Let Dancestors Genealogy perform your search.
We provide full-service genealogy services. Examples would be:
• Forensic DNA research and analysis for adoptees, adopted ancestors, or biological parents, resulting in a report showing our forensic discoveries, conclusions, and next steps.
• Research your family history back through time from what you already know to the furthest ancestors of interest to you.
• Those ancestors could be participants in the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, immigrant ancestors, or your overseas ancestors. The discoveries are recorded in a family legacy narrative.
• Work on dead-end lines where your progress has been limited.
• We build beautiful family history books that include your family legacy narrative, stories, pictures, and historical documents collated and bound in a leather-covered book that your family will treasure.
• Use your research to build a family history book.
• Research and assist with joining heritage societies like DAR, SAR, Colonial Dames, Mayflower Society, Daughters of the Texas Revolution, Sons and Daughters of Union and Confederate Soldiers, and others.
• Help people gain dual citizenship.
• African American and Jewish research.
• Pedigree chart completion for family reunions.
• Heritage travel to see where your ancestors lived.
I have genealogist partners based in the British Isles, Germany/Austria, Italy, Poland, and Scandinavia.
We have lots of experience, having built over 135 family history books. We have discovered many thousands of ancestors through forensic DNA and conventional GPS (Genealogical Proof Standard) research.
Here is our process:
• We listen to your story, your concerns, ask questions, and discuss your priorities during our free consultation.
• We provide a template allowing you to record your priorities to ensure that we are all on the same page.
• We will work with you to gather what you already know. That includes accessing online trees, sharing online DNA results (we guide you through it), viewing pages of family history, or completing a template we provide for you. If you're not familiar with the details, that is fine; our job is to fill in the gaps.
• We conduct research using Ancestry, Daughters of the American Revolution, FamilySearch, Findagrave, Find My Past, MyHeritage, Wikitree, subscription newspaper databases, subscription archive databases, lots of national and ethnic-specific research sites with databases, well over 100 in total. For forensic DNA research, we use Ancestry, Family Tree DNA, Gedmatch, MyHeritage, and 23andMe.
• We work in ten-hour increments. At the end of each ten-hour segment, we provide you with a report or updated narrative showing what we discovered in our search. This allows you to ask questions as we go. Then we agree on how to use the next ten hours (if needed) and resume researching.
• I spent 42 years managing productivity, and I have established a simple and efficient process for conducting research and building narratives.
• We charge $59.50 per hour for conventional work, with a ten-hour $595 deposit (applied to the billings). We can proceed with the project within your budget. For heritage society and dual citizenship work, we charge $79.50 per hour. For forensic work, we charge $79.50 per hour, with a $795 ten-hour deposit.
• Depending upon the size of the project, we can take as little as a few weeks or a few months. However, we will be in communication throughout the search.
Our site offers a range of valuable resources, including back issues of our bi-weekly newsletters and educational videos.
For us, this is a “for-joy” business, not just ‘for-profit'. We love to help our clients discover their heritage and complete their identity. We would love to discover and preserve your family history. Let Dancestors help you find your story!
