Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Plus 100 Tips to Ensure Your Success, Revised Edition
Do you need help in completing all of your personal family history research? Are you curious about how a professional genealogical researcher makes a living? Do you want to understand the steps and procedures involved in attaining the status of Accredited Genealogist?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Becoming an Accredited Genealogist is the resource book for you! Many professionals have established their personal reputation, in part, through the process of accreditation. Author Karen Clifford presents a clear understanding of what should be expected from the efforts of a professional family historian. Anyone can collect money for genealogical research and be called a paid researcher, but the knowledge, training, integrity, and efficiency of genealogists with credentials set them apart. Becoming an Accredited Genealogist will help you through the process of earning your credentials.
This revised edition outlines the benefits of being an accredited genealogist and describes the knowledge and basic research skills expected of a professional. It also examines the experience, testing procedures, and application processes required to apply and ultimately pass the test for credentials. Even if your lifetime goal is not to become a professional genealogist, this scholarly work will teach you what to expect whenever you hire a professional to assist your personal family history research challenges!
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Book details
- Author
- Karen Clifford
- Imprint
- Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Reference › Genealogy & Heraldry
- Topics
- genealogy · professional accreditation · family history research · genealogical certification · professional genealogist · research career
- ISBN-13
- 9780916489816 (Paperback)9781630262808 (Hardcover)
About the author
KAREN CLIFFORD is an Accredited Genealogist, founder, president, and CEO of Genealogy Research Associates, Inc., and the author of Digging Deeper: Using Essential Pre-1850 Records, The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program, and Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Plus 100 Tips to Ensure Your Success.
Clifford is a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association and has served as president of the Utah Genealogical Association, vice president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, founding president of the Monterey County Genealogy Society, and vice chair of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists.
When she’s not writing, Clifford teaches genealogy and computer courses, having held positions at Monterey Peninsula College, Hartnell College, and BYU as an adjunct faculty professor. Her books reflect the full range of that teaching expertise.
Karen lives in Monterey, California.





