Services

Need help with your genealogical research?

Need help to understand what
daily life was like for your ancestors?

Need guidance to further your research?

Need photographs digitized?

Need a Web Site?

Research

Writing

  • Preparation of genealogical and biographical sketches
  • Convert your research into a paper or book

Consulting/Mentoring/Teaching

  • Consultation services to assist you in your research.
  • Individual or group instruction

Photography

  • Photography of tombstones, ancestors’ homes, churches and places of employment in the Lancaster area.
  • Convert your pictures into digital images
  • Organize your digital images

Web Site Development

  • Create a Web site using your genealogy data and images

When your requested project is completed you will receive, where applicable:

  • Photocopies, abstracts or transcripts of relevant records.
  • Citations to all consulted research sources, whether positive or negative
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  • A written report of the results of the project.
  • Suggestions for further research.
  • A detailed invoice for services rendered and expenses incurred.

Below is information that will help you to determine what resources are available in the area. Please determine if your search objective is possible by using this resource list. Then email us to make arrangements for your particular project and to receive a quote.

Kindly note that no professional genealogist is able to guarantee that a desired record will be found, although every effort will be made to do so within the time allotted by the client. When asking for research to be done, please keep in mind the limitations of the records available to us.

Marriages Civil records kept since 1885; church records may be available.
Birth and death Records vary depending on the county or city keeping them, but generally run from 1893 to 1905 (Lancaster 1883).
Recording births and deaths was not required; therefore not all birth and death events were recorded. After 1906 you, as the relative, must write to the Dept. of Vital Statistics in New Castle, PA for birth and death records. A copy of a photo ID is required. See PA Dept. of Health.
Census Census research is available from 1790 - 1880 and 1900 - 1930.
Miscellaneous Lancaster directories (beginning in 1883)
Tax lists (1798, 1810-1934)
Local newspapers on microfilm for Lancaster.
Church records for many churches, especially Reformed and Lutheran
Cemetery tombstone transcriptions
Local histories

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