Reconstructing multi-generational lineages, deciphering archaic paleography, and analyzing disparate original records requires the same scholarly precision as high-stakes legal or forensic discovery. Because of the exacting, academic nature of this work, retaining a professional historical firm involves a structured financial commitment. At Drummond Research LLC, we reject the unpredictable, open-ended hourly billing that characterizes typical freelance work. Instead, we provide our clientele with complete financial transparency through a structured, project-based retainer framework. This ensures our focus remains entirely on delivering flawless accuracy and museum-quality historical preservation.
Genealogy and Family History Project Categories
After an initial assessment via our Request a Consolation intake portal, we offer an array of comprehensive consultation and research options for accepted clients:
1. Ancestry Guide Service
We take complete ownership of your digital family tree, applying rigorous historical methods to expand and beautifully organize your lineage. Skip the frustration of navigating confusing public databases; we handle the heavy lifting while you enjoy the journey and the discoveries.
- The Focus: Exhaustive record hunting, DNA triangulation, and platform organization.
- The Updates: Direct digital tree expansion paired with regular briefings outlining our discoveries.
- The Investment: Retainers starting at $4,500 for multi-generational scope blocks.
2. Dual Citizenship Attainment
We execute specialized historical tracking for families seeking dual European citizenship or passport verification. We cross international boundaries and translate archaic records to build a bulletproof chain of evidence required by foreign ministries.
- The Focus: Multi-jurisdictional trans-national research and acquisition of critical vital records.
- The Deliverable: A report of descent explicitly formatted for consulate or court presentation.
- The Investment: Custom Quotes. $4,500 – $10,000+, depending on complexity and generational depth.
3. Philanthropic Intelligence & Major Gift Prospecting
We help non-profit development directors craft hyper-personalized, high-resonance major gift pitches to High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs). By conducting deep-dive biographical and historical lineage mapping on your top prospects, we uncover the exact emotional, regional, and ancestral touchpoints that connect their family identity to your campaign.
- The Focus: Strategic historical intelligence for development offices, museum advancement, and non-profit foundations.
- The Deliverable: An exhaustive biographical and historical profile of an individual high-net-worth prospect or family.
- The Investment: $4,500 per Subject Individual or Family.
4. AI-Augmented Historical Narratives & Private Publishing
We transform your verified ancestral timeline into a gripping, immersive literary biography. By pairing your family’s records with advanced historical context modeling, we seamlessly weave your ancestors into the vivid, daily realities of the eras they lived through—reconstructing the sights, sounds, social dynamics, and historical events of their lifetimes. Our editorial team, led by Jaye Matthew Drummond, MA in History, meticulously vets all AI-generated historical context for absolute accuracy and relevance. The utilization of AI technology allows for massive content upscaling, producing truly magisterial works of family history while building a permanent legacy.
- The Focus: Immersive, next-generation luxury family storytelling and custom biographical book curation for private individuals and estates.
- The Deliverable: A beautifully curated, privately published, custom-bound heirloom history book fusing elite archival accuracy with engaging biographical narrative.
- The Investment: Retainers starting at $7,500. Typically scales to $15,000+ depending on generational depth.
5. Genetic Kinship Verification & Strategy
We provide private, definitive clarity for individuals seeking to verify or investigate unknown biological parentage, hidden lineage events, or complex DNA matching puzzles. By auditing your existing DNA platforms, analyzing regional matches, and applying advanced genetic triangulation, we evaluate your familial hypotheses to determine their mathematical and historical validity. Rather than leaving you to decipher confusing genetic data, we deliver an absolute assessment of your biological lineage alongside a precise strategic roadmap for any necessary archival follow-up.
- The Focus: Strategic DNA analysis, biological father/parentage verification, and genetic cousin triangulation for private individuals.
- The Deliverable: A private, executive-level Diagnostic Briefing confirming or correcting parentage hypotheses, accompanied by an actionable next-steps research roadmap.
- The Investment: $1,500 Flat Fee. If further multi-generational archive tracing is required to map your newly verified biological line, 100% of this assessment fee is credited toward your initial Ancestry Guide retainer.
Setting The New Standard
Accurate, undeniable identification of individuals within original source records has always been the cornerstone of sound historical research. By operating on a professional retainer model, Drummond Research LLC ensures that your family history is treated not as a casual, weekend search project, but as a permanent, authenticated heirloom.