Qualifications

I have over 20 years research experience. I have done and do research in archives, libraries, courthouses and cemeteries in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and New Mexico. I am located near Birmingham, Alabama, home of the Linn-Henley Research Center and its Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, and Montgomery, Alabama where the Alabama State Archives is located. I have researched extensively in both facilities and also in the Georgia State Archives in Atlanta, Georgia and the Tennessee State Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. I have also done research in the Mississippi, Kentucky, and South Carolina State Archives as well as the National Archives in Atlanta, Georgia and the Newspaper Special Collections at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Services

• Research in libraries, courthouses, and cemeteries. I will go to the original site of the record if necessary, as well as the Alabama State Archives in Montgomery and the State and National Archives in Atlanta, Georgia.
• My primary research area is Alabama, and will travel to surrounding states as required.
• I will go to cemeteries to find records and markers if available and will make rubbings or photographs of markers as appropriate.
• I can provide information electronically over the Internet or in other forms such as CD, diskette or print.

Fees

• $20.00 per hour for research, with a 3 hour minimum.
• $60.00 Retainer, applied to the first research charges.
• My actual cost for copies, certificates and other material.
• If overnight travel is warranted, I will discuss costs on an individual basis. Generally I charge $30.00 per night away, plus mileage to and from the location.
• Secure online payment available with PayPal!