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07 March 2017

Registration Opens for Bloggers and Members of the Media Attending 2017 NGS Family History Conference

Registration Opens for Bloggers and Members of the Media Attending 2017 NGS Family History Conference

Arlington, VA, 7 MARCH 2017— Registration is now open to the press, social media writers, bloggers, radio show hosts, and other media to register for official media credentials for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2017 Family History Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, 10-13 May 2017. The conference, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious genealogy conferences, features more than 175 lectures. Topics include methodology, problem-solving, DNA and genealogical research, resources and research techniques for exploring your African American, Native American, female, German and Scots-Irish ancestors, and much, much more. As many as 2,000 genealogists and family historians will be on hand for the conference.

To register to receive your media credentials, go to http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/official-social-media-press-registration/. Registration is open through 21 March 2017. NGS will notify registrants their acceptance by 24 March 2017. For more information on the NGS Social Media Policy, see http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/press/social-media-policy.

Official media will be

§ permitted to use the official press and blogger logos

§ granted use of the press table at the conference

§ linked to the NGS Family History Conference blog

NGS recognizes the importance of media who regularly draw attention to records, research methods, tools, software, events, and other areas of genealogy. In recognition of the media’s contribution to the field of genealogy, NGS will award the person with the best coverage $100 and next best coverage $50 to use towards attendance at the 2018 Family History Conference.

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Founded in 1903, the National Genealogical Society is dedicated to genealogical education, exemplary standards of research, and the preservation of genealogical records. The Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit is the premier national society for everyone, from the beginner to the most advanced family historian seeking excellence in publications, educational offerings, and guidance in research. It also offers many opportunities to interact with other genealogists.

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07 December 2015

Social Media Archiving -- a toolkit -- increasingly relevant and important to family historians!

Image by Jason A. Howie, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonahowie/7910370882/

Used per Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical 2.0 Generic license

It used to be we communicated in person or via written correspondence. Then telegrams joined the mix followed by telephones ... nowadays, in addition to cell phones and face-to-face communication, we use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and numerous other social media platforms. It’s rare that hand-written pieces of correspondence are created anymore.

We all can identify with archives that carry printed material, video material and audio material. What about archives that only deal with material not created in any of those media? How do you archive? How do you create access?

This has increasingly become a challenge – archiving social media. The perpetual question of what’s valuable and what’s not always has to be considered. Then, a discussion of “how” to archive it is needed. Never mind the question of access.

These are very important to genealogists and family historians. How many “cousins” have you connected to through a rootsweb newsgroup? Facebook? Instagram? Pinterest? The list goes on.

Have you “archived” all of these dialogues? Are you assuming that the platform has done so? Are you assuming that the posting institution on Flickr has archived its uploaded material? How about those great YouTube videos – are you guaranteed access in the future?

To help institutions as they curate their social media efforts, NCSU has created a toolkit “Social Media Archives Toolkit” – “a free web-based documentary toolkit and an open source virtual software collecting environment. This initiative builds on the NCSU Libraries’ leading role in this area of work, established, in part, by its recent development of Lentil—an award-winning open source social media harvesting and presentation tool...This toolkit addresses curatorial, legal, and ethical issues associated with archiving harvested social media data.”

You can read more about the project in “New Voices” Preserved by NCSU Libraries Social Media Archiving Resource.

What have your local family history supporting institutions done to preserve their social media presence?

Are you aware of other neat tools created to help preserve social media archives?

Editor’s Note: Related Upfront with NGS blog posts ...

+ Personal Digital Archiving Conference Re-Cap (2015)

+ One Family’s Personal Digital Archives Project (2012)

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29 April 2014

Are Social Networks (e.g. FB, Twitter), falling apart? If so, what does that mean for family historians?

Jason Howie, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonahowie/7910370882

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The internet has really revolutionized how we do genealogy – whether facilitating our research or putting us in touch with cousins.

On top of that, social media such as Facebook (and Twitter) have expanded the ways in which we can “connect” with possibly cousins! The more people we can link to as we research our ancestors, the more pieces of the “puzzle” we might have access to.

I mention this as there was an article published on Computerworld, Why the social networks are falling apart, which makes me wonder is this prophecy good or bad for genealogists? I am kind of leaning toward the latter.

As my husband and I discussed, this phenomenon is good for entrepreneurs as it results in “room to create new social media platforms. They won’t be absorbed by the borg, except from an advertizing platform perspective.”

