Case: Family Tree Sleuth researched ancestry of client’s Slovak-American mother, eventually locating all eight great-grandparents back to the 1850s. Our most satisfying discovery was the native village of a great grandmother, abandoned in the 1950s, deep in the foothills of the High Carpathian Mountains. This research required transcribing both Roman and Cyrillic script, and translating records from Slovak, Hungarian, and Latin.
I worked with Family Tree Sleuth to help fulfill one of my mother's life-long dreams of learning more about her ancestry. Ted was not only diligent in his work but was beyond fair and took every curve-ball we threw at him like a champion! Through this process, Ted became more of a friend than a stranger on the other side of the internet. I would recommend Family Tree Sleuth to anyone and am confident Ted will provide you more than you ever expected!
~Mary Wendel, Ohio
Case: Family Tree Sleuth helped an Irish-American woman locate the birth record for her grandfather to aid in a dual citizenship application.
How do I thank you for researching my grandfather's ancestry? After three years of searching and thought I was on a hot trail, I went to you. Within a couple of weeks you found him. I was moved by the documentation you provided. It made me feel like I knew this person, not just about him. You provided me with more than enough information to apply for my Irish Citizenship, a map of his birth place and ideas of where my grandmother may have been born. All this was provided in a neat, organized folder where I can access his ship manifesto, application for military, USA Citizenship and his family in the USA. I am so, so proud of this folder, I will cherish it forever.
Dolores Tighe, North Andover, Massachusetts
Case: Family Tree Sleuth researched the ancestry of a Maine native who is 3/4 Polish and 1/4 French Canadian, and created a customized family tree. The most amazing find was that two of his great-grandparents came from neighboring villages in Poland, a year apart, on the same ship, the S.S. Cymric, and were then married in Maine.
One of our most satisfying pieces of detective work for this job was the deciphering of the name of a 4X great grandfather, Amable Corbin. The key was realizing that the name 'Amable' was broken between two lines in the marriage record for his son.
“Not only did Ted display a high level of professionalism and technical skill, but the emotional investment that he made in my family’s history went way beyond my expectations. In my particular case, Ted’s knowledge of immigration records allowed him to decipher seemingly impossible documents and discover relatives that I didn’t know I had. On top of all this, his presentation of my family tree was thoughtful and visually pleasing. I recommend him in the highest regard.”
Case: Family Tree Sleuth works with John F. Cole, AKA The Old House Whisperer, an expert in New England First Period houses, to produce hardcover books that combine architectural history with family history. The first publication from Ted’s collaboration with John told the stories of four primary families, about one per century, that lived in a c. 1730 house in Danvers, Massachusetts.
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