Throughout
Questions answered by the researcher, not a support inbox. Progress visible in your portal. And the Famhisto guarantee underneath it all: free viability assessment first, 90% refund if nothing new is found.
The process
How a Famhisto project works
Five steps, no surprises, and you can watch progress throughout. Most projects run four weeks to four months depending on scope — you’ll know your timeline before you commit.
-
1 · A free 15-minute call
You tell me what you’d like to discover and what the family already knows. I tell you what the records can realistically deliver, what it would cost, and how long it would take. If research isn’t the right answer, I’ll say so. Book the call →
-
2 · Free viability assessment
Before any payment, I spot-check your key lines against the records: are the right registers digitised or accessible, do the censuses cooperate, is the surname traceable? You get an honest verdict — and if it’s “no”, you’ve lost nothing.
-
3 · Commission & research
A 50% deposit books your slot. Then the real work: censuses, certificates, parish registers, military files, newspapers — every finding logged with its source. You’ll have a client portal showing each milestone as it completes.
-
4 · Your family’s story
The balance falls due only when your report is ready: a written narrative, a designed family tree chart, and copies of every record — printed, bound and posted, with digital versions of everything. Copyright passes to you.
-
5 · The reveal
Many clients save the report for a birthday or gathering. For Heritage and Legacy projects I’ll present the findings myself — there is nothing quite like watching a family meet its own history.