Christmas present for someone into genealogy/family history?

[OliviaMumsnet]

CAn you buy help from researchers?
I know that there are magazines you can get to help with research but sure that this has been done by someone else for this recipient.
ANy other ideas gratefully received.
TIA

here seems to offer a research service

here would be the place to look to ensure the researcher was an accredited one

ooh brilliant thanks for that
Or is there something v obvious I am missing that is more tangible and unwrappable iykwim?

Do you know if they are already a member here

I typed up, organised and put 30 years worth of research into order for my FIL last christmas, which means its now legible for future generations! was a bit of an epic in the end but he loves it! Putting together the family trees from his research was quite good fun. If he's computer savvy buy a subscription to ancestry or find my past, if he already has that, there are genealogy magazines you could get him a subscription to.. or if he doesn't already have it Family Tree Maker software which will help organise his research. Hope this helps!

Could you get them a train ticket to visit somewhere new to do research? The obvious one would be Kew but if they are keen they may already have visited.

I did some research at Kew (non family related) and lots of people took pictures of pages rather than sitting there for hours taking notes like clueless me. Maybe a memory card for a camera or a magnifying glass? You could make them a little basket with paper, pencils (always useful, many reading rooms ban pens), a photo album (if they meet up with relatives they find?), an address book (ditto), nice scrapbook to record anything. This site is 101 ways to research your family tree for free - could you make a little booklet with ideas on where they could look next?

Perhaps there are services that offer a printable family tree that you could get a voucher for.

Rose, that is inspired, thank you very much.