[APG Public List] Genealogical vs. Non-genealogical

[Kathy Gunter Sullivan]

I can't locate the earlier message in the list archives, but the 
question was about a persistent potential client who would not take "no" 
for an answer. The message included a comment that finding living people 
is not genealogy (I'm paraphrasing from memory). There were a couple of 
subsequent remarks focused on the part about whether finding living 
people is or is not genealogy. I believe Roland stated that after 
establishing kinship, locating living descendants is a genealogical 
endeavor (I agree).

Finally, here is my question. If a potential client wants to locate an 
old buddy or a former girlfriend or neighbor (kinship not involved), 
would you consider that search to be what a professional genealogist 
does? I have my own opinion, but want to hear your consensus.

Kathy
Charlotte, North Carolina
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