Colorado, the University of Illinois, and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He has served as a professional librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. At the present time he is a professional librarian (cataloger) at the Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution (at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California).
Professional Translator: Best Languages: Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian. Reads and translates: Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Macedonian, and German. Willing to accept: Latin, Lithuanian and Latvian.
Professional Record Searcher: I am able to deal with East European research issues that can be addressed thru the extensive library of the Hoover Institution and Green (Main) Library at Stanford University.
Professional Research Rate: Rate varies depending on the nature, extent and difficulty of the project. Please eMail a summary description of your problem and the research direction you wish perused for an eMail quotation. If you use the postal service, please send an SASE (USA) or two IPRC's (International Postal Reply Coupons) for a quotation.


ROGER P. MINERT, Ph.D., A.G.
German Research and Translation, Inc.
1001 South, 1020 West
Woods Cross, Utah 84087-2074, USA
Telephone: (801) 298-1526
FAX: (801) 298-1651

Background: He is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, and has lived in California, Utah, and Ohio. He earned a doctoral degree from The Ohio State University, after studying a combination of second language acquisition and German language history. He is an A.G. (Accedited Genealogist) with Austrian and German specialties. He has lived more than four years in Germany and Austria and conducts research in Europe annually. He has more than thirty publications in Germany pedagogy and family history research, and joined the staff of the German Genealogical Digest as associate editor in early 1998. As a conference speaker for FEEFHS and other organizations, his favorite topics include the relation of German phonetics to the spelling of surnames; locating church and civil records sources; and communicating with persons and agencies in Europe for family history purposes.
Author: His latest book is Spelling Variations in German Names (ISBN# 0-9678420-1-8), 88 pages, $17.75 postpaid to US and Canadian addresses (UT add $1.11 sales tax)
Memberships: FEEFHS and APG.
Professional Translator (including Gothic text and script): German to English; English to German.
Professional Record Searcher: Roger Minert can be found working in the Family History Library Monday through Friday.
Rates: Send translation example and SASE for current rates, estimate and payment schedule.


MERRIAM MANN MOORE -- Professional Translator and Record Searcher
12175 Royal Lytham Row, Rancho Bernardo
San Diego, California 92128-4472
Telephone: (619) 673-0780

Background: Graduated from UC Berkeley (BA German). German teacher for 27 years. Extensive experience in German translations, specializing in letters and documents. Former tour leader to Germany. Memberships: FEEFHS and GRA.
Professional Translator (text and script): German to English; English to German, also fluent in Spanish.
Professional Record Searcher: Specializing in Saxon & Thuringian genealogy. Fall client research trip to Germany have occured in the past. Based in Leipzig, these research visits include the Deutsche Zentralstelle fuer Genealogie, neighboring state, Kreis and city civil archives and Protestant church archives (KAL etc.) throughout Saxony & Thuringia. On occasion, side trips are taken at client request to conduct research in another city, town or village in Saxony or Thuringia. Research also has been done in the former Silesian areas now in Poland (Wroclaw - former Breslau) with the assistance of a trilingual (English-German-Polish) associate and collaborator.
Rates: Send project description and SASE for current rates, estimate and payment schedule.


JRI OSANEC -- Professional Genealogist
I. P. Pavlova 26
779 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic

Professional Genealogist: Specializing in Moravia & Silesia. Skilled in extracting genealogical information from parish records, State archives at Olomouc, Janovice, Opava, Brno & Z mrsk, excerpts & photographs from newspapers, maps, & pictorial/written documentation of churches, cemeteries, houses & public buildings associated with your ancestor. Recommended by an SGGS board member.
Rates: Send project description and several IPRC's for current rates, estimate and payment schedule.


THOMAS A. PETERS, C.G.R.S. -- Profressional Genealogist
59 Tracy Avenue
Totowa, New Jersey, 07512-2041
Telephone: (201) 790-5053
eMail address: Tapeters@aol.com

Organizations: First vice-President, FEEFHS; member, Association of Professional Genealogists (APG); Genealogy Speaker's Guild (GSG); the Carpatho-Rusyn Society of Pittsburgh, and many others.
Professional Genealogist and Profrssional Genealogical Record Searcher: Specializes in tracing the ancestors of Slovak and Rusyn-Americans back to Eastern Slovakia. the Galician Lemko region of Poland and the Trans-Carpathian area in the Ukraine.
Languages: Has a knowlege of churchbook German, Hungarian, Latin, Rusyn and Slovak.
Rates: Please send a proposed research or project statement with an SASE for rates and an estimate of the cost.


