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Thanks to everyone who emailed, posted on Google+ or posted on
FB responses to: Informal
Poll -- What kinds of genealogy and family history news do you like to read? If you haven’t yet responded, please do
so! Your comments, thoughts and
suggestions are always welcome.
I have read every response so far received and I will
re-read them in a few days as I “plot and plan” future posts.
That said, many respondents talked about learning about new “resources”
...
As you may know, Upfront
with NGS Mini Bytes has been a platform for periodically sharing “eight
tasty bits of genealogy news that will help give you a deeper byte into your
family history research.” Many of these bits of information are about new
resources (databases, websites, etc).
This feature has been a vehicle for sharing “more” news than
can be handled by the blog’s a piece-a-day format. It has also allowed the blog to share news of
a more localized nature (a local archive, a database for a particular emigrant
group, etc) which may not be of interest to everyone and yet of immense
interest to some of our readers.
To create this feature, many, many genealogy newsletters,
blogs and news outlets are monitored and yet, it’s not possible to bring
attention to everything that crosses our desk nor can I spend the time to read
every genealogy-related newsletter, blog post or news outlet in existence.
Now
to the questions (again – please directly email to [email protected] or post on
FB or Google+):
+ Would you like to see this as a
weekly feature or continue with it as a biweekly? (Note: we paused in producing
this piece this month due to personnel changes at NGS)
+
Would you be willing to help contribute to this piece by passing news items
along to us that you haven’t seen reported on? We love to share news and would be happy to credit your contribution.
+ Are you happy with the variety and
brevity of the pieces?
+ Do you have any suggestions?
Again, your
input as dedicated Upfront with NGS
readers is invaluable to ensuring that the blog remains a part of your regular reading routine.
Editor’s Note: I am not tweet savvy
(though I did dabble at it while at the NGS conference this year in support of
the NGS staff getting news out). All Upfront
with NGS posts are “tweeted” to @ngsgenealogy. Please feel free to respond via a response
tweet to either of these posts. I can
check your twitter “replies.”
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