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Bones & Stones Genealogical Services

Professional family history research grounded in evidence, context, and clear communication

 

How may we help you?

Research Services

Do you need to find your great-grandmother's birthplace? the unknown names of an ancestor's parents? perhaps a date of immigration? prove a lineage?

  • our research priorities are original sources and first-hand information
  • research is provided to you in a thorough and clear report with source citations
  • investigations use DNA evidence where desired and feasible
 

Do you need information from a place you can't access? 

  • document research is done at Southern Ontario archives and libraries, including Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa), Archives of Ontario (Toronto), Queen's University Archives (Kingston), Trent University Archives (Peterborough), Northumberland County Archives (Cobourg), United Church Archives (Toronto), Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (Belleville), and more
  • digital resources are accessed through online subscription services
  • DNA evidence is gathered from authorized sources
  • cemetery research in Southern Ontario graveyards  provides pictures and gravestone transcriptions
 

 

Writing Services

Do you want to preserve the stories of your ancestors? 

  • fact-based narratives situate your family members in the contexts where they lived
  • details are derived from available vital records, property documents, military service reports, government records, newspapers, voters lists and taxes, obituaries and probates, and more
  • images are appropriately placed in the narrative when desired and available

 

How many generations do you want included? 

  • stories can focus on one family, one ancestral lineage, or multiple descendant generations
  • family tree diagrams link generations together