• KARIN HENLEY, MEDICINE HAT, AB, CANADA: Hallo, Uwe, we have just returned from holidays yesterday, and I have finally had the time to see your research report. It completely surpasses all expectations, and I am so grateful to you for the superb work you have done. • STEVEN LEININGER, CONCORD, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, I can't thank you enough for the splendid work you have done for my family line. There is so much amazing information. I can't wait to put together another project that hopefully you can fit it! • SUSAN MOSKALY, EUREKA, CA, USA: Hello Uwe, I received the research results yesterday. All I can say is “WOW”! You did a terrific job. Of course, I expected birth, marriage, and death records, but the additional information, such as legal records, photos, etc., really fleshes out my ancestors’ and their relatives’ lives. • STANFORD B. VINCENT, TEATICKET, MA, USA: Uwe, Once again, I have to say how much I appreciate your talent and thoroughness as a genealogist. What you accomplished with the Walther family history went way beyond what I expected. • KEN MERTE, SOUTHLAKE, TX, USA: Dear Uwe, My first reaction upon receiving your report was, WOW! Your research and the Merte Family Report far exceed my expectations. The content, quality, and professionalism of the report are exceptional. I especially like the report summary, the maps, and your organization/presentation of source documents. You have extended my family tree back to the 1600s and 4 generations beyond what I was able to find with my own research. I highly recommend your services, without reservation, for anyone seeking professional genealogy support. • BRANDON WIGGAND, GLENMONT, NY, USA: Hi Uwe! Thank you so much for taking this project on and for your report! I've read through it several times now and each time I discover more interesting things about my ancestors. From providing you with little more than a name and a birthdate it is amazing you were able to locate my specific ancestor. It would have been impossible for me to ever gather this information on my own. I am very impressed with the quality and depth of research, and the historical narrative you created to put together the lives of my ancestors from hundreds of years ago. Finally after so many years of speculation I have a definitive place where my Wiegand ancestors lived in Germany. The original records and translations provided are great, as well as the photographs of the city that really bring life to the report. I am very impressed that you were able to locate a family home and provide the location and photos of it. I love the history of the area that you weaved through the report to provide further context. German history is very complex and it is a nice summary that helps me to better understand the lives of my family. I am really overjoyed to have your report now to pass down through our family for many years to come. • GLENN M. JOHNS, SPRINGVILLE, UT, USA: Dear Uwe, Just a quick not to tell you that I received your awesome report. I know that it will take me many days to digest all of the information, but I am very impressed with what I have seen. I look forward to discussing next steps in the near future. • DAVID EFT, GULF SHORES, AL, USA: Uwe, The package arrived this afternoon and I have spent some time getting my bearings on the contents. It provides a ton of information that will take me some time to absorb, but based on what I have read so far I can tell that it absolutely hits the mark for what I hoped to learn, and the way you have organized and packaged it all is very impressive. Thank you for your outstanding work! • ELIZABETH GOMOLL, NORTH OAKES, MN, USA: Dear Uwe, Your report just arrived at my front door and I AM BLOWN AWAY! It is not only wonderfully complete, but beautifully presented. It will take me some time to digest all the information, but I am beyond thrilled with your work. Thank you! Danke sehr! I will be recommending you to anyone needing a researcher in Germany. Absolutely. • EDWARD D. BENDER, CINCINNATI, OH, USA: Dear Uwe, The Bender Family Research Project arrived yesterday afternoon. I was home from work late yesterday and immediately began reading the report. I was up until almost midnight. It is amazing! You did an outstanding job! • ELIZABETH BOND, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY, USA: I wanted to let you know that I received the report and I am pleased with the results of your research. Ever since it was delivered, I have been carefully reviewing everything that you found, and I am amazed at the depth of information that you were able to gather. The results exceeded my expectations and I can’t thank you enough for all of your work. • JOHN D. STRICKER, MADISON, WI, USA: Dear Uwe, Having completed a first review of the Stricker Family Research Report, I must say a huge thank you for your excellent work. You have added a wonderful aspect to my appreciation of genealogy. The information on their homes, their communities and the families has brought my ancestors to life for me. - Hello Uwe, I just wanted to say while your first report was wonderful and amazing, you did an excellent job on this one as well. It has been quite obvious you enjoy/love what you do for a living.To me, your have to be the world’s best genealogist! Your attention to detail is unmatched and extremely thorough. I believe I have offered to tell any prospective customer my impressions. And, you certainly can quote me. • BILL KELLERMAN, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, USA: Uwe, I have been enjoying the work you did for me this year. Every time I go back and look at it I discover new things about my ancestors. You did a very comprehensive job of researching - worth every penny I spent. • JAMES SENS, COMMERCE TWP, MI, USA: Dear Uwe, I have received the research report. I am very pleased with the research efforts, the high quality organization and presentation, and the background information that helps give insight into the history. Many thanks for your efforts! • MARY FERM, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA, USA: Hi Uwe, You have done an excellent job on the Kurz family research, and I am enjoying it a lot. It is well- documented and accurate, and I appreciate the comments about how you arrived at conclusions (research notes) and what records are or are not available. I really appreciate the way you have placed the family in context in the local history of the area. • LESTER D. NICHOLS, GARLAND, TX, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you for your thorough, professional research and for the beautiful report which you provided. Your summary of what was found, together with the historical context of the time, make it real to me. The translated records with their images of the original records are priceless, as are the current photographs of the area. • DAN GUENTHER, MORRISON, CO, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you for your excellent research and comprehensive report. We are very happy and excited about what you found and documented so beautifully. Please feel free to use me as a reference. • GREGORY S. KILLIAN, IRVINE, CA, USA: Dear Uwe! I have received your report and just now had a chance to begin to review... It is so amazing! What a great job you did! Your work far exceeds my expectations and I am thrilled! • CHARLES H. WAHL, EDWARDS, CO, USA: Uwe, Thank you very much for all of your time and effort spent on producing such a high quality and remarkable research report. We were delighted when we received the book, and are very grateful for your professionalism and your passion to help us with our endeavor to find the Wahl relatives in Germany, past and present. We are also very appreciative of your extraordinary efforts and diligence in locating our relatives, and helping us to meet them while we are in Germany. We are very excited, and very much look forward to meeting you and our family in Germany. We could not have done this without you, and appreciate your personal commitment which went above and beyond our expectations. You are a true professional. • CLIFFORD BRAHMSTADT, WYOMISSING, PA, USA: Thank you for the magnificent job that you completed in tracing the Vagt- Brahmstadt lines of Clifford’s ancestors. It has taken us several days to “digest” all the information that you have compiled for us. We are grateful for the detailed report and great job you have offered as a “history detective!” • MARY ELLEN EILER, EUGENE, OR, USA: UPS delivered the eagerly awaited Eiler report early this afternoon, and I’ve spent the last few hours speed-reading through it. I must say that you’ve produced a very professional report that is way beyond my expectations! [...] I’ve just done a quick “read-through,” so I will still be spending many hours absorbing your report. In the meantime, please know that I think you did an absolutely first-rate job. I’m extremely grateful and am now even more eagerly awaiting the Schneider report. Thank you so much. • GORDON POWELL, NEW YORK, NY, USA: Uwe, the research arrived Friday evening, and I've been spending time with it ever since. I want to thank you for the impressive and extensive work you've done. You're thoroughness is amazing. Not only did you provide copies of a vast array of primary sources, but you translated them into English! Furthermore, I am grateful that you were able to find confirmation of family stories -- the canteen in Mainz that my great- grandparents operated, for example -- that until now had been vague and unsubstantiated. It will take me a long time to absorb all of the information contained in this most impressive and moving document. Thank you, Uwe. I don't think a family member could have produced research with as much thoroughness and integrity as you have. I -- and my family -- are extremely grateful for your work. • DAWN MORIN, BRADENTON, FL, USA: Again, I can't thank you enough for all your hard work on this genealogy project. It has been almost 20 years that we have worked on it (off and on) and we now have one of the most well documented lines! I can't wait to share it with my family for Christmas. It will be a great surprise. • TERRY E. LAUN, NEW ALBANY, IN, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you so much for your recent report. It is as great as I expected. I really appreciate how you put the historical context into your introduction. It really helps to imagine the reality of the time. • FRED STEPHANS, FREDERICK, MD, USA: Dear Uwe, I am very pleased with the results of your research. Thank you for your excellent work. Feel free to use me as a reference. • KATIE HARRIS, GRASS VALLEY, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, I have already spent some happy hours pouring over the wonderful information that you found for my family. I am very pleased with the quality and presentation. • DANIEL STEINHART, EUGENE, OR, USA: Uwe, We received the research report a couple of days ago. You've done a tremendously good job. It's so thorough and rigorous. As a film historian myself, I'm really impressed with your skill at building the portrait of my family. As we continue to study your findings more closely, we may have a few questions along the way. In the meantime, thank you so much for your excellent work, communication, and professionalism. I'll definitely recommend you to others. • SUSAN E. HAZEL, SAN MARCOS, CA, USA: Hello Uwe. Please know that I am so in awe, impressed, and amazed with the level of detail and thoroughness that you put into this project! As my first experience with a professional genealogist, I think you have set the bar quite high for me! • RICHARD LUTZ, SIMI VALLEY, CA, USA: I’m in complete shock! I’ve read some of the report and I’m still going through it. You did a fabulous job! Thank you! It has truly exceeding my expectations. I truly mean that. • RANDY ORTWEIN, MAGNOLIA, TX, USA: I received your incredible report. Thanks for being so thorough and professional. It is extremely comprehensive and look forward to spending many hours learning about that part of my family history. • SANDRA HENSELMEIER FUNK, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USA: