At 100.oo per hour (sic LoL) one would hope that he wouldn't be stumbling over the easy ones!
Frankly, the 100.oo per hour fee is to discourage MORONS, HATERS, BLOWHARDS & other similar creatures, who just want to waste my time proving WELL-DOCUMENTED facts. = I long ago lost count of the number of FREE hours of research that I’ve done for people who were seeking an ancestor, so that they could join the SUVCW, SCV, MOSB, AZTEC CLUB, DAR, SAR & other similar requests.
(Those requests are invariably SINCERE & IF a person “knows where to look”, usually are easily/quickly completed.)
In the case of DIFFICULT/TIME-CONSUMING research projects, I simply cannot afford to do FREE research for anyone.
(EXAMPLE: A wealthy physician from Houston, TX recently asked me to research & PROVE that he is a direct descendant of King Henry V of England. - Fwiw, I’ve so far found NO evidence of his direct descent but he wants me to “keep looking”.)
NOTE: I finally found our family’s sole commissioned officer of the American Revolution, a LT from SC, after MANY hours of frustrating research. = LT James H. B___________ of the Virginia Line (Infantry) died of disease (He succumbed to what was likely BLOOD POISONING from a “penetrating belly wound” & broken bones) less than 2 weeks after he was commissioned by VA.
(Given the brevity of his service & that he served in a different state than he was a citizen of, is it any wonder that there was LITTLE written about his military service??)
Yours, TMN78247