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ESTHER FUERSTER-ASHKENAZI, E. H. NEWTON FOUNDER

Esther is an international forensic genealogist with many years of experience in reconstructing lawful kinship, locating heirs and establishing lineage for legal purposes.

She has worked closely with multiple government bodies in different countries, legal offices, public administrators and court-appointed legal guardians — delivering evidence that can be relied upon in inheritance, probate and unclaimed property matters.

Her special expertise lies in Jewish genealogy across Israel, Poland and the wider Central & Eastern European region (including Belarus and Ukraine).
She integrates historical literacy with legal usability: understanding the movement of Jewish families, the logic of dispersal, the role of origin vs destination, the cultural meaning of naming, name change behaviours, phonetic variants, transliterations, and the influence of bureaucracy on identity.

Esther is methodical, precise and evidence-driven.

Methodical, precise and evidence-driven, Esther is fluent in English, Hebrew and Polish, and holds a professional qualification from the Chartered Institute of Linguists in London, along with a Bachelors and Masters degree in International Law and International Security Studies respectively.


She performs searches and source-work across six languages: English, Hebrew, Polish, German, Romanian, Yiddish and Ladino.

She is versed in international and inheritance law, and uses that literacy to shape research direction and evidentiary strategy — not only to “find records”, but to produce legal-grade answers.

Her current performance measure (annual turnover) is over 73% of cases under her care are successfully brought to a close.

“We consider E.H. Newton a sister associate — consistently high-quality research in Poland.” — ROMGEN

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