| It seems to me that some people get
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| | A lot of people think that all genealogy
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| offended at the thought of paying for
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| | resources should be shared, like the
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| genealogy. Why is it that a researcher
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| | USGenWeb Project. Well guess what,
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| should not be able to make a living while
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| | Rootsweb was bought by Ancestry a few
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| helping you out at the same time? As far
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| | years back. Its funding comes from a
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| as I can see, genealogists should not be
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| | profit company! Nothing is free.
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| treated different than any other
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| | Everything costs someone money. If no one
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| professional in respect to their charges.
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| | paid for genealogy, no one would take the
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| This is America, a free economy, and
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| | time to walk cemeteries and transcribe
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| prices are determined by supply and
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| | tombstones or sift through thousands of
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| demand. With genealogy being one of the
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| | old marriage bonds to write a book. I
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| top hobbies in the country, the demand is
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| | think we need to support people who
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| higher than ever. If you collected
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| | dedicate their lives, 9 to 5 each day, to
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| stamps, you would not expect the post
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| | make genealogy resources more accessible
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| office to give them to you for free. Why
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| | for us all.
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| should you expect genealogists to give
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| | Pretend that you live in California and
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| away their services?
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| | your ancestors came across the country
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| If people could not make a living with
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| | from Virginia. How much time and money
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| genealogy, records would be so scarce
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| | would you spend going to each courthouse
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| that few people would have access to
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| | in each place that they lived, all the
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| them. The government's WPA (Works
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| | way back to Virginia? You would spend
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| Progress Administration) hired people
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| | hundreds of hours and thousands of
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| back in the 1930s to copy and preserve
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| | dollars in that pursuit. On the other
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| historic documents, they became paid
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| | hand, imagine paying $19.95 for a book of
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| genealogists in effect. Think about
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| | marriage records from a specific county
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| on-line resources, ancestry.com,
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| | or paying $250 to have a research track
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| genealogy.com, they would be out of the
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| | down a generation or two. There is no
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| game if they did not charge for their
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| | comparison in cost, you save time and
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| services. The odds of you having access
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| | money with the professional.
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| to complete indexes for all of the US
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| | We should praise professional, for-profit
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| census records would be nil without their
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| | researchers and give them a break. Their
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| efforts. The Social Security Death Index
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| | work is more thorough and more accurate
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| would not be as accessible to most people
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| | than any free resource you will ever
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| if profit-based companies did not
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| | find. Any Tom, Dick or Harry and can make
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| propagate it as they did a few years ago.
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| | up anything, put it on-line and call it
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| I think some of you are being too hard,
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| | fact. As far as I am concerned, the old
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| looking a gift horse in the mouth.
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| | adage is true, you get what you pay for.
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