Carolyn Schott has been a lifelong traveler, with a special interest in exploring places related to her heritage. This has taken her to Germany, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, and Poland. Along the way, she's sampled Zwiebelkuchen (onion tart) at a German village festival; celebrated Easter in Moldova; hiked through rural cemeteries with a broken foot; found herself in a protest in Kyiv, Ukraine; and learned to appreciate the bonding powers of a good vodka. Carolyn has more than 20 years of genealogy experience. She's one of the founders of the Black Sea German Research group (blackseagr.org), and formerly a board member of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) and editor of the GRHS Heritage Review. Her writing has received several awards from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, and she is a regular speaker on genealogy-related topics.
