Doing Research in Real Time

In a presentation given by FamilySearch staff "Doing Research in Real
Time-An Exhilarating Collaboration Experience!" (F308), at the text" title="http://www.ngsgenealogy.org" rel="nofollow"">Nation... 2010 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. ,
presented by Alan E. Mann, AG^®, Robert Raymond, and David E. Rencher, AG^®, CG^SM,
FIGRS, FUGA,
the presenters outlined suggested tools for real-time collaboration.
This presentation has now been incorporated into the FamilySearch
Research Wiki.

Online collaboration has various levels of participation. At its most intensive, we now use Google Talk to do video
conferencing. Depending on the speed of the various connections, you
can carry on a conversation in real-time and both sides of the
conversation can view the other. Many years ago, the phone companies
(with a lot of articles in Popular Science magazine) touted the
possibility of video phones. Now, with an very inexpensive video cam (or
camera) and free software, the video phone is a reality. The FamilySearch
team did not discuss this option, but left open this possibility.
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