Culture or Circumstances?
Marlee Matlin has really got me thinking.
Now I am going to read census records with empathy.
I told a friend who is doing a one -place study
to be sure to extract that sanitorium/hospital.
But did I look for those gaps...
The silence in the records?
I've always tried to find the missing children
when there was a gap.
But Intentional Inclusion has opened my eyes.
What exactly did my family pass on
from generation to generation that was
kept in SILENCE?
What's New on FamilySearch
I never considered myself to be an archivist,
but I am a record custodian in this
Soccer team Parable.
I'm not a professional historian,
but I am a memory keeper.
In 2010 I was a Census worker,
and Boy, have I taken photographs!
A digitizer, I'm not.
I've been a friend to Industry friends,
and my friends think I'm a genealogist.
Today at the "What's new at FamilySearch"
I learned that my old family letters,
my journals, all those photographs
that I am custodian for,
From my mom and dad, now gone;
and my husbands mom and dad;
Add MY photos of life in California,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Kwajelein,
Guadalajara, Mexico and now at home
in Tucson, Arizona
What do I have: Stewardship over a
massive collection hidden from view!
Today I learned that by sharing these
on FamilySeach I'll be forming a worldwide
collaboration with descendants of
Generations past, users today and
Future generations to come.
And guess what?
The Era of Artificial Intelligence has
joined the team!
Now I REALLY have to run to keep up
With Technology, and New changes.
My normal research and documentation
procedures and worksheets will look
different. Am I up to This?
Yes, to guided merge integrity
Yes, to patron's interface with AI
Yes, to full AI text translation
Yes, to Collaborations with relatives
There is more coming from Labs to
excite and help this team effort,
Yes, we can do it
TOGETHER.