Dear Uwe, I have not yet had the time to read and study the report as I wish, but what I’ve seen, I am doubly happy with your results. Let me tell you the things that I appreciate: The DVD containing the files. The ease of reading the report because of your expert command of the English language. The use of color, especially the photographs of Walsheim. The paper is wonderful and will last for generations because it won’t tear or become crumpled from people using it. The matte and thickness are perfect for genealogical reports. The table of contents serves as an excellent overview of the report itself. The Introduction provides the historical background for understand the region during the time of the Walters, and especially the effect of the wars that served to fuel the 1848 Rebellion and the emigration outside the region. Suggestions for further research is valuable. The pedigree chart shows the relationships of various ancestors, which makes more understandable the detailed information that follows. The documents showing the old German Script will be valuable for family members—who won’t be able to read it—to at least see what it looks like, and then to read your translations. Your explanations of why certain historical records are gone and why. Uwe, you have presented historical information in a most captivating way making reading and studying the documents a pleasure. Thank you again for your splendid work. I am happy that you were willing to take on this research project. • CHARLES E. MOHS, MORRISTOWN, NJ, USA: You have done truly great work and I love it. The way you document everything and cross reference is super professional! • STEVE VITALICH, SEATTLE, WA, USA: Hello Uwe, THANK YOU! The quality and thoroughness of your work is impeccable, and I am thrilled to have so many questions answered about Amalea Bank and her family! • SHELLIE GILMOR, LIBERTY, MO, USA: Thank you so much for this research project. I am very pleased with the results and the ability to have documented proof of my lineage. You are very good at what you do and am very grateful to you for your time, compassion and dedication to details and overall thorough job. • CHARLES L. WEYAND, MERIDIAN, ID, USA: Hi Uwe, Your Weyand report and arrangement is the best primary research I’ve ever seen. • ELIZABETH HILPERT, FAYETTEVILLE, NC, USA: Dear Uwe, Oh! My!! - Words cannot express... I am totally thrilled with the great research and information packed quality Weyand book which you’ve sent! Your packet explains so much. It clears up family conjecture, replacing it with documented facts. That is priceless information you’ve gathered so very diligently. • ELIZABETH OLACK, RENO, NV, USA: Uwe, Thank you very much for your wonderful research and report on my Brehm/Schachtner ancestors! I received the report on Monday and have been reading and re-reading it ever since then. Your research and attention to detail are superb and just what I wanted. • GEORGE HOFFER, TOMS RIVER, NJ, USA: Let me also say, your professionalism was exemplary. You did what you said you were going to do, in addition to your communications with us. The entire family is excited to review your work. • ANN TICE BARKMEIER, HOWELL, MI, USA: I began going through your amazing book on the Barkmeyer genealogy in detail- it is absolutely stunning, exceedingly well written and you have done exactly as I had hoped- put a story to the telling of my husband's ancestors by extracting details from your meticulously recorded records. I love the fact that you included appropriate photos and maps in your research as this helps liven up the telling of his ancestors. I am a detail person and am absolutely overwhelmed and grateful for your excellent work! Please feel free to quote any of this in your web site. • LEROY W. BLOOM, LAWRENCE, PA, USA - In his book “A Bloom by Any Name - Some Ancestors and Descendants of Johann Peter Blum 1732-1814”, publ. 2015. Preface, page 3: Herr Uwe Porten, my German investigator, went far beyond what might be considered value for the dollar. His factual information and documentation were of the highest quality. But beyond that, Herr Porten took his own time, answered many questions about the location and times in the area of Germany from which Johann Peter emigrated. The information he provided ranged from political and religious climate, to origins of the Sur name, and much more. That I can call this book a history is to a large extent, due to the efforts of Herr Porten. • MIKE SCHILLING, SINGAPORE: Uwe, Many thanks again for all of your help on this research - it is really an amazing piece of work and I'm extremely pleased that you were able to find this 'needle in a haystack'. • RUTH DONNELLY, RALEIGH, NC, USA: My beautiful report arrived this afternoon and I'm so excited, and have read it cover to cover for the 1st of many, many times. Thank you so much for such a beautiful, easy to read record. Uwe, you are professional, prompt and a joy to work with. • AMY KENNELEY, CHESTERLAND, OH, USA: Dear Uwe, I received the report this morning and have poured over it with such interest but will of course read it again and again in time to come. Can't wait to share this with family. Never expected such fine presentation! Truly beautiful and so well done. Your attention to each detail is excellent. Such a peek into these lives is precious, especially the paternity and land division problems .Thank you again. • BETTY ANN BOWLES, SHELBYVILLE, KY, USA: I was initially speechless when I received my Research Report today! I have just begun looking at it in detail and am astounded that you could produce such a professional product in a relatively short period of time. I am very impressed with your documentation, presentation, translation, and clarity of the report. My husband was also very impressed and agreed with me that you are indeed a genealogical professional! I have high standards and you, by far, are the best genealogist I have ever had the pleasure of doing business with. I wish every researcher could be as thorough as you. I would not hesitate to recommend you to anyone! You are simply the best! • MARK PFEIFFER, BRISTOL, RI, USA: Dear Uwe, The report has arrived. It is outstanding work in every respect. It is clearly written and beautifully presented. It provides exactly the information we were seeking in advance of our trip to Germany, both rounding out the family tree and providing the background information regarding our family as they prepared for and began their journey to America. The translation of the source material is greatly appreciated as well. • SANDRA CONDON, NARRE WARREN, VIC, AUSTRALIA: Thank you for your professionalism and the quality of your research is first rate. • NANCY BENNETT, BRENTWOOD, CA, USA: Thank you again for your good work, Uwe. If you ever need an additional testimonial, we would be more than happy to provide one. • DUANE STUCKY, CARBONDALE, IL, USA: Your report arrived today. I offer my sincere gratitude. It is an extremely professional document representing outstanding work. I have already spent several hours reviewing it, and I find it so helpful that you cite original documents from so many various different sources. It will take much more study before I can fully absorb the information presented. • DENISE SORENSEN, PLACENTIA, CA, USA: Dear Uwe: Your research package arrived today in the mail!! I am so excited!! Thank you so very much for your outstanding research!! I am so very, very happy with your work and excellent research!! • CARRA SIMMONS, BLOOMINGTON, IL, USA: We received the packet today. WOW -- you do impressive work! • STEPHEN ROWE, ALEXANDRIA, VA, USA: I am getting responses from my relatives, and everyone is very impressed with your high quality work. • CRAIG ROBERTS, GRANT, MN, USA: Uwe, I can not say thanks enough to you. This is exactly what I was hoping for. • GRETA HAGER MANKINS, WHITNEY, TX, USA: Uwe, you did a fantastic job. I am learning so much about my family and I love having copies of all the records. Thank you for all your hard work. • CHERYL LEIST-RANDALL, BERGISCH-GLADBACH, GERMANY: I finally looked through at all the data you were able to collect for us. I am thoroughly overwhelmed with the results of your research work and what you have found in less than 3 weeks of research. You must have raced around like crazy, getting all of this. It would have taken me years to find all of this, if I did it myself. I think I can speak for all of my relatives, who I will share this with, and say a very big THANK YOU! • DICK KRAUS, LEVERETT, MA, USA: Your package arrived here last Saturday. I was overwhelmed!! It is so much more than I dared hope for. And so well done. You do awesome work. If I have more searching to do in Germany I will certainly be back to you. • ANDREW KOLLOSCHE, ARMIDALE, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Uwe, Thanks again for all your research it's fantastic to finally see how all the Kollosche's are connected and the origins of the surname. • ANN JAMES, CLEARWATER, FL, USA: I am very happy with the results. You certainly did a very thorough job with excellent documentation. • ANN GUELL, OREGON, WI, USA: Hello Uwe, What an impressive report you have sent! I am extremely pleased with all your efforts and the fine results. • RON GOERGEN, PEORIA, AZ, USA: Mr. Porten: Your research finally caught up with me. The work is OUTSTANDING!!! Great job. • THOMAS AUSTIN GAYLORD JR, PEMBROKE, MA, USA: Uwe, I have to pass along how pleased I am with how this project turned out. I find it amazing that from one very vague marriage record you were able to piece together my paternal history back to the early 17th century. I want to thank you for taking on this project, I realize it was somewhat more difficult due to the lack of a concrete birth date and place. "Two hours outside Durlach" will be a phrase I remember for a very long time! The level of detail in your analysis and the professional presentation exceeded all my expectations. You should know that you have broken down a wall that has existed for quite some time with this information you uncovered, and I'm excited to show my relatives and friends the results. • MADELYN L. EDWARDS, SURPRISE, AZ, USA: Hi Uwe, The research was great and I have enjoyed going over the information that you found. I am so happy with the results as there was no way that I could ever have done this research on my own. • WAYNE DISHER, SANTA CLARA, CA, USA: Uwe, Received your package last night. I've yet to go over the material in depth, but I am so far quite pleased. I am overwhelmed with the amount of information you provided. How do you do it! Bravo! It is very much appreciated. I will look over all of the report and documents during the next few days. And get back to you with any questions. I can not tell you how satisfied I am. • JEFF DEHNER, WEST CHESTER, OH, USA: Dear Uwe: Ausgezeichnet! That was one of the first words I learned in my high school German class, and it came to mind when my brothers and I received your report on our family roots -- excellent! We are very happy with the results of your research, especially the way you carefully organized everything. My brothers and I feel that the information we received from you was worth every penny of your fee. Hiring you was a very good investment, and we would recommend your services to anyone seeking out their ancestors in Germany. Please feel free to post my endorsement on your website. • HARRY BREUL, MONROE TWP, NJ, USA: Dear Uwe, I finally have had the time to read and study your report. I am very impressed and happy with the results. You were confronted with an almost impossible situation when you found that the pertinent records in the churches of Bukau had been destroyed in the war. I find that losing a part of ones heritage is just another, perhaps a very small but nonetheless sorrowful, cost of war. However, I am very thankful for your perseverance in finding alternate sources, and finding as much as you did about the life of my great, great grandfather. Equally impressive are the results of the search for the family of my great grandmother. They exceeded all my