tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post927886758606117704..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Dawn of the New Genealogical Information Age: Part Two -- We live in Turbulent TimesJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-1536346423819622462016-08-07T00:16:00.098-07:002016-08-07T00:16:00.098-07:00I tend to agree with Chad Milliner’s comments (to ...I tend to agree with Chad Milliner’s comments (to first post) regarding digitising original manuscripts rather than microfilmed copies.<br />Microfilming misses many marks on old manuscripts and digitising the result compounds the problem.<br />Having said that I can also see the logic of digitising the microfilms (speed, easy access and automatic processing) rather than returning to the originals and starting from scratch, but we must remember the result will be a compromise and in the case of some records a very poor compromise.<br /><br />I would be interested to hear what you mean by “In fact, how I do genealogical research today has changed substantially over the past two years and will continue to rapidly change in the very near future.” As I do not really understand what you mean.<br /><br />Surely the way you research has stayed the same, you move from the know to the unknown by a series of assumptions or possibilities that then are ascertained by finding other records to add weight to your argument for that particular choice or discard a choice when records show it could not be correct.<br /><br />This process does not change just because records are available online rather than by visiting distant repositories, or do you mean you are willing to accept options supplied by computed results based on a programmer’s logic?<br />Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661609230878792638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-21888803385328100802016-08-06T15:03:00.130-07:002016-08-06T15:03:00.130-07:00I feel that autosomal DNA analysis techniques, tha...I feel that autosomal DNA analysis techniques, that are only now being developed, may change our task again, to simply assigning the names to the boxes of our ancestors that the analysis has already connected for us.Louis Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704667321407909489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-60449381200587658272016-08-06T10:26:48.018-07:002016-08-06T10:26:48.018-07:00Yes research is done so differently today. It is ...Yes research is done so differently today. It is hard to imagine the changes that have come about will will continue to change the face of genealogy. The Brigham City Forthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730977120055467249noreply@blogger.com