let's connect online; using social media in genealogy

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/

Facebook

Google+

Twitter

LinkedIn

Pinterest

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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