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Historical and genealogical research
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- We work on-site at repositories
in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Vermont—state archives, U.S. National Archives
(Northeast regional branch), courthouses, libraries, and other
public and private collections.
- We also have desk-top
access to an extensive library of electronic
databases—legal, historical,
genealogical and
scholarly—for research
from colonial to modern times.
- We handle everything
from quick record look-ups to in-depth studies. Or for
clients who wish to do most of their own research, we
can serve as an expert advisor, suggesting lines of
inquiry and identifying pertinent resources.
- We can help with lineage society applications and documentation (Mayflower Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, etc.), preparing the paperwork and doing the research to find the authoritative proof you need.
- We have substantial experience reading early American handwriting and decoding abbreviations and arcane terminology, especially in court records and legal manuscripts.
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Writing, editing and indexing family, community and
organizational histories
- Our slogan—We bring the past to life—is
especially applicable to our writing services. We excel at
uncovering intriguing facts about people, places and events from
the past and presenting those stories in a way that will engage
and instruct the target audience. We believe that historical
writing can—and should—be interesting, while adhering to the
highest standards of scholarship.
- We will present the story of your family,
organization, locality or other historical subject in whatever
format best suits your needs—from timelines and brief histories
(for articles, brochures, museum displays, historic site
interpretation or website content) to book-length histories.
- We also offer editing and indexing services
for your manuscripts.
Litigation support
- Like historians, lawyers need to be effective
storytellers, able to weave documentary evidence about past
events into an accurate, understandable narrative. As John
Quincy Adams’ character said in a memorable line from the movie
Amistad: “In the courtroom, whoever tells the best story
wins.”
- We can help law firms and their clients when
historical research is needed to prepare a case for trial or
appeal.
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©2010-2011 Quill Pen Historical Consulting,
P. O. Box 204, Lexington, MA
02420. All rights
reserved.
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