RE: FAMILY LINEAGE & ANCESTRAL CLAIM DISPUTES CASE NO. PENDING

Genealogical Research & Ruling Service

Every family tree
has a verdict.

Two relatives, one argument, no agreement in sight. I research the documented record — parish registers, census rolls, wills, immigration ledgers — and hand down a findings report that settles it. Not an opinion. A ruling, backed by the paper trail.

File Your Case — $495 Flat rate. No hourly billing.

Petitioner Claim

"We ARE descended from —"

Respondent Claim

"No. We are NOT."

Verdict
Rendered

Common Docket Entries

The arguments that land on this desk

If any of this sounds like your last Thanksgiving, you're exactly who this service is for.

ENTRY 01

The disputed famous ancestor

One side of the family swears you're descended from a notable historical figure. The other side thinks it's a myth someone's great-aunt made up in 1974. The record either supports it or it doesn't — I'll show you which.

ENTRY 02

Two branches, one surname, no proof they connect

Same last name, same old hometown, and a family legend that you're "definitely related" — but no one has ever actually traced the line back to a common ancestor.

ENTRY 03

The DNA match nobody can explain

A DNA test turned up a connection that doesn't match anyone's understanding of the family tree, and now two relatives disagree about what it means.

ENTRY 04

Competing family trees

Two relatives have built two different trees — different names, different countries of origin, different centuries — and both insist theirs is correct.

Procedure

How a case gets decided

Three steps, start to finish. No back-and-forth, no ongoing retainer.

Submit your claim

Tell me both sides of the dispute and share whatever records, names, dates, or family lore you already have — even fragments help.

The record is researched

I trace the documented line through primary sources — vital records, census data, immigration and church records — to confirm or dismiss the claim.

Verdict rendered

You receive a written findings report stating the ruling plainly, with the sourced evidence behind it, so the argument can actually end.

Chain of Custody

Why the verdict holds up

Before ruling on anyone else's family tree, I traced my own — back past the point most professional genealogists ever reach.

500s CE

The line traced to its earliest documented point

My own ancestry, researched personally, holds up back into the 6th century — the standard I apply to every case that comes across this desk.

10 Gen. Back

Lady Alice Beaconshaw, England

Ten generations up my own line: a Lady beheaded at 85 for harboring rebels. The kind of claim that sounds like exaggerated family legend — until the record confirms it. That's the standard a verdict has to meet.

Ongoing

Primary-source research, not guesswork

Parish registers, wills, census rolls, immigration manifests — findings are built on documents that hold up under scrutiny, not on hearsay or hopeful assumptions.

Every Case

A ruling, not a diplomatic non-answer

You will get a clear yes, no, or precisely what the record can and can't confirm — never a vague "could be either" meant to keep both sides happy.

Filing Fee

One flat rate. One verdict.

Full research into the disputed claim using primary-source records
Written findings report with sources cited
A clear, final ruling — not a hedge

File Your Case

^$495

Per Case Filed

Open a Case

File your claim

Describe the dispute in your own words. I'll follow up if I need documents or additional names and dates.