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Profession:
Active full-time genealogical researcher; Head of Citizenship Services and Genealogical Research at EverGens Europe Ltd.

Geographical Areas of Research:
Hungary, the former Kingdom of Hungary, Austria, Galicia, Israel, North America, and the broader regions of Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Discipline of Research and Professional Activities:
Jewish and Hungarian genealogy, Holocaust research, migration history, rabbinic dynasties, local community histories, archival studies, and comprehensive citizenship services.

Proficiency in Research:
Graduate of the Yad Vashem Genealogy Course.
Extensive expertise in both online and archival research, including highly complex, multi-regional investigations.
Registered researcher at the Budapest City Archives (BFL) and the National Archives of Hungary.
Member of the Hungarian Society for Family History Research (MACSE), the Hungarian Heraldry and Genealogical Society (MHGT), and the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA).
Paleographic and source-reading competence in:
– German scripts (including Kurrentschrift),
– Hebrew and Yiddish manuscripts,
– Latin,
– German,
– Hungarian,
– Civil, religious, and communal vital records across these languages.

Research Achievements:
Significant experience in reconstructing complex family histories, including:
– Tracing families back to the 18th century,
– Documenting rabbinic lineages,
– Identifying diaspora migration patterns between Galicia, Hungary, and the global Jewish diaspora,
– Mapping Central European–to–North American migratory routes,
– Conducting in-depth casework involving Jewish, urban civilian, and rural communities across multiple historical periods.

Current Research Directions:
Focused research on Jewish and Hungarian genealogies in Central and Eastern Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
Current projects include community-level reconstructions, migration-path analysis, and the recovery of fragmented Holocaust-era family histories.

Surnames Researched:
Feldmann, Elefánt, Weiss, Beck, Gottlieb, Lichtmann, Klein — along with a wide range of additional Hungarian, Galician, Austrian, and diasporic Jewish surnames in the course of professional client research.

Languages:
Fluent in English, Hungarian, and Hebrew; working translation proficiency in German.
Advanced source-reading ability in archival manuscripts and vital records in German, Hebrew, Yiddish, Latin, and Hungarian.

Geographic Specialities

• Hungary (including historical counties of the Kingdom of Hungary)

• Slovakia (Felvidék / Upper Hungary regions)

• Galicia (Poland & Western Ukraine)

• Austria

• Israel & Mandatory Palestine

• North America (United States & Canada)

• Central and Eastern Europe

• Carpathian Basin Jewish communities

• Central European migration routes

Additional specialities or search keywords
Hungarian & Jewish ancestry, citizenship services, immigration records, Europe–US family tracing

Repositories

• Budapest City Archives (BFL)

• National Archives of Hungary (MNL)

• Austrian State Archives (ÖStA)

• Slovak State Archives (Slovenský národný archív)

• Archives of Galicia (various regional branches in Poland and Ukraine)

• Yad Vashem Digital Collections

• JewishGen Databases

• FamilySearch Historical Records

• Arcanum Digitheca & Hungarian parish/ civil registry databases

• US National Archives (NARA) digital collections

• Central Zionist Archives (CZA), Jerusalem

• Israel State Archives (ISA)

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Languages

• English – fluent

• Hungarian – fluent

• Hebrew – fluent

• German – working translation proficiency

• Source-reading proficiency in German (including Kurrentschrift), Hebrew, Yiddish, Latin, and Hungarian archival records

Honorifics/Credentials

Graduate, Yad Vashem Genealogy Course
Registered Researcher, Budapest City Archives (BFL)
Registered Researcher, National Archives of Hungary

Affiliations

• Head of Citizenship Services and Genealogical Research, EverGens Europe Ltd.

• Member, Hungarian Society for Family History Research (MACSE)

• Member, Hungarian Heraldry and Genealogical Society (MHGT)

• Member, Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA)