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You can always fill out more of the tree going back further and out more. My dad loves this stuff and is always talking about the people he's paying to research
by suresk 7y ago
You can always fill out more of the tree going back further and out more. My dad loves this stuff and is always talking about the people he's paying to research vital records from churches in Slovenia to fill out more of our family tree.
There are enough people who do it for a hobby and/or religious purposes that it seems like a pretty viable subscription model.
- tralarpa 7y agoCan you tell me more about that? I am only using a local database (with GenealogyJ) and I don't have any experience with online databases like ancestry.com. How is your dad using it? Do the people he's paying directly enter the data online?
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoNot OP but the payment bit sounds like when you pay a local records custodian to do a "search", ie look for all the Djikstra family members in the period 1700-1800. They then look through books (BMD - baptisms/births, marriages, deaths/funerals) in the church building (or wherever) and compile a list of the data. Often novices can't read the writing, and when the records are in another country/region it's easier to pay someone. Also, many records can only be searched this way, the public don't have access.
- suresk 7y agoSorry, don’t know a lot more than I already posted. If you want, email me (contact info in profile), and I’ll ask him when I see him this weekend.