expectations, encompassing 5 generations of my Bartsch ancestors, and gives me a whole new perspective on my family’s history. • WILLIAM METZ, SIOUX CITY, IA, USA: Dear Uwe - I have just returned to find your research package. I have only had time to read through it once and I am ecstatic. It is truly amazing how much priceless information you have uncovered in such a short time. I am in your debt not only for the meticulous nature of your record search, but for the extra effort you took in traveling to Harle for the photos and interviews with the Werners. • LEROY W. BLOOM, HEREFORD, AZ, USA: Please allow me to say that I am very impressed by your detailed and diligent investigation, and your clear and concise presentation of the results of your research. • ROBERT JACKSON, BERKELEY, CA, USA: Mr. Porten -- Thank you, as always, for your prompt and thoughtful reply. • ROGER WEBER, SOUTH CHINA, ME, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you very much for all you have done. I am very impressed. • THERESA STRASSER, ALBANY, NY, USA: I received the package this morning; you are as good as your word. I'm very impressed that you were able to trace the Strassers back to 1699 in Griesbach, and I can see that it wouldn't have been easy. The documentation is meticulous. You have done a very thorough and professional piece of work, and I thank you. • LAUREN TANK, PORTLAND, OR, USA: Hi Uwe, The first package arrived. What perfect timing. What detail!! We were amazed you were able to make all the connections and find soo much information. It is fantastic!! • DIANA RITCHIE, TROY, IL, USA: Everything is just wonderful - beyond what I expected and I can't wait to dive into it. • EDWARD A. SOMMERS, FAIRFAX, VA, USA: Hello Uwe, I received the package and am very, very pleased with the results. I can now appreciate how difficult the first phase of the project was. Your research is thorough and very informative. • MARY PETR, TOOWOOMBA, QLD, AUSTRALIA: Dear Uwe, When I was looking on the web for a researcher, I chose you because you gave the impression of being the most professional. You have even exceeded my expectations. Thank you so much. • PAMELA MERIDEW, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, UK: Lieber Uwe, I am so pleased with all the work you have done and information you have found for me, cannot thank you enough, and will certainly recommend you to any clients that come in and want to trace their German ancestors. • DOUG KINTZLE, URBANDALE, IA, USA: I am very satisfied with the research you conducted on John Kintzle and his family. In the future, I would be happy to serve as a reference to any potential clients. • MARILYN G. GALLAGHER, CHARLOTTE, NC, USA: I am very impressed with your detailed research and amazed at your presentation. I had no idea you would find so much. You have definitely cleared up a few things for me. • KATHY RIFFLE ELGIN, SALEM, OR, USA: Dear Uwe, Your research package arrived yesterday and I am VERY pleased. The material is professionally presented and the content much more than I had hoped for. I also appreciate the maps and reference listing. Thank you very much. There is a lot of work here and an enormous boost to my family history at a very reasonable price. I have spent a lot of money on previous research in Germany but now know what good research looks like, thanks to you. • KAYLIN CADDIS, PORTLAND, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Dear Uwe, My package arrived last week I must say I was extremly happy with what you have sent me. It was so exciting to see all those names and dates and the towns my ancestors lived and the photos were great, my family and I have wondered for for years where our family had really come from in Germany and what sort of lives they had and now I know. • DORIS BREUL, MONROE TWP, NJ, USA: Dear Uwe, Your beautiful report was received today in perfect condition. I have read through your summary report and am so delighted with all the very interesting information you have noted. I can't wait to go through the research reports and confirm and/or update my records from that which you were able to find. Thank you so much! • DR. BRIAN K. WILBERT, OBERLIN, OH, USA: Dear Uwe, How can I possibly begin to thank you for the excellent research material which you sent my on my German relatives? I have been searching for over 10 years to establish my family's connection to our homeland, Germany. You have not only given me that connection but also a heritage complete with the villages from which my family originated for at least four generations. Now we have a place on the map! The copy of the birth/baptism records (and english translations) for my great great grandparents is simply a treasure! I never dreamed it possible, and on my own, I could never have accomplished the research with which you provided me -- names, and dates for my great great grandfather's siblings and their spouses, and the names and dates for my great-great-great grandparents, my great- great-great-great grandparents AND my great-great-great-great-great grandparents! When I think that you were looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack because of the lack of information from my family records, this bonanza of information is nothing short of miraculous! My family and I will be forever grateful for your enthusiasm and diligence in researching the Wilbert family history. As soon as I have time to assimilate all this information I will be in touch with you again so that we can continue our research! I would like to know a little bit more about the village from where my family came as well as their occupations. I would also appreciate some photographs of the area as well as the church and cemeteries where my relatives lie in repose. Eventually I would like to arrange a family heritage tour, perhaps in 2005, and I know now that you are indeed the one to arrange this unique opportunity! Again, Uwe, my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your excellent work on my behalf! I'll be in touch soon! • MICHAEL BERENS, STILLWATER, MN, USA: I met Uwe through his website. I had reached a dead end in research on my own. I provided some background information and my objectives. Uwe proposed a work plan, a time schedule and a fee (including expense) quote. He did what he said he planned to do, ahead of time and for the fee quoted. In fact he did more than I could reasonably have expected. The results of his research, which he termed "good", were in fact, superlative. Uwe provided a professional, complete and understandable report and accompanying overview letter. Each statement of fact was based on documented sources. He was thorough in exploring leads. He translated important documents. He was creative in seeking sources of data, from church records to property records to notary records. I have an understanding of my ancestor’s life in Germany from his work, much greater than the straight genealogy data. Most impressive was his effort in providing a CD which included early 1800’s plats with ancestor’s property labeled. We expect to seek Uwe’s services again. • DAVID LLEWELLYN, HOWRAH, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA: Dear Uwe, I received your comprehensive report about 10 days ago and have since been studying the connections.I must say I was impressed with your efficient and effective work in unearthing the number of records in the time you had. • MARILYN HARDESTY, FRANKLIN PARK, IL, USA: Hello Uwe. Your package came today, and I am thrilled with the material. • WALTER ANDERSON, SANTA FE, NM, USA: Hello Uwe, After reading all of your material it is just outstanding. You are a professional genealogist. Your work is a very fine example of hard work. I would be glad to write a testimonial for your web page and include my toll free number, for anyone who would like to hear me tell what a fine job you have done for me and my family. Many many thanks and I am so glad to have your genealogy report to fill in that part of my family history. I would like to call you on Sunday to give you my personal thanks. • CHERYL L. BADA, LAGUNA, NM, USA: Hi Uwe, I am so impressed with the results of your research. • MARTIN WISEMAN, PARKVILLE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: I have had time to digest some of the material over the holidays you have sent, obviously not all yet! It is completely fascinating and very thorough. Thank you so much again and I think it is extraordinary that you managed to get back to the 1600's and records of the farm to the 1500's! • VICKIE SHERMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA: Dear Uwe: I am very very happy - even ecstatic- about what you were able to find and how you presented it. I have worked with close to ten professional researchers and what you have delivered is by far the best. • PETER SCHUELER, RICHFIELD, OH, USA: Dear Uwe, I received your excellent report late last week and have taken some time to study the findings. First let me say that I am very happy that you were able to discover the existance of the Nierstein records that opened the door to find the early Schüler history. This alone was worth the investment for me. I thank you again for your good work. • ROBIN ONEILL, LAKE FOREST, IL, USA: Hello Uwe, Thank you for a great job and detailed research. I am especially pleased with your meticulous approach to genealogical research and professional persistance in finding our true ancestors. The wealth of detail and information that you have uncovered and compiled about my true ancestors and disproving the relationship with our Internet ancestor is outstanding. • NANCY MADETZKE, CHANDLER, AZ, USA: Uwe, What an AWESOME report! I'm very impressed, you did a great job. • ANTHONY M. LEWIS, LONDON, UK: Nochmals: Danke sehr, Uwe, fuer alles was Sie gefunden haben und mit solcher Sorgsamkeit vorbereitet und praesentiert haben. • SUSAN GROTH HILL, WOODBURY, MN, USA: Dear Uwe, Just received the package this afternoon. Thank you so much. I have really enjoyed going through all the material. Everything seems to be very well compiled. There is another side of the family I may ask you to research later. • WILLIAM BUSS, WILLIAMSBURG, VA, USA: Dear Uwe, First of all let me say how impressed I was with you and your work and what you did for me on such short notice. • MARY BUEHLER, SPRINGFIELD, PA, USA: Uwe, we received the report yesterday. Thank you. The information was very much what we expected. We are very excited to share the information with other relatives and continue searches in America for relatives with these connections. • JOHN STICKRADT, CHELSEA, MI, USA: The quality of your work is outstanding! • JERRY RETTIG, TYNEMOUTH, ENGLAND: Hi Uwe, I just wanted to say thank you and well done. Your research is very thorough and accurate. • DALE V. REED, CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA: It arrived this morning and I'm thrilled with it. Thank you so much. It's beautifully documented and clearly presented. • PATRICK GUNDLACH, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA: Uwe, I received the report yesterday, and had an hour or so to review it so far. I am incredibly pleased with the work you have done -- it exceeded all of my expectations! I need to work through it some more, but it looks like you did an EXTREMELY thorough job • HENRY J. FREIMUTH, STANDISH, CA, USA: Uwe, Just when you have thought all is lost in heritage research professionals like yourself come along. I received the research documents yesterday. I am greatly impressed by your accuracy and thoroughness with this research! I am still going over the documents, which will take a few days in detail to get through them all. I would recommend anyone trying to get professional genealogy research in Germany, go to you for outstanding results. • RUTH EMMEL, NORTH FORT MYERS, FL, USA: Dear Uwe, I am so very pleased with all you found out about my family. Thank you. • MARILYN CLARK, RYDERWOOD, WA, USA: Hi Uwe, I have been poring over the package you sent and am impressed but not surprised at the quality and thoroughness of your work. The other letters of recommendation on your website convinced