Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians

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Professional Genealogy is a manual by professionals for everyone serious about genealogy. For family historians who want to do their own study, reliably, it describes the standards. For hobbyists, attorneys, and medical scientists who seek professional researchers, it's a consumer guide that defines quality and facilitates choices. For librarians who struggle to help a whole new class of patrons, it provides a bridge to the methods, sources, and minutiae of "history, up-close and personal." For established genealogical professionals, it offers benchmarks by which they can advance their skills and places their businesses on sounder footing. And for all those who dream of turning a fascinating hobby into a successful career, Professional Genealogy details the preparation and the processes.

Its twenty-nine chapters, written by two dozen scholars, cover the following topic areas: research skills and the analysis of evidence, writing and compiling genealogical research, the core genealogy library collection, genealogical ethics and standards, editing and publishing, and topics relating to the profession of genealogist.

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A comprehensive reference intended to become a milestone in the development of a profession of genealogy, based on the perception that the customer base has grown and is growing fast enough to support people who do nothing else but track family relations. Veterans from North America, Europe, and Oceana describe the tools of the trade and aspects of creating a maintaining a personal profession. Hobbyists will find all the information they need and a lot they have no use for. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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