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Diane L Richard
Mosaic Research & Project Management
2408 Dunbrook Ct
Raleigh, NC 27604
919-231-8137
fax: 919-255-9528
dianelrichard"at"
mosaicrpm.com
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1. North
Carolina
We have unique
access to the records of North Carolina by living in it's capital,
Raleigh! We can help you with any records available at the
NC State Archives
and the
State Library of North Carolina.
This means we can either do "specific" records research for you or
you'll know that we have these resources available to us as we
research your NC family.
We also have familiarity
with and access to ...
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2. Bridging DNA Test Results with Research
Increased use of DNA testing is adding another tool to the
genealogy research arsenal. Increasingly, the research
projects that we work on involve obtaining documents to support DNA test results or
to bridge the
gap from what's known to what the testing suggests as a common
ancestor. Remember, DNA test results only have value if
substantiated by thorough documentation -- they DO NOT tell you who
your ancestors are!!!!
* Family Tree DNA (see banner to the left) is the company currently
used by most of our clients who are participating in a DNA study
project.
* Are you considering DNA testing and still have questions?
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Wikipedia gives a nice overview
-- Feel free to ask us about the pro's and con's of DNA testing,
some of the surname projects that we have worked with and and how it
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3. Emigrant families who came to the United States between 1880 and
1920
We have personally spent over 750 hours
researching individuals/families from Belarus, Finland, France,
Galicia and/or Poland, and the UK. This means we have experiences with records of
these
countries, emigration ports and passenger records, census records,
birth/marriage/death records, cemetery records, directories,
citizenship (naturalization) records and
more.
We have also researched
earlier emigrants ... some from France in 1850 and from French
Canada in the late 19th century! The period 1880-1920
encompasses the period of the highest levels of emigration to the US
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4. United
States
We have spent
thousands of hours researching records across the United States with
the most done in the states of NC, VA, TN, SC, GA and the other
states between NC and the Mississippi River!
This
means we have experience with census records and the various local
records of these states. Please remember that there are "few"
records kept on a national level in the US. Most records are
kept on a state and/or county level and this various tremendously
state-to-state and community to community! So, any project is
pretty much a new adventure! |
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Finland
We have spent over 500 hours researching the records of
Finland -- Finnish Church records (in Finnish & Swedish back to the
formation of some towns), Finnish emigration records (including
Finns using Finnish, Swedish & other ports) and more.
This means we have experience with
the church records, the patronymic naming convention used,
researching farms and many other types of records. |
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6. England &
Wales & Scotland
We have spent over 1000
hours researching families with connections to at least 15 different
UK counties, though with a particular emphasis on England --
Greater Manchester area (including Oldham, Hollinwood, Chadderton,
Manchester, Failsworth and area), Wales -- Monmouth & Glamorgan, and
Scotland -- Kirkcudbrightshire & Wigtownshire.
This means we
have experience with census records, civil registration (Birth,
marriage, death), directories, church records, tithe & apportionment
documents, wills, burials and more. |
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7.
General Services
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Research a specific life event such
as a birth, death, marriage, census record, passenger record, will, etc...
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Research a particular person
(for example, Ernest Taylor), a particular family line
(for example, the Taylor family of Lancashire England), a
branch of your family (for example, the Taylor, Wolfenden,
Crossley and Newton families) or research broadly across your
family
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Help you organize and make sense of a collection of
family papers that may be sitting in your attic or house (you
may have inherited from a relative) -- possibly perform
follow-up research or suggest research avenues
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Take DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS of
documents and/or other resources consulted at the NC Archives,
NC State Library, Olivia Raney Library, UNC-CH Wilson Library et
al and either e-mail, post on secure web-server or create & mail
a CD to you
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Work with DNA test results -- DNA test
results only have value if used in conjunction with a well
documented family history!
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Research those
"family stories" that we
all have and try to substantiate some of the details.
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Provide some guidance -- we offer a
FREE 15 -30 minutes consultation to suggest what you might research.
If we don't feel we are the best researchers for your project --
we'll let you know! After 15 minutes, the rate is $10 per 15 minute period or the
hourly rate given on our rate page.
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Research a branch of your family
covering a specific time period or maybe it's a particular
ancestor you are interested in.
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Anything you can think of that has to do
with historical research on a member or branch of your family!
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For non-local NC research, preserve
DIGITAL
IMAGES of documents and/or other remote resources
consulted and either e-mail, post on secure web-server or create
& mail a CD to you
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8.
General Research
Increasingly we receive
inquiries about doing research to support a: |
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historical book project
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claim to be made
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screenplay
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script
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research may be to learn more about an individual or family involved
or something of the history and/or people of the place and time in
question.
Given that people make history and that history
helps define people -- we are more than happy to do these types of
research! If it involves researching historical people and/or
places ... that's what we have been doing for almost 20 years! |
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Genealogy -
Family History Research
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News
Family
History research makes a birthday, Mother's Day or Father's
Day Present! Ask us about researching your ancestry!
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We have a listing on
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