Genealogy is very much alive. The methods of gathering information have
changed. In the past 20-years or so the money has taken over. We used to
share and share alike our findings through free webpages such as Roots Web
and others. Ancestry.com was just a floundering unethical start-up who knew
how to bring in the money. They didn't care whether they posted info
accurately or not but the subscriptions came in ... After awhile they
purchased the rights to any information on the formerly free websites . . .
Then they started to gather some useful things such as the Census Images.
People subscribed like crazy (me included) to be able to search the census
records ... Ancestry has taken over ... but never fear ... there are
actually some sites out there that archive historical records that you can
still go into without having to subscribe. Most of us have quit posting on
the public sites our acquired information because it is misused and we try
to do it privately through e-mail. I could go on about this but mainly need
to say ... NO!!! Genealogy is not dead.....and.. VIRGINIA needs to provide
more in the early records for us out here who need to search by the internet
for records .... I don't think my mule will make it all the way from So.
California back to Virginia ... He's as old as I am ... in mule years that
is ....
Hannah Powell
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From: "JEFFREY D SOUTHMAYD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Is Genealogy Dead?
It's my understanding ancestry.com is making money hand over fist. If true,
someone must be interested in genealogy.
JDS
-----Original Message-----
From: Huffstutler, Eric S. <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wed, Nov 3, 2010 11:46 am
Subject: Is Genealogy Dead?
In the past I posted the question "Is Genealogy Dead" because of
eemingly lack of interest these days. Then I got a flurry of responses
ut not about a year later, I again pose this question.
I do so because I have talked with history research departments that
andle genealogy in various cities in other states as well as my own
xperiences 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
nclude old URL addresses and/or dead links within pages and no new
aterials added. Even a leader like Rootsweb is a mess.
3) Websites like RAOGK have people listed but you rarely receive a
esponse from anyone now - mainly because their email address has
hanged due to their backing out being a volunteer and cycles back to #2
bove.
I feel that within the past 20-30 years the hobby has died out. the
eneration interested has retired and packed their work away or has
hemselves died and the following generations have zero interest in
hings "old". Have no family bonds as those in years past prior to the
omputer age. And basically could care less (the general attitude of
eople in the work force today).
What is one to do for those of us who wish to continue finding lost
elatives from afar and rely on the Internet?
Eric
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