Forensic Genealogist with Eastern European and Naturalization Specialties; Chicago-based, Boston-born.
Business Name
The Genealogy Maven
Non-Research Specialties
Historian
Instructor
Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
Oral Historian/Interviewer
Technologist
Translator
Research Specialties
Adoption
Court Records
Emigration & Immigration
Federal Records
Forensic
Heir Searcher
Jewish
Lineage Societies
Naturalization
Research Counties
Cook County, Illinois, United States
Lake County, Illinois, United States
McHenry County, Illinois, United States
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Will County, Illinois, United States
Research Provinces / States
Illinois, United States
Indiana, United States
Maine, United States
Maryland, United States
Massachusetts, United States
New Hampshire, United States
New Jersey, United States
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ontario, Canada
Rhode Island, United States
Wisconsin, United States
Research Countries
Belarus
Canada
England
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
United States
Research Time Periods
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Geographic Specialties
IL, MA, RI, New England, Midwest, Boston, Chicago, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Degrees
University of Chicago - Executive Management Program
Smith College - AB
Languages
English, French, Russian
Repositories
Newberry Library
National Archives & Records Administration
Cook County Courts & Deeds
Family History Center - Wilmette, IL
Lectures
Mayhem on a Manifest
What is Forensic Genealogy?
Early Jewish Settlers in Illinois
Naturalization and Immigration
Breaking Through Brick Walls
Fundamentals of DNA
FamilySearch Update
Certificates
Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)
ProGen 46
GenProof 62
GenFed Virtual 2021
Affiliations
Association of Professional Genealogists
National Genealogical Society
Illinois State Genealogical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Genealogical Society of Utah
Society of Genealogists - London, UK
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston
Jewish Genealogy Society of Illinois
