Technology was not created to drive genealogical work. The personal computer was not created to allow thriving personal genealogies. The internet was not created as a platform for genealogical research. Databases were not created to store and consolidate genealogical documents. Wikipedia was not created as a model for reducing error in genealogical data. Though the inventors never had genealogy in mind, inventions drive progress in genealogy because someone recognized an application. This process promotes the work of the LDS church, whose goals include connecting families through the generations. Though the inventions that drive this work are entirely secular, they have been put to spiritual purpose. Technology brings ancestors out of the obscure past into the tangible present of descendants.
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