
Last year I went to a networking event. The number one question was “what do you do?” Whenever someone asks me this question, I say “I’m a genealogist.” I have discovered that most people don’t know what genealogists do. They get that it has something to do with genes, but usually they think I’m some…
I’ve been asked a few times and I see posts all the time in the Genealogy Jobs Facebook group (1) about pursuing genealogy professionally as a career. It’s definitely a challenge to shift into a different field, even if it’s something you’re already passionate about! Unfortunately, passion alone isn’t enough to guarantee that you’ll make…