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Shown below is a giant QR code. When one points their cell phone to the giant overhead code, the phone calls up the web site which is embedded in the code. | Shown below is a giant QR code. When one points their cell phone to the giant overhead code, the phone calls up the web site which is embedded in the code. | ||
The QR codes contains more information than a simple 2D barcode and can be read by a cell phone. | The QR codes contains more information than a simple 2D barcode and can be read by a cell phone. | ||
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So, how would this apply to family history? The answer is yet to be created, but there is potential. How about a QR code on a headstone which calls up a website about the person buried there? How about a QR code in a society’s newsletter which takes one to the society web page? Why not a QR code in a book which takes you to a page with more information on that ancestor? How about a QR code in a source citation which takes you to the source? | So, how would this apply to family history? The answer is yet to be created, but there is potential. How about a QR code on a headstone which calls up a website about the person buried there? How about a QR code in a society’s newsletter which takes one to the society web page? Why not a QR code in a book which takes you to a page with more information on that ancestor? How about a QR code in a source citation which takes you to the source? | ||