Genealogical research like all things has evolved. While we have the 
sites that provide information for pay (these are available to 
individuals at local libraries in many instances), we also have numerous 
institutions such as the Library of Virginia that provide a tremendous 
number of records free to online researchers. Volunteers are no longer 
limited to creating indexes to local records; they can now index records 
from any location through FamilySearch. GoogleBooks and FamilySearch's 
digital book scanning initiative, the Library of Congress's newspaper 
scanning project and NARA's digitization program are all providing 
access that was unavailable a few years ago. Attendance at the National 
Genealogical Society's annual conference held in Salt Lake last year was 
the largest on record. Genealogy is far from dead.

Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS

PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960
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On 11/3/2010 11:46 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. wrote:
> In the past I posted the question "Is Genealogy Dead" because of
> seemingly lack of interest these days.  Then I got a flurry of responses
> but not about a year later, I again pose this question.
>
> I do so because I have talked with history research departments that
> handle genealogy in various cities in other states as well as my own
> experiences and can say that:
>
> 1) Volunteers have become a dying breed.
>
> 2) Websites are not maintained on a regular basis as in the past which
> include old URL addresses and/or dead links within pages and no new
> materials added.  Even a leader like Rootsweb is a mess.
>
> 3) Websites like RAOGK have people listed but you rarely receive a
> response from anyone now - mainly because their email address has
> changed due to their backing out being a volunteer and cycles back to #2
> above.
>
> I feel that within the past 20-30 years the hobby has died out.  the
> generation interested has retired and packed their work away or has
> themselves died and the following generations have zero interest in
> things "old".  Have no family bonds as those in years past prior to the
> computer age.  And basically could care less (the general attitude of
> people in the work force today).
>
> What is one to do for those of us who wish to continue finding lost
> relatives from afar and rely on the Internet?
>
> Eric
>
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