My take on the fourth in a week-long series of posts at GeneaBloggers entitled Genea-Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money).
How Do You Make Money in Genealogy? – most readers here at GeneaBloggers and at my other sites know that I am a pretty open and transparent guy when it comes to disclosing my material relationships with other genealogy vendors and organizations. Well, I am willing to spell out what I currently do in the genealogy field to try and make a buck. I’m not going to give exact dollar figures (because you will be greatly disappointed, believe me), but I will be upfront about some current projects. I’m hoping my colleagues might consider doing the same.
Hahahahahaha...
Seriously, though:
I have recently begun accepting clients. I do not advertise currently and tend to be found through APG. After speaking with a person at the the NERGC conference from BCG I am rather determined to take more clients, as I have time. I am also looking into just assisting people in Western and Central New York for some practice (namely friends and family). My 3-5 year goal is to make enough money doing research to pay off my and my husbands student loans prior to our retirement...
I have a couple affiliate links, that I have not made any money on yet. Maybe someday:-) The main goal for these is to pay for hosting fees.
I would love to start lecturing at genealogy societies and conferences, which would help to pay all of the conferences I [want to] attend.
The one thing I am now making money with is as a contracting archivist. This combines my degree and my genealogical studies (I assist patrons searching for their family as one job task). This is providing me with a lot of experience and opportunities. I look forward to continuing with this far into the future.
How Do I Make Money in Genealogy? http://www.amandasathenaeum.com/how-do-i-make-money-in-genealogy/?utm_campaign=archives&utm_medium=twitte
ReplyDeleteI wish more Archives had a staff member with expertise in family history! Have you thought about indexing some useful Archives sources and self-publishing the index and/or listing the names on a blog or Web site and offering a copying service? This worked brilliantly for me. The 'fun, profit, career' discussions have been interesting. My point of view is on Genealogy Leftovers.
ReplyDelete@Judy Webster, That is a wonderful idea, especially in Western and Central New York, where nothing is online. Thanks for the great idea!
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