Roots Expert
Eastern European Mutt
Renée Carl
Genealogy research specializing in Eastern European ancestry and immigration records
How they can help
- Remote research
- In person
- APG member
- Researches in
- Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, United States
- Based in
- United States · DC
- Languages
- English
- Time periods
- 19th century · 20th century · Immigration era · Prohibition era
About
Renée Carl, AKA Eastern European Mutt, is a genealogy researcher based in the District of Columbia offering comprehensive family research, record retrieval, transcription services, and project coaching with expertise in Eastern European ancestry, immigration and naturalization records, and Jewish genealogy.
Renée attended Wesleyan University and graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology. She completed masters courses in Museum Studies and Education. After years working in public relations, education policy, and politics, she moved full time to genealogy in 2012. She brings to each project a tenacious drive to uncover whatever the client seeks, with expertise in immigration and naturalization records, city directories, maps, and Prohibition era research. She advocates for records access and provides policy guidance to RecordsNotRevenue.com.
Specialties
- Eastern European ancestry
- Jewish genealogy
- Immigration records
- Naturalization records
- City directories
- Maps
- DNA genealogy
- Ship manifests
- Census records
- Project management
- Transcription services
Additional credentials
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology (Wesleyan University); completed masters courses in Museum Studies and Education
Washington, DC, United States
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