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From: "Lura" <>
Subject: Re: [DOSS] becoming a genealogist
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:48:42 -0400
References: <20050801181323.71873.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com>


Nathan,

You have set up your business as "British Family History Research Services", and you have established your residence in Salt Lake
City, UT. Is that correct?

If so, when someone contracts for your services for English research and the answer is not found in the Family History Library, will
the client pay for your travel to England, or do you have contacts in England who will do the research there for you? Would it not
be more economical for clients to secure the services of someone who actually lives in England? I expect most pedigrees would
involve persons on both sides of the ocean, however.

Do most Accredited Genealogists do research from across the world? I had just assumed from your website that you would live in
England. You can see how much I DON'T know about the subject.

Thank you for giving all of us such a good education about the process of researching and accreditation.

Lura (just call me the question box)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Murphy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DOSS] becoming a genealogist


Those are very good questions Rene. A lot of professional genealogists move to Salt Lake City in order to have access to the Family
History Library's resources (largest genealogical collection in the world, covers entire world). All of the companies have
researchers here. When records aren't available, they send their agents, for example, an agent who lives in New Orleans, to search
the original records on site.

So you can either go through the researchers in Salt Lake first (which may be cheaper), or try to find researchers yourself in the
area of interest. Genealogical societies covering New Orleans should be able to direct you to researchers there, should you wish
their assistance.

Nathan

"R. H. Bennett [Please do not send me anonymous, forwarded, chain emails. Thank you.]" <> wrote:
Thanks, Nathan, that helps.

Here's another question... when looking for help from a professional
genealogist, should one pick a genealogist from the area in which the
person one is researching lived.... or can a genealogist work from far
away. And if one chooses a genealogist from a far away place, will that
genealogist eventually have to travel to the location being
investigated? Put specifically, if my problem person is from New
Orleans, do I search for a professional genealogist in New Orleans or
can someone across the country or the world help me?

I just can't figure out how a genealogist could have thousands of
customers all from their home town/state.

Questions I've been wanting to ask for a long time; hope I phrased my
questions in a way that could be understood.

Renee


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