In Association with London and Essex Genealogy

.:: Choosing Dates for Gifts

Complete Family Trees as Gifts

If you intend to present your family tree to someone as a gift you need to leave plenty of time for research. We cannot measure the progress of historical research, or anticipate its outcome which is why we recommend at least four months for investments up to £400.00 and six months plus for sums larger than £400.00. (See below if you do not have four months plus before your Gift Day)

When you choose your first Gift Date on the Application Form please consider the above.

Choosing a Second Gift Day

We ask customers to choose a second gift day if we cannot deliver their report by their first choice. We have had examples of some clients selecting the 15th December as their primary choice and then the 22nd December as their secondary!

This is of no use to us as the second date is meant to give us time to finish research and a week is a very short time in family history terms!

Instead we ask customer's to consider that their Second Gift Day choice be a Birthday, Easter gift, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Anniversary, Baptism, Birth of child, Confirmation Gift or Graduation Day Gift.

This would at least give us extra weeks or months to complete research if we hit problems rather than just seven days.


Christmas is just two months away, can I still get a Family Tree?

Yes. For an extra £70.00 you can actually split your research if you want to present it as a gift, but do not have enough time for full research. We will research as much as possible for your Christmas Gift and prepare the report for presentation by Christmas. The second half of research will resume after Christmas and will continue until all funds have been used; a new report or addendum will be prepared and you will be able to present it to your nearest and dearest when required.
If you are interested in this option please contact us by e-mail providing the total amount you want to pay for research and what type of report you are interested in.

Thank you.

Michelle Jackson, Archives Researcher and Principal Genealogist
Hazel Jackson, Genealogist

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