How Technology Is Changing the Family Tree: A Future Tense Event Recap

in the news | January 27, 2015

Slate

Ariel Bogle:

At a Future Tense event in New York City last week, Jacobs, along with the author Maud Newton; Chris Whitten, the CEO of the collaborative family history site WikiTree; and genealogist Wilhelmina Rhodes Kelly discussed their experiences exploring their family histories, and their concerns about where the technology could take us.

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