Mercedes (64) no longer has a job that provides income. He lives on his widow’s pension and helps others with his hobbies.
Over the years, Mercedes (64) worked in various fields, for example in quality control at a car company or in customer service at a telephone company, reports the “Huffingtonpost” in Spanish. However, that ended when she had children.
Even after raising children, she has no plans to return to work. She now lives on a widow’s pension of 1,600 euros and assumes she will receive her own small pension within a few months. “I assumed it would be credited to my retirement fund,” he told the “Hoffingtonpost.”
Hobby rather than work: Mercedes helps people with genealogy research
For the Spaniard, the focus is on genealogy: “I look for information about baptisms, marriages and deaths in the cities of Almeria to help people with their genealogy,” he told the Spanish portal.
To do this, he travels to the province three times a year to search archives and consult with parishes. He didn’t get any money for it.
4 common mistakes when doing genealogy research
If you want to learn more about your own ancestors, it’s best to avoid the following mistakes, according to “Ancestry”:
- No source documentation: To gain ongoing benefit from the information, you must write down where the information came from.
- You rely solely on online data: Information on the Internet may be inaccurate.
- Fake Family Exploration: Take it one step at a time – you only go one generation forward if you have proof that the data you collected previously belongs to your story.
- They ignore the maiden names of female ancestors.
You may be charged the following fees for genealogy research.
