Observed arrival · 2026-11-02
Orcas Island Press turns family research into a sourced book
A bespoke family-history service researches records, writes the story, and offers it as a finished PDF or printed book.
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- Families commissioning a sourced family history
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- Research treats online family trees as leads to verify, not as evidence; unresolved readings are noted.
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The described research can extend into the 1600s, with old languages and handwriting translated where possible; the site says notes identify words that cannot be resolved. A Traveler’s Companion is intended to distinguish places that can be visited confidently from those identified only as a parish or neighborhood. The site also says it never sells family information.
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