Best Genealogy

Best genealogy. That term can cover a lot of ground, from the best genealogy websites on the Internet to the best genealogy software available. But, for most people, best genealogy means climbing the family tree, professionally. In other words, best genealogy is a lineage or pedigree produced through adherence to the professional code of ethics and standards of performance of the commercial industry called Professional Genealogy Research Services.

This is where people come for professional research services when they want to join a lineage society, document their royal pedigree or connection to the rich and the famous like Charlemagne, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, or Clara Barton; find missing heirs, prove their Native American Heritage, or dig for their family roots; locate where, when, and on what side their ancestor fought in the Civil War, American Revolution or Agincourt or accurately trace their ancestry. When you want an authentic pedigree that is properly documented and sourced, you want the best genealogy. Heirlines Family History and Genealogy, a Professional Genealogy Research Services Company has been climbing the family tree professionally, since 1969. Here is some of their “best genealogy” advice.

Best Genealogy Practices

The best genealogy practices are used by commercial professional genealogists who have the right education – a 4 year college degree in genealogy; the right training – as a researcher in the professional genealogy research industry; the right experience – years and years of full-time career experience working with clients to discover, determine, document, and display their family tree.

Some best genealogy practices can be taught to an amateur, but to be an expert and capable of delivering commercial services, a professional genealogist must have career-oriented training and many years of experience in using professional standards of methodology, ethics, project management and organization. To do the best genealogy work, the professional researcher must have a clear understanding of client-provided materials and family traditions, and know how to access, organize, use, data-input, store, and report positive and negative results from researching a wide variety of research facilities, libraries, computer-based Internet websites, and databases. The best genealogist must be able to deliver professional, reliable and consistent customer care to authoritatively tackle the many facets of client genealogy. Such quality of product, customer service, and responsible performance comes from professional experience with career work where the practitioner uses best genealogy practices and produces everyday, best genealogy for clients.

Best Genealogy Resources

Today, because of the world-wide interest in genealogy and the explosion of facts and fiction on the Internet, people seem to be finding genealogy resources everywhere. The big problem is are they true? Most people do not know how to access the best genealogy resources and determine whether they are right? Do the resources apply to their true family tree or are they fact or fiction? It takes a very experienced professional genealogist to separate the wheat from the chaff, and prove a pedigree or authenticate a lineage. Tracing ancestry is a very time-consuming and scholarly activity that requires considerable knowledge and experience with genealogical and historical records and resources that are often hard to read, hard to understand, and hard to link together for best genealogy results. For the best genealogy, documented evidence and sound reasoning must be used to efficiently and effectively dig for family roots and substantiate an accurate family tree. This kind of research and the high quality of results of best genealogy requires a qualified Professional Genealogist and experienced Professional Genealogy Research Services Company.

Heirlines has a list of professional genealogy resources that are available by category on Heirlines Professional Genealogy Blog
(http://heirlines.com/blog). Check back often to see the new additions.

Heirlines Family History and Genealogy, Inc. is dedicated to producing this highest quality of genealogy research. Check out their website http://heirlines.com to learn about their nearly 40 years experience in climbing the family tree professionally since 1969. To learn how you can have the best genealogy, for a free consultation with Certified Genealogist, James W. Petty, AG, CG, BA (History), BA (Genealogy), call toll free 800.570.4049 or contact us online at (http://www.heirlines.com/free_consultation.html).

Written 11/05/09 by Mary E. Petty, BA (History), BA (Genealogy)

Ancestors are the People of History.● Do you know who yours are? ● Let the Professionals at HEIRLINES FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY find your ancestry! ●1-800-570-4049 ● www.heirlines.com ● PO Box 893 ● Salt Lake City, UT 84110

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Heirlines Professional Genealogy Resources:

Historical Court System of New York State - Part 3: Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

1. Court of General Sessions

a. Court of General Sessions Established 1664

1. Jurisdiction: petty criminal causes, civil causes over 40 S, equity, administration of estates.
2. Jurisdiction Abolished: 1691
3. Appeals From: Justice Courts
4. Appeals To: Court of Assize over £20