me that you do good work and I have not been disappointed. Thanks so much! • LUANNE CASTLE, PARADISE VALLEY, AZ, USA: Uwe, I got the package! It was very exciting. Your work is excellent--so detailed and organized. • JOSEPH BULLER, MORAGA, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, I have received your research report today (Monday) and must say that I am very pleased with your findings. I feel that the information you have provided us is complete, thorough, well documented, and it exceeds our expectations. Certainly, your professional skills and intuition have greatly contributed to your success on this project. Thank you very much!I will have no hesitation in recommending your services to friends and family. • WILLIAM BRAUN, BURLINGTON, CT, USA: Dear Uwe, Thanks again for a professional package. • WENDY MASUHR, BERRYVILLE, VA, USA: Thank you again for the amazing research you have done on the Wrede family. I have finally had time to review everything with my family and we are very pleased with your results. It was great to be able to share this information with my cousins and we finally know exactly where our family lived in Germany and even pictures of the house, street and town. I will be in touch with you should we all decide to travel next year to see the area. I would highly recommend your services to anyone needing ancestry research. • FRANK TROPPMANN, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA: Hello Uwe, I had high expectations of your report, but the thoroughness of this comprehensive work and the concise presentation of the results, far exceeded those expectations. The results of your diligent efforts and expeditious completion were worth every penny of your fee. You conclusively linked our genetic lines to our roots in the Mannheim Area and provided corroborative and recorded evidence thereto. Additionally you have provided us in depth and breadth, the Troppmann descendants and genealogical information going back a further six generations with additional positive direction as to future investigation. We will be in contact with you regarding this in the near future. • CRAIG STRUENING, PARIS, KY, USA: Hello Uwe, I did receive your package and I am very pleased and excited with the results. Your work was very detailed and complete. It is hard to express the joy in having this information about my family and I am still astounded that you found my living cousins. • BERNIE STIROH, KINNELON, NJ, USA: I just received the package. WOW! I am really impressed with the caliber of your work, It is outstanding. It far surpasses my highest expectations.You did a very thorough job and I have no doubt that you found the right family. You checked and cross referenced everything that you got. report itself was done and presented in a very professional manner. Please use my name as a reference if you would like. • BEN MORRIS, SAN MARCOS, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, We had a wonderful trip in Germany, your research was excellent and provided a opportunity for us to visit the ancestral villages of the Fink families. If anyone needs a reference on you from the states give them my contact information. It was a pleasure working with you. • GLORIA LA ROCHE, FAIRFAX, VA, USA: Hi Uwe! My package came today and I was SO excited--you deserve every penny for the fantastic work you do! You are SO professional and I am SO very pleased! • CLAUDIA GULI, MT WAVERLEY, AUSTRALIA: Dear Uwe, Thank you so much for the wonderful information you sent. It's fantastic! Thanks again for the excellent research. • DAVE R. FLACH, CYPRESS, TX, USA: Uwe, Thanks again for a very good job. • RONALD DAYMAN, SWAN VIEW, WA, AUSTRALIA: Greetings Uwe! Magnificent! Thank you so much. • CHRISTINE BOND, CLEVEDON, NORTH SUMERSET, UK: Dear Uwe, I am absolutely delighted with the results of your research, with the way you have presented it, and with the wealth of documentation you have provided. It will take me a long time to absorb all the details that you have discovered. There is no way I could have done this myself. • SUSAN SCHAAN, BOSSIER CITY, LA, USA: Hi Uwe, My package arrived late yesterday afternoon. This is exactly what I was looking for and wanting for many years !! You have done an excellent job in presenting your research to me. I am so happy to have this at last. It will take some time to read through all of it. Your work is outstanding and I very much appreciate getting what you said you would deliver. • RICHARD ROMAN, DALLAS, TX, USA: Hello Uwe, I must say that I am absolutely astonished by the level of and attention to detail. I could not be happier and I cannot wait to share your findings with other members of my family. • NORMAN RICKARD, PALM DESERT, CA, USA: I received my research information today, and am really delighted. I have been so excited reading it and learning all the new information. It added so much to my family research, and filled in holes that needed filling. Better still, it helped clarify a lot of bad information that poor researchers on this side of the ocean seem to put out. It's so refreshing to work with a researcher, such as yourself, who does a proper job of it, documents the information, and presents it in so orderly a format. You did a wonderful job, and I am very grateful. I would certainly recommend you to anyone interested in your services. • KELSIE ROEHL, EUGENE, OR, USA: We received your package--thank you so much! The information is wonderful; I'm still trying to digest it all and haven't had time to read everything. It's slow going because everything is so interesting. • THOMAS M. PFEIFFER, RALEIGH, NC, USA: The package arrived a few minutes ago, and I am truly impressed with the volume of data you have uncovered and the quality of the documentation. This is material I never would have been able to decipher even if I were able to be there personally. You have, as you have done for so many others, exceeded my expectations! • THOMAS O'BRIEN, BENSALEM, PA, USA: You have impressed me with the quality of your work. From small details, such as the quality of the paper you used, to the extensive amount of research you have done I have been more than happy. Your photographs, documentation in German, Latin, and English, reports and charts are all more than was expected. The extra details and explanations you provided are more than could have been gathered by me on my own in years, if at all, with or without traveling to Germany. • MARY and JIM LOHR, AMES, IA, USA: The research material has arrived. What wonderful contents were within! It's so exciting to read these reports and see where my ancestors lived many years ago. But more important than the number of names, is the quality of the research. And it appears you did a lot of in-depth and fully documented work.Thank you! • GARY MUNHALL, CASTRO VALLEY, CA, USA: I've been able to uncover many new and exciting events in their life and you've been a great part in it. You can put my excerpts in your wesite for all to see if you wish, it kind of helps in a sales push for you besides any recommendations for others searching their family in that part of the world, my direction is to you. • ALLEN NICKOL, MARLBORO, NJ, USA: Dear Uwe, I received the package Tuesday and have been reading it over and over. I am delighted with the results and your clear presentation of the information. This is really fantastic! • PAUL JACROUX, KIRKLAND, WA, USA: Dear Uwe, Your research report just arrived and I have briefly read through it. It will take a week to study and incorporate the information into the family history. I am VERY impressed with your work. It has revealed much more than I had expected and your work is very detailed and complete. I am so impressed that I would like you to investigate the maternal side of my wife's family. • JOE JENNINGS, BELTSVILLE, MD, USA: Let me just tell you how impressed I was when first I received my Hans Family research package. Upon further review of the documents, I was completely amazed at how much research you had performed, both in the church records and the civil registries. The presentation of this information and the meticulous sourcing was outstanding! In addition, the historical maps and photos of my ancestor's village and property were such a nice touch. Please count me among your many very satisfied clients. • RICHARD HOUGH, HUNTINGDON, CAMBS, UK: Dear Uwe, I am delighted to report that the package has just arrived (11 a.m. Thursday). I am most grateful to you for all you have achieved – and in such a short time, too. I am bowled over by the amount you have managed to find out and by the very clear way you have presented everything. You must have had a difficult time navigating your way through people with such similar names. • CAROL ANN GERBER, MONETA, VA, USA: Thank you so much for the wonderful report that I received last week. I am just delighted to finally have some answers concerning my German heritage. You have opened up a whole new life for me and I want to know more. I hope that you will be able to do more research for me in the future. Thank you for doing such an exemplary job! I would be happy to recommend your services. • DR. BARBARA VON DIETHER, MANHATTAN, KS, USA: Again, thank you for your incredibly detailed and descriptive work on our behalf! • HELEN AND FRANK CLAUS, DEN HAAG, THE NETHERLANDS: Dear Uwe, Your research package arrived safely today. Thank you so much! It is an excellent piece of work! The printouts are really clear and easy to follow. The summary you provided, with an explanation of terms, is brilliant, as we have been able to share this with family members immediately. We have not been able to read all the detail yet as there is lots to digest. We would be happy to recommend your services to other people! • THOMAS BERG, VENTURA, CA, USA: Hi Uwe: Just a quick note to thank you for the extensive, well documented amount of information you provided me about my paternal ancestry. I never in my wildest dreams expected your research would be able to take my line back to the sixteenth century! I am very pleased and satisfied with the results. Your knowledge of available pertinent German genealogical records, your skill in assembling and presenting the findings, not to mention your courtesy and professionalism, are unparalleled. Please feel free to use me as a reference for the quality and depth of the genalogical research services you provide. • HERBERT BRINKMAN, OMAHA, NE, USA: The research you completed arrived safely. We are enjoying reading through the materials and were delighted to receive so much documentation and the pictures from the area were fantastic. Thank you for the book you included as well. • ERIC ZIZELMANN, TAMAQUA, PA, USA: Hi Uwe, I received your package this weekend and my head is spinning with excitement. You have done a fabulous job with the reports but have also gone far beyond what was expected. Thank you so much for all your hard work. • BILL RICHTER, SEATTLE, WA, USA: Uwe, The work you have done on my behalf is wonderful. It is obvious that a lot of time and effort was put into it. I thought it was going to be difficult after having attempted to do some of it myself. You more than met my expectations. Most of the questions we have had as a family have been addressed. The way you presented the material made it easy to understand and has given me new insight into how my ancestors might have lived. I cannot thank you enough. • LEE MOENCH, SEQUIM, WA, USA:Dear Uwe, I have had time this morning to read and reread the wonderful information that you have found. Your presentation is very, very professional and the pictures are very good also. Thanks! I am writing a family history and will take your information and place it in the appropriate places throughout the report. • GEORGE LORENZ, ISLIP TERRACE, NY, USA: I got the package, and I am more than pleased, to say the least, on what I received. You did a superb job...better than I had expected. The documentation of it all was incredible. Thank you so much for your time and effort in such a magnificent presentation of my family history. • WILLIAM R. HEARTER Jr., PHOENIX, AZ, USA: Dear Uwe