Processing time and estimate price
The time required to compile a family tree and the total price cannot be determined in advance, because each case is individual. An important factor is, for example, the size of the municipality, parish, difficulty in reading old records, the state of preservation of documents, etc .. Most old registers do not have an index of surnames, so they need to be scrolled through page by page, entry after entry. In addition, it is necessary to analyze a lot, to think logically, to compose a mosaic, to make auxiliary family tree of other families with the same surname, and to follow other details that can be helpful with each entry. It is often literally a detective work. It sometimes happens that one hour of archival research is enough to identify one person, but it also happens that several days are needed to identify another person.
The approximate time of making the most common genealogical output, ie ancestral family tree (research of ancestors), is approximately 3 months, but for the above reasons the total time can vary.
The total cost depends on the scope, complexity and time required for genealogical research. Indicative prices are listed below, we can provide a more accurate price after the first consultation with the client and after obtaining the necessary information.
Compiling ancestral research to around 1800s requires tens of hours of work and the price is approximately 1,500 EUR. Of course, in the case of the older period, the price is higher and, conversely, in the case of the younger period, the price is lower. Each of us has 2 parents and 4 grandparents, so there is no need to look for or examine them. Some people may also know their 8 grandparents, although mostly only partially, because not everyone knows, for example, the birth names of great-grandmothers, or does not know any other information. However, certainly few people know all their 16 great-grandparents, 32 great-great-grandparents, etc. And it is these ancestors who are the main object of our research. A record of baptism and burial should be found for each of the ancestors, and a record of marriage for the spouses. It follows that in the 5th and 6th generation alone (a total of 48 people) there are up to 120 entries. In the past, written records in our territory were kept in Latin and Hungarian. In addition, especially older entries are often relatively difficult to read, so it is not enough to find the entry, but sometimes it also needs to be literally deciphered and translated. In the case of a common non-aristocratic family, research in Slovakia can usually be traced back to the period from 1770 to 1800. In some cases, if older sources have been preserved, it is possible to go even further into history. We always inform the client about such a possibility so that he can decide whether to look further and in such cases we agree on the additional price individually.
In the case of a family tree (research into the descendants of a particular person), the price consists of a fixed amount of 500 EUR, plus EUR 30 for each descendant found. The total price will depend on the number of generations you want to track down. For the purposes of finding out the circle of your closest or distant relatives will need a birth starting with an ancestor who was born after about 1830. With increasing generations, there will be dozens of descendants, but as most of their relatives in your, or in the previous generation, which you know yourself, these will not be the subject of research, so you do not have to worry about very high costs. Of course, the search for descendants can also be ordered starting with a person who was born, for example, 250 years ago. For those interested, such an extensive pedigree is mainly a matter of prestige and finding out with whom they all have common ancestors.
If you want to get an agnate family tree, the price is approximately between 1,200 EUR, depending on the number of generations found. An easier option is the pedigree of the direct male line, where, unlike the classical pedigree, the siblings of your ancestors are not followed, but only your direct ancestors by last name. In this case, the price is approximately between 1,000 EUR.