On the other hand, for family researchers won’t this create a world where there are “more places for “us” as consumers to have to spread ourselves “thinner” in more place to connect with others?” It seems that the some centralization, such as via a Facebook platform, has benefited us as a wonderful opportunity to find cousins, those researching the same geographic locale, etc. If an increasing number of social platforms are created, won’t it be that much harder for us to “connect” to anyone as each platform will represent a possibly shrinking subset of those doing family research?

What do you think? Assuming that social networks are falling apart, are genealogists winners and losers?

Editor’s Note: If you don’t get the “borg” reference, you probably haven’t watched Star Trek. The line we always reference in our family is “resistance is futile.”

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28 October 2013

Social Media -- are you using it as much as you might for your genealogy research?

source: http://infographicality.com/conversations-in-social-media-infographic/
{as appeared with referenced article}

We often talk about social media and genealogy since the options continue to expand, both in personal usage and as a family history research tool. So many platforms, so little time!

The In-Depth Genealogist did a recent post on this Social Media and Genealogy: It’s Not Just About Chats With Friends Anymore. The post discusses the myriad ways that one can use social media. Just one of the associated graphics (see above) was startling in how “many” and “different” social media outlets it listed. I can say that I recognized a very small percentage of those listed!

What are your top 5 social media platforms as far as family history research? What value do they each provide to you and your research?

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22 March 2012

Pinterest? Have You Joined Yet? Please Do Tell Us About How Genealogists Might Benefit!

After seeing references to “Pinterest” on Facebook and elsewhere, I just had to figure out what all the “buzz” was about.

I learned more about just searching around the internet and by reading James Tanner’s post “Pinterest – Upcoming Social Networking Site” where he says ...

“Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites on the Internet. Initially adopted by a predominantly younger female market, Pinterest has now attracted a substantial special interest following, including a growing number of genealogists. As the name suggests, it is a way to pin pictures you find on the Internet to a virtual board on your page.”

And, here’s a fun article by a self-proclaimed Pinterest addict, “Pinning: These are a few of my favorite things” and one titled “Pinterest – Oh No, Another Addictive Distraction!” on Olive Tree Genealogy.

Are you on Pinterest? Have you used it for genealogy?

Share your thoughts on what you like about it, what’s fun about it, what can be frustrating, should we ask to be invited, or any other thoughts you want to share with your virtual genealogy buddies!

Editor's Note: I've not yet "requested an invite" If you have what you consider a great example of a genealogical use of Pinterest and you'd like to share that with me, please do so and it might motivate me to get invited and actually see what it's all about. After reading how addicting it is, I am trying to control myself and not get started. Though, all's it took was one good excuse to get on FB, Google+, Linkpendium, etc

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04 October 2011

The National Archives (NARA) on Tumblr!

The latest tool in NARA’s social media toolbox is Tumblr, a microblogging platform that allows users to share photos, videos, quotes, links, text, and audio files with the Tumblr community. The National Archives currently maintains five different “tumblelogs”:

AOTUS: Photos, documents, quotes, and current events from the Archivist of the United States David Ferriero. http://aotus.tumblr.com/
Today’s Document: Daily featured documents from the holdings of the National Archives. http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/
Our Presidents: Behind-the-scenes history from the Presidential Libraries & Museums. http://ourpresidents.tumblr.com/
Exhibits: Images and stories of the current exhibitions at the National Archives. http://usnatarchivesexhibits.tumblr.com/
I Found it in the National Archives: Submissions from researchers explaining meaningful discoveries and experiences at the National Archives. http://usnatarchivesfoundit.tumblr.com/

The content within tumblelogs is meant to be brief and to the point. It is a great platform for sharing visually appealing content, such as documents and photos, from our holdings. With a large community already on Tumblr, users can easily share and re-post content to followers and watch the message spread! Staff members at Tumblr have created the “Spotlight,” a dedicated page within Tumblr that features some of the most interesting tumblelogs in a variety of categories. Tumblelogs featured in the Spotlight are chosen by Tumblr staff members as a way to draw attention to the most creative and innovative content. Searching through the Spotlight is a great way for users to find new tumblelogs to follow. Currently, AOTUS, Today’s Document, and Our Presidents have been featured in the Spotlight!

Editor’s Note: We learned of this from the Autumn 2011 edition of the National Archives Researcher News. Previous issues are at this site:

www.archives.gov/dc-metro/newsletter

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