The Internet Genealogy Community (IGCS) Study

This Internet Genealogy Community Study (IGCS) is being conducted by Kylie Veale as part of her PhD thesis, under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Allen of Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
The aim of the study is to investigate how genealogists use the Internet, and the consequences of the development of genealogy as a significant Internet-based activity.

Specifically, the study hopes to uncover:

1)
The relationship between the Internet and the need of genealogists to publish and obtain information.

2)
The ways in which genealogists interact via the Internet.

3)
How genealogical commercial business has increased in recent years, in terms of information, services, and products.

4)
How online genealogy involves changes to the degree of collaboration between genealogists.