Family research – Genealoge
I research your personal family history as conscientiously as if it were my own.
I do research for you online and on site in state and church archives, offices and authorities, parish offices and other research centers in Munich, Bavaria and the rest of Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (Italy), Switzerland, former Silesia (now Poland), Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic) and Transylvania (now Romania). For more distant data sources that are not available online, I consult experienced local colleagues.On request, I am also happy to get an impression of the situation on site myself.
Transcriptions and translations
I scour the archival records for you and transcribe, translate and document the results. On request, I will obtain copies of entries and certificates.
I can also transcribe and translate letters, diaries and other documents for you on request.
Genealogical journeys
If you want to see where your ancestors lived, I will accompany you on the journey to these places. I organize the journey and accommodation and drive the car so that you can concentrate fully on the impressions.
How much does genealogy cost?
I cannot answer a question that is asked again and again: what does the whole thing cost?
With my clients I agree on an hourly fee and usually an upper limit for the total costs. The order is defined exactly, intermediate status reports are a matter of course for me. And then everything depends on the type and availability of the sources. The better prepared the sources are, the easier it is for me to reach my goal. The more incomplete or inaccessible the data is, the longer I need. And sometimes nothing can be found. But this realization has also required my work.
Within approximately the last 100 years, there are protection periods for the access to documents. They vary in length between public and church authorities. To be able to inspect such blocked documents, I need a power of attorney.
If you would like to give someone their personal journey to their ancestors, I would be happy to design an individual voucher for you.