This option organizes your genealogical information and determines the best place to begin research.  This option is for people who have never had any genealogical research done before and want to know where to begin or for people who have foreign research problems wanting to know whether records are available in an archive or church in Europe.  This covers the cost of determining whether ancestry can be traced at this time.  Also, estimating the cost of translation and processing time of old documents may fall under this option.

This option is focused research on a specific research problem that is keeping the pedigree from being extended or searching a particular source such as a census search or vital records search, etc. 

For example, name changes through Americanization of a difficult foreign name to something more commonly found in America, i.e. Bruning to Browning or Hvilsom to Wilson, etc. or determining whether a particular type of record exists for a particular time period, i.e. registration records of free blacks for an area as they first show up in  records, or if church records for a particular denomination known to have been in a location are still in existence and where to obtain them.

This option is for any military records affecting the United States during any period of history per individual search.  (Pensions -- Federal or State; Military Prison records; Service records, etc.)

This option is for family groups or individuals coming to America or leaving a foreign, specified country.  (Passenger lists, Naturalization records and other emigrant/immigrant lists)

This option normally produces significant genealogical findings.  Occasionally, however, unusual situations occur where additional research time is needed to successfully trace a line.  The 15 and 20 hour research projects give the additional time at a discounted rate.  This option is normally reserved for tracing one or two different surnames extensively.  Approximately two or more generations can be traced for a family in this amount of research time.

This option is for more difficult projects and/or more than one line traced at a time.

This option is for more difficult projects and/or more than one line traced at a time.

This option is for transcription of old documents in English or foreign country paleography, summary of contents, translating foreign country documents, transliteration, etc.and small research requests that generally take less than 2 hours.  For example, this option is used for documenting one generation or for other special short request options.

This option is for research in the British Isles or Europe.

Please describe in detail what research option you want and what ancestor is to be traced.  Also send photocopies of any documents you have already searched so that duplicated research will not be done.  A pedigree chart is available for you to print out and fill in to send in with this application form and your check, money order or credit card number _________________________. 

Circle whether you are paying by Visa,     Master Card,     Discover Card. 

The card expires on ________ (month)  ________  (year).   Please send information to:  Know Your Heritage Organization, 1449 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, UT  84106.

Thank you.