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Thursday, April 10, 2008
IGCS Survey Bulletin No. 1
While I am not at liberty to release all of my survey results until my PhD has been marked and accepted, I am pleased to announce I will be publishing a series of "survey result bulletins", briefly discussing pertinent results from the PhD survey.
The primary audience for these bulletins is of course, the very people who responded to the survey. An email has therefore been sent to every participant that recorded their email address whencompleting the survey (= 2115). An email has also been sent to every genealogical sociaety who forwarded the call to participate to their members on my behalf (=119).
Thesis Progress & Review Scheduling is now available online, detailing the progress with my thesis writing and reviewing. The document will be updated on a fortnighly basis.
After two babies, moving house twice, and a long deserved break from research, I have now returned to my PhD and am on the home stretch! So if anyone is still reading this, thank you! It has been a long and fruitful journey, though also one I will be happy to finish :)
I have revised my Project Plans for my return to the research and have also discussed a progress and review schedule with my supervisor to get my thesis written. From here on in, I will be writing and submitting chapters for review monthly (approximately) with the end result being a complete thesis draft by November 2008, review and corrections come December 2008 and January 2009, and official submission in February 2009!
Section 2.1. "Defining Genealogy" has been completed and submitted for review. The following is the bibliography for that section.
Bishop, R. (2003, 07 November). In the Grand Scheme of Things: An Exploration of the Meaning of Genealogical Research. Proceedings of Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Conference. Wilmington, Delaware. Bishop, R. (2005). "The Essential Force of the Clan": Developing a Collecting-Inspired Ideology of Genealogy through Textual Analysis. Journal of Popular Culture, 38(6), 990-1110. Encyclopædia Britannica. (2004). Genealogy. Retrieved 26 March 2004 from the Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service website. Ensley, G. (2002). Set of Records Helps Descendents of Former Slaves with Genealogy Research. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, p. 1. Retrieved 15 July 2006 from the ProQuest database. Green, A. (2006). History: Genealogy society offers new, in-depth studies of family lineage. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, p. 1. Retrieved 15 July 2006 from the ProQuest database. Gunn, M. (1997, 28 February). A Relative History - The Popularity of Family History in Australia. The Australian, p. 13. Haley, A. (1976). Roots. London: Doubleday. Home, A. J. (2002). The Pursuit of Popular Genealogy. Unpublished Masters thesis, the University of Calgary, Calgary. Humble, G. B. (1999). Genealogy and the Internet. Unpublished Masters Thesis, the Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga. Mills, E. S. (2003). Genealogy in the "Information Age": History's New Frontier? National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 91(December 2003), 260-277. Null, D. (1985). Genealogy and Family History in the Academic Library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(1), 29-33 Retrieved 15 July 2006 from the Business Source Premier database. Potter-Phillips, D. (1999). History of Genealogy. Family Chronicle, July/August. Quinn, P. M. (1991). The Surge of Interest in Genealogy Reflects a Populist Strand of Society with Important Implications for our Culture. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 37(36), B2. Ryant, C. (1982). Oral History as Popular Culture. Journal of Popular Culture, XV(Spring). Retrieved 15 July 2006 from the Blackwell Synergy database. Spurway, J. (1989). The growth of family history in Australia. The Push: A Journal Of Early Australian Social History, 27, 53-112. Starn, R. (2002). The Early Modern Muddle. Journal of Early Modern History, 6(3-4), 296-307. Starr, D. (1989). Clayton Genealogical Society Searches Out Family Roots. The Atlanta Constitution, p. XI3. Retrieved 15 June 2006 from the ProQuest database. Taylor, R. M., & Crandal, R. J. (1986). Historians and Genealogists: An Emerging Community of Interest. In R. M. Taylor & R. J. Crandal (Eds.), Generations and Change: Genealogical Perspectives in Social History (pp. 3-29). Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Wagner, A. R. (1960). English Genealogy. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Wolf, J. C. (n.d.). Tools & Technique of Genealogical Research. Retrieved 04 May 2004 from the Heraldry on the Internet website: http://digiserve.com/heraldry/tools.htm.
Section 2.5. "Previous Studies on Genealogy and the Internet"
Section 2.5. "Previous Studies on Genealogy and the Internet" has been completed and submitted for review. The following is the bibliography for that section.
Aubé, C., & Ettori, F. (2005). Change of practices with the arrival of a new media (internet) : a commented example by the practices of the non professional genealogists in France. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 2-5). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Bishop, R. (2003, 07 November). In the Grand Scheme of Things: An Exploration of the Meaning of Genealogical Research. Proceedings of Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Conference. Wilmington, Delaware.
Bockstruck, L. D. (1983). Four Centuries of Genealogy: A Historical Overview. RQ, 23, 162-170.
Brighton District Library. (2001). Brighton Room Genealogy Survey 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2004 from the Brighton District Library website: http://brightonlibrary.info/brighton/survey.html.
Bryan, C. F., Jr. (1986). In My Opinion: What should we do about the "genies"? History News, 41(1), 31-33.
Canadian Genealogy Centre. (2003). Canadian Genealogy Online: Building an Innovative Model of Cooperation. Retrieved 14 January 2004 from the National Archives of Canada website: http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/01/010202_e.html.
D'Addezio, I. (1998). Online Genealogy Questionnaire. Retrieved 27 May 2004 from the GenealogyToday.com website: http://www.daddezio.com/survey/ask.mv?xo=8G&url=http://www.genealogytoday.com/survey/index.html.
Drake, P. J. (2001). Findings from the Fullerton Genealogy Study: A Master's Thesis Project by Pamela J. Drake. Retrieved 14 January 2003 from the California State University Fullerton website: http://psych.fullerton.edu/genealogy/.
