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Samuel Chaniel Lerner

Lerning Your Lineage
Chief Researcher at Lerning Your Lineage
Bethesda , Maryland
United States


  • DNA
  • Family History Research
  • Speaking / Presenting

  • Family History Research
  • Immigration / Naturalization

  • Family History Research
  • Methodology & Resources
  • Available for in-person events
  • Available for virtual events

  • Document Translation
  • Handwriting / Palaeography
Samuel (Sammy) Lerner, the founder of Lerning Your Lineage, is a professional genealogist with expertise in Eastern European research, specifically Ukrainian Jewish & Bessarabian Jewish Genealogy. 

He specializes in combing through handwritten pre-revolution Cyrillic handwriting to not only put together branches of a family tree, but also to find documents that help tell a story. This could manifest as a signature on a petition or a school essay. 

He has volunteered for multiple JewishGen's research divisions to index revision lists (similar to census documents), written in pre-revolution Cyrillic handwriting. He has also gone to Poland with the JewishGen Future Scholars Fellowship Program.

He is a sought-after speaker for his extensive knowledge of Eastern European records.

 


  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century