True to a certain point because not all databases are available for
Internet use.  Not everyone's tree is online.  To that we still need
volunteers for lookups and people to post lineage someplace where others
can share and connect to or someone like me, who figure by now certain
branches would have been filled via scan documents, have no way of
knowing if people don't post their finds somewhere.   By not sharing
only creates new brick walls for others.

Now, I see you are a Muncy.  Have we corresponded before on a Muncy tree
here in Virginia?

Eric



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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rondina Muncy
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 11:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Genealgy Future

Eric,

I believe you are correct in your observation that some genealogical
websites that five to ten years ago were very active don't seem to be
updated. From this we cannot tell whether it is from lack of interest in
the sites by visitors or from lack of interest by persons or groups in
keeping up the sites.

My theory is that the abstracts and databases that used to be uploaded
and added to on a regular basis have been replaced by digital images of
the original records by repositories of all sorts. It used to be written
in stone that a trip to the library for derivative sources was the first
item in a genealogical research plan. My first step is to now search the
Internet for both derivative and original sources.

Rondina
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