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Requirements for Being a Genealogist

 

Does the following quote resonate with you? 

"Those who do not learn from their history are doomed to repeat it?"

Now, if you are the type of person who only seeks to live in the present, then pursuing genealogy as a hobby, or even a future profession is not for you.

As a genealogist, you need to care enough about events that happened before the present, and you need to have the desire to find information about these past events. If you don't like doing any of these things, then the pursuit as a genealogist, in any capacity, is not going to be easy for you. 

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