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