Our Services
Comprehensive Research, One Flat Fee
At Beyond the Record, we specialize in comprehensive, multigenerational research to include all individuals for whom records are reasonably available for a single flat fee.
A Research Experience as Unique as Your Family
We pride ourselves in offering each client a truly unique, customized experience shaped by their ancestry, interests, and research goals.Rather than limiting the project to a single lineage or a predetermined number of records, we reconstruct the family as comprehensively as the surviving evidence permits. The completed research culminates in a professionally prepared report containing detailed family trees, supporting documentation, and a narrative exploring significant events, experiences, or themes in the family's history.
What to Expect from our Research
Depending on the client's interests and the available evidence, our narrative may explore:
A family's history of migration from Italy to the United States Life in an ancestral Italian town or village Military service or participation in a significant historical event A family business, occupation, or professional tradition Relationships among generations or branches of the family and with the community at large Defining life events or episodes that impacted a family’s structure
Our Research Packages
Here's a translation in practical terms and deliverables of the specific features of each research package:
Here's a translation in practical terms and deliverables of the specific features of each research package:
DualCitizenship
Dual Citizenship
Italy allows foreign-born nationals to apply for Italian citizenship by descent (iure sanguinis). In the past, the criteria for dual citizenship eligibility were fairly relaxed and interested parties mostly had to prove lineal descent from an Italian ancestor. Unfortunately, the rules have recently changed, making it more difficult for people of Italian descent to obtain Italian citizenship. Indeed, prompted by the rulings by the Corte di Cassazione, the Supreme Court of Appeals of the country, effective October 3rd, 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior issued new guidelines pertaining to Italian citizenship eligibility. Interested individuals are now only eligible if they can prove that their ancestors passed their Italian citizenship to their children with no lineal interruptions. In most cases, for Italian citizenship transmission to remain uninterrupted the Italian-born ancestor must have not naturalized until their foreign-born children reached adulthood. Even the best families tend to lack the information and documentation required to prove uninterrupted citizenship transmission. We can assist you with researching your family history to trace your lineal descent back to your last Italian-born ancestor and determine whether they renounced to their Italian citizenship. If it appears that lineal transmission was not interrupted and that you may be eligible for dual citizenship, we will advise you on how to begin the official process, which typically requires the involvement of a legal professional.
We understand that your specific interests may be unique and not fit the mold of our predetermined research packages. Should that be the case, we would still love to assist you. Please reach out and let us know what you are hoping to accomplish. It will be our pleasure to schedule a complimentary consultation with you to determine if we are a good fit for your project and define the scope of services. Typically, we are not the best fit if you already have detailed information on your ancestors and your project does not require research activities. For example, if you already know names, birth dates, and birth places and only want to retrieve copies of official records, while we can certainly do so on your behalf, you may request copies of records directly from the issuing agencies at a fraction of the cost. That said, if you have documentation in your possession and cannot make sense of relationship and other details, please reach out!
AD HOC RESEARCH SERVICES
We understand that your specific interests may be unique and not fit the mold of our predetermined research packages. Should that be the case, we would still love to assist you. Please reach out and let us know what you are hoping to accomplish. It will be our pleasure to schedule a complimentary consultation with you to determine if we are a good fit for your project and define the scope of services. Typically, we are not the best fit if you already have detailed information on your ancestors and your project does not require research activities. For example, if you already know names, birth dates, and birth places and only want to retrieve copies of official records, while we can certainly do so on your behalf, you may request copies of records directly from the issuing agencies at a fraction of the cost. That said, if you have documentation in your possession and cannot make sense of relationship and other details, please reach out!
Our Rates
To help you determine if our services are right for you, we are posting our current rates below:
Our Rates
To help you determine if our services are right for you, we are posting our current rates below:
A 250$ Feasibility Fee is required for all packages.
Package:
a Glance Beyond The Record
$750.00
- Report with ancestor’s story
- Copies of birth, marriage, death records
- Family Tree
Package:
a Look Beyond The Record
$1,250.00
- Report with ancestor’s story
- Copies of birth, marriage, death records
- Family Tree
- Historical and geographical context
- Copies of additional records e.g., naturalizations
Package:
a Gaze Beyond The Record
$2,500.00
- Report with ancestor’s story
- Copies of birth, marriage, death records
- Family Tree
- Historical and geographical context
- Copies of additional records e.g., naturalizations
- Places they lived and worked
- Migration documents e.g., ship manifests, brochures, photos
- A more in-depth family history with mentions of all relatives that appear in the records for the target ancestors