Family Tree
Research
Multi-generational research through obituaries, census and vital records, and the archives most searches never reach. Every claim sourced and cited, and African American genealogy carried past the 1870 wall.
Most family histories stall in the same places: a maiden name nobody wrote down, a county line that moved, an ancestor who appears in one census and vanishes from the next. I work those gaps for a living, and I know where the trail picks back up when the obvious records run out.
You get a documented family tree, not a list of guesses. Every name, date, and connection carries a source citation and a confidence rating, so you know what is proven and what is still a lead.
One obituary became a doorway to a whole generation.
A single obituary named ten siblings of one family, married names and all. Most researchers would stop there.
I followed it. Nine children of one sibling, living in Cincinnati. Fifteen grandchildren. A branch of the family that had lost track of itself for decades, put back in contact, every name documented and sourced. That is what one thread becomes in the right hands.
Research packages
Every claim sourced- Parents and grandparents
- Obituary and public-record research
- Living-relative verification
- PDF family tree report
- Census and vital records
- FamilySearch and FindAGrave
- Source citations for every claim
- PDF report plus editable tree file
- Everything in Heritage Builder
- Deep-dive research and relationship mapping
- Church, HBCU, and community records
- Visual presentation and printable poster
Continued research available at $80/hour after any package.
Most services stop at 1870. I don't stop there.
- African American GenealogyThe specialty here, carried past the 1870 wall where most services stop.
- The Records That SurviveWhen the obvious trail ends, I know which ones still exist and how to reach them.
- Living RelativesTraced and cross-referenced across sources before a single name reaches you.
Reunion packages
Research plus presentation- Three-generation research
- 15-20 slide presentation
- Hosted online with a shareable link
- Four-plus generation research
- 30-slide premium presentation
- 1-2 elder video interviews
- Printable family tree poster
- Everything in Heritage Celebration
- Slavery and Freedmen's Bureau era
- Migration mapping
- Printed booklet, 20-30 pages
How it works
Simple. Thorough.You share what you know
Names, dates, places, family stories. Even a single name and city is enough to start.
I do the digging
I work the trail wherever it leads, and I keep going past the point where most searches stop. Every finding gets a source citation.
You get the full picture
A PDF report with the tree, citations, and confidence ratings. Presentation-ready for reunion packages.
All research uses publicly available information only. No hacking, no private databases, no illegal methods.
Results are not guaranteed. Some records did not survive, and some ancestors are genuinely hard to trace. Every claim I report is sourced, and every open question is flagged as such.
Let's find your people.
A name and a city is enough to start. I'll tell you what I can do.