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Tips for Hiring a Professional Genealogist You Can Trust

by Alan October 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

Hiring a professional genealogist is a large investment of both your time and money; therefore, you need someone you can entrust with your search. Professional genealogists possess the necessary expertise to locate and interpret records from different time periods and countries, document your family tree to meet lineage societies’ requirements, or assist with other research …

RootsTech 2015, Online Genealogy Marketplace Sites Review

by Alan July 24, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

If you attended the route, Tech 2015 had a large number of employees, passed the fancy casino, and moved to the fairground. You may have seen several vendors, including GenMarketplace, Ancestral Cloud, RootsBid, promote and demonstrate “Online Genealogical Marketplace.” Don’t worry about your pretty hair, it’s really just a really fancy term for a very …