Bringing Your Ancestors to Life: Research Rates

UPDATED February 2013

My rates for conducting research are the following:

  • General research: $50 per hour
  • Record copying (e.g., Civil War pension files), $2.00 each (scanned) or $1.00 (photocopied).
  • Transcription: $2 per line
  • Translation (German to English): $4 per line
  • Mileage: $ 0.55 per mile
  • Postage: at cost

Special Offer: Schwenningen Pedigrees

Because of my own deep research into the families of Schwenningen, Württemberg, Germany, I am able to offer a deeply discounted service to Schwenningen descendants.

I will generate a 5-generation per page pedigree of your most recent Schwenningen ancestor (usually the emigrating person), and compile the church records for everyone in that pedigree, resulting in a fully documented pedigree. Each pedigree page will include digital scans of cited and translated birth, marriage and death records for each of your direct-line Schwenningen ancestors.

Based on my general research rates, this would normally cost about $2,000 per 5-generation pedigree page (finding, copying, citing BMD for 31 people — 62 b/d records; 30 marriages).

Instead, I offer Schwenningen descendants a cost of $30 per person on a page, or $930 for a full, 5-generation pedigree page, with translation included at no additional cost.

Please contact me to take advantage of this special offer:

jillaine@jillainesmith.com

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Bringing Your Ancestors to Life Comes to WordPress

I’m Jillaine Smith. After a decade of conducting personal research for family and friends (see my personal genealogy Web site), I decided to pursue professional status in genealogical research and family history and now offer family history research services through “Bringing Your Ancestors to Life.”

What I can do for you

  • Get you started with your own research
  • Conduct research for you
  • Interview family members and draft oral histories (or coach you to do it yourself)
  • Provide assistance in the use of such genealogy software as:
    • Family Treemaker (Windows)
    • RootsMagic (Windows)
    • iFamily (Mac)
    • Reunion (Mac)
    • Ancestry.com (online)
    • Familysearch.org (online)
    • Rootsweb.com (online)

Please review my current Research Rates.


Background

I am well-versed in conducting research in the following areas:

  • Colonial New England
  • Southern Germany (including the ability to read old German church records)
  • Online genealogy

I have volunteered in such related areas as:

I am a member of several genealogy associations:

I completed ProGen in July 2011, published a two-part article in the New England Historic Genealogical Society Register in July and October 2011, and am currently enrolled in the NGS Home Study Course, after which I expect to pursue formal certification with the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

For more information about my genealogy-related activities, visit:

Please Contact Me about how I can help you research your family history.

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