Seeking information, seeking connections, seeking meaning: genealogists and family historians. Genealogy, Family history, Information seeking, Archives, Personal information management by Elizabeth Yakel

“…In spite of the ongoing nature of this activity, genealogists and family historians have rarely been the subject of study in the information seeking literature and therefore the nature of their information problems have not been explored. …”
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Persons in Context. A Model to Represent Observations and Reconstructions of Historical Persons in Linked Data by Pieter E. Woltjer, Ivo Zandhuis, Bob Coret, Mark Lindeman, Jeroen D. Balkenende, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick J. Mourits

“… Reconstruction of historical persons and family ties is the bread and butter of many researchers and genealogists. With the increasing digital availability of historical person records, the scope and depth of person reconstructions speaks to the imagination of researchers and genealogists. …”
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Automating Historical Source Transcription by Gunnar Thorvaldsen

“…Since this source is closed to the public, we receive no help from genealogists and rather use machine learning techniques to semi-automate the transcription. …”
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The South African Families Database by Jeanne Cilliers

“…The primary reason for this lacuna is a shortage of adequate data. Historians and genealogists have, over the last century, worked to combine the rich administrative records that are available in the Cape Archives in Cape Town and beyond, into a single genealogical volume of all settlers living in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. …”
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