Tweeting, Blogging, Posting: How Does Social Networking Help Genealogists.

Let’s look at some social networking tools. We will cover as much as our one hour will allow!

Blogs: online journals usually maintained by an individual with regular entries.BloggerGoogle AnalyticsFamily Tree Magazine 40 best genealogy blogsRSS - Really Simple Syndication is a format used to publish frequently updated

works.

Facebook: used to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos.

* Applications (gadgets) are objects that allow you to perform certain tasks on a website.

igoogle: one-stop social networking tool

Slideshare: a business media site for sharing presentations, documents and pdfs.

Social networking: online sharing and communicating.

Twitter: users send and read messages known as tweets.

Social Bookmarking: a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage Internet bookmarks.

DeliciousGoogle Bookmarks

Wikis: allow the easy creation and editing of collaborative websites.Family Search

Other Social Networking tools:Library thingFlickrListservsPodcasts: Genealogy Guys

Print referencesSocial Networking for Genealogists by Drew SmithBlogs, wikis, podcasts: and other powerful web tools for classrooms by Will Richardson

Debbie Bloom Richland County Public LibraryWalker Local History Room Manager

www.dbloom@myrcpl.com