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Here at Bob O'Hara Public Record Searches we strive to meet all the criteria for a successful partnership between researcher and client. Firstly, we maintain a web site which we believe is comprehensive, informative and an accurate guide to the services we provide. We invite you to explore it thoroughly. Secondly, our testimonials pages bear witness to the many satisfied clients who have used our services and are happy to recommend us. For example, see this link for a comprehensive unsolicited testimonial from an amateur genealogist we have worked for. Thirdly, our qualifications and background as researchers are clearly stated and we employ external experts in any field we are not personally qualified to research. Fourthly, our fees are based on a fair economic return for time and expertise taken on research and are about the industry average for fees charged in London. We often suggest that our client pays for a number of hours within a budget and gives us a list of priorities which we will pursue, thus ensuring that the top priorities get done first. This system may seem a bit cumbersome and impractical and maybe a touch unprofessional but many clients opt for it and we work quite happily. There are two basic approaches to preparing a list of priorities. 1. Our client may decide to follow one line of grandparents back through a few generations for as far as the budget will allow, then stop and do the same with the other line. 2. The other approach is to take both lines back, but obviously this will cost more and we will only be able to pursue about half the number of generations that we would have managed by the first method within the same budget. The best advice in hiring a researcher is to just select one in the same way as you would choose any other tradesman - as always the cheapest may not be the best. Contact us by email R W O'HARA 15 Ruskin Avenue Kew, Richmond TW9 4DR England Return to Home Page
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