I also enjoyed reading this thread, but I did wonder about the subject heading, "Wondering". It is provocative, but does it truly reflect what we discussed?
My mom (1910-2004) did her genealogy via typewriter and the postal service, while I do it via computer. Her database was very small, maybe a 100. Mine is approaching 7000.
The advent of computers had changed the means and maybe the philosophy of genealogy research and recording.
Jim
Rob Weiss wrote:
A useful thread - thanks for kicking it off Bill; I'd been wondering the smae thing!
On Apr 11, 2005 8:56 AM, Dennis Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:34:13 -0400, "Dave Hook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just a thought - perhaps this sort of thing IS becoming a trend in genealogy because software such as Legacy enables us to easily keep track of such a huge number of family members and relationships, wheras in the past it would have been near impossible.
That's a great observation. Without the invention of the PC, the Internet, and today's software, I probably wouldn't bother to track anyone but a direct line ancestor and his/her siblings. There is a 90+ year old lady at the FHC I visit who tells me ... over and over again ... about the old days when she had to type (on a typewriter) family group sheets. That in itself would be pretty discouraging. We have it pretty good...
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