Imagine my surprise after I stepped out for a few hours to visit with family and I came home to an avalanche of posts telling the LAWeekly and the world what the true face of genealogy looks like. Just look at the posts submitted below and you’ll see not only what genealogy is in the images, but in the action as well. See our previous post for the backstory on why a call to action was needed.
Talk about a sense of community, talk about coming together to right a wrong. Our ancestors had many challenges where they decided to take action and band together. Granted their methods may not have had the supersonic speed of social media and the Internet, but they understood that it takes community to get things done.
Thank you to all those who responded. The short term effect: the LAWeekly has removed the insidious photo and replaced it with one of the SCGS Jamboree App. The long term effect: too soon to tell but one thing I know is that genealogists and family historians are some of the smartest, kindest, funniest and most sincere folks I know. And I wouldn’t want it any other way.
©2011, copyright Thomas MacEntee
Is This The Face of Genealogy? The @LAWEEKLY Gets It Wrong http://su.pr/2Bw340 #genealogy
Is This The Face of Genealogy? The @LAWEEKLY Gets It Wrong http://su.pr/2Bw340 #genealogy
will do! RT @geneabloggers: Is This The Face of Genealogy? The @LAWEEKLY Gets It Wrong http://su.pr/2Bw340 #genealogy
RT @geneabloggers: Is This The Face of Genealogy? The @LAWEEKLY Gets It Wrong http://su.pr/2Bw340 #genealogy.
What an awesome response….your call to action was effective! Great job Thomas!
The Face of Genealogy http://t.co/90SDpt6
Here is the link to my blog post.
http://hangingwithdonna.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-is-face-of-genealogy.html?spref=fb
@LAWeekly has offended many w/article. Read : http://bit.ly/jQ9353 . Call to action: Post your Face of #Genealogy at: http://on.fb.me/msqhfk
So glad the picture was pulled. Hopefully the letters they received will open someone’s eyes.
http://mygenealogyobsession.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/this-is-the-face-of-genealogy/
Wow! Over 40 responses so far @LAWeekly come see This Is The Face of Genealogy http://su.pr/1xcZy7 #genealogy #faceofgenealogy
Just got home, to learn of problem, and subsequent correction … but added my moral support via letter to editor, and blog-posting: http://schlegelstorckroots.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-is-face-of-genealogy.html
Way to go Thomas and all those who replied. Was going to respond myself, but it appears that the work has been done. Power to the people!
Wow! Over 40 responses so far @LAWeekly come see This Is The Face of Genealogy http://su.pr/1xcZy7 #genealogy #faceofgenealogy
I saw it right after Bill commented and wrote to the newspaper in two areas for them to fix this.
It made them look very uneducated and only belittled them not us.
Please be aware it was not the LA TIMES but the LA Weekly.
I am very pleased to see the torch picked up and carried by bloggers everywhere not just here on the west coast.
Here is one of my faces of genealogy: http://bit.ly/m2Lttu, thanks geneabloggers for posting about this story.
USAssa sukututkijat eivät kauan katselleet sanomalehden harrastustaan halventavaa kuvaa: http://www.geneabloggers.com/face-genealogy-2/