Geneology in 2050?

[peteseaton]

Can i suggest that we "scan" or "photocopy" all our census returns from the next one ?? and maybe pass them onto our siblings.

then some people might have a step up.

ive scanned lots of utility bills and saved them to disc for future use.

2050, ill be 80 on 25th January 2050

possibly driving a  iHovercar or still pushing a Tesco hovertrolley

[drodgers34]

ancestry.supercom will just release the eagerly awaited rootschat archive from 2007 - fully indexed.

They will be able to feed our discussions into personality software which will tell them exactly what our characters are like from our internet rumblings.


Only trouble is few of us put our real names in so they will have to make an educated guess to our identity from the 1800's ancestors we are researching.


The 2051 census is the first to have voluntary disclosure - 18% have elected to have their info locked away forever but 10% have taken up the offer to store up to 500Gb of personal information - a perpetual 'time capsule' for future generations.

Several people are using this to store a 'downloaded' version of themselves - software object which would answer questions exactly as you would - future generations will be able to ask you questions about your life which the downloaded you can answer almost exactly as you would.

Dale Rodgers (b. Hartley May 1959 Holmfirth England)

[peteseaton]

This why I keep a diary no matter how rambling it may be as its what we are thinking at one given time.

dotted around are weblinks, including facebook and the like, and as far as photographs i have collected them all, scanned them, transferred them to CD and passed them on in this form to numerous members of family and included a complete family tree, so this info should never go astray.

Failing that i'll also leave a sealed copy with my will at my solicitors.

[Lydart]

But will CD's still be readable in 2050 ? 

When I started into computer use, we started with a Sinclair ZX.  Programmes came off and were recorded onto tape.  (Remember that awful screeching ?) Then we progressed to a BBC Master ... those big 5" floppy discs were next.  Then there were the 3" stiff floppies and a big tower of computer workings, a large keyboard, and a thing like a TV for a monitor, and now its a little laptop with stuff saved on integral or plug in hard drives, or sticks, or perhaps CD or DVD ...

That lot is in the last 25 years ... so what will we be saving info on in 25 years times, let alone 42 years !

Give me paper any time !!

[falcybe]

Did I read somewhere that the Gov is doing away with censii after the next but one as being of no further use or was I dreaming?

Anyway, in 2050 I won't be 98 coz I don't intend living that long!!!!

[MarieC]

Thinking about further technological changes makes my head ache - technology and I are not good friends!!

Yes, Lydart, I'm going to get my lot on paper as fast as I can!

MarieC

[kerryb]

One day I am going to get around to indexed and adding keywords to my thousands of photos so that they mean something to somebody 

Kerry

[Nick29]

Wont be a problem when we all get ID Cards - altho mine will be hard to scan after a few seconds in the Microwave   

If the New Labour nannies are still in charge when they come out, the ID card will control all your household appliances, and your car, so you can only use them when the government says so 

[Nick29]

Did I read somewhere that the Gov is doing away with censii after the next but one as being of no further use or was I dreaming?

Well, bearing in mind that there's already up to a million people in this country who are here illegally, so won't appear on any census, the whole thing is already a joke.  Even the government doesn't have a firm idea of the actual numbers.