This was the cost structure for 2005 Saratov/Engels Archives, but obviously by 2007 costs would have escalated. Take an example of the village Grimm (multiply by as many villages as you want checked). Take a rough estimate of 30 roubles to the US $: 1. Census (Revision) for the 2 years 1850 & 1857 2. Family register of the evangelic-lutherans 3. Metric (church) books for birth registers 1902 > 1918. Cost: Checking census report 448 roubles per each census (there are 2 census) Checking Family Lists - 448 roubles Checking metric books (eg birth register) - 299 roubles PER EACH YEAR. Fees are payable in ADVANCE whether information is found or not - time has been spend looking for it at your request.. Work starts AFTER the fees have been received. The research will take about 3 months from receipt of fees. therefore - as an example - FOR CHECKING EACH FAMILY NAME: checking 2 census 1850 & 1857 - ca. 900 roubles = $ 30 checking 1 family list - ca. 450 roubles = $ 15 checking EACH YEAR in the birth register is ca. 300 roubles = $ 10 PER YEARS. (they have 16 years of births in Grimm). Just an example of fee structure for 2005 and how it worked. Engels is definitely not taking any orders or any money for the last ca 18 months ever since the announcement that work has stopped until the new Archive depository is functioning. An announcement will be made as soon as the Archve is open for business again. Regards, Vera Beljakova-Miller