Roots Expert
Research Your Roots
Sarah Busse Spencer
Experience the joy of discovering your ancestors!
How they can help
- Remote research
- Heritage travel
- Researches in
- Germany, Russia, Poland, Austria
- Based in
- United States
- Languages
- English · German · RU · Polish · LA
About
Professional genealogist specializing in European ancestry research, particularly German, Russian, and Eastern European records. Offers genealogy seminars, full-service research, and family history writing.
Sarah Busse Spencer has been around genealogy her entire life. After graduating from Harvard College, she earned a PhD in Sociology and Russian History from the University of Chicago. She learned German and Russian and lived in both countries. She received two certificates in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho. She specializes in helping clients find the European hometown of their immigrant ancestors, finding records from the former Russian Empire and the former German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, and deciphering old vital records in multiple languages. Services include genealogy workshops and seminars, full-service professional research, family history writing, and vital record transcription.
Specialties
- immigrant ancestry
- European hometown research
- Russian Empire records
- German records
- Austro-Hungarian Empire records
- vital records
- Eastern Europe
- genealogical proof standard
- family history writing
Additional credentials
PhD in Sociology and Russian History from University of Chicago; Two certificates in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho; Harvard College graduate
United States
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