Diane Snyder Ptak
Professional Genealogist and Family Researcher.
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- Diane Snyder Ptak, C.A.L.S., M.S., U.E.L., award winning author,
lecturer and educator, has been Owner-Manager of Albany, NY based Lineages
Unlimited for more than fifteen years. She has dual M.S. degrees in Education
and is a Certified American Lineage Specialist. In her business she has
trained thousands in the intricacies of navigating "ports of entry to their
past" and has conducted individualized family history searches for clients
throughout the world. As a lineage specialist she has reunited fragmented
families and conducted estate heir searches. If the missing links are out
there, she can find them! Contact her for more details at the address at the
bottom of this page.
Her specialties include research in;
- New England
- Mid-Atlantic States
- Ireland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Brick Wall cases
- Documenting Military Service (French and Indian, Revolutionary War, War of
1812, and Civil War)
- Loyalists
- Elusive Men and Women
- Ship Manifests/Passenger Lists
My research particulars.
- 1. Turn around time on research is 5-7 weeks from receipt of retainer and
documentation.
- 2. I need documentation of 3 items needing searches.
- 3. I need documentation of previous research.
- 4. I need family group sheets/pedigree charts/timelines on persons
needing researching.
My research provides to you.
- 1. Turn around time on research of 5-7 weeks.
- 2. Full report and documentation of all sources searched, and all
results.
- 3. Suggestions for further research directions.
- 4. If they are there, I'll find them.
Call or email me, with a phone number and best contact time, and I'll
discuss your research submission with you.
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- In addition, Ms. Ptak has been a long standing contributor to
The Capital and Heritage Quest and has also had
articles published in Genealogy Helper. She is the author of
the following highly acclaimed publications available from
AMAZON.COM.
Cast in Stone:Selected Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga Co. Burials
A Passage in Time:The Ships That brought Our Ancestors
Surnames:Their Meanings and Origins
Lost and Found:Albany (NY) Area Church and Synagogue Vital Records, 1654-1925
The American Loyalists:Origins and Nominal Lists
A Compilation of American and Canadian Passenger/Emigration Registers
Chasing Elusive Women:A Historian's Guide
Publication Order Form
Previous research projects:
- Documenting information on a Buffalo, NY based surgeon who owned a Civil
War medical bag.
- Documenting an ethnic background.
- Documenting family occupations - ship master.
- Determining the cause of death and place of burial.
- Putting "meat on the bones" of ancestors.
- Proving that the husband murdered his wife's lover.
- Where did the children go after their father committed suicide?
- What was the story on gt-grandpa's freezing to death?
- Was he really a horse trader?
- What was her maiden name?
- Was he a farm hand for the family? Was he the father of her child?
- Locating the immigrant's registration on arrival at Ellis Island.
- How many others were on the ship?
- Describe their accommodations on the ship.
- Is is true they were forced to purchase mice as food on their voyage to
America?
- Is it true that they feared for their lives due to a severe gale that blew
up suddenly on the Atlantic Ocean?
- What was the weather like the day the landed in NYC?
- Was their son STORM born at sea?
- What was the name of the immigrant's ship?
- What did it look like?
- Is it true that the ship was sunk in World War I?
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