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FAMILY HISTORY
Capture your heritage in a readable narrative that describes relationships while using historical context, maps, and images to bring ancestors to life.
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Discover family history for the first time, or have me work on a difficult problem.
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Thorough and complex research on:
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American ancestors
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Québecois ancestors
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Canadian ancestors
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French ancestors
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Italian ancestors
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Establishing links to ancestral locations, especially for 19th and early 20th century Canadian and American immigrants.
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Preliminary research in Mexico, Germany, Lithuania, and Sweden.
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Understanding DNA test results and incorporating genetic evidence with historical documents into detailed reports.
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House histories: researching and documenting original builds and former residents.
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Family history services at the rate of $50 per hour.
Ask me about starting with a discovery package where we develop your goals:
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Meet to discuss your background knowledge (none is okay!).
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I conduct 2-3 hours of preliminary research.
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Meet to discuss results: I provide a menu of research projects for you to choose from.
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$250 to get started, then I charge $50 per hour to pursue your goals.
PAST PROJECTS
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Protestant German ministers and immigrants living in Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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Settlers of Maine after the American Revolution.
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Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Lithuania to the US.
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Eastern European immigrants in Michigan, Indiana, and Missouri.
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Swedish adoption and immigration to the US.
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Irish and English immigrants to Ontario.
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Early settlers of New France and their descendants.
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Italian immigrants to St. Louis and New Jersey.
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Immigrants escaping the 1872 German takeover of Alsace - or staying to choose French or German citizenship.
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Click to download a work sample of a biographical narrative: