American Civil War Ancestor
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Rates & Services
Our Services are as stated below but are not limited to what is listed. If you believe we can help you in your research contact us.
If you would like to compare our prices to that of the National Archives and Record Administration click here and a new page with their costs will open.
Compiled Military Service Records
$22.50 each.
10 or more individual records, if ordered at the same time $15.00 each for a total cost of $150.00 for 10 CMSRs.
Orders can be combined with other clients to meet the 10 or more required for the discount, work with your friends or society members. There are larger discounts for over 50 records ordered at the same time. Societies or groups pool your records to get more savings, ask questions and we will go into complete detail.
CMSRs can be as low as $5.00 each with group or bulk orders.
$50.00 each.
10 or more pension, if ordered at the same time $40.00 each.
Orders can be combined with other clients to meet the 10 or more required for the discount, work with your friends or society members. There are larger discounts for over 50 records ordered at the same time. Societies or groups pool your records to get more savings, ask questions and we will go into complete detail.
Pensions can be as low as $32.50 each with group or bulk orders.
(Pension pricing includes up to 250 images, there is a $0.25 per image cost over the first 250 images.)
$70.00 per package.
10 or more Combined CMSR/Pension Packages, if ordered at the same time $55.00 each.
Orders can be combined with other clients to meet the 10 or more required for the discount, work with your friends or society members. There are larger discounts for over 50 records ordered at the same time. Societies or groups pool your records to get more savings, ask questions and we will go into complete detail.
Combined CMSR/Pension Packages can be as low as $35.00 each set with group or bulk orders.
(Pension pricing includes up to 250 images, there is a $0.25 per image cost over the first 250 images.)
Carded Medical Records
$27.50 each.
10 or more individual records, if ordered at the same time $22.50 each.
Court Martial Records
$35.00 each.
10 or more individual records, if ordered at the same time $30.00 each.
Regimental Casualty Reports
$35.00 each.
10 or more individual records, if ordered at the same time $30.00 each.
Regimental Books
These are Muster Rolls, Orders, Quartermaster, Details and other day to day regimental and company books.
$1.50/per page, min $25.00/order or $75.00 per hour (about 100 pages per hour)
$1.50/per page, min $25.00/order or $75.00 per hour (about 100 pages per hour)
Deck Logs in stock are listed on Deck Log Page.
Other General or Specific Research listed below:
Research Rates
Hourly Rate
$45.00 per hour
(2 hour minimum)
Research Trips
Rates vary depending on Research Field
(Research trip minimum is $500.00 per day, besides the actual research it includes pre-trip planning, pre-trip scheduling, and communication with other researchers, staff, colleagues of research locations in the research field as needed, and an evaluation of the days' production to continue to plan and schedule each upcoming days' effort.)
(Mileage Rates and Per Diem Expenses are not included and will be billed separately as per the rate table below.)
Research Locations; National Archives in Washington DC, National Archives College Park, Maryland and the Library of Congress, no mileage rate or expenses added.
All other Repositories including all Regional National Archives and Records Administration locations, Presidential Libraries, State Archives, State Historical Societies, Libraries and Universities do require mileage rates and expenses to be paid by clients.
Workshop Rates
$75.00 per hour
Workshops are designed for your needs, minimum workshop time is billed at 3 hours and include set-up and breakdown times. Example; a 2.5 hour workshop requires .5 hours of set-up and breakdown time which equals 3 hours total time for billing purposes.
Workshops over 100 miles from our office (19 Briar Point Ave., Coventry. RI 02816-5601) are billed for mileage (see below Mileage Rates). To figure mileage, use google maps, input our office location and than the location of the workshop, multiple by 2, subtract 100 miles, than multiple that answer by $0.50 per mile. Minimum mileage charge of over 100 miles (total round trip) is $50.00. For workshops over 750 miles (total round trip) from our office, the client will also be charged a per diem expense rate for one nights hotel expenses. (see below).
Workshops held within 100 miles (total round trip) will not require a mileage rate.
All workshop clients will be billed for tolls, parking and ferry costs.
Mileage Rates
$0.50 per mile, estimated via Google Maps, paid in advance.
Per Diem Expenses
$150.00 per day, hotel & taxes, paid prior to shipping.
Tolls, Parking & Ferry, actual costs, paid prior to shipping.
There are no charges for food or drink costs.
Basic Research Package
$135.00
Includes up to 4 hours of research and digital copies of all the documents we locate during this research with the exception of pension records, each additional research hour is $45.00/hour confirmed by you prior to research being done.
Required is a complete request form (contract) and payment in full for services ordered, there is a $25.00 non-refundable deposit per veteran, per record. We will do our best to confirm that there are records prior to our visit, but once a contract is completed and payment received and if we can not retrieve the stated records due to powers outside of our control the deposit will be retained by us. There will be however no other charges and a refund of the balance will be issued. We will however offer you the chance to convert the non-refundable deposit into a personal account credit. This personal account credit can be used to purchase any of our services or products, this personal account credit has no refundable cash value.
If you wish to Ask us a Question, please use the Question Form by clicking below.
If you are a member of the SUVCW or Allied Orders and need military records for ordering a headstone, please contact us. We will donate $5.00 per full price order to the SUVCW Charitable Foundation.
We will donate back to other 501 (c) organizations, contact us to learn more.
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