Remote Researcher Rate: after first ten minutes, $15/hr Genealogy, $40/hr Other Archival Research
You may call or email us with a research request. Questions requiring less than ten minutes inquiry we will answer for free; for others requiring up to three hours of research, we do for a fee. We search the translated portions of our collections to help you find an answer to your question. Contact our office by phone (336-722-1742) or email (sparchives@mcsp.org) to talk with us before placing your research order. We do not have material in all Moravian research areas – not all orders can be fulfilled.
We charge a standard fee for up to one hour’s work, prepaid online: $15 for family history inquiries, and $40 for other archival research requests. We limit remote research to three hours. When research is complete we will issue a typed report of our findings. We do not photocopy our records, with the exception of English language memoirs. If you prepay for research and the request cannot be fulfilled we will refund your payment. It may take up to two weeks to answer some requests due to staff time constraints. Expedited requests, if possible, require a doubling of our research rates.