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[robbo2345]

Hi folks the wife has been researching my family tree and has managed to get back all the way to 1066 william 1 !!!! she has been doing it for the last 4-5 yrs so its taken a while  but she really fancies doing it for a living as it would enable her to work from home and be around for the nipper when he goes to school etc, do you think it would be a sucsess ? testing the water i guess all comments greatly recieved  :-/ :-/ Cheers Rob

[Jimbob]

I think most people doing that want to do it themselves, so not sure of the market  :-/

[robbo2345]

  thanks for the input JB i was wondering the same thing ! but it does take a lot of time and not everybody has that  :-/

[Mysteryman]

thanks for the input JB i was wondering the same thing ! but it does take a lot of time and not everybody has that  :-/

You're from Norfolk Robbo, so surely all of your family history would be in the same street.

[Chris_H]

I believe some are easier than others so she may well not have experienced the worst scenarios.  If it's your own family you can pick and choose your focus and how long you take.  Working for someone else and being paid will bring some big pressures - and it can't all be done online!

Could lead to disappointment but she may be up to that.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Hi folks the wife has been researching my family tree and has managed to get back all the way to 1066 william 1 !!!! she has been doing it for the last 4-5 yrs so its taken a while  but she really fancies doing it for a living as it would enable her to work from home and be around for the nipper when he goes to school etc, do you think it would be a sucsess ? testing the water i guess all comments greatly recieved  :-/ :-/ Cheers Rob

Also known as William the Bas*ard.....nice...

[Dishevelled Den]

I tend to agree with Chris.

One of the more fundamental difficulties in my view would be in providing information in a field where the accuracy, or otherwise, of it could be challenged at any given time.

As assertions based on the results of historical investigation can be difficult to stand over perhaps this may well lead to disputes being started by those customers who didn't like what they were being told of their antecedents.

In any case the sheer amount of investigation necessary to comfortably prepare an ancestral chart, with some degree of commercial confidence, would not be inconsequential.

[robbo2345]

thanks for the input JB i was wondering the same thing ! but it does take a lot of time and not everybody has that  :-/

You're from Norfolk Robbo, so surely all of your family history would be in the same street.

  i like it .. harsh but fair actualy my ancesters come from suffolk area  guess thats no better

[jereboam]

I think most people doing that want to do it themselves, so not sure of the market  :-/

The problem with doing it yourself is that it gets expensive.  While there's loads of help available on the web, you really do have to pay for all the documents you want to look at.  You have to pay subscriptions to the most useful sites and then extra per document you view.

There is a market for genealogy services, because if you've already paid for the subscriptions, you can use that access to assist your clients.  On the other hand, it doesn't actually bring in huge amounts of revenue, according to my cousin Nigel who is doing the same sort of thing.

One of our OOF members (who is less active than he was in earlier days) has a lot of experience in this area. 

[robbo2345]

  i agree with all the above but i think she was only intending to go as far with it as the customer wanted or could afford  :-/ she is very thoro and always checks all links out several ways to make sure the information is correct, she often spends days at the computor and visits the records offices as well as site visits ( grave yards church records etc ) !! its not an easy task even with the good old tinternet

[PhilRich]

Hi folks the wife has been researching my family tree and has managed to get back all the way to 1066 william 1 !!!! she has been doing it for the last 4-5 yrs so its taken a while  but she really fancies doing it for a living as it would enable her to work from home and be around for the nipper when he goes to school etc, do you think it would be a sucsess ? testing the water i guess all comments greatly recieved  :-/ :-/ Cheers Rob

Aso known as William the Bas*ard.....nice...

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If someone shot you in the eye with an arrow, I bet you'd use similar language Opti?

[robbo2345]

I think most people doing that want to do it themselves, so not sure of the market  :-/

The problem with doing it yourself is that it gets expensive.  While there's loads of help available on the web, you really do have to pay for all the documents you want to look at.  You have to pay subscriptions to the most useful sites and then extra per document you view.

There is a market for genealogy services, because if you've already paid for the subscriptions, you can use that access to assist your clients.  On the other hand, it doesn't actually bring in huge amounts of revenue, according to my cousin Nigel who is doing the same sort of thing.

One of our OOF members (who is less active than he was in earlier days) has a lot of experience in this area. 

 agreed J i dont think she intends to earn a fortune just enough for herself and thinks it would be better for her than her part time job as a visual merchandiser (2 hours a week ) which she alredy does for a poultry fee and would be better for her as she has problems with her legs (3 DVT's ) 

[robbo2345]

Hi folks the wife has been researching my family tree and has managed to get back all the way to 1066 william 1 !!!! she has been doing it for the last 4-5 yrs so its taken a while  but she really fancies doing it for a living as it would enable her to work from home and be around for the nipper when he goes to school etc, do you think it would be a sucsess ? testing the water i guess all comments greatly recieved  :-/ :-/ Cheers Rob

Also known as William the Bas*ard.....nice...

  yeah,..... my link all be it by marriage is to Edward the 1 ( longshanks ... hammer of the scots )

[Mr Skrunts]

My auntie did all her and my Mums side of the family tree going back a few hundred years are there were some interesting finds that she has told us.  Sad thing is though she wants pictures and information but then wont shere it afterwards. :-/

[HolyCount]

Hi Robbo -- seems we might be related !!! I have Longshanks in my line.

There are a lot of established researchers based around the country, so competition will be stiff. And, as mentiuoned above, some families are nigh on impossible to trace, whilst others are easy, so the experience of one line is not a lot to base a career choice upon.

I have a relatively uncommon surname, and have been at it (so to speak) for nigh on 3 decades ..... and still not quite done tying everything up. If you get involved with the Heralds you are right up against a stone wall !!!!

Hi there Jereboam -- hope all is going well