Libraries: Portals To Your Ancestral Past

Family History on TV

-African American Lives PBS
-Faces of America PBS
-The Generations Project BYU TV
-Who Do You Think You Are? NBS
-Ancestors (Not running but available online) / http:www.byub.org/ancestors

Social Media Fuels Family History Interest

-GenealogyWise

-Release of 1940 Census sparked interest

Public Library Resources

-Newspapers
-Local Historical Events
-Centennial & Bicentennial memorabilia
-City/State Directories
-Historic Maps & Photos
-Historic Audio & Video Records
-Access to Online Databasses
-Pathfinders/Library Guides

Patrons Know What Resources are Available?

-film
-fiche
-in-house-collections
-online through library website
-online to public

Additional Newspapers Resources

Access to http://access.newspaperarchive.com
Internet Archives: http://www.archive.org
Various ProQuest databases:
http://www.genealogybank.com
http://www.smalltownpapers.com
Wikipedia’s Online Newspapers Listing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives

Access to Online Databases

FamilySearch: http://familysearch.org
RootsWeb: http://rootsweb.com
Internet Archives: http://archive.org
Mortality Schedules: http://mortalityschedules.com
Ancestry: http://ancestry.com  ($)
Heritage Quest from ProQuest: ($):http://www.heritagequestonline.com
World Vital Records: ($) http://www.worldvitalrecords.com

Create Library Guides of your resources

Pathfinders of your resources

Collaboration Through their Library with other Libraries
-Interlibrary loans-books
-Interlibrary loans-films
-WorldCat
-University Libraries
-Businesses

Online Research Communities

-Skype Research Communities
-Facebook Research Genealogical Communities

by Claire V Brisson-Banks

© Copyright 2012 Timeless Genealogies. All rights reserved. Written permission to reproduce all or part of this syllabus material in any format, including photocopying, data retrieval, or the Internet, must be secured in advance from the copyright holder. Contact: claire@timelessgen.com

Harnessing 'Cloud' Technology to Expand & Extend your Family Tree

Websites and Topics From Presentation

RSS
   Alerts

World Wide Collaboration
     TweetDeck
     OneGreatFamily
     Blooger
     Google
     WordPress.org
     MyHeritage
     GenesReunited
     WikiTree
     WeRelate
     FamilySearch
     FindAGrave
     Facebook
     flickr
     Google+
     Ancestry
     PBWorks
     Twitter
     Social Networking

Research Wiki: http://wiki.familysearch.org/
Encyclopedia of Genealogy: http://www.eogen.com/
Biographical Wiki: http://www.biographicalwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
Who will tell their stories? http://timelessgen.blogspot.com/
FamilySearch: http://new.familysearch.org/
WeRelate: http://werelate.org/
WikiTree: http://www.wikitree.com/
Genes Reunited: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/
My Heritage: http://www.myheritage.com/
One Great Family: http://www.onegreatfamily.com/
Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/
Tribal Pages: http://www.tribalpages.com/
John Pack Family: http://www.johnpackfamily.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
Who Will Tell Their Stories? http://timelessgen.blogspot.com/2011/07/rene-brisson.html
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/
Facebook.com: http://www.facebook.com/
We're Related: http://werelated.familylink.com/
FamilyTreeDNA: http://www.familytreedna.com/
Elusive Ancestors: http://elusiveancestors.pbworks.com/w/page/44999812/Elusive%20Ancestors

PC/Mac Genealogical Software: Record Management Tools
Ancestral Quest: http://www.ancquest.com/
Family Tree Maker: http://www.familytreemaker.com/
Legacy: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
PAF: http://www.familysearch.org/
Roots Magic: http://www.rootsmagic.com/
MacFamily Tree 6.14: http://macfamilytree.com/
GeditCom II 1.6: http://geditcom.com/
Family Tree Maker for Mac: http://www.familytreemaker.com/
Reunion 9.0c: http://www.leisterpro.com/

Online Genealogical Programs
Ancestry Family Tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/
GenesReunited: http://genereunited.co.uk/
My Heritage Family Tree: http://www.myheritage.com/
One Great Family: http://onegreatfamily.com/
PhGedView: http://www.phpgedview.net/
The Next Generation: http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software/php
We Relate: http://werelate.org/
WikiTree: http://wikitree.com/

Collaborating with Online Files
ADrive
Minus
Microsoft OfficeLive
Dropbox
Zoho

Simultanneous Collaborating
Will You TypeWith.me: http://typewith.me/
Google docs: http://docs.google.com/

Mobile Applications
Android Mobile Genealogical Applications: https://market.android.com/
Apple: http://www.apple.com/

Online Learning
Digital Genealogical Books: http://google.com/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/
FamilySearch Research Courses: http://familysearch.org/
Ancestry Learning Center: http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/Videos.aspx
Second Life Virtural World Training: http://secondlife.com/

Virtural Worlds List by Category: http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml  


Reading Materials

1. Social Media for Family Historians by Carole Riley: http://caroleriley.id.au/social-media-for-family-historians/
2. Social Networking for Genealogists by Drew Smith: http://www.genealogical.com/products/Social%20Networking%20for%20Genealogists/5446.html
3. The Social Media Guide for Ancestral Research Applying Web 2.0 Strategies by Claire V. Brisson-Banks: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-social-media-guide-for-ancestral-researchapplying-web-20-strategies/14859077