The new information technologies available today enable us to access, gather, sort, and process information in a manner and at a speed unheard of just a decade ago. We have all become part and parcel of a microchip virtual reality. Gone to photons and electrons everyone.
Genealogy builds connections.
People look to the past because of the lack of personal contact in the world today and, ironically, the same technology that's amplifying change is also helping us to gather, sort and collate genealogical information faster than ever. The Arizona Republic Editorials represent the opinion of the newspaper whose editorial board consists of Keven Ann Willey, Phil Boas, Jennifer Dokes, Doug MacEachern, Joel Nilsson, O. Ricardo Pimentel, Robert Robb, Laurie Roberts, Linda Valdez, Ken Western and Steve Benson.