The best course I can suggest is the master's degree offered by Strathclyde University in Scotland. You can do it by distance learning. http://www.strath.ac.uk/genealogy/ If you want to be a professional genealogist in South Africa you just call yourself a professional genealogist and take people's money, regardless of what you know. Any baboon can be a professional genealogist in South Africa. Fortunately the Institutes for Actuaries, Engineers, Accountants and other professions are different from the Genealogical Institute of South Africa (GISA) because they DO set standards for qualification and they DO monitor and control the standard of work in the profession. GISA is at least a century behind the other institutes, but don't worry, they can catch up. (If they wake up.) Regards, Francois _____________ Francois Greeff, 36 Aston Road, London, SW20 8BE, United Kingdom Phone: 0044 20 8123 4224. Mobile 0044 79 6372 2345. Skype: Greefffrancois. Greeff Family Web Site: www.Greeff.info -----Original Message----- From: Leeanne Blunden [mailto:lblunden@telkomsa.net] Sent: 13 August 2011 11:17 To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] General Query Hi there, I was wondering how one becomes an accredited genealogist? I've asked at places like UNISA, Intec and Varsity College, but none of them seem to know what I'm talking about. Is it something that you actually study, and if so, where can one do this? Regards, Leeanne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message