Porten, I have received the report and am most pleased with the results. It is so helpful to have one that is well organized in several directions. • JOE HANNON, CRANFORD, NJ, USA: Dear Uwe, Your package arrived today and it's amazing, its hard to imagine all that information was kept back then. • KAREN CALDABAUGH, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, USA: I received the research package. Thank you so much for the wonderful job you did. I hope you know how valuable a service you provide to those looking for research in Germany. I would have never been able to do this on my own. Thank you!! • FRED E. AAB, BROKEN ARROW, OK, USA: I can't tell you how pleased we are after a quick review of the material. It is so interesting that my entire family came from that one area of Pforzheim and Karlsruhe and apparently stayed there for generations. We feel you have done a very thorough and professional research. • RICHARD VANDERIET, NEWSTEAD, QLD, AUSTRALIA: Congratulations on a job well done. Your meticulous approach to genealogical research and professionalism are to be highly commended. The wealth of detail and information that you have uncovered and compiled about my ancestors is quite remarkable but more importantly meaningful. You have allowed me to gain a better insight and understanding about who my German ancestors are and where they came from. In addition, I'm sure many of my relatives will be pleasantly surprised to learn much about their ancestors as well as a result of your work. I will have no hesitation in recommending your professional services to anyone seeking genealogical research into their German ancestry. • JOHN TURPEL, BAY SHORE, NY, USA: As soon as I received my research project from Uwe Porten, I knew I had to add a letter of recommendation to his already extensive list. I originally approached Uwe with only the name of my ancestor and his date of birth. I had no idea from what part of Germany he was from. So basically, I gave Uwe a name of a person who lived somewhere in Germany over three hundred years ago and asked him if he could find any information on him? To my surprise, he took on the project. He has since provided a mountain of information full of names, dates and family trees of my ancestors German relatives. Through Uwe's genealogical expertise and fine detective work, he has found what appears to be the very family my ancestor was born into. Truly, Uwe is the very best at his profession. You should have no hesitation about entering a financial business arrangement with this individual. He is honest, reliable and amazingly thorough. • LAURA STAMPER, CLARKSVILLE, TN, USA: There are no words to describe the elation I felt upon receiving the genealogy report regarding the German ancestry of my grandfather. I expected you to find a few ancestors, but I am absolutely flabbergasted at the amount of information you were able to provide dating back to the early 1700's. Your expertise in locating information is amazing. There is no question that I most definitely will ask you to research my grandmother's ancestors in the very near future. I sincerely hope you will use my name as a reference for individuals seeking to learn of their heritage. • MARIE PLUMMER, WOODBRIDGE, VA, USA: I have received the package on the Kramer research that you sent. WOW!!!! Everything arrived safely. I have been reading and re-reading all the information that you were able to find on the Kramer family. It was very through and is taking time to absorb. The pictures are amazing. They really allow you to get a feel for the area that my ancestors lived in. Thank you very much for the great work. • GRAY MOSIER, MARTINSVILLE, IN, USA: Dear Herr Porten, I stand in awe! This is certainly beyond anything I had dared to hope for. I can't thank you enough. I just wonder what our original two researchers were looking at to have missed so much in those same churchbooks. • DANIEL HAYNES, PHOENIX, AZ, USA: I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the careful and beautiful genealogy work you did for my Schleicher family. I am impressed with your careful work and I do realize how many, many records you examined. If you wish, you can use us as a reference as your work is very good. • MARY VOISIN, NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA: Uwe, You could not imagine how happy we are to learn that you found our ancestors!!!!! This is a dream beyond dreams!!!! Your finding them has made our trip so exciting that we can not wait to get to Europe. • GENE BURGESS, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Uwe, This is wonderful work. It will take me several days to put this into my computer and fully digest the information. • JOHN T. BRAUN, BELLVILLE, TX, USA: Dear Uwe, I just received the package and have made the first "scan reading". Lots of detail in that package and right off the top, I am pleased and excited by the contents. • JOHN BERTHOLD, ELK MOUND, WI, USA: Dear Uwe, The report and materials arrived today. You did excellent work, and I am very pleased with what you found. The photos of the original records and the pictures of the area around Schleiz were a pleasant surprise and greatly appreciated. Also the map, post cards and brochures. I will now get to work entering this wonderful new information into my family tree. If we have need of further research we will contact you. I will also recommend you to anyone who is doing German family research. • LAWRENCE M. WOODS, WORLAND, WY, USA: Uwe, Your material arrived two days ago, and after looking at all the work, I see that I have still underpaid you. Many thanks.JOSEPH WINKLE, BAY SHORE, NY, USA: Dear Uwe, I did recieve the package you sent to me, and I am very pleased with the results of your research. I have dealt with other genealogists who also did a great job for me, but you did the best presentation. You made it very easy to understand. • ELSA VORWERK, CUMBERLAND, MD, USA: Hello Uwe, We returned last night from a trip to visit my husband's family in Texas, and were so happy to receive your research report on my families Vorwerk and Laurier. I appreciate your thorough and professional report, and look forward to continuing to work with you. • LORRAINE SHINGLEDECKER, St. PAUL, MN, USA: Greetings Uwe, Our meeting on Saturday was the best! Everyone was so excited to hear the news about the Krechs! Please know, I intend to look further into the Krech history in the near future. Everyone is so impressed with your work. • HAROLD STIERHOFF, CARY, NC, USA: Uwe, Thanks again for the wonderful tour. There is no way we can express how much we enjoyed being with you. • CHARLES STEIDEL, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA: Uwe, I just received the material about 1 hour ago and have read through once. Very good work. Thank you. • RUSS SCHUPPNER, EL CAJON, CA, USA: Uwe, The report finally arrived in today's mail. You produced an amazing amount of information in a short time. I didn't hope to learn so much about my ancestors. I congratulate you on your expertise and skills. The photos were an unexpected bonus and the documentation is superb!!!! Many thanks for a great job. • RICHARD W. SCHERER, TOPEKA, KS, USA: I received your report yesterday and was very impressed with it, especially its clarity, ease of flow, logical approach and in particular your documentation of sources. It makes it very easy for me to cite the sources when entering the info into my program. • NICK SCHOMMER, HAGER CITY, WI, USA: Uwe, We did enjoy our time in Paris but not as much as our time in Germany. Everyone said they would return to the Trier area again. The time you spent with us was very much appreciated and we all thought you did a great job. As I sort through all the wonderful information you provided, and have had time to do a little research myself, I am sure there will be additional work I would like to have you complete. • LINDA NOLL, WATERFORD, WI, USA: The packet arrived today, and looks incredible. I look forward to perusing all of the information therein. So many questions answered, and, of course, so many questions more! • ROBERT MERRITT, CORVALLIS, OR, USA: Hello Uwe, The information you sent was thorough and professional, and I am happy to have purchased your services. • SANDRA MEISBERGER, VERSAILLES, IN, USA: Hello Uwe, I want to let you know that I received your package, and I am delighted with the info that you have sent to me. Thank you very much. • JUSTIN McLEAN, NEW YORK, NY, USA: Hello Uwe! I have received your completed report, and I must say, you did very good work. I'm quite pleased. Again tank you so much for your efforts. This was exactly what I was looking for. Please let me know if you ever need me to offer a recommendation on your behalf. • HERB McCARTNEY, ROME, GA, USA: Dear Uew, Your meticulous and detailed research has meant a great deal to us. We were amazed at the lengths to which you went to show us how the Engers family lived. The photographs were excellent and the supplementary information as to legal records in Germany was very helpful. We highly recommend you to anyone who wants to find out more about their German heritage. • TRICIA LEFFSON, BOWIE, MD, USA: Dear Uwe, I received your package and am delighted! I'm busy entering all the information into my Family Tree Maker software. Thanks very much for a job very well done. • RONALD LANGACKER, FOND DU LAC, WI, USA: Uwe: I received the Langacker research report today. I have read it over and it meets my expectations as to the work you promised to do for me. It is very thorough and complete. If you need to use me as a reference for other projects, feel free to have people contact me if necessary. Thanks again for the fine work. • MARY JANE HOPKINSON, ALAMOSA, CO, USA: I did have time to review all the Theobald research that you did and found it fascinating. The quality of your work and presentation is exceptional. I'm not sure quite how to say thank you. • JOAN KAHN, ENGLISHTOWN, NJ, USA: Thanks for sending the information. Indeed it is quite interesting. I have forwarded it to my brother for his review. How fortunate we were to find you. The fact that you had such an excellent contact made it possible for you to get such detailed chronology of transactions. • KEVIN S. KELLY, TAMPA, FL, USA: Uwe, Received the package on Fri. and I was very impressed with the research you were able find on the family. I was also impressed with how you did your research to make it easy for me comprehend who is who. I want to thank you for the maps. • THOMAS HERRINTON, SPRING VALLEY, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, The materials you sent on my ancestors have arrived, and I am thrilled with the results of your research. It is very professional and complete, and I appreciate the high quality of both your genealogical work and the printing/binding of the results. Please feel free to use me as a reference for others who are considering employing your services. • MARGARETE HOEGEL, DUIVEN, THE NETHERLANDS: Dear Uwe Porten, Today your report arrived, thank you very much. I am very glad with the results • MARY JANE GOSS, LAKE FOREST PARK, WA, USA: Uwe - I received your wonderful report today, and I am very pleased with your work. I was impressed you were able to find so much information, and even more specifically find the errors in the information, I already had. It is very well presented and professional. • TEDDY FISHBACH NOYE, PALM DESERT, CA, USA: Hi Uwe, I've been going over this wonderful package of information you sent, how exciting! Thanks again. • SALLY GIESE, HUDSON, WI, USA: Dear Uwe, I received your report a few days ago but I wanted to read it before I wrote you. It was very exciting to see all the information you uncovered! I can not imagine all the books and records you looked through, and you must be very efficient to have found so much in such a short time. Many thanks for all your hard work and persistence. • TIMOTHY BODERCK, STEWARTSVILLE, NJ, USA: Dear Uwe, I just received your package. Excellent work. I want to proceed with further research. Thank you for a great job. • RAYMOND BONIKER, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you