Greetings, marhaba & welcome! I have decided to try a blog challenge to add to my weekly blog posts. It is called 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (#52Ancestors). The challenge comes from Amy Johnson Crow and it is a weekly prompt to encourage writing up and sharing genealogy research. Each Monday, she emails a promptContinue reading “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 1: Beginnings”
Category Archives: Genealogy
What Does it Mean to be a Professional?
“[P]rofessional genealogy is unusual: it arises from a highly popular hobby and most professional genealogists began as hobbyists. As one practitioner has observed, ‘professional genealogists are a small island surrounded by a diverse ocean of amateurs.’” Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards, edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills, p. 36. citing Harold Henderson, “The Profession: AContinue reading “What Does it Mean to be a Professional?”