tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post5607586114623468097..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: The four waves of genealogical interestJDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-89409364510463530242014-03-06T08:11:31.297-05:002014-03-06T08:11:31.297-05:00Laura,
I agree with some of your points, but I wa...Laura,<br /><br />I agree with some of your points, but I wanted to disagree with your statement that "[Genetic genealogy's] impact on the genealogical field has had little impact to date IMHO." <br /><br />23andMe, Family Tree DNA, AncestryDNA, and National Genographic have sold more nearly 800,000 kits, mostly to genealogists in the United States. Every single major genealogy Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196130606969369791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-16941305487848288832014-03-05T22:50:07.808-05:002014-03-05T22:50:07.808-05:00A few points regarding your blog entry:
(a) it is...A few points regarding your blog entry:<br /><br />(a) it isn't clear to me which word is presented by which colour in the ngram line chart you have provided.<br /><br />(b) the Google ngram tool is limited in that it only includes the books that it has scanned not all the books that are in print. I also suspect that even with the best OCR applications in place some texts are never fully Laura O'Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12640478620908457283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-28622609711235198502014-03-02T10:06:39.403-05:002014-03-02T10:06:39.403-05:00At the time that Dr Calvert was speaking about the...At the time that Dr Calvert was speaking about the four waves, I was trying to remember why the Great Depression might have been significant. The New Deal of President Roosevelt kept coming to mind. Searching this morning revealed:<br /><br />National Archives History (NARA)<br /><br />Congress established the National Archives in 1934 to preserve and care for the records of the U.S. Government. Elizabeth Kipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624850767815592321noreply@blogger.com