Muskegon, Michigan Genealogy Services - Professional Genealogist

Muskegon Genealogy Services for Muskegon, Michigan, Western Michigan, and Beyond

Muskegon, MI professional genealogist proves relationships; finds missing records, lost ancestors, birth mothers, and historical information; writes family stories and How-To's; gives slide show programs; and offers individual guidance. 

Jane Schapka, M.A. in Teaching,  uses advanced methods to conduct research in local repositories, in addition to utilizing internet sources, so you have the best chance of receiving the information that you want.

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Contact Muskegon Genealogy Services. . 

Record Lookup
  • Find vital records that are missing (birth, marriage, death, etc.)
  • Entry in city directories, census record
Deep Research
  • Locate elusive ancestors in West Michigan and Beyond
  • Find out what happened to Dutch (Netherlanders) in Michigan
  • Prove that one ancestor is (or is not) related to another person
  • Organize your family tree papers so you see the "whole picture"
  • Find birth mother, with a Muskegon, MI connection
Written Report/Story, with Source Citations
  • Write a story, based on facts, not fiction, about your ancestors
  • Research historical background and prepare a written report
Speaker, Presenter
  • Give slide-show program at your genealogy society meeting
  • Speak introducing the fun and thrill of hunting family
Teacher
  • Teach you new methods to build your family tree 
Consultant
  • "By-the-minute" guidance--pay by the minute so you never spend more money than you need to. It's almost like having your private researcher "on-retainer."

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Enhance Your Chance: Discover More by Using a Professional Genealogy Researcher

We don't stop with online sources, some of which are undocumented (unproven). We take research deeper to discover more evidence by:
  1. Examining authentic primary and secondary documents, not undocumented online records
  2. Making on-site visits to courthouses for records not available elsewhere;
  3. Searching records kept only in repositories;
  4. Locating burials in cemeteries; 
  5. Photographing headstones, tombstones; and
  6. Contacting essential persons and repositories which contain the resources needed.

Genealogy Researcher Specialties:

  • Search for missing ancestors and heirs
  • Prove who the parents are and solve other relationships;
  • Solve long-standing family mysteries;
  • Find dead ends, often called "brick walls"
  • Sorting out jumbled ancestors and complex families
  • Solve naming mysteries with ultimate misspellings
  • Compile family histories
  • Write genealogies to hand down to your descendants
  • Uncover elusive records
  • Discover answers to local history questions
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