Services
The Family Tree
If you’re after an important keepsake to share with the rest of your family, look no further. The Family Tree is the exemplification of your family’s past and future. Provide us the information you know, even if that only includes a few names and approximate dates, and we at Gelman Genealogy will expertly research and fill in the rest. The Family Tree includes up to five generations back depending on the availability of information and archival resources.
The Wedding Family Tree
The perfect gift for newlyweds, The Wedding Family Tree signifies and celebrates the joining of two families. Like with the non-wedding version, provide us the family details you know and, utilizing our research expertise, we will add in as many of the missing pieces as possible. The Wedding Family Tree encompasses each partner’s family, going back 3-5 generations research-depending.
The Biography
Have you ever been curious to know more about your grandmother or an elusive great uncle? The Biography will give you just that. It focuses on recreating the life story of one individual through a combination of archival sources, e.g. censuses, vital records (birth, marriage, and death), and newspaper articles. Upon completion of the research, we will produce an extensive report or narrative detailing our findings.
The Family Biography
Taking the research beyond names and dates, The Family Biography makes your family history come alive. An extension of The Biography, we research the lives of multiple family members and, incorporating both archival and contextual sources, write your family history in a narrative, book-style format. With our masterful storytelling, The Family Biography allows you to fully understand, appreciate, and honor your family’s past.
The Bespoke
If none of the above offerings quite the fit the bill, we will develop a project specifically tailored to you and your family’s unique areas of interest and desired scope and scale. The Bespoke makes anything possible, whether that means researching a number of different families, designing a large book project, or conducting extensive oral histories. Let us know how we can design a project specifically for you.