Duff, W. M., & Johnson, C. A. (2003). Where is the List with All the Names? Information-Seeking Behavior of Genealogists. The American Archivist, 66(1), 79-95.
Easton, A. (2002). Burke's Survey Results. Retrieved 27 May 2004 from the Burke's Peerage & Gentry website: http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/news/news111102.asp.
Family Stewards Inc. (2004). The Genealogy Portal --Linking genealogy consumers with with customer rated providers [PDF]. Retrieved 14 August 2004 from the Lasting Links website: http://web.archive.org/web/20040726191740/http://lastinglinks.com/provider/MarketingBrochure.pdf.
Fulton, C. (2005). Social Networks of Information Seeking and Lifelong Learning: The Case of Genealogists Exploring Their Irish Ancestry. Proceedings of ASIS&T 2005 Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together. Charlotte, North Carolina: AACE.
Gardiner, J. (2004). Unpublished, the Robert Gordon University, Scotland.
Green, K. (2000). You're a What?: Genealogist. Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 44(3), p34-35.
Guillory, A. R. (1990, 25 October). Survey of Genealogy Software used by readers. [1990, 16062931298]. Message posted to the ROOTS-L electronic mailing list, archived at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/R/ROOTS+1990+16062931298+F.
Hamilton, R. (1991, 02 April). Access to ROOTS-L survey. [1991, 12962308853]. Message posted to the ROOTS-L electronic mailing list, archived at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/R/ROOTS+1991+12962308853+F.
Helm, M. (1996). Genealogy Toolbox Survey of Genealogists on the World Wide Web. Retrieved 15 June 2006 from the Genealogy Toolbox website: http://web.archive.org/web/20010502141116/http://www.tbox.com/tims/96febsur.html.
Kaye, B. K., & Johnson, T. J. (1999). Research Methodology: Taming the Cyber Frontier. Social Science Computer Review, 17, 323-337.
Kuglin, H. (2004). Granny Hunting: The Information Seeking Behavior of Genealogists in Open Access Libraries - A Quantitative Study. Proceedings of Library & Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA) 2004. Auckland, New Zealand.
Lambert, R. D. (2000). A Study of Genealogists & Family Historians. Retrieved 14 January 2003 from the Faculty of Arts University of Waterloo website: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rdlamber/genstudy.htm.
Litzer, D. S. (1997). Library and Genealogical Society Cooperation in Developing Local Genealogical Services and Collections. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 37(1), 37-52.
Manis, C. (1990, 05 November). soc.roots readers survey. [1990, 16973110608]. Message posted to the ROOTS-L electronic mailing list, archived at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/R/ROOTS+1990+16973110608+F.
Marshall, T. (1999). Archives Users and the Web: Considerations for Archivists. Proceedings of Society of American Archivists, 1999 Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA.
Meethan, K. (2003). Searching for Roots. Retrieved 02 December 2003 from the University of Plymouth Sociology Department website: http://web.archive.org/web/20041027135522/http://www.sociology.plymouth.ac.uk/~kmeethan/roots.htm. Mills, E. S. (2003). Genealogy in the "Information Age": History's New Frontier? National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 91(December 2003), 260-277.
Moorshead, H. (2001). Readers Speak: Uses and Abuses of the Internet Survey. Family Chronicle, November/December 2001. Retrieved from https://familychronicle.com/Survey_03.html.
Morgan, G. G. (1998). The Genealogy Forum on America Online: The Official User's Guide: Ancestry Publishing.
Olsen, M. (1999). GENEALOGY NEWSGROUPS: One Person's Historical View. Retrieved 10 July 2006 from the Roostweb.com website: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~socgen/Newshist.htm.
Online Genealogy Research Survey. (2002). Retrieved 14 January 2003 from the The Wakefield SRC (Surname Resource Centre) website: http://www.geocities.com/wakefieldsrc/survey.html.
Online Genealogy Research Survey. (n.d.). Retrieved 14 January 2003 from the The Wakefield SRC (Surname Resource Centre) website: http://www.geocities.com/wakefieldsrc/survey.html.
Papoutsy, M. (2003). HCS Genealogy Survey. Retrieved 14 January 2004 from the Hellenic Communication Service website: http://www.helleniccomserve.com/genealogysurvey.html.
Partridge, D., Cribbs, W., Schulze, L., White, J., & Reid, K. (2002a). Are you a subscriber to a commercial genealogy site? Retrieved 14 January 2004 from the GenHelp.org website: http://www.genhelp.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&req=results&pollID=5&mode=&order=&thold=.
Partridge, D., Cribbs, W., Schulze, L., White, J., & Reid, K. (2002b). Do you have your own family database web page? Retrieved 27 May 2004 from the GenHelp.org website: http://web.archive.org/web/20040714131956/http://www.genhelp.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&req=results&pollID=4&mode=&order=&thold=.
Quinn, P. M. (1991). The Surge of Interest in Genealogy Reflects a Populist Strand of Society with Important Implications for our Culture. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 37(36), B2.
Roberts, R. (2002). Genealogy Web Site Survey. Retrieved 15 February 2005 from the Global Gazette website: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gaztec/gaztec85.htm.
Taylor, R. M., & Crandal, R. J. (1986). Historians and Genealogists: An Emerging Community of Interest. In R. M. Taylor & R. J. Crandal (Eds.), Generations and Change: Genealogical Perspectives in Social History (pp. 3-29). Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.
Walczyk, K. (2006). Amerykańskie poszukiwania genealogiczne: moda czy potrzeba zakorzenienia. Unpublished Masters Thesis, the Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków
Wood, C. A. (2005). Toward the new genealogy: Genealogical research in archives and the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 1969--2004 Unpublished Master of Arts Thesis, the University of Manitoba, Canada.
