About Our Investigators

Meet Eleanor Harkness and Jonas Blumenthal. Together, they bring a rare depth to genealogical research.

Eleanor specializes in uncovering Eastern European and Russian Jewish roots, focusing on the immigrant experience from the late 1800s to early 1900s. With an eye for anomalies and fragments, she pieces together family histories from scattered records.

Jonas complements her by mapping the post-arrival journey in the U.S., translating Yiddish documents, and navigating name changes and occupational records. A trained historian, his expertise in archival work brings rigor and detail to every case.

Their shared philosophy: the smallest detail, a nickname, an accent, a misplaced date, might be the key to unlocking generations of forgotten stories.