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Rocket Scientist turned world class Forensic Genealogist.

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

Posted on August 24, 2016

Flight to Berlin and Arrival Thursday, August 11, 2016 My trip from Los Angeles to Berlin went smoothly with a layover in Keflavik Interntional Airport. It is the cleanest airport in the world. It felt more like an igloo than an … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged 23andMe, Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime, Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Berlin Schoenefeld Airport, Birth Parents, Bundesarchiv, Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Keflavik International Airport, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Resistance, Unidentified, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das Nazi Regime | Leave a comment

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Posted on June 15, 2016

Since 2012 we have been trying to discover the birth identity of Pnina Gutman, who as an infant was smuggled from the Warsaw Ghetto with the assistance of a woman named Gertrud Spiro. We realized from the beginning that our best chance at solving the mystery was to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert Alfred Roehrs, Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berjosowka, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Landesarchiv, Berta Johanna Priess, Birth Parents, Bladiau, DNA Identification, East Prussia, Ernst Otto Gerlach, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gross Lindenau, Heiligenheil, Identifinders, Kaliningrad Oblast, Landgemeinde, Leipzig Stadtarchiv, Martha Maria Priess, missing-identity, Oserki, Paplauken, Pawiak Prison, Pjatidoroschnoje, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Quilitten, Schukowa, Timirjasewo, Tooenhagen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto | 2 Comments

Claude and the Geography Lesson

Posted on May 24, 2016

By the time I was asked to find Claude and Marie Dexter* in France, I had pulled a few unclaimed property rabbits out of unclaimed property hats so that I had become the company’s patron saint of hopeless cases. Typically, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unclaimed Property | Tagged M'Diq, Morocco, Numberway, Pages Blanches, Unclaimed Property | Leave a comment

They Never Thought I’d Find Them but I Did!

Posted on May 23, 2016

When people ask what I do for a living, I tell them “I read minds”. This is not far from the truth. The case of the Chedidi’s* stands out in this regard. In about 2007, the international investment company I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unclaimed Property | Tagged Forensic Genealogy, Heir Searching, Lebanon, Mind Reader, Numberway, Unclaimed Property | 1 Comment

An Adventure in International Unclaimed Property – Seeking The Von-Fiorellos

Posted on May 20, 2016

About ten years ago, when Andy and I were in Merida, Mexico on business, I received an email from the international investment company I worked for. They had been trying to find owners associated with unclaimed property, but without success. They contacted me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Unclaimed Property | Tagged Forensic Genealogy, Innsbruck, Italy, Merida, Mexico, Ortisei, Unclaimed Property | Leave a comment

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Posted on May 19, 2016

Das Bundesarchiv Trial Records According to Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945 (Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi Regime 1933-1945), Leo and Gertrud Spiro were put on trial in Berlin in 1938. Trying to locate their court records, I contacted the … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Bernberg, Birth Parents, Brandenburg Prison, Bundesarchiv, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrud Priess, Gertrud Spiro, Gertrud-Priess Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Kammergericht, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Plotzensee, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polizeigefangnis, Ravensbruck, Sachenhausen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945 | Leave a comment

Calendar for May – August 2016

Posted on March 6, 2016

My calendar will be updated on an ongoing basis May 18, 2016 7:00 pm You Will Never Look at Your Old Photos the Same Way Again! South Bay Genealogical Society Katy Geissert Civic Center Library Community Meeting Room 3301 Torrance … Continue reading →

Posted in Calendar | Tagged Adoption Searches, CSI Meets Roots, Dead Horse Investigation, Family History, genetic genealogy, Hooked on Genealogy, Hospital Records, OCCGS, Orange County California Genealogical Society, Qualicom Beach, Sidney Leslie Goodwin, Titanic Baby, Titanic Historical Society | Leave a comment

Author Archives: identifinders

About identifinders

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Claude and the Geography Lesson

They Never Thought I’d Find Them but I Did!

An Adventure in International Unclaimed Property – Seeking The Von-Fiorellos

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Calendar for May – August 2016

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