Tom Merry Genealogy

What do you want?

• Are you wanting to discover more about your family history?
• Do you want to find out where they lived and what they did?
• Is there a family story that you want to check out?
• Would you like to reconnect with family that you have lost touch with? An amateur in the best sense.
• I am a recently retired parish priest (C of E) who has an inside knowledge of historical records
• Confidentiality is second nature and guaranteed
• I have considerable experience in online research

What have I discovered for people in the last 2 years? o WW1 research for a current exhibition at Blakesley Hall Museum, B’ham
o Reconnected a man with his family in Canada
o Uncovered the truth about an RAF serviceman’s WW2 romance
o Traced the history of a family in the jewellery trade in Birmingham
o Revealed a soldier’s heroic military career under Wellington in the Peninsular War
o Put together a tree for a family who were successively ironfounders in the Weald, cloth traders in Portugal and courtiers under Charles ll. o Surprised myself by discovering Jane Austen and William Shakespeare hiding in the branches of my own tree. What do you get for a one-off charge of £50?

• An initial meeting or email correspondence clarifying your research request
• 2 full days of research
• A verbal or written report of my findings
• Suggestions as to future research

If further research is requested it will be charged at the same rate of £50 for 2 days.