Ada and George Wilcox family ca. 1920, ancestors of Stephanie Beneng; great-grandfather Harold Wilcox, back row, center.
Stephanie Beneng, consultant in archival research & genealogy tutoring
specializing in western NY & PA
Rate: $24.00 / hour for virtual tutoring and telephone genealogy consulting
rate: $32.00 / hour for research projects & In-person TUTORING and consultations.
Custom rates available for nonprofits with long-term projects.
Genealogy consulting appointments can be used for many things: to ask research questions, to receive tutorials in using online genealogy resources and software, to have a joint research session together, or to review a “brick wall” in the family tree and suggest strategies. I’m happy to do research for my clients, but I also love to empower everyone to use the vast resources available to them, and to hone their library & research skills to make their own discoveries.
Email (button below) to arrange an order. Gift certificates for telephone & virtual tutoring services come in the following amounts:
$35.00 for 1 1/2 hours | $45.00 for 2 hours | $55.00 for 2 1/2 hours | $65.00 for 3 hours
Stephanie English Beneng has been working in historical research since 1998. Her degree in English at Allegheny College was earned while working as a research assistant for the Crawford County (PA) Historical Society. With that experience as a foundation, she has continued to work independently with historical organizations, libraries, and community centers. She has a special interest in telling the untold stories of marginalized and forgotten people and places. Her love of studying old ways of working and living has also blossomed into a love of organic agriculture. In 2018, after many years of farm apprenticeships and farmers’ market management, she and her spouse began Light Work Farm.
Offerings
Individuals conducting family history research
Consultations by phone and in person
Preparation for trips to courthouses and archives
One-on-one trainings in using finding aids and genealogy resources
Assistance with organizing and preserving family collections of photos and documents
Academic researchers and writers of history
Archival research
Editing and writing
Determining provenance of materials
Fact checking
Small historical societies and museums
Preparatory research for exhibits
Preparatory research for historical grant fund projects
Indexing of archival resources
Document transcription
Past Projects
Proposing and completing a research project to identify the author of a slave narrative manuscript, using a comprehensive reading of the 1860 census of New Jersey.
Organizing the collection of a family quarry business from the mid-1800s, creating a table of contents for future indexing. The collection is now housed in the New York State Library.
Evaluating and organizing the document collection of a historic farm.
Researching and responding to hundreds of genealogy research requests.
Preparing exhibits about the 100th anniversary of a community Grange hall and chapter.