Hello Deborah and everyone else, Vanessa and I have discussed this and really don't personally know any paid genealogists to refer you to. We do realize that some people feel it is necessary to hire someone to give them a hand, and there are some excellent researchers out there awaiting their business, but again, we just don't know anyone personally that we can recommend. I will caution you about hiring researchers that you don't know. Please, please, please communicate with them in extent BEFORE signing on the dotted line. I have talked to a number of what I call "Pay for Play" "genealogists" in our research and while doing research for others. There are many, too many, of these well meaning people that, in my opinion, don't really know what they are doing, taking wild and wide leaps of faith, guessing, and speculating about the family histories of others. I had one person, a late-twentyish lady, tell me that "If somebody wants something, I'LL find it!" Hogwash! If it isn't there, how are you going to find it?.....I can't recommend her, by the way. Well, I believe that's enough negativity on my part! Just be careful about those Con-men and Con-women out there, please. If anyone has knowledge of a paid genealogist that may be able to help Deborah, please contact her off list in order to protect the privacy of the third party or parties. We thank everyone in advance for any helpful information you can send Deborah, and thank all of you for being the ROOTWALKER family. Good Luck! Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 4/6/01 4:50:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, debjorg@juno.com writes: > Subj: [ROOTWALKER] Re: Genealogists > Date: 4/6/01 4:50:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: debjorg@juno.com (Deborah L Jorgensen) > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > The line I am researching in Tennessee is Chism, and I have received lots > of help from many wonderful people, both on this list, and more recently, > on the Tenn. Census list. > I have lots of lists of families of Chisms but I think I need help > sorting through it all. > I live near a family research center --at a Mormon Church here in > Knoxville, Tenn., and have been advised to look into finding information > there---so I am going to do that. > I have already, of course, for many years, gone to the McClung Collection > here in Knoxville and looked up census records there, and also I have > belonged to a Chism Family Association & an Upper Cumberland Genealogical > Association......so I have had lots of chances to find out stuff. > However I am now considering hiring a genealogist. I'd like to know if > anyone knows a good one that won't cost an arm and a leg! Because I am > very ignorant on this subject! I know that a good genealogist is WORTH an > arm and a leg probably, but I don't want to be embarrassed by hiring one > and then presented with a bill for $500. or something like that even if > he/she finds a whole passel of Chisms in my line! Not to mention my > husband's probable reaction to such a thing! (he couldn't care less who > his Jorgensens were or where they came from!). I could spend money in-- > possibly $35.00 increments---not real close together. Can anyone help > me on this? > Thanks for any attention! Deborah Jorgensen > Also researching JOHNSON, UNDERWOOD, GILBERT, SPARKS, KENNET, BROWN, > ROBINSON, JONES --all from southern states; and BARKER, THIERMAN, BLISS, > MARIS--all from northern states. > > > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:49:17 -0700 TN-ROOTWALKER-D-request@rootsweb.com > writes: > >