Family History Narratives
A family history narrative that weaves the facts of your ancestors’ lives with the history of the times and places they knew — their trade identified in the census, the location of their parish churchyard, the name of the ship waiting at the quay — until the people behind the names come into focus. Facts gathered, then written as a life.
Own your story.
Rigorously researched.
Narratives from facts.
Here's how it starts.
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Today, my focus is specifically on helping Americans and Canadians trace their roots back to England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland — and telling the story of the journey that brought your family across the Atlantic to North America.
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Family History Narratives are offered as three fixed packages, or as a bespoke commission for anything larger or more particular:
Select a Package that Suits — Essential, Classic or Signature.. Choose by the size of the requirements. You decide where the hours go.
Bespoke — for stories that run beyond what the packages cover, with more family lines, more complexity or a question entirely its own. Every bespoke commission begins with a no-obligation consultation.
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Every narrative commission begins the same way — with a no-obligation consultation to answer any questions, understand your family's story and what you're hoping to have told. From there, I'll recommend the right package and give you a clear estimate before any work begins.
Rigorous, careful research and the expertise to set the facts of your ancestors' lives within the events that shaped their times. Up to 14 ancestors across three generations: typically a full profile for one in four, and birth, baptism, marriage, death and census records for the rest. Your narrative and its sources, delivered together as one PDF. Understand your past. Own your story.
Rigorous, careful research and the expertise to set the facts of your ancestors' lives within the events that shaped their times. Up to 30 ancestors across four generations: typically a full profile for one in four, and birth, baptism, marriage, death and census records for the rest. Your narrative and its sources, delivered together as one PDF. Understand your past. Own your story.
Rigorous, careful research and the expertise to set the facts of your ancestors' lives within the events that shaped their times. Up to five generations, as far as the records can be found and accessed. Research grows more complex at the fifth generation, so this package is booked only after a consultation. Your narrative and its sources, delivered together as one PDF. Understand your past. Own your story.
Rigorous, careful research and the expertise to set the facts of your ancestors' lives within the events that shaped their times. Scoped around a set number of hours and up to two research goals, agreed in your consultation. Hours, scope and price are confirmed in writing before work begins. Your narrative and its sources, delivered together as one PDF. Understand your past. Own your story.
Narrative extras.
A story told well is a story you can own, share and hand down. Each is made from your finished narrative, and is available only with the purchase of a Narrative Package or a Bespoke Narrative Commission.
Your ancestor’s story, ready to share. Eight to ten slides designed for Instagram, with text written from your narrative, your own photographs and documents, further images chosen or created to illustrate the story, and a closing slide listing the sources. Delivered as image files for you to post on your own social media. Available only with the purchase of a Narrative Package or a Bespoke Narrative Commission.
Your narrative, bound for the shelf. Your finished narrative and its sources, typeset with care and printed as a hardback edition, with your family name on the cover. Every page set from your research, every source listed. Delivered to you by post. Register your interest and I’ll write to you when it’s ready. Available only with the purchase of a Narrative Package or a Bespoke Narrative Commission. Not yet available to order. The final price will be confirmed at launch.
Your research, framed for your wall. A quality print of your ancestral tree or the journey your family made, with names, dates and places from your narrative, in a choice of layouts, beautifully and professionally framed. Delivered to you by post. Register your interest and I’ll write to you when it’s ready. Available only with the purchase of a Narrative Package or a Bespoke Narrative Commission. Not yet available to order. The final price will be confirmed at launch.
Your ancestor’s story, in motion. A reel, made for your phone, with narration written from your narrative, your photographs and documents, and a closing frame listing the sources. Delivered as one video file for you to post, send to family or keep. Register your interest and I’ll write to you when it’s ready. Available only with the purchase of a Narrative Package or a Bespoke Narrative Commission. Not yet available to order. The final price will be confirmed at launch.
What can you expect from your family history narrative?
The Gorr Family History - Case Study
The DeLacy Family History - Case Study
The Hinkley Family History - Case Study
Get in touch.
Complete the form with any questions about my services. If you'd like to arrange a no-obligation consultation, share some preliminary details about your project, and I'll get back to you within 48 hours.