2. Justice of the Peace

a. Justice of the Peace Established 1664

1. Jurisdiction:
2. Jurisdiction Abolished:
3. Appeals From:
4. Appeals To:

3. Town Courts/renamed Justice Courts

a. Town Courts Established 1683

1. Jurisdiction: Small causes under 40 S
2. Jurisdiction Abolished: 1691
3. Appeals From:
4. Appeals To: Mayor’s Courts

b. Justice Courts Established 1691

1. Jurisdiction: Small causes under 40 S
2. Jurisdiction Abolished:
3. Appeals From:
4. Appeals To: County Courts

2. Assistant Justice Courts/renamed New York District Courts

a. Assistant Justices Courts Established 1781

1. Jurisdiction: /after 1807 under $25
2. Jurisdiction Abolished:
3. Appeals From:
4. Appeals To:

b. New York District Courts Established 1807

1. Jurisdiction: 12 Districts, NYC has 5 with one in each ward
2. Jurisdiction Abolished:
3. Appeals From:
4. Appeals To:

Submitted by Mary E. Petty, BA (History), BA (Genealogy)
Ancestors are the People of History.● Do you know who yours are? ● Let the Professionals at HEIRLINES FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY find your ancestry! ●1-800-570-4049 ● www.heirlines.com ● PO Box 893 ● Salt Lake City, UT 84110

© 2008, Heirlines Family History & Genealogy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ancestor History

Finding out more about your ancestor history changes the way that you view your family, the way that you view your nation, and the way that you view the world as a whole. Ancestors are the People of History. It is important to understand and know your past, so your family's link to the future will be securer. So, how can you find out more about your ancestral history without turning your genealogy quest into a full-time job?

Heirlines Ancestor History and Genealogy

The process of organizing a unique ancestor history is more than throwing names together on a pedigree chart. It requires quality, service, and skills acquired through education, training and experience. The Heirlines Family History and Genealogy Center (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/) provides research and analysis services (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/services.html) provided by real genealogy professionals who are experts in their field because of their career commitment to professional genealogy standards of performance and ethical codes of conduct. These qualified professionals have provided scholarly genealogical and historical services for thousands of clients including individuals, family organizations, lineage societies, businesses, and government as well as served as expert witnesses for legal cases including probate, insurance claims, and property disputes. Their projects cover worldwide family trees in global languages, including, but not limited to: English, Welsh, Hungarian, Polish, German, Gaelic, French, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Portugese, Greek and other Scandanavia, Slavic,Germanic and Latin languages. Heirlines translates and discovers ancestor history in documents, records, microfilms that are modern or of ancient times. They are qualified in paleography (reading old handwriting and scripts) that is so essential to tracing ancestor history into royalty and other desirable lineages.

Heirlines offers you the following Family History and Genealogy Packages:

• Bronze Package (10 Hrs. In-depth Research &Analysis) (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/products/research_bronze.html)
• Silver Package (20 Hrs. In-depth Research &Analysis) (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/products/research_silver.html)
• Gold Package (40 In-depth Research &Analysis) (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/products/research_gold.html)
• Platinum Package (120 Hrs. In-depth Research &Analysis) (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/products/research_platinum.html)

What Makes Heirlines Different from other Genealogical Services?

With Heirlines, family history professionals offer a three phase process that is dedicated a specified amount of time to the research and analysis of your ancestor, Setup, Research, and Completion. You get to choose the size of each in-depth custom genealogical and historical project that is pursued on your ancestor history. Obviously, the more time that is purchased, affords Heirlines greater opportunities for finding your ancestors in the existent records and databases and for meeting your goals that are established during, Phase 1 Project Setup of your project.

In Phase 2 Project Research Heirlines professionals provide research, analysis, and reporting services that produce a detailed report with sourcing and documentation of the family tree information that was discovered during the research and analysis process. This information names, dates, events and locations, family history and details about the roots on your tree are presented in a narrative of the research conducted, complete with appropriate family group sheets, pedigree charts, records abstracts, and copies of all documents used as evidence to support and authenticate your genealogy and ancestry. In addition, Heirlines provides customers with copies of every document used in the reporting process. These ancestor history documents may include:

• Birth Certificates
• Baptismal Records
• Marriage Certificates
• Land Records
• Military Records
• Court Records
• Census Records
• Journals
• Family Trees
• Death Certificates
• Church Records

This information can also include the writings of your ancestors or the writings of their peers found in personal, community, county, state, or federal histories.

The narrative helps Heirlines customers
(link to: http://www.heirlines.com/testimonials.html) understand who their ancestors really were, who influenced their lives and the historical events which shaped the decisions that they made.

Using strict quality control, in Phase 3 Project Completion the work is compiled and assembled for priority mailing and delivery to the client. It is this kind of service, which truly sets Heirlines apart. Remember, Ancestors are the People of History and Heirlines is qualified to determine your family’s place in history.