again for another excellent report on my family!! You were right all along, and I feel very lucky to have found you to do my research! • CAROL BACON, AURORA, IL, USA: Uwe, It is great, all of the information that you sent. I am totally pleased. • CHARLES WILLIAMSON, FLAT ROCK, NC, USA: Uwe, I received the report yesterday.......it is wonderful ! The entire family thanks you for all the work you have done on our behalf. • BOB VOTAPKA, TYNGSBORO, MA, USA: Dear Uwe, Your report on the Freiermuth family was excellent! Thank you for your efforts. • ANDREA WETZSTEIN, JUNEAU, AL, USA: Uwe, You can be sure I will recommend you if called upon. • FRED SHIPPEE, HARPERS FERRY, WV, USA: Hi Uwe, The package with your research results arrived today. The mail carriers did no damage to any of this! In your cover letter you described this as "exciting research" and I certainly agree. With almost a whole century of new information to absorb into my records I now have quite a task before me. However it will all be a great pleasure to undertake this as I am fortunate to have some young grandchildren who already have expressed an interest in my effort in family research, which is unusual here where most are comcerned only with today and tomorrow. I am now anxious to spend time with the information contained in the Family Group Records you sent.Your eyes must suffer from the writing in the churchbook records.I have not yet looked at the civil records but will do so tomorrow. • URSULA SCHMIDT-HEBBEL, JANESVILLE, WI, USA: The documentation arrived some days ago and I am still analyzing in detail what you was to find out. Thanks for your help and for your impressive research work. I never expected that you would be able to find out so much data. • JUDY SCHOLLER, WILD ROSE; WI, USA: Dear Uwe, I'm very pleased and excited with the information you sent. I've updated my family tree, and shared the information with all of the descendants of Adam Ernst and Daniel Fleck. Quite numerous! • PAULA POLL, VENICE, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, You have been very professional, prompt, personable, and polite in all of your dealings with us. Your guidance in our having realistic expectations about our genealogy pursuits for our Laun family from Kelsterbach is excellent. I am thrilled with the information you were able to find about the Laun family. It is because of your work that we decided to make the trip to Germany and were then able to participate in actually doing primary research in a country that I do not speak or read the language. Because you had already researched our family and had organized the access of many records prior to our visit (especially the estate settlement papers of my great great great grandfather), we were able to accomplish a great deal in a very short period of time. I was able to see and touch the actual documents that you translated for me as we read through them. In addition to the new information we found at the state archives, you guided us to the town of my ancestors and to the church in which they worshipped. You were even able to obtain a key to the church and ring the church bells. There was even a spiritual connection I felt being in the same place that my ancestors worshipped. Also, your recommendations regarding motor routes, places to see, and hotel accommodations were excellent (we had one of the best meals ever at the hotel you recommended—even though it was a French dinner in Germany). You suggested several sights that we may have missed without your guidance. Your fee was very reasonable considering all that you delivered. Thank you, Uwe, for being such a kind and considerate guide on our genealogy quest. The day we spent with you was the major highlight of our visit to Germany. I highly recommend you to anyone wishing to research their family. • ROB OXIER, DAYTON, OH, USA: Again, Uwe, Thank you for your outstanding work you have performed for my cause. • RICHARD PETERSON, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, USA: Uwe, I am very impressed with all the information and with your presentation of it. Thank you so very much for the thoroughness of your research. The photos and the maps contribute so much to the presentation. • JOHN PETERS, MARSHFIELD, WI, USA: Dear Uwe, Your package arrived today and I cannot begin to tell you how pleased I am with the results. Your work is detailed and top quality which is exactly what I was looking for. I can't wait to share it with the rest of the family! • DARREL PFINGSTON, HENDERSON, KY, USA: Dear Uwe, We received your package on Friday, and were very pleased with your work. We have taken most of the weekend to digest the contents, and are eager to share with family at our next genealogy meeting. I have captioned a slide show of the photos you sent, and know my family will certainly enjoy them. I am sorry to have gotten you off to such a bad start with poor information, but am so happy you were able to find Johann Heinrich and his family. However, if we had not believed our information was true, we probably would not have attempted to research him in this particular area of Germany. We thank you for your persistence! The emmigration documentation was totally unexpected and quite a surprise. It reinforces the fact that we could not place him in the USA in the early 1840s in census records and land title records. I will discuss the possibility of further research with my group in the coming weeks, as we form a better scope of work for you, should you be interested in persuing this subject. I will let you know their desires. Thank you so very much for your report. I am most satisfied with the results. • HARRY A. NASS, SAN ANTONIO, TX, USA: Dear Uwe: Thank you so much for the resarch work on the Naas family. The results are outstanding. • GARY MOSIER, MARTINSVILLE, IN, USA: I stand in awe! This is certainly beyond anything I had dared to hope for. I can't thank you enough. • ELEANOR MURILLO, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Thank you so much with sincere appreciation for the job you did. • RALPH MILLER, FOLSOM, LA, USA: It has taken me some time to process the report you sent to me on the Mullers. First let me say that I thought it was excellent. I appreciate your thoroughness and your documentation. I also appreciate the pictures, map and the pamphlet on Lampertheim. In one report you have pushed back what I know about my family by two generations, and have given me a wealth of information about their families (the will was extremely interesting). You have also opened up some important avenues for my own research here in New Orleans. • BESSIE MAYER, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Uwe, received packet yesterday and have been busy reading and enjoying all the wonderful information that it contained. That you were able to trace the family back to 1722 and give me so much information is amazing. • MIKE KOLLETH, HORGEN-ARN, SWITZERLAND: Uwe, This is absolutely outstanding work! It was exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you very much. This will be the highlight of our family reunion. • MARY JO MACKEN, NORTH LIBERTY, IA, USA: Please forgive me for the delay in writing to tell you how grateful I am for all the information you sent regarding the Steeles. Never in my wildest dreams did I think you would find information going back so far. • JIM LINDENMOYER, NORTHAMPTON, PA, USA: Uwe, You did a GREAT job. • JEANNIE KANE, NAPLES, FL, USA: Hi Uwe, I received your report concerning the Schneiders last Friday. I was extremely excited to read the information that you discovered and was thrilled to pinpoint the exact location of my ancestors. Uwe, I was very impressed by your professionalism and thoroughness. I particularly liked the digital photos on disc of the source material. Additionally , I appreciate the enclosed maps, as any information (other than mineralogical sources) are difficult to find about that particular area. • MURVA JUSTICE, WOODBURN, OR, USA: Dear Uwe, I received the Scheele research documents. WOW !!!! You did a fantastic job, and as exciting as it may have been to do, it was extremely exciting to receive. There is so much material it is hard to comprehend. I have gone over and over the material and find more information each time. I thank you. • RANDY CROUSE, HUNTSVILLE, AL, USA: I received the package today. First I’d like to say, auf Deutsch "Ausgezeichnet und Danke sehr!" I am very pleased. It is a very professional and thorough work that you have done. • TIMOTHY DeWERFF, NEW YORK, NY, USA: Dear Uwe, Your packet arrived shortly after your message last week, and I wanted to let you know how very satisfied I am with your work! I especially appreciate the thoroughness of your family group records and translations of the primary documents. • DAVID K. BERNHARDT, HUDSON, MA, USA: Uwe, As always, you have stunned me with the quality of your research. You are awesome. (You can quote me on that.) I haven't even looked at the CD-ROM yet... just the report's contents was enough to more than satiate me. • PHILIP WIRSCHING jr, WALTERBORO, SC, USA: Dear Uwe, We received the report on my family history yesterday. I am truly amazed that you were able to trace my ancestors back to 1535. I just can't thank you enough for the wonderful job you did, I am overwhelmed at the scope of information you provided. We never imagined this much knowledge on the Wirsching family was accessible. The history, photos, and maps along with the official records are incredible. My wife and I look forward to your assistance when we return to Germany. • ERIC WEIDER, WOODLAND HILLS, CA, USA: Dear Uwe: I wish to thank you for the research you conducted for me. You were extremely professional throughout the entire experience. • DENESE PATCH, MATTHEWS, NC, USA: I received your package last week, and I have to tell you how totally amazed I was at the all of the information you included. It is more than I ever imagined! The items such as, photos, postcards, and maps of the various time periods in Quierschied were a pleasant surprise. I enjoy the social history of an area just as much as the vital statistics of an individual. Your letter included so much detail. I appreciate what you've done more than words can say. I will contact you with my questions as I review the information. Thank you for another excellent job! • BRANDON MEISNER, GILBERT, AZ, USA: I received the package on Tuesday... That was fast! I love it! Thank you for the wonderful information. This is exactly what I was looking for!!!! I will probably be in Germany this Autumn and I would like to meet you. Would that be okay? I thank you again for this wonderful and professional research!!!! • WALTER LUTZ, ENGLEWOOD, FL, USA: Hello Uwe: Received the material today. Just scanned the information briefly but what I can see you did an outstanding job of researching the Lutz part of the family. • STEVEN RUPRIGHT, HANOVER, PA, USA: I received your research today and wanted to say THANK YOU. I am so pleased and excited about the information you found. I never thought we would find this much information. I cannot thank you enough. I am amazed at how the names changed once the family came to America, I would have never been able to find them. Every single date you provided as to the births match exactly what I have found, but the names for some reason were changed. • RICHARD MARION, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA: Hi Uwe, Just wanted to let you know that I've received the package. Thanks for much for the great work. Don't think I could have found them (at least not for a long time) without your help. • DONALD E. LETTERMAN, BOONVILLE, IN, USA: Hello Uwe, The report arrived in the mail yesterday. I am very pleased with the amount of research you did and the professional manner in which you presented the data. Thank you for all you did. In the future I will be contacting you about further research. • POLLY KRONENBERGER, CAMDEN, OH, USA: Dear Uwe, The package of information arrived Friday evening. I have been pouring over it since it arrived. You did such a wonderful job. You are amazing! I was totally impressed by all that you put together. Thank you so very much. • BONNE KLIPPEL, SUWANEE, GA, USA: Dear Uwe, I have received the package you sent. