Services

• I will make enquiries for you free of charge in various archives and search online registers for file material on the person you are looking for.
• If the results are positive, I will discuss the next steps with you in a video or audio call.
• In this conversation, we will determine the scope and objective of the search.

• I research free of charge whether documents about your ancestors exist in Berlin archives.
• If documents are available, you will receive an initial assessment of the findings with ‘Insight’.
• I look through the files on site, photograph the pile of files and one selected document per archive.
• I mark a found residential or professional address on a historical Berlin map.
• You will receive an overview of the expected costs for detailed digital documentation for each archive.
• You decide what I concentrate on in the archive work – if you are only interested in documents before 1945, I will disregard post-war documents (CVs, witness reports, descriptions of home furnishings).

Price: 250€ incl. VAT.

• I search for the birth certificate of your ancestor in the relevant registry office or archive.
• As the relevant registry office corresponds to the child’s place of birth, I first determine the probable office based on the parents’ home address – from 12 current or over 100 historical offices.
• The fee of 200€ covers this research, the application, the certificate fee and the verification of the exact spelling of the names of the father, mother and child at the time of birth.
• If the certificate is found, there is an additional fee of 50€.
• After receipt of payment, I will send the certificate to you by registered mail.

Costs: 200€ (for the search request) + 50€ (if the certificate is found), incl. VAT.

• I create a PDF document with selected scans and photos of significant documents from archives.
• These documents will be provided with an English translation.
• The documentation is supplemented by current photos of places of residence or work as well as maps of the places where people lived.
• The costs depend on the amount of archive material and can only be calculated after I have visited the archives and catalogued the files. You will receive the calculation with the product insight before the detailed documentation is created.
• You will receive the finished documentation digitally as a PDF.

Price range between 500,-€ to 1.500,-€ including VAT.

• The results from the individual archives are prepared chronologically and in historical context, summarised and professionally designed.
• Through the careful evaluation of historical documents and research results on the history of Berlin and German history, as well as the respective neighbourhood at the time of your ancestor’s life, I create a comprehensive picture of life at that time.
• The Chronicle – Berlin Years contains maps of residences and workplaces, scans of documents from the archives, with an English translation of the content, current photos of the places where they lived or worked and is supplemented by other licence-free image material.
• By personalising the German-Jewish life stories, they are given a worthy setting for a lasting memory.
• The costs for the chronicle can only be calculated once the documentation has been finalised, as the documentation forms the basis for determining the price.
• I offer you the Chronicle – Berlin Years in two versions: Digitally as a PDF document or as a printed version, including USB stick, in different versions.

Price range between 1.500,-€ to 3.000,-€ including VAT.