European Focus
Private Tours & Ancestral Photography in Europe
Private Tours in Europe
Ancestral Photos in Europe
About European Focus Private Tours and Photography

Custom Photography in Europe

Family historians who collect documents for years — or even decades — can be missing the "Big Picture" when it comes to truly understanding where their ancestors came from. European Focus answers the questions "what does my ancestral village look like?" and "what is the landscape like around where my ancestors lived?" Photography by European Focus is the next best thing to being there.

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Ancestral Town Photos

Ancestral Photography Rates Overview

European Focus is a custom professional photography service operated by the creator of this service, James Derheim. European Focus doesn't just sell photos out of an archive. Instead, this is a much more personal service dedicated to bringing individuals closer to their ancestral roots in Europe.

Starting fee

You can have your ancestral town preserved on film for you and your family and the coming generations by professional photographer James Derheim for a fee that is affordable for anyone. Your project cost may be helped if I have already done work in that town for another genealogist because I can add photos already in my archives with new ones taken to fit your personal research needs.

Delivery

Currently taking projects for delivery this year. My project calendar fills quickly, so please contact me today if you are interested.

Your privacy is guaranteed

I don't share your information with other companies and you're never part of a mailing list.

Archived Towns

I maintain a massive and expanding archive of more than 100,000 images from many towns all over Europe. Contact me for details. Don't be disappointed if your town is not part of my archive. I have been working since 1990 and have only photographed a tiny portion of the towns just in Germany, for example, where there are more than 90,000 towns and villages.

Payment made easy

About 1/3 of the cost for your project is requested at the time you sign your contract. You pay the balance after you receive your project. Projects must be paid for within 10 days of delivery.

For your added convenience, you can use your Visa or MasterCard to book your project and pay for it when it's done. Payment by personal check also accepted.

How to get started

Just click on the link at right to take you to the country of your ancestry. You'll find a form there to help you request a proposal for your own project. Remember, European Focus never shares private information to outside companies.

Photography Rates by Country

> Germany
> Austria or Switzerland
> Belgium, Holland, Eastern France
> France (Central and Western)
> Luxembourg
> Sweden, Norway, Denmark
> England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
> Italy and Sicily
> Poland
> Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia