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It depends.
Results vary based on record availability, how searchable those records are, and how much of a paper trail your ancestors left. DNA can supplement or sometimes compensate for gaps in the documentary evidence.
Rough estimates by package:
3-hour mini-project: May connect one generation under good conditions. The primary purpose is to assess the scope of your research problem and develop a tailored plan.
10-hour Bronze: May connect two to three generations under ideal conditions. For complex problems, this may cover a thorough review of your prior research and a survey of what others have already attempted.
20-hour Silver: May connect four to five generations under the best circumstances. For difficult problems, even one solid generational link in 20 hours is a significant accomplishment.
40-hour Gold: May connect ten or more generations under ideal conditions. Some problems are complex enough that even 40 hours won't produce a conclusive answer.
Important caveats:
The further back in time, the harder and slower the work becomes. If you or others have already spent considerable effort on a brick wall, one session may not solve it—many complex problems require multiple rounds of research.
No ethical genealogist guarantees specific results. What I can promise is expert handling, research performed according to your goals, and honest assessment of what's achievable.
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PROFESSIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
In addition to serving individual clients, I collaborate with professional genealogy teams, law firms, and institutions on projects requiring specialized research skills. Available services include:
Descendancy Research — Tracing lineages forward from historical subjects into the 20th and 21st centuries to identify living descendants or confirm the absence of surviving immediate family. This includes preparing formal documentation supporting conclusions drawn from the evidence.
DNA Casework — Designing testing strategies, identifying and recruiting living testing candidates, analyzing DNA matches, and building out unknown trees to establish common ancestry and solve complex research problems.
Forensic Genealogy & Heir Identification — Supporting legal proceedings, estate settlements, and repatriation efforts through rigorous documentary and genetic evidence analysis.
Repository & Institutional Research — Navigating offline collections including NARA-held court records, state and local archives, religious archives, historical societies, and business associations.
Outreach to Living Individuals — Making tactful, respectful contact with living persons identified through research, including cold outreach by phone and correspondence.
If you are a professional colleague, attorney, institution, or team lead looking to bring on a credentialed researcher for project-based work, please contact me directly to discuss scope and availability.
Rates for professional collaboration are negotiated based on project scope and complexity.
Includes a 1-hour phone or video consultation with our research director, plus up to 1 hour of expert review of your submitted genealogical materials.
We use Deep Search — a cutting-edge AI-assisted method — to explore web-accessible records and resources relevant to your genealogical research question. This tool is capable of compiling organized and often surprisingly useful reports on what it was able to find—or not find—and what lengths it went to while attempting to locate relevant data.
While Deep Search is not proprietary, it is a new and powerful tool that demands experience and judgment to interpret effectively. Our team is trained to guide this tool responsibly, and all results are vetted through an accredited professional human review.
This service can potentially save you hours of manual work by identifying what is already known or readily discoverable online today. It can also uncover hidden gem resources that might not appear in a traditional search engine query, giving your research a valuable head start.
📌 Consultation sessions may be recorded upon request (with prior notice), and a written summary of recommendations will be provided following the session.
⚠️ We also offer a free consultation (limited to 30 minutes), but it does not include prior document review or Deep Search–assisted research. Free session availability is at the discretion of the research director.
This package allows us at least several hours to perform an initial round of research tasks, ideally specified in a consultation. Also, we can create a detailed step-by-step research recommendation guide for future research efforts. This is a great package for "do-it-yourself" persons who want to do the research but want to work with a professional to guide their next steps.
Click on the button above to lock in your savings. Remember to fill out our form below when you order, and get the ball rolling on your project today!
The products you will receive, representing the results of our team's efforts, are:
Summary research report.
Research log.
Pedigree charts, if applicable.
Sourced family group sheets, if applicable.
This price includes United States research starting after 1850. The package also includes all other countries, starting after 1800 or after the general introduction of civil vital event registration, whatever occurred most recently. You will need to order the plus version of this package for research services outside these criteria.
Click on the button above to lock in your savings. Remember to fill out our form below when you order, and get the ball rolling on your project today!
The products you will receive, representing the results of our team's efforts, are:
Explanatory research report.
Research log.
Pedigree charts, if applicable.
Sourced family group sheets, if applicable.
FamilySearch and Ancestry Tree updates, if desired.
This price includes United States research starting after 1850. The package also includes all other countries, starting after 1800 or after the general introduction of civil vital event registration, whatever occurred most recently. You will need to order the plus version of this package for research services outside these criteria,
Click on the button above to lock in your savings. Remember to fill out our form below when you order, and get the ball rolling on your project today!
The products you will receive, representing the results of our team's efforts, are:
Explanatory research report.
Research log.
Pedigree charts, if applicable.
Sourced family group sheets, if applicable.
FamilySearch and Ancestry Tree updates, if desired.
This price includes all other countries, starting after 1800 or after the general introduction of civil vital event registration, whatever occurred most recently. Please order this package for research needs before 1850 in the United States, before 1800, or before the start of civil vital registration everywhere else.
Click on the button above to lock in your savings. Remember to fill out our form below when you order, and get the ball rolling on your project today!
The products you will receive, representing the results of our team's efforts, are:
Explanatory research report.
Research log.
Pedigree charts, if applicable.
Sourced family group sheets, if applicable.
FamilySearch and Ancestry Tree updates, if desired.
This price includes all other countries, starting after 1800 or after the general introduction of civil vital event registration, whatever occurred most recently. Please order this package for research needs before 1850 in the United States, before 1800, or before the start of civil vital registration everywhere else.
Click on the button above to lock in your savings. Remember to fill out our form below when you order, and get the ball rolling on your project today!
The products you will receive, representing the results of our team's efforts, are:
Explanatory research report.
Research log.
Pedigree charts, if applicable.
Sourced family group sheets, if applicable.
FamilySearch and Ancestry Tree updates, if desired.
Want maximum research time? Combine our Bronze 10-Hour Plus ($729.99) and Silver 20-Hour Plus ($1,169.99) packages for 40 hours of professional genealogy research at a combined rate of $1,899.98. This is our best value for complex, multi-line, or pre-1850 US / pre-1800 international research.
Simply add both packages (listed above) to your order, fill out our form below, and we'll handle the rest as one comprehensive project.