Professional Research Packages
~ Descriptions & Comparisons |
Heritage |
Liberty |
Legacy |
|
» Number of Project Hours (at least half of which are research hours)
|
7
|
14
|
21
|
|
» Effective hourly rate (US Dollars, excluding applicable taxes)
|
$47.50
|
$45.00
|
$42.50
|
|
» Savings compared to base hourly rate
|
5%
|
10%
|
15%
|
|
» Certified Vital Record copies included in package price
|
- -
|
- -
|
2
|
|
» Signed agreement required in advance of project commencement
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Amount of deposit required with signed agreement (US Dollars)
|
$166
|
$315
|
$446
|
|
»
|
- -
|
- -
|
- -
|
|
Type of Records Researched (at minimum)
|
| | |
|
» Vital Records (Birth, Marriage, Death)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Social Security Death Master File
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Draft correspondence to request original SS-5 (add $27 to submit)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Obituary & Funeral Notices
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Burial, Cemetery, & Funeral Home Records
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Locate & photograph gravesites (and number included in package)
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes / 2
|
|
» Religious Records (Church or other Houses of Worship)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Probate Filings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» City Directories & other local sources
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» City Directories & other sources (tracking of key family members)
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» U.S. Federal Census (1930)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» U.S. Federal Census (1890, 1900, 1910, 1920)
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» U.S. Federal Census (1790 through 1880, inclusive)
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Passenger Arrival & Immigration Records
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Naturalization records (Declaration of Intention, Petitions, Oath)
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Land Records, Deeds, & Maps
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» Geographic & historical research relevant to ancestral hometown
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» Published family histories, Yearbooks, Alumni bulletins
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» Military service records
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
»
|
- -
|
- -
|
- -
|
|
Project Deliverables (to include noted items, at minimum)
|
| | |
|
» Written summary of research performed, key findings, next steps
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Electronic family tree file in standard GEDCOM format
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Printed copies of family tree charts, group sheets, descendants, lists
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Bound report detailing findings, research results, charts, next steps
|
- -
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
» Electronic data extracts from Census & Vital Records
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» Chronology of Life Events for key named individuals (as agreed)
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes
|
|
» Digital imaging services (and number of images included)
|
- -
|
- -
|
Yes / 5
|
|
»
|
- -
|
- -
|
- -
|
|
Advanced Offerings (Marked ¤ available at additional cost)
|
| | |
|
» Development of a detailed biographical sketch for specified individual
|
¤
|
¤
|
¤
|
|
» Creation of electronic presentation of family overview
|
- -
|
¤
|
¤
|
|
» Creation of home video (VHS format) to present family overview
|
- -
|
¤
|
¤
|
|
» Conduct personal interviews (attending family functions or via phone)
|
- -
|
¤
|
¤
|
|
» Creation of Memorial Pages or Web sites to share findings online
|
- -
|
- -
|
¤
|
» Preparation and submission of materials as required for various
society memberships (DAR, SAR, CAR, Mayflower, etc.)
|
- -
|
- -
|
¤
|
