What’s Past is Prologue: Yesterday’s Influence on Today’s Genealogy Research.Thomas Jay Kemp, MLS Director, Genealogy Products - NewsBank, inc. The Past, Present & Future of Genealogy in the Library Saturday, June 26, 2010 National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

1. What’s Past is Prologue Yesterday’s Influence on Today’s Genealogy Research Thomas Jay Kemp The Past Present and Future of Genealogy in the Library National Press Club 26 June 2010

8. Timeline - 1912

14. Pace of Genealogy is steadily increasing.

15. Our Patrons Use Home Sources

16. Our Patrons Use Library Sources

17. Our Patrons bring their charts

22. And head into the stacks

23. To find their answers….

24. Books like …

25. Books like …

28. Eastern Argus Portland, Maine: 19 Aug 1828 – Page 3

30. Back to the stacks… Widener Library - Harvard

35. Libraries started to respond to the demand

36. Library Pioneer Fremont Rider (1885-1962) Saw the value of Genealogy

37. Godfrey Memorial Library

38. Proposed the Digital Library

40. Fremont Rider invented the first Library Book Truck

42. Fremont Rider pioneered Compact Book Storage Compact Book Storage: some suggestions toward a new methodology for the shelving of less used research materials. 1949

43. Libraries used Inter-library Loan to bring library collections to patrons

45. Libraries used Internet to bring library collections to patrons

54. Over 1,700 city directories

55. Over 1,700 city directories

57. Family History Archives http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php

62. GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com

63. GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com

64. Newspapers

65. African American Newspapers

66. Hispanic American Newspapers

67. Newspapers in multiple languages German, French, Japanese etc.…

68. Obituaries

69. Birth & Marriage announcements

70. Passenger Lists

71. Family Reunions

72. Newspapers published letters from soldiers...

77. Military Records - Revolutionary War

78. Military Records - Army, Navy, Air Force Registers

79. Libraries began looking for collections online

84. Sarah Adeline Huse Warren, Knox County, Maine “lingering sickness” “two years” “second daughter” Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) – 17 Mar 1825

85. eBay.com

88. Scribd.com

89. Scribd.com

90. Scribd.com

91. Scribd.com

92. Scribd.com

93. Facebook.com

94. Family Photos, Clippings Facebook.com

95. Facebook: Garcelon

96. Facebook.com

97. www.YouTube.com

98. www.YouTube.com

100. It’s a Great Day for Genealogy! 1620-2010