Follow Friday – September 21, 2012
This week for Follow Friday I thought I’d do something a bit different. Rather than post blogs I think you should check out, I thought FaceBook pages and groups would be a nice change of pace. Here are some FaceBook pages and groups that may help you with yourresearch.
GROUPS
Genealogy Bloggers – This is a closed group but you can ask to be admitted. In this group, bloggers talk about their research issues, brick walls, websites they’ve found useful and their own blog posts.
International Society of Family History Writers and Editors – ISFHWE is a group that supports and promotes genealogical writers and editors. For full benefits, check out their membership information on their website.
PAGES
The In-Depth Genealogist – The FaceBook presence of The In-Depth Genealogist which offers many resources for the family historian.
Check out the various FamilySearch sponsored pages on FaceBook that deal with specific states. Here are a couple. Just search for the specific state you need assistance with under Pages to locate others.
- California Genealogy Research
- Illinois Genealogy Research
- Kentucky Genealogy Research
- Montana Genealogy Research
- Oregon Genealogy Research
Do you have any to add? Please list them in the comments below.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
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Wisdom Wednesday – More on Identifying your Ancestors
Last week I talked about the importance of identifying people in your photographs whether they exist in an album, loose laying around the house, or on your computer in a file folder or Sort Your Story folders. This week I will expand a bit on this idea.
A goal I suggested for 2012 was to identify all the people in your photographs. Have you started this project? How far have you gotten? Do you have people you cannot identify? Here are some suggestions on ways to possibly solve that problem.
- Create a site on Google’s Picasa like the Italians in Chicago project has done. Notice how the blurb about the collection asks for people to leave comments about the photographs. You can do the same thing with yours. It is up to you whether you want to make this photo collection public or private to only those with the URL.
- Post photos on your blog with as much information as you can provide. Maybe you know the photograph was in an album given to you by your grandmother Rose Smith. So, one can theorize that those photos must be of her family or her husband’s family and not one of your other lines. That helps narrow down who some of the individuals may be.
- Print your Sort Your Story work as a book and show that book to all your relatives when you gather together. You may be surprised at how many photos are identified and how many stories you will hear. Bring paper and pencil with to record it all!
- Post your photos on FaceBook or Google+. Social networking sites can hook you up with potential family members so it never hurts to try this route.
My goal for you this week is to make a list of all upcoming family gatherings to which you could bring your photographs. Birthday parties, weddings, miscellaneous parties, even wakes and funerals. I have taken photo albums to wakes and everyone sits around to look through them, talk about not only the deceased but the rest of the family. Many stories are shared. Don’t rule out the sad events in your life that bring people together. Those are the times when people may be more willing to open up about things.
And as always, enter your information into Sort Your Story so your family history is more complete!
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
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