Most of us have an interest in our past
and our family's heritage, David
Ball and Colin Mussert Jarvis say
thousands of Americans pay English
companies to research their ancestry.
So these men developed a product for
people who want more than a pile of
documents.
And for a fee, you get this hotbox
a family tree, pictures, records, family
crest, personalized loving cup
and something not so traditional.
A home video tape, a reenactment
of part of your history.
But every time the world seems to go into
recession, people find they have little
to look forward to.
So they want to look back and they want
to retrace their family history and it
will give them the confidence and the
substance to look forward again
with hope.
Ball says people in this area have
been receptive to the idea.
Genealogy is a popular hobby, even
though people are sometimes surprised at
what they find.
But in forty three,
the following judgment was pronounced
in the Nantwich.
If
you, John Bostock,
have been found guilty of the commission
of a Gross Act of Daltry,
we would naturally, before placing any
emphasis on anything that may appear to
be embarrassing every family tree
as a little bit of dry rot, we would
go back to the customer and try
and avoid any sort of embarrassing
situations which may occur.
Ball and Mussad Jarvis are looking for
a way to get their idea on the market.
They hope to be selling in a few months.
And by the way, the price.
Twenty five thousand dollars for
your own piece of history.
Jane Boone, Channel 5 Action News, Dallas.