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added to on a regular basis have been replaced by digital images of the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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On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. <
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>
>
> <snip> I am finding that more and more old established genealogy websites
> have
> become outdated (I just ran across one that shows its last update was in
> 2004!).  Various surname and county lists and forums are rarely visited
> or posted to.  I looked at Burke County, GA list on Genealogy.com and
> saw a post I made nearly 9-years ago only half way down the first page.
> Links are no longer working, volunteer email addresses have changed, and
> there just doesn't seem to be any substitute sites.  In other words
> trying to do research online as in years past is almost futile.
>
> Has the hobby become out of favor to a point of no longer supporting
> these once valuable information sharing sites?  Outside of paying
> through the nose to subscribe to Ancestry which in itself is now
> becoming outdated as no new Family Trees seem to be posted-uploaded, are
> there other online options for help when one can not travel?
>
> Eric
>
>

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