For people hiring a genealogist

Before You Call a Genealogist — Part 1: Everything free and low-cost you should try before spending money on professional research. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/before-you-call-genealogist-read-andre-bagley-ag--3azec/

Why Genealogists Charge What They Charge — Part 2 The economics of independent professional practice, explained honestly. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-genealogists-charge-what-andre-bagley-ag--8izac/

Food for Thought: If Genealogy Were a Restaurant, The sit-down restaurant experience mapped onto the genealogist-client relationship. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/food-thought-genealogy-were-restaurant-guide-people-few-bagley-ag--xk06c/

The Value of Nothing: Why "I didn't find anything" is never the whole story. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/value-nothing-why-i-didnt-find-anything-never-whole-andre-bagley-ag--pbzqc/

On the craft of research

Why Great Genealogists Seem to Have Trust Issues: On house-of-cards pedigrees, identity verification, and why sources are not the same thing as proof. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-great-genealogists-seem-have-trust-issues-sources-bagley-ag--ewvxc/

Why Hire a Generalist? The case for hiring a credentialed genealogist to work outside their formal specialty area. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-hire-generalist-my-case-working-outside-specialty-bagley-ag--olo9c/

On the business of independent practice

The Overly Romanticized Myth of Self-Employment: What the math actually looks like when you run it honestly. Why the W-2 employee might be taking home more than the solo practitioner billing $80/hour. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/overly-romanticized-myth-self-employment-andre-bagley-ag--sdaic

The Dignity Trap: On white-collar workers, protections they need but are too proud to ask for, and what a market-first solution might actually look like. → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dignity-trap-why-white-collar-workers-need-theyre-too-bagley-ag--7hq8c

The Professional Genealogist Journey: On the path to professional practice — what it takes, what it costs, and what it builds. → https://www.pricegen.com/professional-genealogist-journey/

Solo: What Nobody Tells You: A 14-piece series on the real business of independent practice — pricing, sales, contracts, predatory vendors, time tracking, content strategy, benefits math, and management reality. Patrons get each piece 30 days before it goes public. → https://www.patreon.com/collection/2203269

Swedish genealogical research

He Left Without a Word. Here’s Why the Archives Couldn’t Tell Me — But His Family Could → https://www.pricegen.com/he-left-without-a-word-heres-why-the-archives-couldnt-tell-me-but-his-family-could/ 

Finding Swedish Roots → https://www.pricegen.com/finding-swedish-roots/

Old Swedish Maps Can Help You Find Ancestors Beyond Brick Walls → https://www.pricegen.com/old-swedish-maps-can-help-find-ancestors-beyond-brick-walls/

The Tale of Lars Nilsson → https://www.pricegen.com/tale-lars-nilssons/

Swedish Research Using Newspaper Collections → https://www.pricegen.com/swedish-research-using-newspaper-collections/

Saint Lucia's Day → https://www.pricegen.com/saint-lucias-day/

Marriage Records → https://www.pricegen.com/marriage-records-2/

US records research

World War I US Alien Registration Records → https://www.pricegen.com/world-war-i-u-s-alien-registration-records/

World War II Alien Registration Records → https://www.pricegen.com/world-war-ii-alien-registration-records/

Methodology lecture series — YouTube

Professional Genealogy Methodology Series A full lecture series on research questions, planning, evidence analysis, report writing, and more — including dedicated modules on Swedish records. → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWeldk5jmCxevlJR_F9GAY93YkxBXzwBx