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to know more about where we come from and the people that we are related to. Thank you so much for your services. It would have been almost impossible for me to do this on my own. • BETH LEPIANKA, FEASTERVILLE, PA, USA: Dear Uwe, I received the research package that you did on my great grandfathers family. I am very impressed with what you were able to accomplish in two days. Although it seemed like a lot of money upfront I realize that you accomplished far more than I ever could have even if I spoke German and spent two months working on it. Given the confusion of the church affiliation and the last name on the birth certificate it is surprising you got as far as you did. Again thank you for the research. When you do something like this over the internet you are never quit sure what you will end up with. This time I made an excellent choice. I can tell that the quality of the work far exceeds what I expected to receive for two days work. • JIM GREENSFELDER, VENICE, FL, USA: Uwe: Your news is wonderful! Thanks and congratulations for your fine work. • MELISSA GARD, CHICAGO, IL, USA: Hi Uwe, I received the package last week and I am very happy with what you've found! It's such a great thing to finally have answers about where my family came from. You found what I was looking for and more. Thanks for your hard work and detailed report - your professionalism and attention to detail is appreciated. • KENNETH FRIES, MARLBORO, MA, USA: I received your report and it is execellent. I am most impressed with the amount of work you did to research this, and the results are beyond my expectations. Thank you so much for the great work. • ALICE ENFIELD, MELCHER, IA, USA: I just got back from vacation last night and your package had come. I opened it and I am very happy with the results. I am amazed that you were able to find as much as you did and I appreciate that the name of Meyer is as common in Germany as Smith or Brown would be here so I know how difficult it must of been. I can't thank you enough for all of your hard work. • JAMES DUFFY, CINCINNATI, OH, USA: Uwe, Greetings! Your package arrived today. I have not had an opportunity to look at the documents on the CD-ROM, but the detail contained in your research is incredible! Names, dates, witnesses, godparents, addresses, etc. - is just far more than I ever expected. We now know more about our ancestors in Germany than we do about our ancestors here in the United States. Thank you so much. • JAMES W. CRAIG, EVANSTON, IL, USA: I recently hired Uwe Porten to find my German ancestors. I had been trying to find them for years but was unsuccessful no matter what I tried. Uwe found my ancestors even though the information I originally gave him was incorrect. His results are incredible!!! He just doesn't give up. If he reaches a dead end he tries something else. I greatly admire his persistence. It is my pleasure to give Uwe Porten's Genealogical Research my highest recommendation! • EDWARD COVIELLO, FISHKILL, NY, USA: Dear Uwe, Thank you very much for your time and effort. I value your work very much. I have had several people do work for me on my Italian side. Their level of work , or their professional standards are no where near the level you have shown. • ERIC BEENE, NESBIT, MS, USA: Dear Uwe, I have been able to find a lot more information on the family with the information that you found for me. • CHRIS BRIGHT, BARNSTAPLE, UK: Dear Uwe. Thank you so much for all the work you have put in to supply me with all these details, I am thrilled. I thought you may like to know that this morning I showed a friend of mine what you have produced, he himself has been doing his family tree for a very long time and even gives talks on the subject. He has produced two volumes of his family history, his family originated from Germany,and he said to me "that yours was the finest presentation that he had seen" Praise indeed from him. Thanking you again for doing this for me, should you ever need any recommendations I would only be too pleased to give one. • ROBERT ALBRECHT, MADISON, WI, USA: Hello Uwe, I received your research on the Weckerle family today. I can't express how much I appreciate the work you did in collecting the information and preparing the report. I'm greatly pleased with the work you did. • ROBERT A. MILLER, LITTLETON, CO, USA: Hi Uwe, Your research arrived in the mail and I am very pleased. • ROBERT W. HAYNE, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA: Uwe, Recieved your package of documents yesterday and have spent several hours reviewing and discussing it with my family. This is fablous information and you certainly did a very complete and professional job. The references you provided give me every confidence in the accuracy of the data. I want to share this information with other family members not located in Arizona befor I give you another assignment because they might suggest something I overlooked. • ROGER TANSEY, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA, USA: Hello Uwe, Received the information and the results are great! Many thanks for your good work, I'm going to sit down now and digest it all. • THOMAS RUEBEL, SEATTLE, WA, USA: Your research was very thorough and helpful for us. If you had not found the conscription notice for my great-great grandfather, we might never have located him. Thanks you again for the fine work, and for spending the day with us in the Archives in Strasbourg. It was an enjoyable day. Thank you again for all of your help. Please feel free to quote my comments for your credentials page. • SUSAN POWELL, SKANEATELES, NY, USA: Uwe, I received your report and had a chance to look through it. I am very pleased with the extent of your research and the information it has given me. Thank you very much. • KENNETH E. LOVE, CLEVELAND, OH, USA: Uwe, The pictures are outstanding. • CLAUDIA McWHORTER, WEATHERFORD, TX, USA: Uwe, I got your packet and found more things I would like to have. I am really excited about what you found. • CAROL McCRELLIAS, SHANGHAI, PR CHINA: Uwe, Thank you very much for looking again for me. You've been very generous with your time...the fee I've paid seems so little in comparison to what I've received. • PAUL J. KIST, ST GENEVIEVE, MO, USA: Dear Uwe, Received the research material. You are to be recommended for your professional work. I am very excited and pleased. • CHRISTINE LAVERY, WANTAGH, NY, USA: Dear Uwe, I received the final report yesterday. It is great. I'm very pleased with it. I still have to go over it and digest all the information. Thank you very much. • SCOTT W. GREEN, BREWSTER, NY, USA: Dear Uwe, Thanks for another great report, which arrived yesterday. • LELA EITEL, LINDSBORG, KS, USA: Uwe! The research arrived--my husband I have had only a brief time to read it--but we are very pleased with the great job we have seen thus far. --I will write later when we observe the reaction of our siblings--that should be interesting. Do you work in other parts of Germany ? In the future I hope to have you do my own ancestors who were the Hillesheim's from near Koln. Lela, a pleased client. "Well done, Uwe!" • JACKIE SMITH, WINDSOR LOCKS, CT, USA: Dear Uwe: Received the information today! Wonderful Job! I can't thank you enough. • HILDEGARD ESPER ENESCO, MONTREAL, CANADA: Dear Uwe: Thank you so much for the extensive results that you found for the Esper family in Alsheim. What large families they had! It is amazing to see all the names and dates from the past. I had thought that the window of time had closed forever on these long- ago events. Thank you so much for bringing them alive. • VICKI COLLINS, HOUSTON, TX, USA: Dear Uwe: I had not heard from you since my last letter and I was afraid that maybe you did not receive my note. I can't thank you enough for all the work that you did. • KAREN CROOK, PALATINE, IL, USA: Dear Uwe, The research documents have arrived. I want to thank you for your hard work on this family history. I really appreciate the documentation on all the information that you included. • LEE WESTERHOLD, NORTHVILLE, MI, USA: Uwe, I just got the Westerhold research you did for me in the mail. Very Impressive. It will take quite awhile to digest all the information. All of it is very good. I appreciate the interpretation of the civil records you included. The maps are a very nice touch. They are very good maps. My wife had some research done on her maiden name a few years ago and paid close to the same amount and did not get as near as much information. She also had to pay someone in the U.S. to translate many things. I'll keep your name on file in case I decide to go further and also in case others may want to use your service. Thanks again. • WILLIAM L. SHADE, BOCA RATON, FL, USA: Dear Uwe! Your report was excellent. I am so very pleased. You have added a whole lost portion of my life and I thank you so much for your diligence. • WILLIAM STANTON, BOCA RATON, FL, USA: Uwe, I was very pleased with the package that you sent regarding the ... family and all of your research. Quite a bit of effort clearly went into the profect. I would like to proceed with extending the research on the ... family as well as beginning the research on the ... line. • NOEL SCHUTZ, PULI, TAIWAN R.O.C.: Hi Uwe, Received the package today! Very nice job. I am really very, very pleased with the results. • LORI SCHLEINKOFER, BROOKLYN, NY, USA: Hi Uwe - Just received your package yesterday. It was absolutely wonderful. Very extensive research! I loved seeing the pages from the book with the pictures of the old St. Nazarius church before it was torn down, and the maps were terrific. The military records were great as well, it was neat to see our great-great-great grandfather's name in another official Ober-Roden source. The pictures were terrific, really gives me an idea of what the town is like. It was neat - your pictures showed tudor style homes very similar to the pictures of tudor homes shown in the book pages you copied from the 1800s. Thanks so much again. If you'd like me to write a complimentary paragraph to post on your website along with your other satisfied customers' comments, I'd be happy to do so. Your research helped to provide me with an additional link to our ancestors. It was so interesting. Will keep in touch concerning a possible visit/genealogy tour to Ober-Roden later in the year, maybe in October. • DAVID RHEINGOLD, NEW YORK, NY, USA: Your package arrived yesterday, and I am overwhelmed with joy at all the information you uncovered. It was like an early Christmas present. I would therefore like to go ahead and ask you to prepare similar reports on the complete genealogies of the families of:... • FRED T. MAY, AUSTIN, TX, USA: Thanks again for all of your research. I would be glad to added as a referral for you to use for other people who might like to retain your services. • YVONNE HUXHOLD, THE VILLAGES, FL, USA: Dear Uwe, I want to thank you for the wonderful report on your research of the Huxhold family. It is so exciting to read about the different individuals and to see the actual town where they lived! Even if I had been able to get to the location, I would not have known where to begin and then, Ich spreche kein Deutsch! • MARIANNE HALE, PACIFICA, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, I have received your package of the Tatsch family research, and had a wonderful time reading it! I am overwhelmed at the results - I never imagined that I would find this much information on my Tatsch family, all the way back to the 1600s! The history and photos, along with the official records adds so much to the story of my family. They are more like real people now, and not just names and dates. I am overjoyed to see the photo of Johann Jacob, who stayed in Raversbeuren, and also of Wilhelm Tatsch. Thank you for searching for a picture of the original Tatsch home. I was so happy to see a real, live Tatsch descendant in your photos - and still living on the Tatsch land! This has been my