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I have been providing expert German genealogical and historical research services to individuals and corporate clients for over 20 years. 

My research areas include Germany and the former German Eastern Provinces like East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen and Silesia (now Poland and Russia, etc.).

I offer comprehensive research in a wide variety of records. These include church records, civil records, land records, emigration records, military records, school records, welfare and almshouse records, tax records, newspapers, telephone directories, local chronicles and more.

My clients are from Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. You can contact me using my email address: Cornelia.pohl@gmx.de

In 2020 I was an expert at RootsTech's Coaches Corner in Salt Lake City and in 2024 I did virtual consultations for RootsTech visitors. (FamilySearch)

I have also conducted research for the US version of the TV series "Who Do You Think You Are?" and consulted on book projects. 

Geographic Specialities

• Germany (nationwide)
• Former German Eastern Provinces: West Prussia, East Prussia, Pomerania and Poznan (today Poland, Russia etc.)
• Special Expert for Research in Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony
• Jewish genealogy in Berlin

Testimonials

• "Thank you so much for this incredible information. I am so impressed with what you have found. You've covered more than 300 years of my German Ancestry."
• "Thank you for this latest treasure trove of new family information! We appreciate your research efforts and thoroughness very much."
• "Thanks for such a wonderful review of so many great options for me. You have reignited my passion for the research."

Additional specialities or search keywords
Germany, Poland, Transcriptions, Genealogy, History, Catholic, Jewish, Huguenot, Mennonite

Publications/Media
I wrote articles about the history of German emigration to the United States from the 17th to the 20th century. I also was invited as an expert in a TV documentation about the German- American piano maker Henry E. Steinway.

Lectures

1. Lectures on "Genealogy in the Berlin Archives"
2. Lectures on "German Emigration to North America"
3. Lecture on the "Reaction of the Government of Brunswick to Emigration in the 18th and 19th Century".
4. Lectures on "The Profession of Genealogy in Germany"

Repositories

• Church archives, state archives and private archives located throughout Germany
• Federal Archives Berlin
• Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin
• Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin
• The Political Archive of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century
• 16th Century and Earlier

Languages
English, German (native), old German handwriting, Latin

Honorifics/Credentials
I finished my studies at the University of Bamberg and the University of Edinburgh with a PhD.
 

Affiliations
I am a member of the German Society for Overseas History, the German Society for Computer Genealogy e.V., the Association for Family Research in Pomerania and the Association for Family History Research in East and West Prussia, the Brandenburg Genealogical Society "Roter Adler" e. V..

Degrees
Ph.D. (History, Communication Sciences, European Ethnology)