Can anyone help me regarding the above company? Apparently they research your family surname etc and for a fairly small price send you all the info they find in book form.
My dad received a letter from the Names History Centre back in December and knowing I was interested in family research ordered it for me for Christmas. It said on the letter that it would take approximately 8 weeks to be delivered. Well, 8 weeks has come and gone and I have a horrible feeling we have been conned but am keeping my fingers crossed things have just been held up because of Easter.
Has anyone had dealings with this company before and did you get what you ordered?
Also if anyone has a telephone number or email address I would be very grateful as unfortunately we didn't make a copy of this.

Thank you in advance.

Lynn.

Always be suspicious of any mail solicitations offering genealogical research and which have a post office box number and definitely make copies of all paperwork before you send it back. As far as I know, reputable genealogy research companies don't solicit business by mail.

An online search at google.com shows NO results for the Names History Centre. You might want to contact your local Better Business Bureau and ask if they have any complaints or information. Also contact your local Postmaster and ask him/her if they have had any complaints. I think your state's Attorney General would be the person to contact for further questions or investigation.

You may or may not get some "token" book about the history of your surname, family coat of arms, etc. but I suspect you may have been scammed. I hope your father didn't invest a lot of money into this. If he paid with a check, look at the endorsement stamp on the back of the check (if it's been cashed)for address, banking institution where it was cashed or whatever.... If he paid with a credit card, contact your credit card company and get the details of how to dispute the charge and get it reversed.

Was this company located in Southall, England? There is a discussion about a Names History Center (notice spelling of the word CENTER) on the MIDMARCH mailing list at rootsweb, a genealogy and local history list covering the Counties of Brecon, Hereford, Monmouth, Shropshire, Stafford and Worcester

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MIDMARCH/2008-01/119929...

Don't know if it's the same one.

Hello and thank you for replying. I have looked at the rootsweb link and I'm 99% sure that they are the same people. They are asking for the same amount of money and my dad paid by check so I will ask him to look at his bank statement to see if there is any info on there.
I did think back in December that this seems too good to be true, looks like I should have took more notice of that feeling.
Thanks again for your help.
Lynn.