Suzanne M. Trotter-Martin, AG®
Traditional and Genetic Genealogy Research. Effective. Reliable. Best Practices.
German and Slavic Research Specialist
Salt Lake City, Utah
Currently accepting clients for...
- DNA
- Family History Research
Family History Research
- DNA
- Family History Research
- Immigration / Naturalization
DNA
- Adoption / Unknown Parentage
Speaking/Presenting
- DNA
- Family History Research
- Methodology & Resources
Writing/Publishing
- Author/Writer
- Editor
Other Speciality
- Document Translation
- Event / Reunion / Travel Planning
- Forensic Research
- Heir & Probate Search
- Photograph Analysis
- Handwriting / Palaeography
Suzanne is an Accredited Genealogist® with over 20 years of professional genealogical research experience. She earned concurrent bachelor’s degrees in English and in family history and genealogy at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. She also completed extensive graduate studies in education at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. She has conducted research in various archives across Europe, and she has contributed to several publications and given various presentations across the country and abroad.
Like many genealogists, Suzanne started her training by researching her own family, a curiosity inspired by both her mother and her great grandmother (and namesake). She is particularly fond of general U.S. research, from modern to various historical eras, and identifying immigrant origins. She is highly skilled in reading old handwriting, especially German fonts and scripts. She is trained in Spanish, German, and Latin languages, and dabbles in various others. She looks forward to helping tell your family stories. Like her mentors, Roger P. Minert and Kory L. Meyerink, she believes that there is a solution to every research problem, and is not afraid to think outside the box. She will always follow best practices in genealogical research as she strives to find the answer to your questions.
Research Specialties:
Like many genealogists, Suzanne started her training by researching her own family, a curiosity inspired by both her mother and her great grandmother (and namesake). She is particularly fond of general U.S. research, from modern to various historical eras, and identifying immigrant origins. She is highly skilled in reading old handwriting, especially German fonts and scripts. She is trained in Spanish, German, and Latin languages, and dabbles in various others. She looks forward to helping tell your family stories. Like her mentors, Roger P. Minert and Kory L. Meyerink, she believes that there is a solution to every research problem, and is not afraid to think outside the box. She will always follow best practices in genealogical research as she strives to find the answer to your questions.
Research Specialties:
Geographic Specialities
- Migration across the United States
- Pennsylvania Germans and German-American heritage
- German Baptists, Mennonites, and other pietist groups
- Identifying immigrant origins
- 17th to 20th century immigration to the United States
- Germany and German-speaking countries, including the lands of both the German Empire and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire
- Germans from Russia
- German settlers in Austria-Hungary
- Using DNA to help solve a variety of research problems, including identifying immigrant origins
- Migration across the United States
- Pennsylvania Germans and German-American heritage
- German Baptists, Mennonites, and other pietist groups
- Identifying immigrant origins
- 17th to 20th century immigration to the United States
- Germany and German-speaking countries, including the lands of both the German Empire and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire
- Germans from Russia
- German settlers in Austria-Hungary
- Using DNA to help solve a variety of research problems, including identifying immigrant origins
Research Time Periods
- 21st Century
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
- 17th Century
- 16th Century and Earlier
Languages
Genealogical documents written in German, Latin, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Italian, and some Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, and Russian.
Genealogical documents written in German, Latin, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Italian, and some Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, and Russian.
Honorifics/Credentials
Accredited Genealogist® for Germany (2019) and Czechia (2024)
Accredited Genealogist® for Germany (2019) and Czechia (2024)
Affiliations
Suzanne is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA).
Suzanne is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA).
Degrees
Bachelors Degree, English (2005) from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Bachelors Degree, Family History and Genealogy, emphasis Germanic Research (2005) from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
ABD Masters of Education: Teaching (2016) from Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)
Bachelors Degree, English (2005) from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Bachelors Degree, Family History and Genealogy, emphasis Germanic Research (2005) from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
ABD Masters of Education: Teaching (2016) from Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)