Research - New York, New York, United States
Michael Moritz is an attorney and avid genealogist with 15 years of family research experience, having performed research for hundreds of individuals, with ancestry in over 35 countries and records written in over 10 languages. His research has been featured on the PBS show Finding Your Roots and was cited in The New York Times. Michael is the Co-Director of JewishGen's Romania Research Division and a frequent contributor to its Germany Research Division, and he has volunteered to transcribe thousands of vital records for those groups as well. Michael also moderates Facebook groups for those with Jewish ancestry from Hamburg, Germany and Iasi, Romania. He is additionally the US research consultant for a Lithuanian genealogist, historian and tour guide to aid Lithuanian Americans of all religions in locating their families' towns of origin in Lithuania.As an attorney, Michael is currently representing Reclaim the Records, a non-profit organization whose goal is to make public records more accessible, in its suit against the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding public access to New York City death certificates from 1949 to 1968. Michael has a special interest in European ancestry; while in law school, he published an academic paper on individuals seeking to acquire citizenship of European Union nations based on their ancestry, which has been downloaded over 7,000 times.
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