The Old Country

Give someone the history of their name.

A surname report, researched and written from the record, sent to them by email on the day you choose. You get a confirmation and a printable card straight away, with your message on it. Nothing reaches them before the day.

What happens

1. Pay once, $14.99, the same price as buying the report for yourself.
2. You get a confirmation email with a printable gift card: one page, the cover of the report, your message, and the date it arrives. Hand it over, or put it in an envelope.
3. On the day, the report goes to their email address, with your message and your name on it. It is theirs to keep: a PDF, no account, no expiry.

A name not on our shelf is researched and written for them within 48 hours, from the record, then held for your date. Choose a day at least three days out for those. Every report ends with a page of the claims we checked and cut, and if a name's record turns out too thin to fill a report honestly we say so and refund you in full.

Want to see what they will get first? Read a full chapter of any name we have written, free, with every source.

Giving the film or the printed book instead? Those are bought from the editions with their name. The film, $39.99, arrives in your email as a link within five days, to forward on the day. The printed book, $59, or all three, $79, are posted to whichever address you give at checkout, in about two weeks.