Irish Genealogy Services & Research Rates

Ancestral Line's research rate is €35 per hour.

AL1 — Initial Ancestry Search (5 Hours) — €170 • Best for: Solving a specific roadblock, locating a single record (e.g., a baptism, marriage, or census entry), or getting started on an unknown line. • Includes: Up to 5 hours of dedicated research, full transcriptions/copies of discovered records, and a detailed summary report.

AL2 — Paternal or Maternal Line (10 Hours) — €315 (Save €35) • Best for: Tracing one specific family line back through 19th-century Irish parish, civil, and land records. • Includes: Up to 10 hours of research, record analysis, document copies, and a structured family report.

AL3 — Comprehensive Family Branch (15 Hours) — €460 (Save €65) • Best for: Deep-diving into multiple ancestral branches across both parents' lines. • Includes: Up to 15 hours of research, exhaustive record cross-referencing, family charts, document attachments, and a comprehensive narrative report.

AL4 — Full Lineage Deep Dive (20 Hours) — €600 (Save €100) • Best for: Exhaustive multi-generational family history projects exploring all available parish, land, probate, and local historical archives. • Includes: Up to 20 hours of research, any associated documentation, and a final research report.

Specialist Services:

Tree Surgery & Problem Solving — €35 / hour • Fixing errors in existing online trees, breaking through "brick walls," or resolving conflicting records and names.

Ancestral Home & Local Area Visits — Custom Quote • Visiting original family townlands, graveyards, and homesteads across County Clare and surrounding areas. Includes photographs and local context notes—perfect if you are planning a trip to Ireland!

Documents normally provided through research: Copies of birth, marriage, death, burials records / Copies of relevant Census returns. / Transcriptions of documents where copying is not permissible / Copies of any Wills or Testaments found / Duplicates of available maps for ancestral home & area / Duplicates of Valuation or Tithe returns / Copies of any Land of Deed registrations / Where available, reports from Landed Estates records / Copies of immigration records / Graveyard inscription/location records / Military history, with relevant service records and any stories attached / Where possible, photographs of physical locations / Copies of Newspaper articles/notices / Duplicates or transcripts of court/legal documents / A "GEDCOM" (GEnealogical Data COMmunication) file, which is supported by most genealogy software.