Trina Galauner
Advanced researcher with over 25 years of experience specializing in European immigrant ancestry.
Legacy Tree Genealogists
Advanced Researcher
Currently accepting clients for...
- Family History Research
Family History Research
- Document Retrieval / Record Agent
- Ethnicity / Religion
- Family History Research
- Immigration / Naturalization
DNA
- Adoption / Unknown Parentage
Speaking/Presenting
- Family History Research
Writing/Publishing
- Author/Writer
- Editor
Other Speciality
- Handwriting / Palaeography
Trina has been a professional genealogist since 2020 and has over 25 years of experience researching and writing family stories. She was the editor and writer of over 100 articles for "Our Polish Ancestors", a quarterly publication of the Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland. Trina specializes in immigrant and European genealogical research, especially in Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania and Ukraine. Additionally, she has experience with research of the Midwest and Northeastern United States, especially Northeast Ohio. Trina has helped clients with unknown parentage cases using DNA analysis and has assisted clients with obtaining vital documents for dual citizenship purposes.
Geographic Specialities
Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United States.
Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United States.
Testimonials
Trina helped me find my birth father and I am so grateful for her diligence. I could not have done it without her. She gave me a very happy ending and reunion that would have never happened if it weren't for her" - K. W. "My family and I got interested in our Polish family roots and wanted to find out more about our ancestry. We did out own research and because of our lack of expertise in genealogy found it worthwhile but slow and tedious. We decided to get some help, so we went to Trina who was able to unearth much more information and do it faster than we ever could." - Paul Z. "It was a pleasure to work with Trina on uncovering more information on a relative before I went to our country of origin. She was quick, thorough, very professional, and gave me LOTS of information and documents in both beautiful copies and digital form. She also did a great job explaining her process. I will definitely use her again." - Jean W. "Trina was able to not only provide me with my Polish, Canadian, French, Swiss, Dutch, German, and Belgian ancestry that stemmed from my Michigan roots but also provided me with multiple stories about these ancestors in the old country and reasons why they immigrated to North America. What she compiled in just 6 weeks will take me years to digest. I am so grateful for her dedication to detail as she opened my eyes to the joys of knowing my family's heritage." - Anita K.
Trina helped me find my birth father and I am so grateful for her diligence. I could not have done it without her. She gave me a very happy ending and reunion that would have never happened if it weren't for her" - K. W. "My family and I got interested in our Polish family roots and wanted to find out more about our ancestry. We did out own research and because of our lack of expertise in genealogy found it worthwhile but slow and tedious. We decided to get some help, so we went to Trina who was able to unearth much more information and do it faster than we ever could." - Paul Z. "It was a pleasure to work with Trina on uncovering more information on a relative before I went to our country of origin. She was quick, thorough, very professional, and gave me LOTS of information and documents in both beautiful copies and digital form. She also did a great job explaining her process. I will definitely use her again." - Jean W. "Trina was able to not only provide me with my Polish, Canadian, French, Swiss, Dutch, German, and Belgian ancestry that stemmed from my Michigan roots but also provided me with multiple stories about these ancestors in the old country and reasons why they immigrated to North America. What she compiled in just 6 weeks will take me years to digest. I am so grateful for her dedication to detail as she opened my eyes to the joys of knowing my family's heritage." - Anita K.
Additional specialities or search keywords
Gothic script handwriting, Russian handwriting
Gothic script handwriting, Russian handwriting
Publications/Media
Multiple publications in "Our Polish Ancestors", a quarterly newsletter of the Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland
Multiple publications in "Our Polish Ancestors", a quarterly newsletter of the Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland
Research Time Periods
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
Languages
English
English
Degrees
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration/Marketing
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration/Marketing