Bespoke family history

Your family’s history, carefully researched and documented.

A research team led by Professor Cisco Bradley, working from verified public records.

A marriage certificate beside old family photographs, in soft focus

What we do

Choose how far back your story goes.

Most projects fall into one of three tiers, set by how far back the record reaches — with special packages for everything else.

SilverTo the early 1800sFrom $500 GoldColonial America, the 1600sFrom $1,600 PlatinumInto medieval or ancient timesFrom $2,200 Special PackagesIntro · Seven Generations · hourly research · oral historyFrom $50
Professor Cisco Bradley, historian and founder of Sapling
Led by Professor Cisco Bradley
“I’ve spent my career as a historian and author. Now I bring that same rigor to your family.”

Historian of American culture — author of Universal Tonality and I Hear Freedom — he has spent his career tracing the lives and family journeys behind the music.

Meet Cisco

Your report

An interactive family history.

Explore your family across an interactive tree, a map of where they came from, and the notable figures in your line — then print it as a keepsake PDF whenever you like. Try it below.

Download the sample as a PDF

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Free consultation

Start with a few details, not a commitment.

Give the Sapling research team a few simple things — names, dates, places — and we’ll begin with a free assessment, no obligation, to see how far back your family can be traced.

Get started

Or reach us directly — (917) 522-1457 · cisco@sapling.family