A blog entry on “Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog” about a session at the AJL conference in Seattle, focusing “on reclaiming the Sephardic heartland of Balkan Jews using Web 2.0 and social media.” A quote from the entry:

Web 2.0 projects can use social media to raise awareness beyond specific borders. It can present history, provide historical and genealogical content, encourage new identity, offer cultural and linguistic diversity, bear witness and resist political pressure.
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Other Web 2.0 issues include the digital presence, logistics, privacy issues, sensitivity to cultural norms. When dealing with records, the researcher must understand the record components. …