Folks, in my neck of the woods (NC), I don't see genealogy declining. I DO,
however, see it as a research project for retired people. It seems that
younger folks are too busy with children, jobs, and civic/church activities
to devote time to genealogy. Most are hard pressed to find even enough time
for those things, let alone genealogical research.
Cecelia Butler Mathis
most of whose ancestors came from Virginia
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From: Eric Huffstutler
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Cemeteries and Burial question
Diane, I am not going to blast you for your opinions but do you think that
your observation about the “hobby’ as it has been commonly known for as long
as I have been working with genealogy the past 30-years, is a parade passing
us by? That those of the same interest as you are also of the same age
bracket if not older? I go to the Library of Virginia and see the average
age of researchers are over 50-years. You are not seeing people in their
teens or twenties there doing serious research on family history. In fact I
have closed down my own family research and passing on the baton – or at
least I tried to but could find NO ONE younger than me in my family who is
interested in continuing on or wanting to devote time to it hence my
comments. The older people will be dying off and apparently younger
generations have less to no interest in genealogy. This is not a new
phenomenon either but something that has been building up as time marches
on.
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Schug-O'Neill, Diane
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Cemeteries and Burial question
At the risk of getting hacked at, again...
Pointing out that others do not share that interest does not equate to my
referring to genealogy as "a hobby" - I also do not agree that it is falling
to the wayside. I agree with Sandy that it is as strong as ever. It may, in
fact, continue to grow. After all, how many times do we see adds on TV to
blindly "follow that leaf" after simply typing in your own name.
I am not a pessimist, I am a pragmatist. I am very well aware of my family
origins and communicate that information with any younger family member
whenever it is practical. That includes returning to those origins; visiting
cemeteries; looking at photos and documents.
Returning to Read Only Mode,
Diane
Diane T. Schug-O’Neill
Digital Conversion Specialist
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
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