Describe a day in the life of a Genealogist?

Describe a day in the life of a Genealogist?

Nick Barratt (Genealogist) gives expert video advice on: How do I become a genealogist?; What qualifications do I need?; How many years will I have to train for? and more...

Get up, go to the archives, spend the next 7 or 8 hours looking through old, dusty books, leave the archive, come home, write up your findings, compile a family tree, and then e-mail it to your clients. That's about as good as it gets. You will spend an awful lot of time in the archives or in libraries looking through the raw material to start finding out the answers to the questions you've been sent.