Hourly Rate Services

If you are interested in any of the following services please contact us first.

An initial consultation will take place with you, free of charge, before any work begins. This is very important as a means of evaluating your requirements and ensuring that we can meet your needs within your desired timescale.

Look Ups and Document Reference Checks

This service is provided for clients who wish to consult documents and carry out research at a local record office but live too far away. I can visit any of the local record offices in the counties of Anglesey, Gwynedd (including Bangor University Archives), Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire on their behalf.

Family History Elements

This service is for clients who only require help with certain elements of their family history eg., locating birth certificates, marriage certificates etc.

Transcription

I can transcribe old documents written in English if the handwriting is difficult to read.

Location Photography

Photographing areas relating to your family history eg., visiting cemeteries where your ancestors are buried and photographing the church and relevant headstones. Transcriptions of headstones will also be provided if the inscriptions are not clear in photographs.

Research for the Media

Research on behalf of authors or television companies that require historical context, background information or specific detail about a person or incident etc.

Prices

• These services will be charged at a rate of £30 per hour.
• Copies of documents purchased will be charged to you at cost
• Where travel is required this will incur a cost of 40p per mile if by car, or re-imbursement of fare costs if by train etc.
• We take payment by cheque, Pay Pal or BACS. (* Please be aware that there will be a 5% surcharge if you use Pay Pal)