Genealogy
Genealogical research can answer questions you have about your family origins, discover historical facts related to your lineage, and connect with distant relatives.
Or, do you want to confirm a family story? Find out more about a family member who was lost track of? Know more about when your ancestors arrived in North America and where from?
Do you want to create a family tree?
Exploratory Phase: Initial Consultation
Arrange 1 FREE 30-minute conversation to discuss the kind of help you want with researching your family.
Let’s meet and get your story to have an idea of what we can do to move forward.
Packages & Pricing
Research Review
Let’s start by assessing the information you already have to determine the likelihood of finding what you’re looking for.
Please send me a summary of the work that has been done so far, along with any relevant documents or reports. This helps ensure we don’t waste time duplicating efforts.
Once I’ve reviewed your materials, I’ll evaluate the potential for further research and suggest where to focus our efforts. Together, we can discuss whether additional research aligns with your goals and is likely to yield results.
If you decide to move forward, I’d be happy to assist you in conducting the research to uncover the information you seek.
Determine next steps:
- Move forward.
- It may stop here.
Custom Research
Once we have determined to move forward with the particular research goal you have, I write up an “Engagement Letter for Genealogical Services” with a plan for you to approve before proceeding. Searches may take a number of hours to find that elusive answer. I promise that I will dig deeply and report back to you the places searched and information found.
Perhaps you would like to search a particular line back as far as possible.
What’s included:
- Report of research results (digital file)
- Research log with list of resulting documents (digital file)
- Digital copy of all documents found
- 1-hour Zoom session to go over the results
Normally, in the course of researching, an online tree is also created to keep information sorted which you can be given access to.
Other services:
Organize your Paper or Digital Genealogy Files
Do you have piles of paper that you’ve printed out, notes and information from other people, original documents and photos, photos, photos? Would you like to organize and digitize them to reduce the paper clutter?
Once your documents, photos and trees are all digitized and organized on your home computer, they can be backed up and protected from loss. Digital files are also much easier to share.
Create a computer-based Family Tree
A Family tree built in Family Tree Maker or another computer-based program is essential for printing out reports and trees that are easy to share and look neat and tidy. A computer-based tree is necessary when printing the Family Story in book form and for making connections with DNA matches. Let us take your paper and back it up in a useful, shareable format.
What Our Clients Say
Deborah you are a genius. I can’t believe all that you found and just in the nick of time! We are almost ready to go to press. I am so excited, I don’t know how I am going to sleep.
Brenda
Deborah, you are AMAZING!!! I am so excited. This arrives just at the right time. We will be able to add the information to our book. Thank you so much for your time and tenacity. I cannot tell you what a special gift this is for us!