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Privacy Issues with Online Trees

Filed Under Collaboration, Conferences, Methods, Online Trees By Randy Schoenberg on July 14, 2015

The right to privacy is a relatively recent legal construction, and one that is still evolving. As genealogists, people whose goal is to learn and write about personal details of other people, we often hear complaints about invasion of privacy. […]

Opinion: Concerns About “Collaborative Genealogy” Websites

Filed Under Collaboration, Online Trees, Online Trees By Israel Pickholtz on February 28, 2015

 The presentation of Adam Brown and E. Randol Schoenberg at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ conference in Boston in August 2013 and their articles in AVOTAYNU, Summer 2013, examine the future of genealogy research with particular attention to […]

Opinion: On Certainty in Genealogy

Filed Under Collaboration, Online Trees By Randy Schoenberg on December 9, 2013

In June, I wrote an article on collaborative genealogy for Avotaynu entitled “Is Our Tree Better Than My Tree? The Benefits and Pitfalls of Collaborative Genealogy,” In recent articles, two Avotaynu authors have responded by raising concerns about collaborative genealogy, […]

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