Bernard’s Parish

Below is a picture of our little corner of Livingston County..
 My husband, Kevin and I are proud to be living in one of the landmarks of this area.
 It was previously St. Bernard's Catholic Church and rectory.
The Church has served the people of
Sunbury Township since the late 1880's.   

 PAID RESEARCH NOW AVAILABLE

If you have family connections to Livingston County and need help in tracking your roots, let me know. Since I have recently retired,  I’ve decided to spend more of my time doing hat I enjoy and that is chasing the ghosts of the past. I’ll still be offering free searches on my ILGenWeb site as in the past.

 

FREE RESEARCH INCLUDE:

Cemetery Record books

1878 History of Livingston County

Prairie Farmer’s Directory of Livingston County 1917

Knowledge that I have acquired and would love to share.

Just chatting with you via email about your family.

             If I don’t have to leave my chair, I don’t charge.

 

FOR PAY RESEARCHES  (low fees)

In-depth research includes:

Searching through material, for references to your family.

Trips to the courthouse and libraries. 

$15.00 per trip base rate. (Time and travel to research for you, this fee is charged even if I do not find anything)

$5.00 per obituary I find.  (I only charge for obituaries I find)

     $5.00 per birth or death record I find
     $10.00 per probate file I copy

Biographies from the 1888, 1898, 1909 books.  $10.00 per biography

     (These biographies are lengthy and have to be typed. I have to make a trip to the library.

Trips to the Cemeteries to take photos.  $15.00 to make the trip and look for the tombstone, $5.00 per tombstone photo.

Organizing your family information into a report format through my family tree program.  To perform this for you the charge would be by number of generations to be included in project.  (Talk to me about this)

 

What determines the charge:

What type of research you want.

Fill in your blanks, birth, death, marriage dates or an in-depth search

           (Everything you ever wanted to know and more)

How much information you furnish.

             First & last name, location, time period, related families, the things I don’t have to look for.

How to request Research services

Email me to discuss what services you want.  Let me know when you email that you are requesting more in-depth research, so it doesn't get mixed up with my GenWeb site.)

         

Read through the following suggestions so you will know what you need to provide:

My research is only related to what information is contained in Livingston County, IL.  I won’t travel out of the county, except to visit a library where I know there is information on Livingston County.

List all the family members you want to be researched.  Parents, children, siblings, spouses, first and last names, maiden names, related families even if you don’t want them researched. 

List the documents you already have. So we aren’t duplicating what you already have. You can give me the info from the documents.

Let me know what you want out of this search.  Be specific.  “Anything available” could take a long time to research.  

The more information you furnish, the faster I can perform the search.  

If you are looking for more than one surname, explain the connection. (The biographies contain a lot of information about related families)

Tell me everything you know about the family. Where they came from, where they were born, what was their profession. Anything that you know that can narrow the search field. Remember the stories you’ve heard.

 

Sometimes you can find that the person was in Livingston County at one time, but there isn’t a lot of information on them. Sometimes you can find a lot.  We’ll work together to help you with your search. 

ANNETTE