Archives & Library Genealogy Workshop: Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy
Jul. 11
Archives & Library Genealogy Workshop: Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy
Online or Virtual Open in Google Map
10—11 a.m.
Member - $10 Non-Member - $15

I’m a nice person. ‘I’m just compiling our family tree, what possible problems could there be?’ Researching a family tree traditionally involved asking relatives about their lives, drawing a tree and undertaking a paper trail, but it now involves finding new mostly online records and dealing with strangers on the internet. What information should and shouldn’t you include on your tree? Attendees will benefit from reflecting on their own ethical dilemmas and considering ethical issues with empathy, sensitivity and diplomacy. What is the way forward? Are you an ethical genealogist? What ethical dilemmas have you found in your genealogy research?

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