Carla S. Cegielski
- Family History Research
- Speaking / Presenting
- Writing /Publishing
- Family History Research
- Heraldry / Lineage Societies
- Immigration / Naturalization
- Tutor / Coach
- Family History Research
- Methodology & Resources
- Technology
- Available for in-person events
- Available for virtual events
- Author/Writer
- Tutor / Coach
- Mineral & Property Rights
- Handwriting / Palaeography
- Web Design
Carla S. Cegielski is a full-time family history researcher specializing in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia research. She has been providing professional research services to attorneys, historians, genealogists, hobbyists, and others since 2007.
Carla is past-president of both of the Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Lake County (OH) Genealogical Society. She volunteered as a grader for the National Genealogical Society's genealogy courses and as a coordinator for the ProGen Study Group.After retiring from teaching at a local business college, Carla began lecturing on various genealogical topics. She is a frequent speaker at genealogical societies, libraries and conferences. Carla was the creator and coordinator of the 2021 Reading, Transcribing, and Abstracting Old Documents course at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP).
Services
Consultations - One-on-one sessions to review and guide your research.
Family History - I can help you research, record and document your family's history.
Indexing - Indexing of books, society journals, and/or family histories.
Lineage Applications - I have extensive experience as a DAR registrar.
Transcriptions - Can't read the old handwriting? Let me transcribe the text.
Geographic Specialties
Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Continuing Education
Attends at least 1 genealogical institute & 1 national conference per year.
I cannot express adequately my gratitude for the assistance that Carla provided to me, identifying an ancestor, for whom I had been searching unsuccessfully for quite a while. The clues that I was able to furnish to her were few and vague; she nevertheless pointed me to my "missing person" in short order and sent to me an image of the 1872 will that he had written, which noted valuable facts about his location and family. Throughout the process, Carla's communication with me was prompt, clear, and kind. I am extremely fortunate to have been a beneficiary of Carla's employment of her expertise, skill, and time.
~ David Falls, Indiana, USA
- Author of the National Genealogical Society Reading Old Handwriting course.
- Columnist for the quarterly NGS Magazine, 2019-2024.
- Cleveland Public Library
- Courthouses in eastern Ohio
- Courthouses in northern West Virginia
- Courthouses in western Pennsylvania
- Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland
- 21st Century
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
- 17th Century
- Reading knowledge of French and German
- African American Genealogical Society of Cleveland
- Computer Assisted Genealogy Group Cleveland Area
- Lake County Genealogical Society
- Maine Historical Society
- National Genealogical Society
- National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- North Hills Genealogists
- M.S. (Library Science)
- B.A. (Russian Language & Literature)