From St. Lucie County to Key West,

in Monroe County

Background:

Denise Wells has been researching for 20+ years. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, she has traced her ancestors from Indiana and Illinois to Ohio, New York, Ireland and Italy.

A lifelong resident of Indiana, Denise relocated to Boca Raton, Florida in September 2001. In August 2002, she began a mail list to discuss the creation of a formal chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists for the State of Florida. Denise brought together various Florida genealogists and family historians for the first meeting at the Florida State Genealogical Society's 2002 conference in St. Petersburg, FL. Discussions continued and at the 2003 FGS National Conference in Orlando, FL a second meeting and vote produced a By-Laws Committee, on which Denise participated. The application for a Florida Chapter of APG was granted in December 2003. After nominations and voting in January 2004, Denise was elected Vice President of the Florida Chapter of APG.

Denise is dedicated to the professional Code of Ethics in the management of genealogy research, writing and education. She has enjoyed a 37-year career as a paralegal and is adept at research in courthouses, libraries and archives. Denise's enthusiasm for genealogy and history is contagious.

Qualifications:

• 37 years paralegal
• 20+ years genealogy research
• Past Member, National Genealogical Society
• Past Member, Association of Professional Genealogists
• Past Member, Florida State Genealogical Society
• Past Vice President, Florida Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists
• Past Education Director, Genealogical Society of Marion County, Indiana
• Online web coordinator for projects in the USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb
  

Services:

• Legal research and record retrieval for attorneys
• Author assistance with criminal research at Broward County crime lab
• Death row and other criminal research
• Onsite research in the Counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, St. Lucie
• Onsite court research and document retrieval
• Newspaper obituary research
• Cemetery Research
• Records research from Vero Beach to Key West
• Focus on client needs
• Research strategy plans
• Success oriented
• Turn around time: 5-7 weeks after receipt of authorization
• Detailed and documented professional report prepared
• Additional relevant research recommendations included when appropriate
• Internet database subscriptions
• Personally known private investigators available
  

 Fees:

• Regular hourly rate $30/hour, 3-hour minimum retainer, payable in advance; possible flat rate projects
• Most Florida travel include in hourly rate, plus mileage
• Large projects welcomed
• Smaller requests performed quickly and efficiently
• Review of your compiled records at hourly rate, with recommendations
• Out-of-pocket expenses
• Expenses include, but are not limited to, mileage, parking, tolls, admission fees, photocopies, fax charges, postage, overnight hotel charges when required, certificate and document fees
• Expenses will be confirmed with client after 3 hour increments
• Additional hours of research must be approved and paid for in advance in a minimum of 3-hour increments
• Travel costs to various cities available upon request (Key West is 4 hours each way)
• If overnight travel is necessary, charges will include $75 per night, in addition to actual cost of room and board, in addition to other charges as stated above