first research effort across the sea, and I am very happy with the results! I thank you for all of your effort - it is truly excellent work. • JOHN EVAN DAVIS, NINE MILE FALLS, WA, USA: Uwe, I want to thank you for your prompt and extensive research you recently did for my family. With a minimum of misinformation (on my part) you were able to accurately direct your efforts right on target. I was amazed at the depth and accuracy of the information you provided. You helped us to solve an age old question as to where our family really originated. The collateral find of the text that had been written by one of our anscetors was a treasure and a new found relative in Germany was the prize you presented that was an "extra." I would recommend your work to anyone wanting to find their family in Germany and look forward to looking further backward in our future. Thanks again for a job very well done and it has been a pleasure doing business with you. • ANNE CRANE, GROSSE POINTE CHORES, MI, USA: Dear Uwe, Your package arrived several days ago. I am very pleased with what you have sent. You have found a lot and it is all well organizedand presented and well documented. • GREGORY ACLAND, KENNETT SQUARE, PA, USA: The information you have uncovered is just wonderful, and I am very grateful for your help. • CHRISTINE A. APPLE, COLUMBUS, OH, USA: Hello Uwe, Thank you for your excellent documentation. • DONNA PEINE, PEORIA, IL, USA: Uwe, I'm thrilled to get the cover letter & am looking forward to getting the complete pkg. I can't thank you enough for all that you have found! I will get back with you after I have had a chance to look through the information in the pkg. We will be gone on vacation for awhile, but I will get back to you. Again, thank you for your efforts to this point! • BRIAN WEBER, CHICAGO, IL, USA: The research was outstanding, you did a wonderful job. I am very pleased. I will definately be in touch for future services. • CHARLES WEISHEIT, NORTHAMPTON, NH, USA: Dear Uwe, I want to again thank you for the great job you did on my Grandfathers family in Germany. • GEORGE SCHLEICHER, JACKSONVILLE, FL, USA: Hi Uwe; Just a short note to let you know we received the package, have had a chance to look over all the information you provided and we are very well pleased with the results. Again, Thank you so much for such a well written, thorough and in depth search of the Schleicher clan in Germany. • CLARENCE ART DILLMAN, MORAVIA, IA, USA: Hi Uwe, Fantastic work! I received your package yesterday afternoon. You did a great and very professional job for us. Speaking for myself, I want to extend my thanks for all the work and fine results. You promised and you delivered on the promises beyond my expectations. • JOHN GALVIN, NY, USA: Uwe, Thanks very much. You have done an impressive amount of work, and I appreciate it very much. My family will be very excited. I'm sure I will have many questions but at the moment I am still processing this information. • DAVID KUNKEL, HAUPPAUGE, NY, USA: Hi Uwe! Just thought I would let you know that I received the Family Research today! Wow! Uwe, what a terrific job you did assisting me in filling in all the missing data that I was looking for! You are just fantastic and a blessing! I am extremely impressed with you research! This will go to helping me fill in some of the gaps! You provided everything I asked for in a timely, organized, and detailed report, with photographs of proof sources and data. Very professional! • CHARLES L. NICKELS, NOVI, MI, USA: Hello Uwe, Thanks very much for the family research. I am very impressed. I just now downloaded your cover letter and read it with obvious interest and excitement. I look forward to receiving the package. I'll get back to you after I've read over the material and considered next steps. Thanks again for all you've done. • DORIS JACKSON, CORAOPOLIS, PA, USA: I'm just delighted with all you have found of the Hetzner family, and particularly that what you have found coincides with what I have discovered here in the U.S. It definitely will help me connect more of the family here as I did not know about any of Paul's uncles or aunts. I loved the way you presented the information in very concise format. Again, many, many thanks for all your hard work. • EARL BRUNNER, LAS VEGAS, NV, USA: Uwe did some research on my family and will shortly be given another assignment. I received very professional reports. First on the e-mail then in the snail mail. One time the church didn't have a copy machine and he took photographs of the records and sent me the film. He has helped me get my family to where I can find films in the FHC and do my own research. His report include a pedigree charts, a written report on each family, a map showing where people live in Germany today with that surname, and photocopy back up of the research. With his information I have been able to go back six or seven generations. I asked him to spell everything out up front which he did. You need to realize that even the best researchers come up at a time with nothing. This line he worked for me I have researched for over forty years. My son even went to the church in Germany and photocopied the years I was interested in and we found nothing. I like his work. • ELIZABETH HOOPER, HAWLEY, PA, USA: Uwe - I received your report and CD today. I am just thrilled with your findings. You may use my name as a reference if you would like. After I get my notes together from the maternal side of my grandmother's family I will contact you again for more research. Thank you again, so much. • FRANK KASTEN, LOUISVILLE, KY, USA: Dear Uwe, Once again I want to thank you very much. Your work was excellent, professionally presented, and has exceeded my expectations. • MARILYN GRICE, NEW PALTZ, NY, USA: As I entered all the new information you have provided me into my computer database, I came to fully realize the thoroughness and professionalism of your research. I am thrilled to have added more generations to my Kühn and Weingärtner families and it is wonderful to have copies and translations of so many original documents with all the sources cited. I'm very happy and satisfied with the results! • BETSY DALLIES, COSTA RICA: Dear Mr. Porten: I am more than delighted and thrilled with your findings. I have not finish my reading yet, as it has to be done with care and concentration, but I just went over it fast and yes, I am in complete admiration of my good luck. Let me discuss with my husband what else should I tackle next to let you know and you can be sure that I appreciate your professionalism and we will certainly do a little more in the future. • LORI DOERR, HOUSTON, TX, USA: I want to let you know that I also received your package. Thank you so very much. • GARY DUFEL, DANBURY, CT, USA: Uwe: Between the work you have accomplished for me with the ... family and the ... family, I have a very good understanding of my heritage and some of the background of the individuals. I could not have come close to accomplishing this without your help, even if I spent many years. • HELEN GENTRY, YAKIMA, WA, USA: Hi Uwe, Thank you so much for your efforts researching my family. • ROBERT CLARK NAIL, GORE, VA, USA: I just received my package! It is everything I could have asked for. It is very professional and thorough. The pedigree charts, descendant report, maps, family group records, and the church records on the CD- Rom are all wonderful. I will start adding the information to my genealogy program. Please feel free to use me as a reference on your web site. • FREDERICK A. WEBEL, NORFOLK, MA, USA: Dear Uwe, I must report to you that your research work very safely arrived at the Hotel in Nebra and was there when I arrived. Very well done and very much appreciated. We had a wonderful visit with my cousin and his family. • JANET NOLL, RALEIGH, NC, USA: I received the package. Wow! Very nice presentation and you found lots of info!! thank you! my family will be excited to receive the information. • CARL CLAUSS, KYLE, TX, USA: Hello Uwe, We recieved the research and I was very happy with the results. The name Hirtzel had come up before in family research but neither my brother or I had any idea how it fit in. It turns out that George Clauss worked with him in the locksmiths trade. The other information was extremely helpful in ruling out certain leads but establishing others for me to follow up on. After all these years of searching this info has provided the connections we never thought would be made. • JERRY AUSTIN, ST. PAUL, MN, USA: Uwe, I received your mailing yesterday. Thank you so very much. I have been able to add 17 relatives to my direct descendent family tree chart!! This is great! • JOHN T. BROWN, BELLVILLE, TX, USA: I am pleased with your work and you can certainly use me as a reference if you want. • ROLAND R. RUTTER, IRVINE, CA, USA: Dear Uwe, I once again would like to express my appreciation for your help in the pursuit of my German family ancestors. Without your help, I could not have accumulated as much data as I have. • PATRICIA AMY HIGGINS, PARK RIDGE, IL, USA: Your packet arrived this afternoon, and I've been paging through it, marveling at the contents. I am so very pleased by the results and by your most professional presentation of the documents and translations, charts, and references. You have done a magnificent job finding and organizing an immense amount of material. Thank you! I will spend many hours now absorbing the details of your report and sharing it with my family members. • LEONARD ESCHLE, NEWBURN, UK: Having just returned from work, I am pleased to report that your most excellently detailed research has arrived. I have not had chance to look at it in detail, but at first glance it is wonderful. I must congratulate you on the amount of work you have put into tracing my German ancestors. I should have no hesitation in recommending you to anyone in search of their German forebears. My family will be thrilled to see their history come so vividly to life. Very many thanks. • MICHAEL BLECHSCHMIDT, DAMASCUS, MD, USA: Uwe, I would like to thank you again for your hard work and persistence in gathering the information on my family. I could not be more pleased!!! Please feel free to include me with your satisified customers!! I would be happy to provide a testimonial on your behalf!! I would like to know if you could follow up with an in depth research on the following:... • LUIZ SCHERNER, CURITIBIA, BRAZIL: Dear Uwe, I recieved your report last friday. I was very exited when going thru the material, and got very happy to learn more about my ancesters. You have done a nice job. • KATE PRUENTE, SONORA, CA, USA: Lieber Uwe! Wonderful information - and what a surprise about M.A.. I read through the information 2 or 3 times, then when I entered it in my computer, it really began to mean something. How about that lady with the 16 children? Thank you very much again - If any of my German group ends up with relatives in Rhine area, I'll be sure to recommend you. • ROBERT JONES, SIMI VALLEY, CA, USA: Hello Uwe, I wanted to thank you once again for the excellent research you provided me. I am generally very reluctant to enter into any type of "service" agreement, especially one that hasn't been personally referred. Your results exceeded expectations. • MARY M. ANTRIM, SAN ANTONIO, TX, USA: Hi Uwe, You are truly a professional of the highest order - I can't really adequately describe my feelings as I received it - but that was nothing compared to the overwhelming feelings I had as I began to go through the records and report - The job you did was absolutely amazing, incredible, thorough, accurate etc. etc. etc. To put it mildly I am absolutely thrilled as I know other members of my family who are also on that tree will be. I cannot thank you enough • MICHAEL K. HUBER, YALE, MI, USA: Thanks for the info. We are having a Huber reunion in Belmore Ontario Canada this coming Saturday so this will be very welcome information. I'm very excited with what you have given me so far. Thanks again. • NANCY GRIFFITH, CLINTON, SC, USA: Uwe, Received the materials yesterday - they were VERY helpful.