I think this topic has been most thoroughly chewed over.<br><br>Valerie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:54 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eshown@comcast.net">eshown@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I wrote:<br>
>As a professional researcher, my experience in this area has been that of<br>
</div>Ray's ... most enquirers intent upon proving Native American ancestry<br>
<div class="im">perceive a financial gain to be derived from it, rarely suspect the hundreds<br>
or thousands of hours it might take to find a connection, and ultimately<br>
discover that the connection is so far back in time that it does not qualify<br>
them for tribal membership, free college tuition, or casino shares.<br>
> But, as a personal quest, I, too, would call the effort a passion!<br>
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</div>Larry responded<br>
<div class="im">>I just find it hard to accept that any astute professional, experienced<br>
researcher would think that there was any great financial gain to be made<br>
from doing genealogical research, no matter what the subject.<br>
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</div>Larry, the expectation of financial gain, of which I wrote, was not at all<br>
an expectation that the *professional genealogist* would reap great<br>
financial gain. Certainly no "astute professional" I know expects "great<br>
financial gain to be made from doing genealogical research." To the<br>
contrary, it has been the client who has expected to reap financial gain<br>
from the results of the genealogical search.<br>
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Elizabeth<br>
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