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My specializations

Archiving
Tłumacz Przysięgły Języka Angielskiego Sworn Translator Certified Interpreter Genealogia Genealogy Family History Poland
Genealogy
Digital research
about me

"My work. My passion"

Searching, flicking through and helping to discover the past is my real passion… The moment when an elderly lady has tears in her eyes, because she has just solved a family mystery… The joy of finding an old letter or an article about an ancestor in a 19th century newspaper… The feeling of connection with the people who are long gone… Hours and hours spent at the archives, libraries, museums are so worth it!


After I obtained two MA degrees in History majoring in the Archival Studies and International Studies at the University of Wrocław, I was working at the British Library in London for over a decade. During that time, I worked tirelessly to become a Chartered Librarian. I spent a few years as a Reference Librarian in the India Office Records discovering the history of the East India Company and the areas under its rule. For some time, I also worked as an Internet Archivist. Dealing with thousands of enquiries, practical help and advice to researchers and creating digital archives and collections was not only a source of joy and pride, but also getting a great knowledge about keeping the archives, genealogy and digital research.


Now it is time to use my experience in a different way: that is how the ‘Archives, Genealogy, Digital Research’ came to life. Because who does not need the documents, family archives or company’s paperwork sorted? And done with real passion.

 

My services include archives and documents management, research, family history and digitisation for individual clients, companies and institutions.

My specialization

Archiving

Sorting documents

  • Reviewing and categorising according to legal guidance

  • Organising and creating an easy to use archive

  • Creating descriptions and finding aids

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Securing documents

  • Preserving in appropriate files and boxes

  • Documents culling

Historical archives

  • Professional analysis of the archives

  • Preserving in appropriate files and boxes

  • Creating descriptions and finding aids

My specialization

Genealogy

Family History

  • Building family trees.

  • Searching online and in the archives, libraries, churches and museums.

  • Newspaper and magazine searching.

  • Elegant printouts.

  • Creating family archives.

Family archives

  • Professional analysis of the archives

  • Preserving in appropriate files and boxes

  • Creating descriptions and finding aids

Family tree album

  • Professional genealogical records in digital or physical form

  • Searching in online databases, archives, libraries, churches, museums

  • Creating a family archive

My specialization

Digital Research

Digital archives

  • Categorising according to legal guidance.

  • Scanning

  • Creating digital archives from scratch and adding to the existing ones.

  • Creating backups.

Digital research

  • Searching in digital databases.

  • Market research.

  • Big data

Research

  • for students

  • for professionals

  • for companies

My work

Portfolio

Anna i Zuzanna Mrózek c 1900
Living with my great-grandmother in the same house I listened to family stories for years – I was surrounded with old tales and people who are long gone. Looking through the family archive I found a buyer’s contract from 1874 for the land we still own, beautifully illustrated war letters and many photographs. That inspired me to look in the local archives. So far I have found ancestors living in Ustroń (Cieszyn Silesia, Poland) since mid-18 th century, orphans’ documents and my great-great- great grandfather’s will dated from 1910. And that’s just the beginning…
Indian ancestors
Searching for non-Christian ancestors may be quite difficult as very often there are not any surviving official or religious documents. However, some ancestors can be found in the less obvious sources. Here are some tips how to search for Hindu and Muslim military personnel, who fought in the World War I.
Newspapers and magazines – the window to the past.
Although searching through old newspapers and magazines is time-consuming and requires a lot of patience, it often brings lots of surprises and hidden gems. Suddenly a very ordinary ancestor becomes an adventurous person; we can find out where a family business was run or who was looking for a wife in a local newspaper. Sometimes even in the classifieds you can find an interesting story.
The Great Escape Working in the India Office Records, I discovered a fascinating story in the most unassuming files. A tale about six people from Poland and the USSR, who escaped to British India through Iran during World War II. Adventures of Olgierd Stołychwo, Adam Backer, Tatiana Czynnowa, Józef Backermann, Iwan Bazelewicz and Bronisław Boguszewicz are more exciting than a film script as they are true events. An account in three parts I, II, III...
Ustron parafia
Lutheran Parish in Ustroń, Poland In the last few months I have completed the initial phase of archiving the historical materials kept in the church. I found 50 meters of mixed up documents, some kept in boxes, some just bundled with a string with no instructions or clues about the original order. I left a collection divided into subject areas, most precious documents in professional files and boxes, including a collection book with parishioners’ names from 1782, written procedures for staff and plenty of ideas what to do with the archive in the future.

 

Prices are individually negotiated with the client.

Projects are divided into stages.

Client decides on the direction of the research.

Your family archive is a mess, but there is never enough time to sort it out?

You have always wanted to find your ancestors, but do not know where to start?

Give me a call or send an email for a free quote.

my location

Contact me

Address

ul. Choinkowa 36

 43 – 450 Ustroń

Poland

Opening Hours

Mon – Fri 9 am – 4 pm

For further Enquiries

tel: + 48 609 466 609

Email : dorotawalker@gmail.com

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my reviews
The church archive has been professionally preserved and now we know what else needs to be done to open it for genealogists and other researchers. We were all very surprised what gems were hidden there. Dorota has done a great service in our parish archive.
Piotr Wowry
Pastor, Lutheran Church, Ustroń, Poland
Dorota has helped me many times during my research in the India Office Records at the British Library in London. Without the documents she has found, my PhD would not be as comprehensive. Great knowledge and going an extra mile made my time there a great experience.
Dr Arunima Datta,
Idaho, USA
We are very pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into AncestryProGenealogists contractor network.
We were impressed with your skills and credentials and look forward to working with Dorota in the near future.
Ancestry
ProGenealogist

My family tree was done
quickly and professionally.
I definitely recommend
Dorota's services!
Marcin Podżorski
5/5

In a quick and efficient way,
Dorota has helped me to dicover some
of my family's secrets.
Learning about my ancestors
all the way back to the 17th century
was a facinating experience.
I strongly recommend her services.
Mick J.
5/5
Dorotka spent many hours
researching the genealogy
of the Walker, Bateman, Hopewell
and Curtis families.
It gave me a lot of joy, especially the information about criminal activities of my ancestors found in the newspapers and the court documents.
Tim Walker
5/5
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