Thinking About Becoming a Professional Genealogist? | Ancestry

I joined one of the ProGen study groups on your recommendation, and it has been amazing! I have learned so much, and I feel so much more confidence in myself. Thanks for the recommendation!

Yay! My goal for 2017! Paving the way toward a career in Genealogy<3 Thank you Crista!

Thanks! I have wanted to do this for quite a while. This helps me set my goals.

This is fantastic information. Thank you, Crista, for this video filled with awesome advice.

Thank you for this information, it was very helpful!

Genealogy definitely interest me

I am interested in learning this .

Hey, thanks so much for all the information! I checked into the study group and it recommended to have taken NGS or the BU course(s) prior to taking this study group. Is there one you recommend more than others? It seems the BU program leaves you in a better place as far as becoming certified if I choose that route. I will be joining the NGS anyway, thanks for the advice on the quarterly newsletter. I've been researching for about 2-3 years, but feel my skills would benefit from a solid foundation.

Thank God for the internet. I could never imagine doing family history today without it. What one can do in a evening would take months the old pen and paper way which is how I started. Now the computer gets all the attention and the paper notes sit by the side. They need to be updated soon. Becoming a pro genealogist I thought would be like going to school and taking classes. From what I have seen here, you pretty much do it on your own without writing a test or attending classes? I seem a bit confused as to just where you go for this and what you have to do.

I looked into this 4 years ago through Ancestry and online and could not find anything no courses, nothing. So where are they?

Hi Crista. I've thought for a while that becoming a genealogist may be a great late-career choice for me. I've discovered and solved a couple of family mysteries. Does one work for genealogical societies as well or is the genealogist only self-employed? Salt Lake City is not near my location, and I wonder about its cost of living data. Thank you for these many points to ponder. This was a very informative video discussion.

Would you ask them general basic info to start? Bdays place death dates and places names where they lived. And just what they know already? That’s what I would do.l

Hi Crista! What do you think of genealogy and family history certification? I live in Seattle, WA and the University of Washington offers an 8 month certification program.

Thanks for the information. I'm thinking this might be an interesting and challenging part time job during retirement. What do you think ? Could you realistically invest a limited number of hours per week and have success ?

Thank you so is a professional Genealogist a degree or a certificate program? thanks Mona

I am graduating this year with a degree in Anthropology, and I am looking to add the Genealogy certificate to my resume. One of the things I would like is to do an internship will Ancestry be adding any to their listing any time soon?

I was thinking about joining my local historical society. Good idea?

Christa I was viewing some older videos,the one last Jan,called identifying Biological Family.You had mentioned isogg,about a chart that shows about the shared dna centimorgans,where exactly is that chart,couldnt find it

Is this something you could do as a side-job, or would you have to commit to it completely?

Thanks for the video. Do you think the NGS Quarterly will help with African-American Ancestry research?