Sunday, September 18, 2011

Meme Take 2 - Tech Savvy Genealogist

Another meme has been making the genealogy rounds.  This one involve genealogy and technology.  I first saw this one over at Long Lost Relatives.net.


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
  1. Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad
  2. Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
  3. Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes.
  4. Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor’s home
  5. Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree
  6. Have a Twitter account
  7. Tweet daily (still working on the whole social media thing.)
  8. Have a genealogy blog
  9. Have more then one genealogy blog.
  10. Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic (does blogging count? Probably not…)
  11. Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise 
  12. Have a Facebook Account
  13. Have connected with genealogists via Facebook
  14. Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page (just started one.)
  15. Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society (Does managing the online book store at Lulu.com count?)
  16. Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
  17. Have registered a domain name
  18. Post regularly to Google+ 
  19. Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
  20. Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project.
  21. Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner
  22. Can code a webpage in .html  (Not the whole thing, but I can edit in HTML)
  23. Own a smartphone
  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
  27. Use Chrome as a Browser
  28. Have participated in a genealogy webinar
  29. Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes
  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 (I'm still a paper and pencil girl with this. Actually, if I physically write it down, I rarely have to go back to my 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
  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
  46. Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud
  47. Schedule regular email backups
  48. Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
  49. Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs (scanned not tagged)
  50. Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format. (Shh....it's a secret soon to be revealed.)
Are you a tech savvy genealogist?


1 comment:

  1. Thanks for taking part in the meme, Lisa. It's interesting to see where it has travelled.

    I'm now off to encircle you on Google+

    ReplyDelete

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