Luxegen Genealogy and Family History » QR codes http://www.luxegen.ca Tracing My Ancestry, Sharing Genealogy Tips, Finding New Cousins Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:03:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 QR Codes and Genealogy – The Wave of the Future? http://www.luxegen.ca/genealogy/qr-codes-and-genealogy-the-wave-of-the-future/ http://www.luxegen.ca/genealogy/qr-codes-and-genealogy-the-wave-of-the-future/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:59:29 +0000 © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy. http://www.luxegen.ca/?p=3572 Have you heard of QR codes for genealogy?

Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers* recently wrote a two part article that discusses QR codes and how they could be used for genealogy.

  • Part 1 explains what QR codes are.
  • Part 2 explains their use for genealogy including Historic Sites, Records, Libraries, Tombstones and Conferences. 

QR codes are similar to bar codes that can be read by one’s cell phone.  They are catching on all over the world and are even being used in Japan on tombstones. 

In Japan, QR codes allow you to capture the information about the deceased onto your cell phone by scanning.  They are also used on monuments and in libraries and museums to pass information to the visitor. 

I first encountered QR codes at a recent conference.  A vendor scanned my name tag for a free draw.  It was quick and easy and took only a few seconds.

I even made my first QR code of this website’s url.

*Thomas MacEntee will be speaking at an Alberta Family Histories Society special event in October.

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Japan QR Codes on Tombstones

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