Welcome to The Gene Poole

Understandable genealogy services

The Gene Poole is a play on words. My name is Thom Poole, and I have the geneaolgy bug. In my research, for my complex family tree, I feel that I have come across many of the pitfalls and uncovered many of the unusual sources of information that will benefit you and your genealogy.

My service encompasses all aspects of genealogical research and will go as far as your interest and budget will take you. There are always deadends, blind alleys and red herrings. No one can claim to be immune from them, but with experience, you can question them and avoid the simple ones.

Your family history

So you want to have your family tree researched. Well done, you're on the road to discovering the past and to invest in your future, the generations to come will be so glad you did. I was lucky, my great uncle was interested and help uncover some possible pitfalls I could have fallen into (although he also introduced some red herrings!).

What are you going to get if you decide to have your ancestors traced and order a family tree package? I offer a flexible approach to tracing your family history.

So, what are you going to get for your money? I prepare the following for you:

A full colour family tree printed and bound
Original copies of all birth, marriage and death certificates*, census returns and parish records where applicable
A full report listing all sources
A 'narrative' Family Tree listing your ancestors relationship to one-another
Vital dates, that is, birth, marriage and death
Places of geographical origin. Occupations, with explanations where appropriate
Suggestions for further research of your family history
On multiple line research you will receive all the above for each surname
And with each Family Tree ordered you will get a resource CD, with Gedcom file, containing all your researched documents, including a PDF version of the full package

* where applicable, and at an extra cost per certificate.