Additional Features and Benefits

• Each custom project has additional features and benefits that enhance the ancestor research. Depending on what you choose, the project can include study of multiple surnames, DNA Testing, travel information for returning to your homeland, Data entry for Certified Family Tree®. Further details are available on the Heirlines Website (http://www.heirlines.com)

Questions?
For more information regarding ancestor history, contact (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/free_consultation.html) the Heirlines Family History and Genealogy Center, call the center at 1-800-570-4049 (toll-free) or refer to the following information:

• Articles (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/articles/archives/index.html)
• Articles from Meridian Magazine (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/articles/archives/meridian_magazine/index.html)
• Additional Writings (link to: http://www.heirlines.com/info/index.html)

Submitted by Mary E. Petty, BA (History), BA (Genealogy)

Ancestors are the People of History.● Do you know who yours are? ● Let the Professionals at HEIRLINES FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY find your ancestry! ●1-800-570-4049 ● www.heirlines.com ● PO Box 893 ● Salt Lake City, UT 84110

© 2008, Heirlines Family History & Genealogy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Heirlines Professional Genealogy Tip:

Accredited Genealogist (CM) AG (R)

Anyone can do genealogy work. However, few people enjoy the luxury of having sufficient time and resources at their disposal for doing scholarly genealogy history work that is required to produce a qualified and authentic family tree with the correct sourcing and documentation. Even those who do have the time and resources often lack the knowledge and experience that make doing family history work efficient rather than overly taxing of time and money.

If you are one of the many who aren’t able to expend the time or resources on doing family history work, your genealogy need not remain undone. There are many professional genealogists and professional genealogy research companies that are willing to help you find your roots. If you want verifiable documented research, make sure you hire a professional who is an Accredited Genealogist (CM).

What is an Accredited Genealogist?
In 1964, the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established the Accreditation Program for professional genealogy researchers. Administration of the program was transferred to an independent testing organization, the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists - ICAPGen (SM) - (http://www.icapgen.org/), in 2000. Since then qualified professional genealogists have been rigorously tested through their Accredited Genealogist program and have earned one or more AG (R) credentials in their area of research specialty.

In order to become an Accredited Genealogist, a person must
• have at least 1000 hours of research experience in the specific geographical or subject area they wish to become accredited in,
• submit an extensive application which includes a complete research project detailing their findings covering the immediate families of four generations of a family lineage (Family Lineage landing page) within the specific geographic region or ethnic group,
• agree to hold to high ethical and research standards and abide by a "code of ethics," and
• pass a rigorous exam.
While no formal genealogy classes are required, they are often recommended and can be credited toward the required experience hours.

Benefits of an Accredited Genealogist
As you can tell by the process a qualified professional genealogist must go through to become accredited, it’s not easy. Only truly determined, skilled, and experienced professional genealogists obtain accreditation and earn the AG designation. One of the most obvious benefits of employing an Accredited Genealogist is that you can know that he or she has had real experience. You can also be confident that he or she is an adept researcher who can use a variety of records, and can properly identify and link persons into your genealogical tree.

Heirlines Family History and Genealogy, Inc. has been climbing the family tree professionally since 1969. Heirlines (http://www.heirlines.com/aboutus.html) is a professional genealogy research company that was founded by James Petty, AG, CG, an Accredited Genealogist who has nearly 40 years of professional genealogy experience, training, and education. In addition to founding and heading Heirlines, (www.heirlines.com), Petty is also the co-founder of Heritage Genealogy College
(www.genealogy.edu). As a Senior US Reference Librarian for the Genealogical Society of Utah/Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1970s,(www.familysearch.org), Petty assisted in preparing and administering the accredited genealogist exams for all parts the United States.. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (www.apgen.org) and has obtained the elite credential of Certified Genealogist or CG through The Board for the Certification of Genealogists peer-review certification program. (www.bcgcertification.org).

Contact Heirlines today for a free consultation (http://www.heirlines.com/free_consultation.html) to hire an Accredited Genealogist to trace your family tree professionally.

Submitted by Mary E. Petty, BA (History, BA (Genealogy)

Ancestors are the People of History.● Do you know who yours are? ● Let the Professionals at HEIRLINES FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY find your ancestry! ●1-800-570-4049 ● www.heirlines.com ● PO Box 893 ● Salt Lake City, UT 84110

© 2008, Heirlines Family History & Genealogy, Inc. All rights reserved.