In February, I am going to increasing my charges from £15 per hour to £18 per hour….BUT…

… if you order any of my services now, I will keep you at the old charges for the duration of the service you order, no matter how long it takes. 

To order ancestry searches in the UK, go to my services page and choose the service you require.

Here’s to achieving your family history goals in 2010!

I haven’t fallen off the planet – I’ve just been very busy with some genealogy work and writing work, as well as taking a short holiday in Devon.

Now the summer is virtually over, why not find out more about your UK ancestors?  You can use my comprehensive research services here, or use an online service such as Ancestry or Find My Past.

Tracing ancestors is such an exciting and fascinating hobby.  Once you get started you’ll be hooked!   You’ll get a new sense of identity, and you will feel more connected to social history and events of the past.

I only charge £15 per hour at present (some researcher charge up to £25).  However, I will be putting my prices up to £17 soon – so get in quick!

Find out about my research services here.

Ros Bott

If you know which county your ancestors lived in, you can find a genealogist in that area and ask them to search the local archives.  However, if the searches find that your ancestors came from a different area – or perhaps you already know of ancestors all over the country – this means contacting several different local genealogists.

To save you time I would therefore recommend that you hire a professional genealogist who offers search services across the country and let them do all the hard work of finding the best local researchers for you.

You can find details of my own British ancestry research services here. I offer 3 separate packages: 1 – an initial research service to get an idea of what’s possible throughout the UK, 2 – a full package tracing all possible ancestors in the UK, and 3 – my local research service in Warwickshire.

I also offer online research services if you do not have the time to do this yourself.

To find out more about my ancestor search services click HERE.

Ros Bott

I still have a few problems to sort out, but thanks to my friend Jeffery at the Niche Power Group, I am sure it will be working properly within a few days!

In the meantime, please have a look round the site and explore the links.  I intend to give anyone around the world easy access to services and links that will help them with tracing ancestors in the UK.

View my own one-stop-shop services here, or my Warwickshire research services here, then bookmark  this site and come back often as I will be regularly posting lots of new information in the near future.

Thanks.

Ros Bott

Although previously based in Northamptonshire and offering mainly Northamptonshire searches, I am now offering a full British ancestry research service for a flat rate.

What are the benefits of my service?

If you have discovered British ancestry dating back from the 20th or 19th centuries, you may be able to partially trace these ancestors using online census records.  However once you are past 1841, the main resources are parish registers, and the vast majority of these are only accessible via personal visits to local record offices.

You therefore have 2 choices:  either travel to Britain and tour all the record offices where you ancestors might show up, or spend lots of time contacting different local genealogists, depending on where your ancestors lived.

Both of these choices can be extremely expensive and/or time-consuming.

With my service, you only ever need to deal with one person.  I will carry out any further online research necessary and then hire any local genealogists that are needed.  In some cases I may be able to do this at a discounted rate because I am a fellow genealogist – meaning that you get more research done for your money!

What Searches Do I Carry Out?

Once I have received your full details, including information about what searches you have already done yourself (I don’t want to waste your money by doing what you have already done!), I will decide what the next course of action should be, carry out any searches I can do myself, and contact the relevant genealogists in the areas where your ancestors lived (if they lived in Warwickshire, I will carry out these local searches myself).

The package will include some or all of the following:

• Birth, marriage and/or death certificates researched online and ordered online.
• All relevant census information researched online
• International Genealogical Index researched online as a preliminary to researching local sources.
• For all lines outside of Warwickshire, I will hire other genealogists to research local archives for parish register and other relevant sources.
• Any Warwickshire lines will be researched personally by me at the Warwickshire Record Office
• Full report typed up including all the work carried out and suggestions for further lines of research. * Photocopies and/or printouts of all relevant documents.

My flat fee for this service is £350

If for any reason it is not possible to continue researches due to lack of informaton or availability of resources, etc, the balance of the fee after the initial searches will be refunded.

To order this service I will need the following information:

• Your name, email address and postal address
• Where known, information about the line(s) you are tracing including, names, dates and places of birth, marriage and death, names of spouses, children and siblings.
• What searches you have already carried out, if any.
• Any specific information you wish to find out. Send this information (by an email attachment if preferred) to ros@writer-ros.co.uk.

Payment can be made via Paypal (there is a Paypal button on this website page) or bank transfer.

If you only need local searches in Warwickshire, I will carry this out at a fee of £15 per hour.