Your research, documented and ready to keep.
Every project closes with a complete research package. What follows is what that package normally contains. The exact scope is shaped by your goals and discussed during the free consultation.
A passenger list shows him arriving at Quebec City in 1903, alone, aboard a Hamburg-Amerika steamer, carrying seven dollars. Nobody in the family knew he had come alone. Nobody knew about the seven dollars.
A baptism record names the godparents, a couple from the next parish, their surname unfamiliar. Three weeks of searching later, that surname appears on a marriage record two generations back. The family was larger than anyone remembered.
A naturalization record, filed in 1923, gives his country of origin as a place that no longer exists on any modern map. The border had moved. The family had always said the wrong country.
Each document is a piece. The research is the work of fitting them together, and every document found is yours to keep, share, and pass on.
Five deliverables. One complete package.
Written Research Report
The core deliverable. A narrative of what was found, what it means, and what questions remain, in plain language, with every conclusion supported by cited sources.
Pedigree Charts
A visual representation of the direct ancestral line, typically four to five generations per chart. Names, dates, and places at a glance. Larger projects span multiple linked charts.
Family Group Sheets
One sheet per nuclear family unit, a couple and their children, with vital dates, places, and source references. The building blocks behind every conclusion.
GEDCOM File
A digital file of the complete family tree in the universal family tree format. It can be imported into any genealogy application (Ancestry, Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, and many others) or kept as a standalone archive. Because GEDCOM is an open standard, the file will be readable by any software now or in the future. It is a permanent, portable record of the research that anyone in the family can hold on to.
You receive every record I found, not just a report about it.
The census page. The ship manifest. The marriage register entry. The photograph. Every primary source located during the research is copied and delivered to you alongside the written report.
The report explains what the documents mean. The documents themselves are yours to keep, share, and pass down. That is the difference between a summary and a foundation.
Every project is different.
The exact scope is shaped by your goals. Everything described here is what a typical completed project looks like, discussed and confirmed during the free consultation before any work begins.
It all begins with a free 30-minute consultation. No commitment, no fee. Tell me what you are looking for and I will tell you honestly what the research can find.
Printed family trees & heirloom products.
Once the research is complete and the tree is documented, it can be brought to life as a printed keepsake: a large-format wall chart, a bound family history book, or a framed gift for a milestone occasion.
A printed family tree, properly framed, becomes the kind of object that is handed down. It is the work made physical: a wedding gift, a significant birthday, a permanent fixture in a family home.
Discuss this option during your consultation or at the close of the project.
Relative Roots Genealogy has no affiliation with MyCanvas or any other printing service. No referral fees or commercial relationships exist. MyCanvas is one example. Other providers are available and you are under no obligation to use any particular one.
