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Before payment: category check
Tell us your question and select any special research categories. This is an automatic scope screen, not a researcher’s assessment of whether records exist. Special categories go to custom review without payment.
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Follow the evidence.
Understand the story.
We turn a focused question into a structured investigation, with uncertainty made clear at every step.
FROM A QUESTION TO A CLEARER PICTURE
Before payment. After payment. Delivery.
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Standard project: pay $200
If you select no special category, review the standard scope and continue to Stripe Checkout. You choose whether to pay; completing the question form alone does not charge you.
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After payment: intake and human review
Complete the detailed intake and share existing records. We assess feasibility before substantive research. If the standard scope cannot reasonably cover your project, we offer a full refund or a separately approved custom proposal.
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Your report, delivered by email
Receive the findings, citations, unresolved questions, and next steps. Expect your standard research report by email in 3–5 days after payment and completed intake. If we need more information or identify a scope issue, we’ll contact you to explain the next step and any change to timing.
TECHNOLOGY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY
Where AI helps — and where humans still matter.
Variant spellings. Document analysis. Translation. Search planning. Timeline reconstruction. Entity matching. Information organization. Contradiction detection. Hypothesis generation.
Technology helps us work through information faster. Sources give that information meaning.
AI does not get the final word.
Our research review team checks every report and its important findings against the underlying evidence.
The goal isn’t to generate an answer. It’s to establish what the evidence actually supports.
THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH A QUESTION
There is probably more to your
family story than you know.
Give us the person, the mystery, and what you already know.
We’ll investigate the evidence.
One focused research question. Flat price. No hourly meter.