SEARCHES

Searches can also be scheduled at the Newspaper Library, Colindale (part of the British Library).  Please contact me with details of your requirements.

Other London archives by arrangement (minimum 3-hour search fee).

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Sterling cheque, sterling bankers' draft and Paypal payments accepted.

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I do not charge extra for travelling time or travel expenses to any of the archives listed above; the hourly charges are exactly what you pay for searches at the archives listed.

Visits to other London archives (not listed above) are by special arrangement and are subject to a minimum 3-hour search fee: for these visits the time taken to travel from and return to the nearest regularly-visited London archive will be deducted from the 3 hours allocated.

The only extra charges are for postage and copies/photos, payable after the search is completed but before despatch:

Postage to UK, 1st class recorded, standard charge:  £2.50 per envelope; £2.95 per tube;

Postage to overseas destinations, International Signed For postage: charges vary according to destination, at cost plus £1.00 handling;

Should any items sent by these methods go astray in the post, they will be replaced free of charge.  The charges made cover personal visits to the Post Office; the time taken is not deducted from your search time.

Reports are usually sent by e-mail, to avoid charges for postage.

Please request copies (if found) at the time of placing order:

For copies which I am able to obtain self-service from microfilm, fiche or volume: £0.70 per copy
For copies which have to be made by archive staff: at cost

Digital photos:
Where digital photography* is permitted (completion of copyright declaration form may be required):

Up to 3 digital photographs, sent by e-mail to a non-hotmail account:  £2.00

More than 3 digital photographs, sent on disc by 1st class recorded post to UK addresses: £8.50 including postage, regardless of the number of images

More than 3 digital photographs, sent on disc by International Signed For post to overseas addresses: £14.00 including postage, regardless of the number of images

*Some archives (including LMA and Guildhall Library) charge a fee for the use of a digital camera and this fee would be payable by the client in addition to the charges above.  If photos are taken for more than one client at the same archive on the same day, then the permit fee will be divided between them unless separate fees for each client are charged by the archive. 

Digital camera day permits - current fees charged by archives:

Due to poor copying facilities, I do not obtain any copies from the Society of Genealogists; neither am I able to take digital photographs.  

Please CONTACT ME for a free initial assessment before sending payment.

See TERMS & CONDITIONS for details of how to make payment.