Mrbkdb112@cs.com wrote: > John, could you share with us what the cost of your research was? >I'm sure > it would be helpful to have some idea. I don't think it would tell you much to give prices. I requested some very specialized research along with the "routine stuff". In each of the 4 projects, the items were broken down and individually priced, some at a flat rate, some at an hourly rate. The last of my 4 reports was completed in October of 2002, so rates have no doubt gone up since. I will tell you that the total of my four reports, which included many birth, death, marriage, baptism records, and search with mixed luck of land, tax, military, school, police records, etc. was nearly $2,000 and I felt worth it. From what I have seen, research costs vary among professionals. Hourly rates differ, out of pocket expenses differ, travel expenses depend on distances covered, etc. > Apparently, when some research states that some family was "under the >estate > of a paraticular manor' this probably means they did not own land? >Or, could > they have owned their home, but were employed by the Manor. Yes to both questions. It depends on their socio-economic status. If you go to Karel Kysilka's web page, browse thru his many links and you will good information about the subject. > > I have one ancestor family that is classified as nobility of Nymburk. >Does > that mean they were nobles fo the castle there? The translations are >puzzling. I have no idea. John Fiala