NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING RESEARCH CLIENTS, BUT CAN ACCOMMODATE RECORD RETRIEVALS.



 
I am experienced in using a combination of DNA analysis and traditional documentary research to solve unknown and misattributed parentage cases, both in my extended family tree and for those outside of my family. These include an Appalachian family in southeastern Kentucky with a large amount of endogamy, a family scattered throughout Texas and Oklahoma, and a family in New York and Connecticut with Ashkenazi Jewish roots in Galicia (part of modern-day Ukraine).

Both in my many years serving the public as a librarian and through my genealogical research, I have shown a passion for connecting people with the information they seek.

Testimonials

• Rebecca is amazing! With what I thought was little to go on in my family tree, she managed to find over 700 people and connected me with family that I didn't even know I have! She helped me locate my biological father's family, whom I have now met. She is diligent and works hard and, because she took the time to do the searching, I have a whole new family. Thank you, Rebecca! ~ Jennifer Palumbo
• Rebecca is knowledgeable and pleasant to work with, and she cares about your family. I felt overwhelmed with all the information. She helped find my biological father, which had been very difficult to do. ~ Sherry Russell
• There was a significant ancestral member of our family for whom my father had been looking with dogged enthusiasm since the late 1970s. When my father died, I felt strongly that the mystery person in our family should be found. Given my father's expertise, which I could not match, I contracted with Rebecca to help me. What I thought would take a couple of months took ten, yet I cannot thank Rebecca enough for being my guide in the long and convoluted process that we went through in finding this unknown ancestor. I am so grateful to have come to know and work with Rebecca. I learned to appreciate her expertise and quiet advice, which was so instrumental in pointing me in different directions (as I was emotionally wrapped up in the search). I am especially thankful for Rebecca's "never saying never," in that when I was ready to give up, she was not. Rebecca is an amazing genealogist. My ancestor is found, and so is peace. ~ LNStreeter
• Rebecca is great to work with and does such an excellent job. I'm extremely satisfied with the family tree, as well as all of the additional information about my ancestors that I now have. I highly recommend her to be your ancestry expert. ~ Michelle TePastte

Repositories
I am able and willing to travel to repositories in the following locations (repositories further away are possible, as well):

The following counties in southwestern Ohio: Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren.

The following counties in southeastern Indiana: Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne.

The following counties in northern Kentucky: Boone, Campbell, and Kenton.

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century

Languages
English, Spanish, some French, some Russian

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Affiliations
National Genealogical Society (NGS); Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS); Hamilton County (Ohio) Genealogical Society (HCGS); Kentucky Genealogical Society (KYGS); Jewish Genealogical Society of Pittsburgh (JGS of Pittsburgh); Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society (SCJGS); Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society (NEIJGS); Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto (JGST); MACSE (Hungarian Society for Family History Research); Friends of Budapest Jewish Cemetery; Israel Genealogical Research Association (IGRA); JRI-Poland; Gesher Galicia

Degrees

• M.L.S. (Master of Library Science, Kent State University, specializing in Children's and Young Adult Services)
• B.A. (University of Cincinnati, Spanish Language and Literature)