LIDIA RAWSKA -- Professional Translator, Family History Library Researcher
172 North K Street, Apartment #2
Salt Lake City. Utah 84103-
Telephone: (801) 538-0118

Professional Translator (script & text): Able to translate Polish and can read Russian and Latin.
Family History Library (FHL) Researcher: As a FHL volunteer, I know this Salt Lake City main genealogy library very well and can use my language abilities in Latin, Polish and Russian to search records and solve your problems.
Rates vary according to nature of letter, text and project. Please send a photocopy/project description and SASE for an estimate.


DANIEL M. SCHLYTER. A.G. -- Professional Genealogist and Lecturer
3685 Whitewood Court
Salt Lake City, Utah 84118-3664
Telephone: (801) 968-9506 (Home)

Accredited Genealogist: (A.G.): Accredited with specialties in Polish, Czech and Slovak research.
Background: BA and MA, Languages, BYU,
Occupation: Formerly Senior reference specialist on the International Desk (B-1) at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Now a member of the collection acquisition department of the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) with an office at the Family History Library.
Author: Languages: Abaghodian, Czech, German, Latin, Polish, Slovak; Russian.
Professional Genealogist: Consultation service for Czech and Polish research. Will research Slovak records when available.
Rates: Send proposed research project statement with an SASE for rate and an estimate.
Professional Lecturer: Prepared to speak on a variety of German and Eastern European topics, including Poland, Czech and/or Slovak Republics and Humor in Genealogy.
Rates: Send proposed lecture date (and subject request if any) with an SASE for the cost estimate (honorarium and expenses).


HENNING SCHRÖDER -- Professional Genealogist, Heir Tracer, Lecturer
c/o Schroeder and Fuelling, GbR2
P. O. Box 100822
51608 Gummersbach
GERMANY
See our HomePage under Schröder and Fülling, GbR


JONATHAN SHEA, A.G. -- Accredited Genealogist and Translator
Accredited Genealogist, specializing in Polish genealogical research
8 Lyle Road
New Britain, Connecticut 06053-2104
Telephone: (203) 229-8873
Accredited Genealogist: Specializing in the areas covered by the Russian & Austrian partitions of Poland.
Rates: Send proposed research project statement with an SASE for rate and an estimate.
Professional Translator (script and text): Polish, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French.
Rates vary according to the nature of the text. Please send a photocopy and an SASE for an estimate.


MARILYN K. SYCHRA, -- Professional Genealogist
President, Roots 'n Branches
P. O. Box 23293
Des Moines, Iowa 50325-3293
Telephone: (515) 226-8493
Answering Service for Messages: (515) 280-1390

Professional Genealogist: Historical Czech & Slovak Republics and German research; U.S. genealogical research in Iowa, the Midwest and the U.S.; courthouse and archive research.
Rates: Please send summary of proposed research with an SASE for an estimate.


MONICA TALMOR -- Professional Translator
211 Hightop Circle
Hamden, Connecticut 06514-4825
eMail address: Talmor@biomed.med.yale.edu
Telephone: (203) 397-3253
Professional translator (script and text): Romanian, Hebrew.
Rates vary according to the nature of the text. Please send a photocopy and an SASE or two IPRC's for an estimate.
Member: ROM-SIG. Recommended by ROM-SIG.


JAMES J.TYE, Professional Genealogist and Translator
5231 East 10 Mile Road, Apartment 106
Warren, Michigan 48091-1531, U.S.A.
Telephone: (810) 756-4514
eMail address: JTye356986@aol.com

Background: Graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, B.A. Political
Science, 1972. Over 35 years research experience.

Memberships FEEFHS, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan (Founder) and Polish
Genealogical Society of America (PGSA).

Professional Genealogist and Record Searcher: Specializing in areas covered
by the Russian and Austrian Partition of Poland.

Profesional Translator: Polish Language (Script and text). Able to translate
Latin and Russian Genealogical documents.

Other specialties: Records research dealing with Polish immigrants settling
in the greater Detroit Metropolitan area, Ethnic Polish Press of Detroit (obituaries and death notices), Polish Roman Catholic Churches of Detroit, Passenger Lists.

Research Rates: Please send an SASE with a detailed description of the
project for rates.


GRAZYNA VINCUNAS, Professional Translator
Massachusetts, USA
Telephone: (413) 567-9900
eMail address: ganvpls@aol.com

Profesional Translator: Polish Language (Script and text).


JOHN H. WRAY, Ph.D., C.G.
2259 North Lexington Avenue
Santa Maria, California 93458-1099
Telephone: (805) 925-1112
eMail address: jhwraygen@aol.com

Languages and Translations: German, Flemish (Dutsch), French, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin.

