Tuesday’s Tip – The In-Depth Genealogist Resources
Have you seen The In-Depth Genealogist (IDG), a new digi-magazine? If not, go visit their website and check out the Resource section. IDG has added resources to help get kids, parents, and teachers involved in genealogy. There is even a section called “Research Product Useful to Kids” where you can see Sort Your Story!
Stop by IDG today and take a peek. Let us know what you think of their website and how Sort Your Story can help engage your kids in genealogy.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
Motivation Monday – Remember Your Veterans on Memorial Day
Today is a day to remember and honor our veterans. Did you know Memorial Day began three years after the Civil War? You can read more about that on About.com’s Memorial Day – Origins and History.
Sort Your Story can help you remember and honor your veterans. Simply create a profile for a veteran in your family, or open one already created. Add a military folder if one has not been added. Drag and drop military records and photos and record the notes and sources attached to each.
Still have records to locate? Add another military folder and make some notes about the records you want to find. Create a research plan. Then when you locate the records and add them to the original military folder, you can delete that note from your research plan.
What stories do you know about your military ancestors? How are you honoring them today? Please share with us in the comments.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
The NGS 2012 Conference
The National Genealogical Society (NGS) Conference was last week in Cincinnati. Sort Your Story was not a vendor there, although we hope you saw our puzzle piece magnets on the freebie table! If you picked one up and ordered Sort Your Story, please let us know what you think of it!
Our blog author, Jennifer Holik, was in attendance and her entire collection of books were displayed and being sold at Maia’s Books. Her two newest books, Engaging the Next Generation A Guide for Genealogy Societies and Libraries, and Branching Out: Genealogy Lessons for Adults, were launched. You can read a little about the books here on The In-Depth Genealogist. Jennifer also blogged about it on her Generations blog in part one and part two.
If you have never attended a national-level conference I highly encourage you to do so. NGS will be in Las Vegas next year. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference will be in Birmingham, AL this year and Fort Wayne, IN next year.
When you do attend, here are a few points to make it a better conference.
- Pick the lectures you most want to hear and try to attend.
- Understand you will be on your feet most of the day, especially if you spend a lot of time in the vendor hall. Wear comfy shoes.
- Seek out people you have met online and introduce yourself. Genealogists are human and we all share a common goal of education and sharing information. Most conferences have some sort of blogger meet-up too!
- Remember that you may be on your way to a lecture and run into someone and start a conversation which runs a long time making you miss your lecture. That’s ok. The relationships you form at large conferences can have a big impact on your research, education, and career.
- Talk to the vendors. Learn about their products and share some stories. You may find your long lost cousin!
Have you attended any national-level conferences? If so, what were your impressions? What take aways do you have to share? What advice would you give?
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
Follow Friday – Follow Sort Your Story
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