Pricing

A surname line starts at the earliest ancestor you know with that name and follows the line father to father, back in time. Wives and mothers are recorded on every generation; their own surnames are separate lines. First findings within days. Most lines complete in 2–6 weeks.

Start here

Not sure which to choose? Three quick questions.

Do you want to go as far back as the records allow?

Do you want us to keep watching for new records?

Are you researching one family name or your whole family?

We’d suggest: Full line. Most people start here: one surname as far back as the records go, with $900 back if it ends early. See it below

Surname line

$600per line

Up to 200 years back from your starting ancestor.

About 7 generations searched
+$100 per extra 100 years, only if records go further and only up to the limit you set
Records end sooner? You get the documented brick wall and pay nothing more

Choose a line

Most people start here

Full line

$1,500per line

One surname line, as far back as the records go.

Most lines reach 1550–1700
Searched until the records run out or the next generation can’t be proven
$900 refunded if the line ends within 200 years

Choose a full line

Best value

Full line + Watch

$2,000per line

The full line, then we keep looking.

Everything in Full line
Quarterly checks for 3 years as archives put new records online
Any breakthrough researched until the next brick wall, at no extra cost
A short report every quarter showing what was checked

Choose Full line + Watch

Family

$4,000

All four of your grandparents’ lines, told as one story.

Best for: anyone who wants the whole family, not just one name.

Four surname lines researched in full
Quarterly checks for 3 years on all four
A generated family history and slide presentation
One review call to walk through the findings

Choose Family

Limited spots each month

White Glove

From $10,000after an evaluation

Every line back to your 5th great-grandparents, each taken as far as the records allow, plus full lines on up to four surnames your family cares about most.

Priced after we evaluate your tree and what you want covered
Kickoff call to plan the work
Final presentation by video, or in person for an added fee
A generated family history and presentation
DNA analysis where you share match data
Citizenship-by-descent eligibility check
Lineage-society eligibility check
Quarterly updates for 3 years, with breakthroughs researched
Then $750 to $1,000 a year to keep watching

Pay over time with Affirm (subject to approval), or in three stages: 40% to start, 30% at the midpoint review, 30% on delivery.

Begin with a conversation

If a full line ends early, $900 comes back.

Some records simply don’t survive. If a full-line search reaches a brick wall within the first 200 years, we refund $900 of the $1,500 and show you exactly where and why the line stops.

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Genealogy research without the six-month wait

Our research engine does the slow part of genealogy: reading thousands of handwritten register pages in the original languages, checking every spelling, and logging every search. It shows its work, so you pay for answers instead of hours.

	Typical research firm	White Glove
Price	About $3,200 for a 25-hour package	$600 per surname line, $1,500 for a full line
Turnaround	4–6 months is common	First findings within days. Most lines complete in 2–6 weeks
What you see	A final report	Every search, live, in your account
Unindexed records	Read by hand, billed by the hour	Read in full, at no extra cost
If the records run out	Hours used, ask for more	A documented brick wall, and nothing more to pay

Typical-firm figures reflect published package pricing and timelines from established U.S. research firms, 2026.