Professional Genealogist: Board Certified genealogist specializing in European genealogical reserch: Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe, and the United Kingdom. Experience in research work within these countries ands well as in France and the United States.

Genealogy Publications: U.S. correspondent for Service de Centralisation des Etudes Genealogiques et Demographiiques de Belgique (S.C.G.D.), 1030 Bruxelles, Belgium.

Membership in Genealogy Societies: S.C.G.D., Belgium; Vlaamase Vereniging voor Familiekunde (VVF); Merksem-Antwerpen, Belgium; The German Research Asociation, San Diego California; FEEFHS, Salt Lake City, Utah; The National Genealogical Society (NGS), Arlington Virginia; The Saint Augustine Genealogical Society, St. Augustine Florida.

Research Rates: Please send a SASE with a detailed description of the project for an estimate, rates and payment schedule.


ANTON VALDINE, -- Professional Genealogist and Record Searcher
Bolshaya Nabereznaya str. 5, bl 1, app. 389
Moscow 123362
Russia
Telephone and FAX: (7-095) 491-78-26
eMail address: geneal@geneal.msk.ru

Memberships: Russian Genealogy Federation, Genealogical-Historical Society of Moscow and FEEFHS.
Professional Genealogist and Record Searcher:Specializing in Moscow and St. Petersburg Archives (Central archives, not local). Willing to travel and experienced in traveling to Bessarabia, Kherson gubernia, some parts of the Volga (modern Volgagradskaya oblast) and some Central Russian regions (which are not typically German-Russian settlements)." Recommended by Michael M. Miller of GRHC, Fargo, North Dakota.
Czarist Police Records (Moscow): "I believe I can really search in Moscow through the old (Czarist) police files on card index. Many Germans were under police survellence then and were later exiled during 1914-1917. A surname is sufficient for a check. It is sometimes possible to find the place of origin. Rate: Checking will be free. Searching through the file/document in the common file is US$7.00 per hour."
City Archives of Moscow Post 1917 documents - same rate.
City Historical Archives of Moscow Pre-1917 documents - same rate.
State Historical Archives (St. Petersburg): The same rate for document searches here as at Moscow.
Central Russian Region: "Here it is possible to search all existing printed documents. To check for facts regarding an exile or a repression in 1920-1941-197... a power of attorney is required for records access. Fee: US$14.00 per person being checked. This may produce a notice of postive result and some small information. Further data may be available by special arrangement for a fee of not more than US$95.00 to US$110.00 The results may take some months" to acquire and report.


DR. SERGEY YELIZAROV -- Odessa, Ukraine Area Professional Record Searcher and Professional Translator

Office address:
Odessa Institute of Agricultrue
99 Sverdlova Str.,
270039 Odessa
Ukraine
Telephone: 048-2 296-560
eMail address: tour@tm.odessa.ua

Sergey is an Associate Professor at the Odessa Institute of Agriculture. He effectively suppported the "Journey to the Homeland" Tours sponsored by the GRHC and North Dakota State University in 1996 and 1997. He is highly recommended as an Odessa, Ukraine Area Professional Record Searcher and a professional translator.

Professional Record Searcher - Odessa, Ukraine Area Archives He accompanied the 1996 tours to the Odessa State Archives and is aware of their organization and use. He is also able to conduct record searches in other Odessa area archives.

Professional Translator He is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian and his English is very good. eMail access is available for transmitting English messages.

Examples of Source Documents Available for Translation: See a list of the Odessa State University Scientific Library - Selected German-Russian holdings as examples on materials he is prepared to translate.

Rate: Depending upon the level of difficulty and the time required. Please inform him via eMail of the material to be translated from Russian or Ukrainian to English or a brief description of the record search you need or a brief description listing the surname(s) and nature of the record search you seek.

Method of Payment:To define the most reliable way for payment in every concrete case one should send an e-Mail to Sergey Yelizarov to adjust that. Please contact Ted Weisenburger or Michael Miller if this is of serious interest or if a personal recommendation is needed.


JAN STEVEN ZALESKI -- Professional Genealogist and Translator
Professional Genealogist specializing in Polish genealogical research
P. O. Box 10416
Detroit, Michigan 48210-0416
Telephone: (313) 842-3044

Specializing in ethnic research of Poland.
Rates: Send proposed translation project statement with an SASE for rates and an estimate.
Professional Translations (script and text): Polish, Latin
Rates vary according to quality of text. Please send a photocopy and an SASE for an estimate.

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