RESEARCH
FEES: $65 per hour for research and expenses (mileage: $.555/mile, parking fees, photocopies, phone calls, postage)
- Original and compiled records
- Online searches
- Other agreed upon searches
- On-site research at area repositories including Maine Historical Society, Maine and New Hampshire state archives, and NEHGS, Boston.
After consultation on client goals and research needs, a mutually agreed upon research plan, time frame and payment plan is established. This is incorporated into a letter of agreement. Upon completion of the assignment, a fully documented written research report is prepared. Included in that report is a summary of results of all records searched. A photocopy or abstract of all records found will be provided. To avoid duplication of efforts, before any research begins, it is the responsibility of the client to provide GEN-NECTIONS with all information or research they possess. The code of ethics authorized by the Association of Professional Genealogists is adhered to at all times.
INSTRUCTION & LECTURING
FEES: $175 per presentation
USING DNA in PROOF ARGUMENTS
More and more DNA is used in proof arguments. This presentation shows three examples where DNA gives a direction for research or additional proof to an ancestry.
AN ANCESTRY FOR ROBERT WALKER of Rockingham Co. N.C. and Orange County IND.
Robert Walker vanished without a trace in 1829. Generations of his descendants tried unsuccessfully to discover his Walker ancestry. Research in ten counties of five states, DNA testing, and legal proceedings around a deed his father failed to execute resulted in the creation of a proof argument identifying Robert’s Walker ancestry
EXPANDING YOUR VIEWS: KNOWING YOUR RESEARCH LOCALES
As we search for our ancestors and their stories, a basic tenet of genealogical research is to familiarize ourselves with our research locale. Research requiring a reasonably exhaustive search may lead to several different locales. This lecture explains a process to follow when faced with new research locales.
CONFRONTING CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
In genealogical research it is almost a given that conflicting evidence will be encountered. This lecture examines ways to analyze and resolve such evidence. Conflicts may be apparent and easy to reconcile, may not appear until writing up the research, may be difficult to reconcile and require a proof summary, or may not be possible to reconcile.
BIBLES in GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
Family bibles have been part of the domestic/spiritual landscape for centuries. Just because an event is recorded in a family bible doesn't mean it's the gospel truth. Learn how to locate family bibles and evaluate and analyze bible entries.
AND LAND RECORDS MAKE THE CASE!
This lecture examines examples where 18th and 19th century land records help to provide proof parentage when no vital records exist.
DISCOVERING THE ANCESTRY of MRS. CHARLOTTE FASSE GRAUE
Differences in cultures affect the way names appear in records. Records and descendants suggest four maiden names for Mrs. Charlotte Fasse Graue of Lippe-Detmold Germany and Warren County, Missouri.
FINDING THOMAS'S FATHER: An 18th Century Prince William County Virginia Case Study
Thomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage. Finding Thomas's father took thirty years. Using indirect evidence and helped by technological advances, Thomas's father has been found. This lecture demonstrates the process of creating a proof argument to identify Thomas's father.
MISLED BY RECORDS: Identifying Adam Cosner's Parentage.
Pennsylvania and Ohio records correlated with those of a German immigrant who died in Virginia revealed Adam Cosner's parents.
GRANDMA'S TREASURE CHEST: Investigating and Evaluating Family Artifacts
'Attic Archeology' is an integral part of genealogical research. This lecture examines ways to research and evaluate such family treasures as jewelry, photos, bibles, letters, textiles, silverware, and musical instruments. Topics to be discussed include how to describe objects, identify sources to learn about the objects, how to assess information found, explore stories objects may tell, and how to cite the artifacts.
DIVORCE RECORDS IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
Divorce was alive and thriving throughout the nineteenth century. This lecture addresses the history of divorce in the United States and focuses on where to find these records and the information contained in them.
FINDING FAMILY INFORMATION IN SCHOOL RECORDS
Are you looking for a new pathway to finding a way through a brick wall? School records may provide information not found in other extant records as well as insight into the educational lives of our ancestors. This lecture examines types of information in 19th - early 20th century school records and how to locate them.
SAMPLING -- 18th & 19th CENTURY SAMPLERS
Samplers provide a view to the past, an insight into the maker's family, and may include family trees. This lecture explains how to analyze them and where to find them .
GRANDMA'S OBITUARY BOX: The Use of Obituaries in Genealogical Research and Their Role in American Culture
Obituaries are a basic genealogical research tool that helps us document our ancestors and bring those ancestors to life. This lecture examines the types of information and clues found in obituaries as well as where and how to locate them. A look at the role of obituaries in American culture through the past 3 centuries will show what values were important to our ancestors and help us get to know them better.
TELLING THE TALES: Writing The Family Narrative
You've done the research. Now it is time to write and share it with others. This lecture looks at elements of writing your family narrative and placing your ancestors within the context of their historical era, society and geographic place.
RESEARCHING FAMILY ARTIFACTS TO SOLVE BRICK WALLS
How bricks walls were solved using bible records, letters, folk art family records, and a nineteenth century tintype of a soldier.