A family tree researched across genealogy databases
He had Muse use Ancestry to build queries for other databases, took one-month subscriptions to two more, had it verify and expand the data there, then contact state archives. He now has a sourced family tree and expects the project to cost about $160–170.
Try it yourself
Copy this to Muse and replace the [brackets] with your own details:
Research the family history of [surname, region]: list what's known and which databases to search, cite a source for every finding, and ask before paying for anything.