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HoldenWorks Genealogical Investigations
What We Offer

Our Services

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Research for Hire We investigate a specific research question or focused set of questions and deliver a written report.
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Project Doctor You’ve done some of the work. We complete the remaining field research, and/or take your primary research and produce the written product — a report, a tree, a coffee-table book, a narrative family history, a forensic analysis.
Mentoring Help conceptualizing a research project before you run it yourself — or hands-on oversight as you go, with a consultant teaching alongside your research.
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Genealogical Skills Building Workbooks, mini courses, workshops, moderated discussions, and podcasts on topics such as:
  • organizing your research projects (e.g., research logs, building folders, pre-writing, labeling, coding)
  • mastering the GPS for non-professionals
  • using AI as a research collaborator
  • exploring genres of genealogical writing
  • understanding and integrating context
  • developing indirect proofs
  • crafting useful citations
  • weaving maps into narratives
  • building discrepancy charts