Queries & Research
Requests may be submitted by email or regular postal mail. If sent by regular
postal mail, the request must include a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope).
The Fenton Historical Society accepts limited, free, initial research
requests, normally limited to one or two names that can be looked up in easily accessible records. This meaning it would take
only a few minutes to locate the simple information.. Requesters are responsible for copying and postage fees.
If more research is needed or requested, a researcher will be assigned
to your querie. You will be notified of the rates by e-mail or postal mail before this is done. You may request a limit as
to the charges of the research in advance. An exhaustive search will be performed, at the rates listed below. If no data can
be found within the first hour of research the search will end there. The initial rate will still be charged, to pay for the
researchers time. Researches will stop the search for information when they cannot find anything more substantial to add to
what they have found, or when they have achieved the objective of the requester.
If information is found, you will then be notified, unless already specified,
of the accumulative charges, includung any copying and postage fees. Services must be paid for at this time, before any materials
are sent. Once payment is received, all materials will be forwarded. (All e-mail recipients will receive any photos
or documents found, as scanned images not xerox copies. They will not be charged for copying costs due to no ink being used.)
As much as we love to share our information, we cannot afford to do extensive
research for free. This is very time consuming, and our researchers time is very important to us, as is the cost of all the
copying and mailing of information.
Rates for Reaserching are as follows:
(All rates are
in U.S. Dollars)
$10.00 - Initial first hour of research.
$ 5.00 - Per additional hour
after the first initial one.
.20 - Any photo xerox copy
.10 - Any
text xerox copy
Unknown amount for sending and materials, above what has already been sent
as an SASE.
