Practice

Five traditions. One proof standard.

American, British Commonwealth, African American, Native American, and Ashkenazi Jewish genealogy — and the locating work that turns a chart into a closed estate.

American and Commonwealth

County, colonial, and British records, worked to a proof standard.

African American

The sources after the break: Freedmen’s Bureau, Reconstruction, the Black press.

Native American

Tribal, allotment, and federal files treated with the care the record demands.

Ashkenazi Jewish

Naming, migration, and the archives of Central and Eastern Europe.

Heir search & locating

Missing heirs, next of kin, and beneficiaries found and documented so an estate, trust, or land matter can move.

Kinship for counsel

Reports written so a third party can follow the proof: who was researched, what was found, what remains open.

Land & repatriation files

Allotment, title, and tribal records handled with the patience a contested land history requires.

Tell us the jurisdiction and the names you have.

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