REBECCA PAGE

Rebecca Page, M.L.S., is a librarian and professional genealogist native to Cincinnati, Ohio, who loves figuring out how everyone in a family tree fits together in the life-sized jigsaw puzzle. She began her journey down the rabbit hole that is genealogy by researching all lines of her family and her husband’s family—all of their son’s family—a delightful mixture of eastern, central, and western European ancestry. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

 

Her Ashkenazi Jewish roots stem from Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Israel, Australia, Canada, New York, Connecticut, California, and Michigan. Her husband’s roots are German Catholic immigrants who settled in Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky throughout the 19th century; German, Dutch, and Swedish immigrants who settled in the 1600s in New Amsterdam (now New York) and what became Pennsylvania, some of whom made their way down to what is now Tennessee and then up into Kentucky; and British and Scottish immigrants who settled in the 1600s and 1700s in the southern colonies of the future United States, migrating through Virginia, North Carolina, northwestern Tennessee, and southwestern Kentucky, while some continued west to Texas.

 

Rebecca is experienced in using a combination of DNA analysis and traditional documentary research to solve unknown and misattributed parentage cases, both in her extended family tree and for those outside of her family. These include an Appalachian family in southeastern Kentucky with a large amount of endogamy, a family scattered throughout Texas and Oklahoma, and a family in New York and Connecticut with Ashkenazi Jewish roots in Galicia (part of modern-day Ukraine).

 

Rebecca holds a B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Cincinnati, studied for six weeks at I.T.E.S.M., Campus Querétaro, Qro., México, was consistently on the Dean’s List, was a member of Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish National Honorary, and graduated from the University Honors Scholars Program. She also completed 4.5 years out of 5 toward a B.S. in Elementary Education, including working toward a master’s degree in Elementary Education and teaching inner city 4th-6th graders. While taking 19-25 hours of coursework every trimester, Rebecca also made time to sing in the UC Men's and Women's Choruses.

 

Rebecca also earned an M.L.S. (Master of Library Science) from Kent State University. She served as a public librarian for over 22 years—18 years as a Children’s and Youth Services Librarian, working with children from birth through high school and their parents, teachers, and caregivers, and over 4 years as a Metadata Librarian, working with local and regional historical and archival materials, making them digitally accessible to the public. Rebecca also taught free basic computer classes to adults of all backgrounds, through the Connect Ohio program. She also completed a 6-week Basics of Archives online course through the American Association for State and Local History. Both in her personal and professional life, she has always tried to help preserve the past for the future.

 

Rebecca has completed her Certificate in Genealogical Research through Boston University’s Center for Professional Education. This rigorous 15-week, graduate-level, non-credit course is “taught by exceptional Boston University instructors, world-renowned for their expertise and contributions to the field. The team includes Certified Genealogists and members of the American Society of Genealogists. Each faculty member teaches a different topic, exposing students to the entire team.”

 

Rebecca maintains a membership in numerous genealogical societies and organizations throughout the world, including NGS, OGS (lifetime member), HCGS (lifetime member), KYGS, PGHJGS, Global JGS, NEIJGS, JGST, MACSE, Friends of Budapest Jewish Cemetery, and IGRA, and is an active member in many of them. She serves on the Editorial Committee as a volunteer proofreader of the award-winning quarterly journal, The Tracer, for the Hamilton County Genealogical Society. She serves as the Administrative Assistant for three Front Porch Talks monthly virtual meetings for the Kentucky Genealogical Society (Kentucky Pre-1850 Ancestors, Kentucky Scots-Irish Ancestors, and All Things DNA). Rebecca also subscribes to many research databases, including JewishGen, Gesher Galicia, and JRI Poland, and regularly continues her genealogical education by attending webinars and local, state-wide, national, and international conferences.

 

Both in her many years serving the public as a librarian and through her genealogical research, Rebecca has shown a passion for connecting people with the information they seek…

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• “My family members and I all decided to test our DNA on a lark for the holidays and I need help understanding my test results. Can you help?”

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• “Where were my great-grandparents born?”

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• “I just discovered that my biological father is not the wonderful man who raised me. Can you help me find answers?”

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• “I just inherited all of this family tree information from my late relative and need help making sense of it all."

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• “I’d love to build a family tree, but don’t know how to begin. Can you help?"