This package includes direct ancestors along one surname of your choice (parent, grandparent, great grandparent, GG grandparent, GGG grandparent, etc) plus all spouses of each (but not their parentage or ancestry) and all children born to each generation. In-depth research of the children of each marriage who are not direct ancestors will not be included, but baptisms, entries on censuses and any other information while they remain at the family home will be included. In the image below it is the mother’s surname that is to be researched – her father’s paternal line.

To give you an example of what might be included in this package. In my own family tree, to take my mother’s paternal line back to those living as at 1837/1841, includes four generations: my grandfather and his eight siblings plus my grandmother; my great grandfather and his seven siblings, plus my great grandmother; my GG grandfather and his six siblings, plus my GG grandmother; and my GGG grandfather, who was born in 1787 and died in 1862. His first wife, my 3G grandmother, died shortly before the 1841 census, and my 3G grandfather had a second, rather short-lived marriage, with one more child. That ‘one-surname’ tree, then, includes thirty-one people, eight of them direct descendants.

See the image below.

If the line you choose to research is your own surname, this would follow your father’s father’s father’s (etc) line. See below. If you are male, or if a close male direct descendant of one of the men on this line were to take a YDNA test, this is the exact line we would expect to see evidenced by the DNA test.

You’ll get from me a full report of all research carried out, including:

• Names of ancestors, dates of their significant life events, where they lived at various stages of their lives, what they did for a living
• Any additional spouses and children born to all marriages, and any other information about their lives uncovered during the research.
• Copies and transcriptions of all records identified and drawn upon in the research. This could include any or all of the following: Civil Birth, Marriage and Death entries on online registers; Religious Baptism, Marriage and Burial register entries; Municipal Cemetary registers; Census returns, Military Attestation, Service Record or Pension documentation; Newspaper reports; Criminal records; Electoral, Poll Book or Directory entries; entries on the England & Wales Index of Wills and Administrations.
• Please note that actual certificates for Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths, plus post-1858 Probate documents and Wills will not be included, although upon receipt of my report you may wish to purchase any of these (either direct through the appropriate website or via me, at cost).
• A family tree chart including everyone identified during the research.
• A smaller family tree chart for each family unit.
• I will also highlight if there seems to be an interesting ‘story’ attached to one of the characters not covered in the main report, that you might enjoy exploring afterwards.
• Any further areas for potential research that you might like to explore will also be included.
• The report will be delivered to you by email. Arrangements can be made for printing, if required, at extra cost.

What I’ll need from you before we start
We will discuss this further during our initial consultation, but this is the kind of information I’ll need to get started:

• The recipients’ parents’ names, with date and place of birth, and the same for their grandparents if you have it.
• Copies (photos/scans) of any relevant birth, marriage and death certificates you already have.
• Any information you have about family members – like the name of a great uncle or your grandmother’s cousin – along with known or likely years of birth, death, etc. This can help to home in on the right family, particularly if the surname is not uncommon.

Price
£xxx
This is based on about xx hours of research and report writing. Unavailability of records resulting in inability to trace any of the lines would reduce the cost.