tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post3735067585724612498..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Has the internet replaced the genealogical society and the archive? JDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-26064637432803964612012-10-14T22:57:09.103-04:002012-10-14T22:57:09.103-04:00Glenn has it exactly. Too many, particularly those...Glenn has it exactly. Too many, particularly those on sites like Ancestry.com, believe that "it is all on the Internet" One gentleman actually said that to me at Col By Day in August. I don't know what percentage of "genealogical" records are on-line but, considering that new ones are produced daily, it cannot have risen much above the 2% that was quoted a few years ago. Mike Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667387951383193059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-75695982701607306702012-10-14T17:58:50.010-04:002012-10-14T17:58:50.010-04:00I feel sad that people are disappointed with their...I feel sad that people are disappointed with their societies. The Victoria Genealogical Society (www.victoriags.org) is highly relevant, super active and great fun. The Resource Centre buzzes with activity and the sharing of knowledge. Our monthly meetings are educational and entertaining. Our Saturday workshops are often sold out. Our projects are many. Our website is useful and our membership Cannukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007000434271046821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-59774125434926018532012-10-14T15:39:34.966-04:002012-10-14T15:39:34.966-04:00It is true that people are using the internet to r...It is true that people are using the internet to research more and more, but I really, really loved the Ancestry Insider's recent article (http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/become-that-dynamic-destination.html) which explains that to survive, societies need to MAKE themselves be valuable to the community, and MAKE themselves be needed which does also mean adapting with the times.Alona Testerhttp://www.lonestester.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-82788644204012139092012-10-14T10:30:11.982-04:002012-10-14T10:30:11.982-04:00As a one-time archivist, I can say without hesitat...As a one-time archivist, I can say without hesitation that archives, at whatever level, hold material of interest to those involved in family history & genealogy. We have become dependent on online resources and this alone has given a tremendous boost to research activity. However, I have always felt there are records that are simply overlooked because they do not lend themselves to Glenn Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-92013424286571618212012-10-14T09:19:28.082-04:002012-10-14T09:19:28.082-04:00Although I belong to BIFHSGO, OGS and the Guild of...Although I belong to BIFHSGO, OGS and the Guild of one name studies these days I used to belong to six of the English counties societies but I prefer that journals be online these days and that is just starting to happen. I will rejoin Devon, Somerset/Dorset, Hampshire, Birmingham and the Midlands, Cumbria and Yorkshire when the ability to have journals delivered online (instead of paper copy) Elizabeth Kipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624850767815592321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-2758734641883169572012-10-14T08:39:41.325-04:002012-10-14T08:39:41.325-04:00Personally for me it all boils down to people and ...Personally for me it all boils down to people and our interaction together. This is something that cannot easily be replaced with an online digital resource. Libraries have and continue to struggle with this as well. Good post!Tony Bandyhttp://www.libraryknowledge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-91953532195697400392012-10-14T03:17:11.930-04:002012-10-14T03:17:11.930-04:00I think the challenge is to find more creative way...I think the challenge is to find more creative ways in which we can engage with local archives in particular through the internet. I've been using various Nottinghamshire archives - which are generally great - but through time and geography constraints having to do it remotely and don't feel there is a way for me to share back or easily with others discoveries that I am making. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520714917261279894noreply@blogger.com