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Page 1: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we
Page 2: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

“The Lord has guided the development of

information technology and accelerated its

role in work for the dead, and will continue

to do so. However, we stand only on the

threshold of what we can do with these tools. I feel that our most enthusiastic projections can capture only a tiny glimpse of how these tools can help us - and of the eternal consequences of these efforts.” -President Howard W. Hunter, 100th anniversary of the Genealogical Society of Utah

Page 3: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

1927 1938 1963 1969 ‘70 ‘84 ‘90 ‘93 ’99 ’01 ‘05 ‘11

Past Century

Page 4: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

Family History

1927 1938 1963 1969 ‘70 ‘84 ‘90 ‘93 ’99 ’01 ‘05 ‘11

TIB microfilm IGI PAF GraniteVault

FamilySearch

TempleReady

familysearch.org

GIANT(Genealogical Indexing And

Name Tabulation)Fuzzy Matching, search with

name variants, locality

Gedcom

new.familysearch

Online access/search of digital records

Linkagematch/merge

Genealogical websitesshare/edit

Large scaleScanning/Indexing

Social Networks/Col

laboration

AI/Research Guidance

Page 5: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

Family History

Technology PCs

1927 1938 1963 1969 ‘70 ‘84 ‘90 ‘93 ’99 ’01 ‘05 ‘11

TIB microfilm IGI PAF GraniteVault

FamilySearch

TempleReady

familysearch.org

GIANT(Genealogical Indexing And

Name Tabulation)Fuzzy Matching, search with

name variants, locality

Gedcom

FirstElectronic Computer

DiskDrives

WWWemail

new.familysearch

Online access/search of digital records

Linkagematch/merge

Genealogical websitesshare/edit

Large scaleScanning/Indexing

Social Networks/Col

laboration

AI/Research Guidance

Digital Cameras

CellphonesWireless

PDAs

Page 6: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

Family History

Technology PCs

1927 1938 1963 1969 ‘70 ‘84 ‘90 ‘93 ’99 ’01 ‘05 ‘11

TIB microfilm IGI PAF GraniteVault

FamilySearch

TempleReady

familysearch.org

GIANT(Genealogical Indexing And

Name Tabulation)Fuzzy Matching, search with

name variants, locality

Gedcom

FirstElectronic Computer

DiskDrives

WWWemail

new.familysearch

Online access/search of digital records

Linkagematch/merge

Genealogical websitesshare/edit

Large scaleScanning/Indexing

Social Networks/Col

laboration

AI/Research Guidance

Digital Cameras

capacity

costCellphones

WirelessPDAs

Page 7: “The Lord has guided the development of information technology and accelerated its role in work for the dead, and will continue to do so. However, we

Family History

Technology PCs

1927 1938 1963 1969 ‘70 ‘84 ‘90 ‘93 ’99 ’01 ‘05 ‘11

TIB microfilm IGI PAF GraniteVault

FamilySearch

TempleReady

familysearch.org

GIANT(Genealogical Indexing And

Name Tabulation)Fuzzy Matching, search with

name variants, locality

Gedcom

FirstElectronic Computer

DiskDrives

WWWemail

new.familysearch

Online access/search of digital records

Linkagematch/merge

Genealogical websitesshare/edit

Large scaleScanning/Indexing

Social Networks/Col

laboration

AI/Research Guidance

Digital Cameras

capacity

costCellphones

WirelessPDAs

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