tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879977276947644673.post4626333664668191512..comments2023-05-11T07:40:02.610-03:00Comments on Genealogy in Canada: WHY BELONG TO A GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (CONTD.)Leighann C. Neilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349944021517572346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879977276947644673.post-85371161492762746872012-10-16T20:24:13.963-03:002012-10-16T20:24:13.963-03:00That is a great question.
The author discusses t...That is a great question. <br /><br />The author discusses the recruiting process of the respondents as a snow-balling technique and lists in an appendix the groups that were targetted. Most are Rootsweb group and boards; though there is little if any discussion of what those boards do except as a source for respondents. <br /><br />We followed a similar practice for part of our recruitment strategy, posting on a series of regional or county level discussion groups hosted by Rootsweb. we had a problem with out strategy when some of the monitors of groups deleted our request without discussing it with us.<br /><br />Twenty percent of our respondents (551) came to us via web based discussion groups. About 25% came from genealogy society postings, which we were careful to distribute nationally.delmuisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09916287223262541428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879977276947644673.post-70177095524233773452012-10-15T01:22:35.286-03:002012-10-15T01:22:35.286-03:00Who are the "Ancestry.com discussion groups&q...Who are the "Ancestry.com discussion groups" upon whose responses the thesis is based? Does the author address the increasingly widespread usage of electronic informational and teaching tools by leading genealogy educators and yes, societies too? BDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798944688122545676noreply@blogger.com