Your family ancestry is your greatest legacy and treasure. Build it while you have time. Sadly, many of our early clients have now passed away, but their research legacy has passed to their heirs. Have a will, and have a Family Tree.
Certain things are essential. We have found, on behalf of clients, such important information as....
- birth and marriage records;
- travel and immigration records and ship lists;
- copies of wills and documents in obscure local archives;
- death and burial records, and locations of marked and unmarked graves, and photography of such family sites;
- family biographies and accounts in obscure small local newspapers, from local archives - items which will NEVER be available online;
- discovering and resolving errors and anomalies in many sources, including family Bible errors, convoluted or multiple census records, and errors in online family tree postings;
- difficult Irish, Scottish, German, Quebec, Newfoundland, and other records for immigrant ancestors;
- high quality Completion Reports which include all notes, sources, and details;
- we can provide reasonably priced printed family genealogy books, if required;
- online posting of your basic family ancestry, as benchmarks for your family to view, even if you do not have a family web page (for NFFG Members & other clients)
Any comments regarding this site? Please e-mail nffgfamily@hotmail.com
Copyright (C) 1969-2011
Last update: December 23, 2011
Richard Ripley, Genealogist and Consultant
Are you just starting on a family tree, or just now getting really serious about its quality or accuracy? Read some thoughts on a separate page by clicking here.
"My cousin's done genealogy research, and it's wrong!" (March 1, 2011)- Click here to read
Are you an experienced family researcher, who MAY need some professional partnership? Then look around this page & the links here, for ideas.
Levels of proof versus costs- YOU make the decisions.... Click here to read
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I will accept. There, you can view some research project pictures which I have posted, and follow as new images are added.
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We have some references and information posted there.
Through my years of professional research, I have now helped solve issues or completed entire family genealogies for over 1500 specific
client situations.
I can help with your quest to develop an accurate and high-quality family genealogy. Whether you would like
an entire genealogy developed, or would simply like help with resolving a specific issue with your family tree, you can get that help
here.
Perhaps you have hit a dead end, or have come up against a conflict in such available records as you can find. Perhaps
you need an on-site search for a specific source record.
You may be a family researcher, or you may have a genealogy blog or
publication, and you would like an independent and professional opinion. When you supply us with the details or needs of your genealogical
issue(s), we can provide supplemental research to help solve things. We are available on a consultant basis. Send us an email, with
the subject line 'Consultant Query'.
I have online resources and access to records which may not be available to you. Through
my network of resources in many locations, using my network of NFFG Partner Members and Researchers, I can put ‘boots on the ground’
for your family project. In many cases, I will personally attend to your on-site research.
While you are visiting this site,
be sure to look over my list of over 50 recent references and recommendations. Have a look at a couple of sample projects which I
have completed recently. Read more about my NFFG network of partner researchers, and see some of the profiles for some of these NFFG
Members. You can view all of these things by clicking on the links at the top left of this & other pages at this web site.
If
you are a member of Facebook or the professional service Linked In, you can view more references and see some more samples of my work.
Of
course, I am offering a professional service. You could not expect quality and reliable research from a free site or from an amateur
service. However, you may start off by asking a specific question about YOUR family research, and receive a brief answer from me,
personally, for NO CHARGE. To ask such a question and receive an informed quick response from me, simply send an email to me directly,
with the heading ‘free response requested’. I will not save your email address or give your email address to anyone else – I hate
spam as much as you do. Your request will be answered, and we will both see what I might be able to help you with.
Please send
your ‘free response requested’ email to me at nffgfamily@hotmail.com. I will respond within 24 hours.
Genealogy Research and Consultation
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