Genealogists generally spend their spare time researching and thinking about live in the past. However, an article by Victoria Song and published in the Gizmodo web site got me thinking about the opposite: life in the future. The article states (in part): Owning things used to be simple. You went to the store. You paid …
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Family History Library Reopens
Great news! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Family History Library reopened last Tuesday. The genealogical research facility had been closed since March of 2020 due to the pandemic. The library was also updated during the closure. Now, as guests walk inside, they’ll notice newly-organized research materials, upgraded technology, desktop book scanners, more …
New Zealand’s National Library Signs ‘Historic’ Agreement to Donate 600,000 Books to Online Archive
New Zealand’s National Library will donate 600,000 books that it was planning to cull from its overseas collection to a United States-based internet archive that will make digital copies of the works freely available online. National Librarian Rachel Esson announced the “historic” agreement on Monday, saying books left at the end of the library’s review …