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Genealogical Ethics in the United States and the Popularization of Genealogical Research in the Digital Age

Genealogy
This article examines genealogical ethics in the digital age. At a time when more resources for research are available digitally than ever previously, digital media also pose challenges for the large-scale dissemination of false or misleading information
Thomas Daniel Knight
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Introduction: Indigenous Perspectives on Genealogical Research [PDF]

Genealogy, 2021
Indigenous genealogies encompass complex layers of connection within and between human, environment and spirit, realms [...]
Nēpia Mahuika, Tahu Kukutai
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The sources of information of the genealogical tourist: the influence of social networks and genealogical associations

Heliyon, 2022
The increased demand for genealogical travel to places of family origin in recent years and its consequent economic and social repercussions have justified the aim of this research to obtain the sources of information used by genealogical tourists to ...
Ricardo Urrestarazu-Capellán, José Correa-Fernández, Francisco Sánchez-Cubo   +2 more
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Virginia Institute of Genealogy Research

Virginia Libraries, 2002
An innovative partnership between the Virginia Library Association and the Virginia Genealogical Society made a scholarship available for a VLA member to attend the annual Virginia Institute of Genealogical Research this past August.
Linda Derrer
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Family Microhistory: Genealogical Research in Szentes, Hungary

Hungarian Cultural Studies, 2022
This paper provides an account of the author’s family history in the context of her microhistorical research into the lives of her mostly peasant ancestors living in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Szentes, a small agricultural town in the middle of ...
Anna Fenyvesi
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Collaborations Between IPUMS and Genealogical Organizations, 1999-2022

Historical Life Course Studies, 2023
From 1999 to 2019, IPUMS collaborated with genealogical organizations to develop massive individual-level census datasets spanning the 1790 through 1940 period, and we are currently working on the 1950 census.
Steven Ruggles
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The persistent homology of genealogical networks

Applied Network Science, 2023
Genealogical networks (i.e. family trees) are of growing interest, with the largest known data sets now including well over one billion individuals. Interest in family history also supports an 8.5 billion dollar industry whose size is projected to double
Zachary M. Boyd, Nick Callor, Taylor Gledhill, Abigail Jenkins, Robert Snellman, Benjamin Webb, Raelynn Wonnacott   +6 more
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Correspondence Between Genomic- and Genealogical/Coalescent-Based Inference of Homozygosity by Descent in Large French-Canadian Genealogies

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Research on the genetics of complex traits overwhelmingly focuses on the additive effects of genes. Yet, animal studies have shown that non-additive effects, in particular homozygosity effects, can shape complex traits.
Kelly M. Burkett, Mohan Rakesh, Patricia Morris, Hélène Vézina, Hélène Vézina, Hélène Vézina, Catherine Laprise, Catherine Laprise, Ellen E. Freeman, Ellen E. Freeman, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon   +10 more
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Development of the Genealogical FamilySearch Database and Expanding Its Use to Map and Measure Multiple Generations of American Migration

Genealogy, 2021
Genealogical research is full of opportunities for connecting generations. Millions of people pursue that purpose as they put together family trees that span hundreds of years.
Samuel M. Otterstrom, Brian E. Bunker, Michael A. Farnsworth   +2 more
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Genealogical obscurement: mitochondrial replacement techniques and genealogical research

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2023
Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are a new group of biotechnologies that aim to aid women whose eggs have disease-causing deleteriously mutated mitochondria to have genetically related healthy children. These techniques have also been used to aid women with poor oocyte quality and poor embryonic development, to have genetically related ...
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