Over Thirty Years of Experience!
We provide genealogical research that covers all of Australia and New Zealand. Through our network of agents we able to access any archive or record office and if necessary are willing to travel if it is felt helpful to do so.
Our research falls into three categories:
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Ancestry Research
Initially, I would target the establishment of your ancestry back to the year 1788 in Australia and 1800 in New Zealand. Every project is necessarily different and depends on factors such as:
- Quality of family legend,
- How commonly found the surnames are,
- Whether your ancestors lived in small towns or were 'lost' in larger towns and cities,
- Ease with which the registrations of births, marriages and deaths can be located .
Depending on your present age, a period of 200 years probably represents 4-5 earlier generations - a total of 30-62 ancestors.
Allow for searching birth, marriage and perhaps even death indexes and censuses and the cost of acquiring Certificates to prove each step.
Each case is different and final costs vary and are certainly much less if you already have some of the Certificates and other information.
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Charting your ancestry
Either from research or your own provided input I will chart names, dates, events and places into a computer generated programme and forward this to you upon completion. Alternatively we use a well-known calligrapher Patricia Barth who with the computer generated family history is able to produce an ancestry wall chart suitable for framing. For further information please email us and we will arrange for the Patricia Barth from the Scriptorium studio to contact you
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Locating living persons & Beneficiaries of Deceased Estates
Be it a lost friend, or relative we have successfully over more than thirty years located those “missing people”. In some cases these were happy family reunions with “lost” relatives, in others this was to inform them they were a beneficiary from a deceased estate. Due to world privacy concerns of all the work we do this can be the most challenging task to complete and achieve a successful outcome.
New Zealand Electoral Rolls Searches
These rolls are NOT ONLINE the rolls have to be searched electorate by electorate there is NO ELECTRONIC Database.
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Single Payment |
Search Parameters |
| Current Roll |
$50.00 NZD |
Single name enquiry search of the current roll |
| Five Year Search |
$130.00 NZD |
Single name enquiry search yearly rolls for 5 years |
| Ten Year Search |
$250.00 NZD |
Single name enquiry search yearly rolls for 10 years |
| Twenty Five Year Search |
$350.00 NZD |
Single name enquiry search yearly rolls for 25 years |
Research in Our Specialised Databases:
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Single Payment each name is considered a single enquiry |
Search Parameters |
| Parish Registers in
New Zealand
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$20.00 NZD |
Locates the surviving the Parish Registers if known, the dates of availability and sources where held. |
| Parish Registers in
Australia
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$20.00 NZD |
Locates the surviving the Parish Registers if known, the dates of availability and sources where held Note each state searched is considered a single enquiry |
| Funeral Directors &
Funeral Records in Australia and
New Zealand
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$20.00 NZD |
Locates the surviving the Funeral records if known, the dates of availability and sources where held Note each state of Australia searched is considered a single enquiry. A New Zealand search is considered a single enquiry |
New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages
As at 25 January 2009 NZ Births Deaths & Marriages access changed for records that are less than- Births 100 years; Marriages 80 years; Deaths 50 years
Applications for these CLOSED records will require a letter of authority from you with your application so we can provide this to the Registry and a reason the document is required e.g. (for passports. ID etc).
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Single Payment |
Search Parameters |
Birth, Death, Marriage Indexes Searches to 1990 |
$25.00 NZD |
Single name enquiry search for 5 years for either a Birth, Death or Marriage. |
| Certificates (Photocopies) |
$25.00 NZD |
Copies taken from the original registers with the exact date of the birth, death or marriage provided. |
| Certified Certificates |
$35.00 NZD |
Typed copy of the original information held in the registers with the exact date of the birth, death or marriage provided.
These documents are required for legal purposes, identity (passports) etc. |
Compilation of Ancestry Charts:
Either from research or your own provided input I will chart names, dates, events and places and forward this to you upon completion.
Fee Information:
Use the form below, or email me with an outline of your request for research and I will provide you with a free no obligation estimate of what may be required in terms of time and charges. Paypal accepted, click here to Pay.
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With over 30 years experience, I've seen and dealt
with all types of situations imaginable.
I can help. Contact me today!
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