Well-defined personal research projects at hourly rates,
including:
Multi-generation ancestry determination
Descendant tracing
Batch record lookups/abstracts/transcriptions
Special projects
Eight-hour minimum
Work begins after completion of a written agreement and receipt
of a 50% deposit and provision for any significant expenses
Payment by check or money order to Ruy A. Cardoso within
two weeks of project completion
Detail of record showing sale of land in Haverhill, Massachusetts, from John Emery Sr. of
Newbury to his "son" Henry Bodwell of Haverhill, appearing before a justice of the peace on 3
August 1695 but transaction not recorded until 25 June 1706, Essex County Deeds, Book 20,
page 4. Complete record appears at http://www.salemdeeds.com/historic.asp
"There are a few people today who get paid good fees, but in general clients, who do not balk at paying $100 an hour to a lawyer or $50 for a brief visit to a doctor, seem to feel that a person (with two or three academic degrees) doing genealogy should be satisfied with $5 an hour."
-- Eugene A. Stratton, Applied Genealogy, p. 7, copyright 1988 by Ancestry Incorporated.
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New England Cousins
Ruy Cardoso, Certified Genealogist (R)