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Genealogy Reports, Guarantee, and Charges Information
Joseph Bucklin Society: professional genealogy research and reports
at affordable rates, with you in control of the limits.
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The Research.
Within the limits of time and expenses that you set, your researcher will do research by identifying, locating and researching the
historical and genealogical records which are most likely to provide answers
to your genealogical questions.
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What is not guaranteed.
No one cannot guarantee a specific genealogical result, such as proving a specific
relationship. Researchers seek the truth, whatever it may
be. A good reseacher cannot guarantee what he/she will find in a given search time. What
you pay for is time in pursuit of an answer to your most pressing
genealogical problems according to the limits you set for time and money.
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Research fees - Deposit - Return of
unused deposit.
* $55 per hour plus expenses. The researcher we connect you with will start when you furnish us a 4 hour ($220) "retainer"
deposit fee. As they work we disburse from that deposit. We will
return any unused portion of the deposit to you.
After the four hour limit has been met, if you want the researcher to do more work then four hours,
they will we will ask for an additional deposit to pay for additional
work you request, plus expenses.
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* "Expenses" are any expenses incurred doing your specific research, including
postage, telephone, copying costs, and travel expenses. If travel is
required they will tell you about it in advance and get your approval for travel
time and expenses.
* The time charged does not include the time it takes to consult with you
by telephone, but it does include the time to analyze your problem and
research the records, as well as the time to analyze, organize, type, and report
the results to you.
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In short: your retainer deposit fee will be charged for time and for expenses, such as
documents ordered. You will be provided with a receipt and
documentation for all expense charges. Copies of all documents you furnish in
paper format will be returned
to you.
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When Will Work Stop?
You can always place a research time limit or direct that work stop
at any time.
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How Will We Communicate the Results to You?
The researcher will write you a brief report by U.S. mail or by E-mail (to
save time). The report will include which records were researched, what was
learned and what the options are for continuing the research.
Ownership
You, the client, have an unrestricted license to use and publish the results
of our work. However, what you are buying is research services, not
the words used in any report or results you get. As a part of the lowered
dollar price you pay when using the researcher we connect you with, the Joseph
Bucklin Society retains the
copyright on the researcher' reports and the Joseph Bucklin Society's executive
director will hold an unlimited license to publish, or grant rights to
publish, the research findings, so that others can also benefit from the
research. Our copyright and licenses to publish do not include original materials
owned by the client and supplied by
the client to the researcher, such as family bible records and family letters, which we will not
publish without the client's permission.
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