Social Media and Genealogy Robert Diane Pulse January
Social Media and Genealogy Robert & Diane Pulse January 8, 2013
Social Media Definition/Types • Social media employ web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue … between organizations, communities, and individuals. • Classifications/Apps (Applications): – Internet forums/Message Boards – Blog e. g. , Twitter – Wikis e. g. , My. Family/My. Heritage – Social Networks e. g. , Facebook/Google+/Linked. In – Podcast e. g. , You. Tube – Photo Sharing e. g. , Pinterest • Can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing.
Internet forums/Message Boards • A message board or a forum is an online discussion done through posting messages back and forth as if in a conversation. The actual conversation is known as a “thread” and one can follow that thread back to the very beginning and pick up all the clues and information along the thread to reach a conclusion or an answer to a problem. • Roots. Web/Ancestry (the same now) – Keywords – Surnames • Family Search - discontinued while I made this presentation in favor of Face. Book and Wiki
Blog often associated with news letters • Anglo-Celtic Connections • The Genealogy News • Twitter - I have never found a genealogical use for a 120 character messing service
Blog - Anglo-Celtic Connections
Blog - The Genealogy News
Wiki • • Family Search My. Heritage (Israeli company) Scovern Example My. Family - division of Ancestry Wikipedia
Social Networks • Facebook • Google+ • Linked. In - mainly Business
Social Networks - Facebook
Social Networks - Google+
Social Networks - Linked. In
Podcast / Webinars • One direction with text feedback • You. Tube - Ancestry • Legacy • Family Tree Magazine • BBC - Tracing Your Roots • Genealogy Guys
Photo Sharing • Pinterest PLEASE read the terms of service before placing you pictures on this service, you transfer ownership to them • Instagram - faces first civil lawsuit for changes in Terms of Services
Recirculating Email • The oldest form of social media and still in use today. • A process where all the interested parties are copied on a series of e-mail’s discussing a specific subject.
Another view - Using Social Media • • Family Search Cyndi's List Blog Archives Ancestry - using the Social media for the presentation
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