Jodie, Your E-mail asking of the qualifications and if the White County, Illinois genealogists are certified, makes me think you are very new to this list. Welcome. I have been using the services of the White County, Illinois researches for about 12 years. They have found the best kept secrets in my families, the non reported dead, early divorces, the children and marriages lost between census, from 1810. I am so pleased with each item they uncover. They have never let me down. I am on the West coast. I don't travel to Illinois as often as I would like. The going rate to pay NGS certified genealogists is now $80.00 an hour, 10 hours upfront, plus copies and mileage. I only needed a certified genealogist in a court case, and in my proving my Thomas Jefferson line and link to Matoaka. Jodie, do you only use certified genealogists? I am glad if you can afford them. Most of us cannot. Good Luck to you, and Happy Holidays. Kathleen
Kathleen: Did you mean to send the message below to me privately? Since you sent it to the group as a whole, I will answer that way. What I asked was what "actual Genealogist" means. Those words were used in an email. I did not understand what they mean........so I inquired. As for your question about my financial situation as it relates to my ability to hire genealogists......I do my own research because I do genealogical research for a living. I began training over forty years ago. In addition, I am a librarian (MLS) and a paralegal. My family settled SE IL in 1818, and I was born and raised in IL. I have been on the list off and on since it began. Good luck to you too, Kathleen. Jodie ----- Original Message ----- From: <KEGreene@aol.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Clarification > Jodie, Your E-mail asking of the qualifications and if the White County, > Illinois genealogists are certified, makes me think you are very new to this > list. Welcome. > I have been using the services of the White County, Illinois researches for > about 12 years. They have found the best kept secrets in my families, the non > reported dead, early divorces, the children and marriages lost between > census, from 1810. I am so pleased with each item they uncover. They have > never let me down. I am on the West coast. I don't travel to Illinois as > often as I would like. > The going rate to pay NGS certified genealogists is now $80.00 an hour, 10 > hours upfront, plus copies and mileage. I only needed a certified genealogist > in a court case, and in my proving my Thomas Jefferson line and link to > Matoaka. > Jodie, do you only use certified genealogists? I am glad if you can afford > them. Most of us cannot. Good Luck to you, and Happy Holidays. Kathleen > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >