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Preserving Family History: Pricing for Custom-Designed Family History Charts

Preserving Family History: Pricing for Custom-Designed Family History Charts

Since I’ve been doing quite a bit of “charting” lately I now have a better idea of how to set up pricing.  I hope this provides clearer answers to the inquiries folks have made regarding pricing, allowing potential clients to begin budgeting for their project. A “canvas”, which entails filling in as much as possible (name, pictures, birth/death/marriage dates, and so on), is first created.  The…

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About those courthouse fires . . .

About those courthouse fires . . .

The bane (one of many, I might add) of genealogists everywhere is the brick wall known as the “courthouse fire destroyed my ancestor’s (whatever) record”.  While many of these fires occurred during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, I was reminded again after seeing a headline this morning about a fire at a historic court house in Mason County, Texas.  While today the county’s records…

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Family History Chart: How Much is it Worth to Preserve it?

Family History Chart: How Much is it Worth to Preserve it?

I wear many hats — publishing (writing, editing and graphic design) Digging History Magazine, researching family history for clients (and myself!) and helping clients preserve their research by creating custom-designed family history charts. When I display my charts at conferences (or share this link: https://digging-history.com/charts/), people are awed at how stunning they look.  Then, they…

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Digging History Magazine: May-June 2020

Digging History Magazine: May-June 2020

This issue of Digging History Magazine is themed (again) as “Un-Shelved”, stories which, for one reason or another, were pushed back from their original planned publication.  Included in this issue are three articles which have been extensively researched (in addition to regular columns (May I Recommend and Essential Tools for the Successful Family Researcher).  The first two articles are geared…

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Since it's the census . . .

Since it’s the census . . .

While many Americans are focused on COVID-19 and preventing its spread, it’s important to remember this is also a census year.  By now most of us have received mail and email notices about the opportunity to complete the short questionnaire online.  If you can do so, please fill it out — it’s important, as have been all the censuses taken since 1790.

The current issue of Digging History Magazinei…

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Ways to Go in Days of Old: Which was worse?

As anecdotal stories begin to emerge in the midst of a worldwide crackdown on the virus known as COVID-19, I am currently working on an article for the upcoming issue of Digging History Magazine under the column title: “Ways to Go in Days of Old”.   After reading a particularly compelling account of one family’s struggle to maintain during this crisis (the father is quite ill, cared for by his…

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Need Something to Do (besides trying not to touch your face)?

Let’s just call this a “pandemic special”, shall we?  Digging History is offering a special deal to try out it’s bi-monthly digital publication, Digging History Magazine, at a generous 25% discount.  The deal is on now through April 10, 2020:

A special non-recurring one-year subscription for $24 (6 bi-monthly issues).  At the end of your one-year subscription you will receive an email inviting…

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Family History Charts

This is a chart for someone who was adopted (with natural parentage).

One of my favorite services is creating custom-designed family history charts.  It’s a great way to display your family history!  I’ve recently added a link on the Services page so that it’s easier to view samples of chartsI’ve done for clients.  Each one is unique* and, as you can see, sometimes there are blank spaces (and…

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