[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: question, re: Internet history and online genealogy

[Janet Abbate]

If anyone knows about this and cares to respond, please reply  
directly to josh.tapper at gmail.com.
Thanks,
Janet


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Josh Tapper <josh.tapper at gmail.com>
> Date: April 30, 2010 2:48:42 PM EDT
> To: abbate at computer.org
> Subject: question, re: Internet history and online genealogy
>
> Dear Prof. Abbate,
>
> My name is Josh Tapper;; I'm a freelance journalist and student at  
> the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York. For the  
> past few months I've been reporting a story on the rise of  
> mainstream, or popular, genealogy and what that means for the field  
> at large. Ancestry.com, an online genealogy search engine and data  
> compiler, is the world's most prominent source for genealogical  
> research. Essentially, it controls how people do genealogy.
>
> Generally speaking, genealogy has been on the web for years. I've  
> often heard that it's one of the most search topics. I've also  
> heard that genealogy (and porn) was behind most Internet activity.
>
> I was hoping you might be able to comment on the historical  
> relationship between genealogy and the Internet. If not, would you  
> be able to recommend someone who might?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> -Josh Tapper
> M.S. Magazine '10
> Columbia Graduate School of Journalism


Dr. Janet Abbate
Dept. of Science & Technology in Society
Virginia Tech