>Congratulations on your many accomplishments !! You have done very well for

yourself.

Steve and Bunny,

The more important measure for genealogists, IMO, is whether they have done
well for their family and the field itself. If certification--i.e,, those
"initials after a name" that you inquired about--is seen as "reaching some
special status," then certification amounts to nothing but an ego trip. I
would hope that genealogical certification would be seen by the public as a
statement that genealogy is a legitimate field of study and practice, with
standards that professionals believe in and adhere to.

(Sunday morning is just about over, so I'll keep this sermon short :).

Elizabeth

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