By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams
When I began my genealogy journey almost thirty years
ago, computers were not what they are today. We didn’t have Facebook nor did we
have Family Tree in the capacity in which it exists today. That’s not to say that
we didn’t have access to distant files, but other avenues of research and
making connections were not as readily available as they are today.
I’m a member of no less than twelve genealogical
groups. All of those are online. Back in 1983 when Ancestry first launched,
they didn’t have anywhere near the number of files that are available to us
today. And DNA testing was not even on the horizon. That began in earnest in
2000 when Family Tree became the first company to offer direct-to-consumer testing
for genealogy purposes. In 2019, we cannot imagine not having these vehicles
at our disposal. As the old saying goes, we’ve
come a long way, baby.
