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Social Media and Genealogy

Explore the intersection of social media and genealogy, utilizing platforms like message boards, blogs, social networks, podcasts, and photo sharing to trace your family history. Learn how to leverage digital tools for ancestral research.

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Social Media and Genealogy

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  1. Social Media and Genealogy Robert & Diane Pulse January 8, 2013

  2. Social Media Definition/Types • Social media employ web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue … between organizations, communities, and individuals. • Classifications/Apps (Applications): • Internet forums/Message Boards • Blog e.g., Twitter • Wikis e.g., MyFamily/MyHeritage • Social Networks e.g., Facebook/Google+/LinkedIn • Podcast e.g., YouTube • Photo Sharing e.g., Pinterest • Can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing.

  3. Internet forums/Message Boards • A message board or a forum is an online discussion done through posting messages back and forth as if in a conversation. The actual conversation is known as a “thread” and one can follow that thread back to the very beginning and pick up all the clues and information along the thread to reach a conclusion or an answer to a problem. • RootsWeb/Ancestry (the same now) • Keywords • Surnames • Family Search - discontinued while I made this presentation in favor of FaceBook and Wiki

  4. Blog often associated with news letters • Anglo-Celtic Connections • The Genealogy News • Twitter - I have never found a genealogical use for a 120 character messing service

  5. Blog - Anglo-Celtic Connections

  6. Blog - The Genealogy News

  7. Wiki • Family Search • MyHeritage (Israeli company) Scovern Example • MyFamily - division of Ancestry • Wikipedia

  8. Social Networks • Facebook • Google+ • LinkedIn - mainly Business

  9. Social Networks - Facebook

  10. Social Networks - Google+

  11. Social Networks - LinkedIn

  12. Podcast / Webinars • One direction with text feedback • YouTube - Ancestry • Legacy • Family Tree Magazine • BBC - Tracing Your Roots • Genealogy Guys

  13. Photo Sharing • Pinterest PLEASE read the terms of service before placing you pictures on this service, you transfer ownership to them • Instagram - faces first civil lawsuit for changes in Terms of Services

  14. Recirculating Email • The oldest form of social media and still in use today. • A process where all the interested parties are copied on a series of e-mail’s discussing a specific subject.

  15. Another view - Using Social Media • Family Search • Cyndi's List Blog • Archives • Ancestry - using the Social media for the presentation

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