February 23, 2012

Full Family Tree

This package does what it says on the tin! All your ancestors mapped out as far back as your 16 great-great-grandparents and possibly further.

Find out exactly what makes you who you are by discovering all the people in recent history that have contributed to your genetic make-up.

An example of a full family tree

A recent project

In this package I will research your full family history back as far as possible using online resources (I have full subscriptions to ancestry.co.uk and findmypast.co.uk which together cost more annually than this package).

I will put together your tree on ancestry.co.uk so that you can view progress online (ancestry subscription not required) and you can also allow other people to view the tree.

This usually includes around 5 generations stretching back to the early 19th century or even the late 18th century. Hopefully this will at least identify your 16 great-great-grandparents. Quite often family trees stretching this far back can include over 150 people.

I will provide a chart showing your family tree back through the generations, a report detailing family groups (including census records and copies of any other documents) and an interactive CD allowing you to view the relationships between family members on your computer.

The cost of this package is just £299.99.

To order this package, simply click on the button below to pay a deposit of £100 by credit card (you do not need a PayPal account):

On receipt of your order I will contact you and we can begin. If you have any questions you’d like to ask before ordering, please contact me. I will invoice you for the balance at the end of the project.

Please Note:

The cost of the package includes my research time, the report and CD listed above.

However, it does not include the cost of certificates. In order to correctly identify people and also find out about their parents and/or other relatives it will be necessary to obtain a number of birth, marriage and possibly death certificates. These are obtained from the General Register Office and are charged at cost price of £9.25 per certificate.

I do not include the cost of certificates as it is impossible to say how many will be needed prior to beginning the research. You may already have some or may be able to obtain them from your relatives, records may be available online or other research may provide enough proof to definitely identify people and their relatives without requiring certificates.

My experience has shown that for a family tree going back 5 or 6 generations; around 12 certificates may be needed. If the main surnames are unusual it may be less than this, if they include Smith, Jones or something similar it is likely to be more!

The cost of this package also assumes that your family was born and lived in England or Wales. Other areas such as Scotland can be researched but some additional costs may incurred in order to access these countries’ records.

Finally, it should be understood that genealogy is not an exact science. Finding ancestors and successive generations relies on there being sufficient records available to correctly identify them. It also relies upon the information in those records being accurate which is not always the case.

In the unlikely event that I cannot accurately trace your family, I will of course adjust my charges to reflect the research I have still had to do.