let's connect online; using social media in genealogy
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Find out how to use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Wiki's, Blogs and other social media in genealogical research.TRANSCRIPT
Kathy PetlewskiGenealogy & Local History LibrarianPlymouth District Library2014
“Forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Google+
Tumblr
Flickr
Blogs
Wikis
RootsWeb – supported by Ancestry.com http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
The world's largest online genealogy community with over 17 Million posts on more than 161,000 boards.
Search by locality, by topic or by surname
Post queries or answers to other’s queries.
Free services, but may lead to fee-based areas.
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter-http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
Genealogy Blog ~ http://www.genealogyblog.com/
FamilySearch Research Wiki -https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
geneabloggers A passion for blogging about genealogy
and family history 10,000 followers
megansmolenyak genealogical adventurer who loves to solve
mysteries 3,391 followers
footnoteMaven A Photo Whisperer. Solving the mysteries
of genealogy, old photos .. 2,375 followers
FamilyTreeMag We're a how-to genealogy magazine and
online community. 3,441 followers
rjseaver
Genealogy evangelist, husband, father, grandfather, Christian, Chargers...
1,199 followers
Family Search
63,800 followers
worldvrecords
We help you succeed with your genealogy and family history by providing...
3,080 followers
michaelhait
Pro genealogist - writer and lecturer
1,422 followers
Ancestry
37,239 followers
My Heritage Family Search
Genealogy in Time Geneabloggers
Google+ is a social network that aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life.
540 million monthly active users are part of the Identity service site, by interacting socially with Google+'senhanced properties, like Gmail, +1 button, and YouTube comments.
In October 2013, Google counted 540 million active users who used at least one Google+ service, of which 300 million users are active in "the stream"
Statistics taken from wikipedia, accessed on Oct. 11, 2014
Re-connect with distant relatives or those who share common interests.
Find Facebook versions of popular databases/publishers
◦ Facebook | Ancestry.com◦ Facebook | Cyndi's List◦ Facebook | Family Tree Magazine◦ Facebook | Fold3.com◦ Facebook | About Genealogy◦ Facebook | FamilySearch
Some groups or organizations you can simply “Like” and you will be included in their postings.
Other groups are “Closed” and you must submit a request to join. Until your request has been approved, you are listed as “pending.” It can take minutes or even days to be approved. You will receive a notice of your approval.
http://moonswings.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/facebook-list-sep-20142.pdf
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