FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists: Difference between revisions

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This is a project to help professional genealogists market themselves for free on FamilySearch Wiki.

Get noticed. It's free![edit | edit source]

In 2011, FamilySearch Wiki received an average of 306,076 unique visitors per month. How many Websites attract that many genealogy visitors and allow you to list your professional genealogy research services for free?

Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki[edit | edit source]

Post your professional genealogy education (degree), credentials, experience, associations, and business license compliance on your user page.
Attach sub-pages to your user page which include featured services, examples of client reports, and customer testimonials, continuing education in professional genealogy.

Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki[edit | edit source]

Don't add an entry to a page like Ohio Vital Records that says "Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule."

Want to help?[edit | edit source]

We're interested in collaborating with members of the professional community to figure out ways to enable marketing of a professional's services on the wiki. Sign up here if you'd like to help brainstorm ideas. You can also add your ideas to the Discussion page.This page is not the place to advertise. This page is for organizing those who wish to help build the various wiki pages that will point wiki patrons towards professionals who can help them.

Sign up here by logging in, clicking the Edit link in the navigation bar, adding three tildes (~~~) to the table below, and clicking Save.

User Name add three tildes in this column	Name	Organization	Capacity in which you would like to help
Ritcheymt	Michael Ritchey	FamilySearch	Any
Bil11lco
Michaelhait	Michael Hait
Daudwp	Darris Williams	FamilySearch Collection Development
Jeanne Larzalere Bloom	Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG(sm)
Brycehrogers	Bryce H. Rogers, BA	I am a professional genealogist. BA in Family History from BYU (http://www.briggsrogersfamilyhistory.com).	collaboration with the professional genealogy community
Scotsgen	Chris Halliday	ScotlandsGenealogy www.scotlandsgenealogy.com	Professional Genealogist
Donchallis	Don Challis	Challis Genealogical Research	Any
Scangen	Kim Melchior Accredited Genealogist	Scandinavian Genealogical Research Center www.Scandinaviangenealogy.com	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish Professional research
Rusgenproject	Kirill Chashchin	Russian Genealogical Project http://www.rusgenproject.com	Russia, Ukraine, Siberia, China

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+This is a project to help professional genealogists '''market themselves for free on FamilySearch Wiki'''.
-'''UPDATE AS OF OCT 3, 2019''' - Since April 2009, FamilySearch has given Professional Genealogists the opportunity to advertise their services on the FamilySearch Research Wiki. This was promoted and supported by FamilySearch. However, in 2018, the FamilySearch Terms of Use were updated as follows:<br>
+== Get noticed. It's free!  ==
-''You may not use this site or information found at this site (including the names and addresses of those who have submitted information), to sell or promote products or services, to solicit clients, or for any other commercial purpose.  (For the complete [https://www.familysearch.org/legal/terms FamilySearch Terms of Use])''<br>
+In 2011, FamilySearch Wiki received an average of 306,076 unique visitors per month. How many Websites attract that many genealogy visitors and allow you to list your professional genealogy research services for free?
-To comply with the updated FamilySearch Terms of Use, we will no longer be able to support this service. As of January 1, 2020, we will permanently delete all Wiki pages listing Professional Researcher information and we will discontinue this project. We will continue to have a page called, [[Hiring a Professional Researcher|''Hiring a Professional Genealogist,'']] listing contact information for credential organizations and organizations supporting professional genealogists.<br>
+== Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki  ==
-'''UPDATE AS OF Jan 6, 2020 - Professional Genealogists pages have been removed.''' [[User:Batsondl|Batsondl]] ([[User talk:Batsondl|talk]]) 11:39, 6 January 2020 (MST)
+*'''Post your professional genealogy education''' (degree), '''credentials, experience, associations''', and '''business license compliance''' on your user page.
-</div><br>
+*Attach [[Help:Subpages|sub-pages]] to your user page which include featured services, examples of client reports, and customer testimonials, continuing education in professional genealogy.
+== Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki  ==
+*Don't add an entry to&nbsp;a page like [[Ohio Vital Records|Ohio Vital Records]] that says ''"Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule."''
+== Want to help?  ==
+We're interested in collaborating with members of the professional community to figure out ways to enable marketing of a professional's services on the wiki. Sign up here if you'd like to help brainstorm ideas. You can also add your ideas to the Discussion page.'''This page is not the place to advertise.''' This page is for organizing those who wish to help build the various wiki pages that will point wiki patrons towards professionals who can help them.&nbsp;<br>
+Sign up here by logging in, clicking the Edit link in the navigation bar, adding three tildes <nowiki>(~~~)</nowiki> to the table below, and clicking Save.
+<br>
+{| width="95%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
+|-
+|
+'''User Name '''<br>add three tildes in this column <br>
+|
+'''Name <br>'''<br>
+|
+'''Organization<br>'''<br>
+|
+'''Capacity'''&nbsp;in which you would like to help
+|-
+| [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]]
+| Michael Ritchey <br>
+<br>
+| FamilySearch
+| Any
+|-
+| [[User:Bil11lco|Bil11lco]]
+| &nbsp;
+| &nbsp;
+| &nbsp;
+|-
+| [[User:Michaelhait|Michaelhait]]
+| Michael Hait
+| &nbsp;
+| &nbsp;
+|-
+| [[User:Darris|Daudwp]]
+| Darris Williams
+| FamilySearch
+Collection Development
+| <br>
+|-
+| [[User:Jeanne Larzalere Bloom|Jeanne Larzalere Bloom]]
+| Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG(sm)
+| <br>
+| <br>
+|-
+| [[User:Brycehrogers|Brycehrogers]]
+| Bryce H. Rogers, BA
+| I am a professional genealogist. BA in Family History from BYU (http://www.briggsrogersfamilyhistory.com).
+| collaboration with the professional genealogy community
+|-
+| [[User:Scotsgen|Scotsgen]]
+| Chris Halliday
+| ScotlandsGenealogy<br>www.scotlandsgenealogy.com
+| Professional Genealogist
+|-
+|
+[[User:Donchallis|Donchallis]]
+| Don Challis
+| Challis Genealogical Research<br>
+| Any
+|-
+|
+Scangen
+<br>
+<br>
+| Kim Melchior&nbsp; Accredited Genealogist
+|
+Scandinavian Genealogical Research Center
+www.Scandinaviangenealogy.com
+| Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish Professional research
+|-
+| [[User:Rusgenproject|Rusgenproject]]
+| Kirill Chashchin<br>
+| Russian Genealogical Project http://www.rusgenproject.com<br>
+| Russia, Ukraine, Siberia, China<br>
+|}
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