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Basic Services

  • Research begins upon reciept of your $100.00 check for a minimum of 4 hours required time. These four hours will include review of your family information, in-depth research of available collections, and a detailed writen report. This fee covers one family line or surname only.
  • If additional time is required, you will be billed at $25.00 per hour. Please note that the average research and report review varies from 6 to 8 hours.

Extended Services

  • Additional research or writing is billed at the rate of $25.00 per hour when the customer approves the additional time.

Common Additional Fees

  • Postage (Most reports returned by Priority Mail)
  • Copying Costs: $0.25 per page from Archives files, $0.50 per page from courthouse files, and $0.50 - $1.00 for oversized copies
  • Travel time to facilities other than Frederick County courthouse or Stewart Bell Jr. Archive in Winchester, VA
  • Parking fees (where applicable)

All customers understand that there is no guarantee that information will be uncovered. We make every effort to discover as much information as possible, but it is, unfortunetly, not always available.

Questions? Send email to susan@frederick-research.com.