I wrote the following in 2004:

In this day and age, information from research can come from many different sources.
    As a paralegal student, I found that my previous experience doing research enhanced my ability to obtain my paralegal certificate.
    Books I have helped compile were bought by the State Law Library in Maryland where formerly  resided.
    This previous research experience deals with family research, and to use a word that makes law librarians shudder-genealogy.
    I hope to change this perception. Those who do family research, for the most part are on the same page as most paralegal research requests.
    Explanations of Bard v Poe, beyond a reasonable doubt vs Preponderance  of evidence and the genealogy standard of evidence can be found explained in several places on the internet.
    This is the standard required by many authorities for publication. Few discussions of research results can match those published with poor documentation...
    Which professions work as certified genealogists? Private investigators, lawyers, teachers, college professors. What kind of records to they access and what sites do they use on the internet? Think big.

    So next time you need a record checked, but don’t know how to access it, ask a family researcher.
    My research does not require that I know the answer, but that I know how to research and find the answer[s].