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===African Oral Genealogies=== | ===African Oral Genealogies=== | ||
====FamilySearch Project==== | ====FamilySearch Project==== | ||
"Oral genealogies are part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. Many countries lack written records and only have an oral tradition. FamilySearch started recording oral genealogies in the 1960s in the islands of Polynesia. We recognized then how critical it was to preserve the history before the person passed away. | "Oral genealogies are part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. Many countries lack written records and only have an oral tradition. FamilySearch started recording oral genealogies in the 1960s in the islands of Polynesia. We recognized, then how critical it was to preserve the history before the person passed away. | ||
In 2004 in Ghana, FamilySearch began a small effort to understand how to record oral family histories. By 2016, it became clear that unless we dramatically accelerate this effort, large amounts of African oral history and records would be lost forever. Today FamilySearch funds more than 5,000 African contract interviewers in 15 countries: '''Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, south Africa, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.''' By 2024, FamilySearch will conduct over 500,000 interviews and preserve over 190 million records. | In 2004 in Ghana, FamilySearch began a small effort to understand how to record oral family histories. By 2016, it became clear that unless we dramatically accelerate this effort, large amounts of African oral history and records would be lost forever. Today FamilySearch funds more than 5,000 African contract interviewers in 15 countries: '''Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, south Africa, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.''' By 2024, FamilySearch will conduct over 500,000 interviews and preserve over 190 million records. | ||
"Goals for 2019-2024: FamilySearch aspires to collect over 500,000 interviews in at least 15 countries which could include approximately 190 million names. In 2018, there was great growth in the program collecting over 16 million names. <ref>Cherie Bush and Russell L. Lynch. "Oral Genealogies in Africa: Preserving Critical Knowledge", http://library.ifla.org/2463/1/271-bush-en.pdf, accessed 13 August 2020.</ref> | '''Update from Todd Powell "What's New at FamilySearch Members..." Rootstech 2023''', (15:55 minutes into the presentation): Since 2003, FamilySearch has conducted over 1 million interviews of tribal historians in 18 African countries. Volunteers have been reconstructed African family tree from the interviews. These trees will be name searchable online for the first time ever in 2023 | ||
"Goals for 2019-2024: FamilySearch aspires to collect over 500,000 interviews in at least 15 countries which could include approximately 190 million names. In 2018, there was great growth in the program, collecting over 16 million names. <ref>Cherie Bush and Russell L. Lynch. "Oral Genealogies in Africa: Preserving Critical Knowledge", http://library.ifla.org/2463/1/271-bush-en.pdf, accessed 13 August 2020.</ref> | |||
====The Gambia==== | ====The Gambia==== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/23660?availability=Family%20History%20Library Gambia oral genealogy interviews, 1980-1983] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/23660?availability=Family%20History%20Library Gambia oral genealogy interviews, 1980-1983] | ||