Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Tech Savvy Genealogists' Meme


I invite anyone with an interest in genealogy to participate. If you don't have a blog and wish to participate you can write them up on Google+ or post them as a note on Facebook.  Or you can just create your own document to keep track of your own goals.

The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type

Feel free to add extra comments in brackets after each item 

Which of these apply to you?

  1. Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad - my Windows tablet is no good, I so very much want an iPad!
  2. Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes - see above
  3. Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes - spoke to relatives in Spain!
  4. Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor's home  I have zillions of photos
  5. Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree
  6. Have a Twitter account
  7. Tweet daily
  8. Have a genealogy blog    (!!!)
  9. Have more then one genealogy blog
  10. Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic
  11. Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise   - but use it less and less
  12. Have a Facebook Account  -  use it all the time
  13. Have connected with genealogists via Facebook - very useful!
  14. Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page - NH Mayflower, etc.
  15. Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society - NH Mayflower, etc.
  16. Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
  17. Have registered a domain name
  18. Post regularly to Google+     becoming more and more useful!
  19. Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers   - Thanks, Thomas MacEntee!
  20. Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
  21. Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner  - use my camera
  22. Can code a webpage in .html   - not interested
  23. Own a smartphone - and now I'm spoiled
  24. Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases
  25. Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
  26. Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival   - several times!
  27. Use Chrome as a Browser
  28. Have participated in a genealogy webinar
  29. Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes   - Someday I'll blog about this
  30. Have a personal genealogy website
  31. Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive
  32. Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
  33. Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files
  34. Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs
  35. Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry
  36. Own a netbook
  37. Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes
  38. Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit
  39. Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widget
  40. Have listened to a genealogy podcast online   - and was a guest on Genealogy Gems!
  41. Have downloaded genealogy podcasts for later listening
  42. Backup your files to a portable hard drive
  43. Have a copy of your genealogy files stored offsite
  44. Know about Rootstech
  45. Have listened to a Blogtalk radio session about genealogy - and was a guest, too!
  46. Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud - Google Docs
  47. Schedule regular email backups
  48. Have contriibuted to the Familysearch Wiki
  49. Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs
  50. Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format
I notice that I've done many of the things on this list.  The things in red (which I would like to do next) all involve purchases of major technology items, all for a pretty penny.  I hope I win the lottery soon! 


This list was created by Jill Ball, the Australian Genealogy blogger at the blog "Geniaus" at this link: http://geniaus.blogspot.com/   Check out the new genealogy memes at Thomas MacEntee's GeneaBlogger website  http://www.geneabloggers.com/genealogy-memeapalooza/ 

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for taking part in my meme. It is great to be getting responses from all corners of the globe.

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  2. Heather,

    I love this list!!!

    Janice

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