Bill Morton - Family History & the General Data Protection Regulation
Thu, Aug 2nd 2018 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Bill Spoke to us on Thursday 2nd August 2018
Bill Morton is the Chair of the East Ayrshire Family History Society whose website is http://www.eastayrshirefhs.
His topic this evening was “Family History and the General Data Protection Regulation"
His topic this evening was “Family History and the General Data Protection Regulation"
Family History goes beyond genealogy and looks at the lives of our ancestors. What effect will Data Protection have for future generations in obtaining information on our lives.
Bill described the fascination with this growing hobby and, for some, occupation.
Bill described the fascination with this growing hobby and, for some, occupation.
He was clear that family history is distinct from genealogy. Family history seeks to know more about the people, their stories, jobs, triumphs and tragedies and produces much more than just lists of dates of births, deaths and marriages.
He described where and how to look and brought up some interesting and amusing stories from the past which he had discovered during his research. Bill discussed the impact of the Data Protection Act on the keeping of records and the potential loss of information as a result. A very interesting and informative.
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