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From: "Kathy Hinckley" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Why Be a Genealogist?
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:33:52 -0700


I suggest you join APG (I do not find you in the membership database). Upon
joining APG, you will receive a New Member Package that include a 20-year
index to the APGQ (1979-1999) that lists several articles about becoming a
professional. There has also been a feature called "Profile of a
Professional" in each issue of the quarterly for several years. The profile
is an interview of a genealogist, telling about how and why they entered the
field, etc.

The 20-year index is also online at the website, but you may enjoy having
the paper copy that is 25 pages. APG does not sell back issues; however, the
Allen County Public Library will photocopy articles for you. Details are
with the index.

You can join APG by going to the website at http://www.apgen.org and can use
a credit card or mail a check. Membership is $50 in United States; $55 in
Canada; and $70 international.

Sincerely,
Kathleen W. Hinckley, CGRS
APG Executive Secretary
http://www.apgen.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas/Ungaro [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 9:56 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [APG] Why Be a Genealogist?


I an still weighing the idea of becoming certified in genealogy. Won't
be making up my mind overnight.
Unfortunately, I don't think I know any genealogists personally, and am
curious about the "career path".

I was just wondering, if anyone on the list might be willing to share
with me (and list, or privately), how and why you became a genealogist. Do
many do this full or part-time? It really seems like an interesting,
worthwhile activity, with a lot of variety of a sort. And I'm already doing
some of the required tasks.

Also, someone emailed me about an earlier question I asked the list
about an historic Black graveyard in east Tennessee. I'm pretty sure there
are certain, and maybe still many, U.S. communities, as in east TN, where
diligent efforts to compile info on the history of Black residents, and
families, and related sites, will help many people, and not just one
person - in this case, me. I have started several gen email lists, and am
doing a website, to bring more folks together to contribute to this
genealogy history, in and beyond the Black American community.

As a mature adult with a college-graduate child, I know these are
long-term projects. However, over the past year, I am really enjoying
applying to family history problems (mine and others), some of the research
skills I acquired in graduate school and as a journalist. Plus the human
aspects of discerning what people do and do not wish to know about
themselves and their families. It is great to kind of watch *some* people
"grow" as they figure out their family background, and sometimes find new
connections to others. And I find helping other Black people with their
genealogy especially rewarding, since often it is not so easy.

Thanks in advance. Marian Douglas, in Skopje, Macedonia



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