Hello, I was fairly successful with a man from Alabama that went to south central Tennessee for my family research. The local librarian gave us a list , very short, of those that came in to her library. The man charged $250 for one day. He went to the court house , the library in one town , then with the correct info drove to the correct rural area and photographed the tomb stones for us and made a return trip to the library for a little more info gathered from the stones. The price covered a meal, gas, copies, photo developing, and postage for the paper copies. He also e-mailed us his results. I live in Ohio and would never have covered as much in one day since I am unfamiliar with the staff in any of the places. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: [NYONEIDA-L] Hiring a Professional Genealogist? > Hello Oneida: > > I live in the Midwest and cannnot make the trip to NY state at this time, I > was wondering if anyone out there has ever hired or is knowledgable about the > proper way to hire a professional Geneaologist? What exactly will they do? > Will they walk a cemetery or two for you? What is the going rate? Do you hand > them a check list of people, places, dates, etc, and tell them what your > specific goal is? > > Anyone have any Successes? Failures? Observations? Suggestions? > > Slainte, > Susan > > > > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at [email protected] > Oneida Co Surname page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html > List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html > Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/