Like I said in my introduction, I am a college student.

Basically I am looking to earn a few extra bucks doing something that I am interested in. What I am interested in is genealogy.

I have helped many, many people in my life research their families without ever making a profit. It started off doing my own and then helping out a couple others. the next thing I know I am getting at least one person every two weeks asking me about doing research. It can be incredibly time consuming, depending on the information that the prospect already knows. The last person I helped really wore me out, to the point that it just wasn't worth it anymore. I have to make money if I am going to give my time like this.

I am a novice when it comes to starting a business.

Would a business like this even work?

Like I said I just did it in my spare time because I was interested in it and I had no plans on making a business out of it.

So what are your thoughts? Any advice would be great.

Hopefully this is the right forum, I searched Genealogy and didn't find anything on it.

Thanks.

The question to ask yourself is "Would the people I have helped have paid for it had I asked?". If so, good start. Then "What would I have needed to charge to make it pay?" Do you think they would pay that much?

If that's no go, is there a product or service in that line of business which you could sell to the same people and make a good enough profit to be worthwhile?