NHRI Research Services
Human research for
the difficult questions.
Bring NHRI a person, place, time period, and question. A human genealogist will review the evidence and recommend a defined scope before paid work begins.
Request professional research →FREE RESEARCH PLATFORMStore documents, build a tree, search shared records, and use Gene or Genea without a membership fee.
NHRI RESEARCH SERVICESPersonal research, repository visits, physical copies, and shipping are separately quoted before any paid work begins.
THE HUMAN BEHIND THE RESEARCHSome records require a person to go get them.
Geno, Gene, and Genea can identify promising sources and organize evidence. A human genealogist handles courthouse, archive, church, cemetery, library, and town-hall work that cannot be completed online. Travel, repository, copying, and access costs are reviewed and approved before fieldwork begins.
01 • One person, event, or record questionRecord Search
A focused search for a birth, marriage, death, census, deed, probate, military, newspaper, or court record.
Typical deliverableSearch summary, source citations, record images when lawfully available, and next steps.
Choose this service →02 • Existing trees, notes, and documentsResearch Review
An expert review of your family tree, documents, conflicting facts, citations, and current conclusions.
Typical deliverableEvidence assessment, conflict list, research gaps, and a prioritized action plan.
Choose this service →03 • A difficult identity or relationshipBrick Wall Strategy
A focused plan for difficult parentage, identity, migration, location, or relationship questions.
Typical deliverableResearch question, working hypotheses, target records, repositories, and identity tests.
Choose this service →04 • Records unavailable onlineRepository Field Retrieval
Human, in-person retrieval from courthouses, archives, town halls, churches, cemeteries, libraries, and other repositories.
Typical deliverableApproved retrieval attempt, lawful copies or photographs, repository details, and citations.
Choose this service →05 • Physical copies of a located recordDocument Copies & Shipping
Request lawful paper copies of records found through an approved repository, with shipping to an address you provide after a quote.
Typical deliverableA quote showing copying, packaging, postage, and handling separately before you approve delivery.
Choose this service →06 • Research across generationsFamily History Project
In-depth research across a defined family line, locality, or historical question.
Typical deliverableSourced findings, evidence summary, written narrative, and next-step recommendations.
Choose this service →Clear scope before payment
What happens after you submit?
- 01Intake reviewNHRI reads your question, places, dates, and known evidence.
- 02Scope recommendationYou receive the proposed work, deliverables, estimated schedule, and fee.
- 03Your approvalResearch begins only after you approve the scope and applicable costs.
- 04Evidence deliveryYou receive cited findings and records; the results can also be organized in your Research Desk.
Professional research intake
Tell us exactly what you need to discover.
Specific questions produce stronger scopes. Share what you know, where the person lived, the approximate period, and which records you have already checked. Do not include passwords, payment-card information, or living people’s sensitive identifying details.