Hi all and Shawnee, I have no problem with people who have studied and do genealogy as a profession. But I do have a problem with those who do their research in a phone book. I have used professional genealogist for research in places that I probably will never visit. I have always been well served and amazed at the amount of information that I have received from them. Shawnee, I applaud you for your profession and appreciate all that people like you do for us. I don't mind paying for quality work and dedication to producing accurate ancestrial lines. Leana Randall Susanville, CA -----Original Message----- From: Shawnnee Ramey <shawnnee@jps.net> To: THOMAS-L@rootsweb.com <THOMAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 4:15 PM Subject: Re: IGI > > > > >>People do not realize that to buy the IGI from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1990 >was >>&2,500.00. It was all on microfilm then and if you want an update you have >to buy the whole thing over again. I bought it because I am in a wheel chair >and do genealogy from >>my home. when I started genealogy we did not have an FHC within 100 miles >from my home. I live 25 miles from town, I do not drive and the only time I >could >>get to town is on Sunday. I am a genealogist and I have to pay for my >>supplies ( Microfilm reader that makes copies, other microfilm, Books, >Birth and Death Certificates, and any information I get from newspapers, >Census records, etc.) that I use to trace families and I have to pass the >cost on to my >>clients. We all have to make a living somehow.. I also had to pay to go to >>school to become a genealogist, not unlike other professions. some >>people do not have time to go to the libraries, or the hours are not >>convienient for them. Please don't be upset with me for charging people, >when I have sat for hours and read the microfilm of the IGI to look for >families. >> >> > > > >==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! >RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >