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21 June 2017

What Upfront with NGS is all about …

What Upfront with NGS is all about …

Good morning, afternoon, evening, or maybe even the middle of the night! That’s the great thing about the internet and blogs, they are available 24/7 around the world!

Today I want to share with you an updated version of something written back in 2010 about this blog – about its purpose. Though the purpose has remained largely the same, I’ve expanded on some of the details …

UpFront with NGS -- What we let you know about!

To help us help you, we want to let you know what kinds of information NGS posts via this Upfront with NGS blog. This way, if you haven’t been sending us material that meets the requirements for what we do post, we hope you will start doing so. Additionally, if you have been asking us to post notices and have been wondering why they haven’t been showing up, now you know why not.

REMEMBER – Upfront with NGS is FREE and available for anyone to read!

1. Any National Genealogical Society (NGS) news – research trips, courses, videos, publications, conference news, etc.

2. News about “sales” on DNA test kits and FREE periods offered by subscription (aka limited access) resources (e.g. Ancestry.com, My Heritage)

3. Posts about pending legislation at the international, state or federal level that would impact access to and preservation of records used by genealogists and historical landmarks. Reports on successes achieved in creating records access or successful preservation efforts.

4. Information on genealogical standards to ensure excellence, either their creation or when updated.

5. Announcements from the National Archives (NARA), the Library of Congress (LOC), state archives and libraries, and more.

6. NEW resources to assist in your family history research. With many sources of news on the latest additions to existing resources such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, etc., we do NOT blog about these updates.

7. Recognition of various holidays, celebrations, and xxx Month (e.g., Black History Month, American Archives Month, Women’s History Month)

8. General news of interest to the genealogy community as identified by the blog editor.

If you have a news item you would like to suggest, please drop a note to upfront@ngsgenealogy.org.

I hope this gives you a better sense of the types of material posted on Upfront with NGS.

A reminder that ALL Upfront with NGS blog posts automatically cross-post to the NGS Facebook page, Twitter feed, Google +, and with some help to Flipboard. Additionally, you can subscribe via email (main blog page, left column) to receive a daily email on days when new material is posted. Hence, you have many different platforms where you can get this news.

What different types of “news” or “features” would you like to see included in Upfront with NGS in the future?

Which platform do you find best suits your needs? Daily email? Directly visiting the blog? FB page? Twitter feed? Google+ ? Flipboard?

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NGS does not imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this blog. Any opinions expressed by guest authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of NGS.

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Republication of UpFront articles is permitted and encouraged for non-commercial purposes without express permission from NGS. Please drop us a note telling us where and when you are using the article. Express written permission is required if you wish to republish UpFront articles for commercial purposes. You may send a request for express written permission to UpFront@ngsgenealogy.org. All republished articles may not be edited or reworded and must contain the copyright statement found at the bottom of each UpFront article.

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Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!

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Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to UpfrontNGS@mosaicrpm.com

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Unless indicated otherwise or clearly an NGS Public Relations piece, Upfront with NGS posts are written by Diane L Richard, editor, Upfront with NGS.

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23 July 2015

Facebook (FB) + NGS = Lots of neat news about genealogy & history-related resources!

Psssst ... I have a secret ... when you read Upfront with NGS you aren't seeing all the neat genealogy news items I stumble across ....

Last month I talked about Facebook (FB) as a wonderful and FREE resource, Facebook (FB) -- Are you taking advantage of its wonderful and FREE genealogical resources?

Today, as I was sharing (“sharing” is how a post on FB from one source can be reposted to one’s own timeline, the timeline of a friend, or in my case to a “page I manage”) news items found on FB to the NGS FB page, it dawned on me that if you are reading the content of Upfront with NGS via an email feed, Google+, or Twitter, you are missing out on the content that is cross-posted ONLY on the NGS FB page.

I visit FB somewhere between 3-4 times a day for a few minutes at time to just “trawl” for news items of interest. Since most of the feeds that I see are genealogically related, they are ripe to be “shared” (aka reposted) to the NGS FB page and I do so. Most of this is content that isn’t quite suited to become a full-fledged Upfront with NGS post for a variety of reasons and yet it’s news important to our family history community. The end result is a “share” to the NGS FB page!

For example, over the last two weeks, I have “shared” on FB the following posts which did not (nor will not) become Upfront with NGS posts:

Holding heritage in their hands – newspaper article regarding family members visiting the area where their ancestors lived and seeing a family bible
The American civil war then and now -- Superimposing historic images over moderns ones is always fascinating and when you add in some audio to give context to the images they become even more haunting
Reminder about the summer season of WDYTYA? starting this Sunday on TLC
Genealogy Camp for Kids at NARA
New York pauper’s cemetery opens to mourners for first time -- We've blogged about this cemetery before, Hart Island -- NYC’s Public Burial Ground -- Over 1 Million Burials -- Trying to Reveal Their Stories,http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/…/hart-island-nycs-public-b…, and now here's a post about the cemetery being open to mourners in a less limited fashion than was available before.
A cartoon “Why Einstein Quickly moved on to General Relativity”
Mocavo free weekend to try premium Gold features (it was this past weekend)
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá -- after a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins.
Perry donates “invaluable’ historic papers to County Archives – large part of local history restored after 1878 courthouse fire
Marie Curie’s Research Papers Are Still Radioactive 100+ Years Later – a challenge to archives access we don’t often think of

And, there are dialogues that take place on a FB page that you don't see elsewhere. Due to the nature of FB, “you” the reader can easily post comments to a post or another readers’ comment. This can create a dynamic platform for sharing thoughts, reactions, related information and so much more with members of our genealogical community! We love when people post comments!

You probably won’t find every news item of equal interest. I know that I don’t. That’s why the scrolling nature of looking through posts on my FB wall can be easy and painless. I just scroll down the page and only stop when I see something new (some news does end up reposted many times) and it gets my attention. I then check it out, assess if I think it’s interesting enough to share, and then do so with a brief introductory sentence.

I always keep my FB “News Feed” organized via “Most Recent.” This means that when later in the day (or the next day or sometimes a few days later) I revisit my FB page, I can just scroll down until I see the last post from my previous session. This makes it easy to be efficient as I “trawl” for news that I think will interest NGS members either as the basis for an Upfront with NGS post or as a “share” on FB.

So, if you aren’t yet on FB or have not yet “liked” the NGS FB Page, you might be missing out on some interesting tidbits of news.

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NGS does not imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this blog. Any opinions expressed by guest authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of NGS.

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Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!

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Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to UpfrontNGS@mosaicrpm.com

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Unless indicated otherwise or clearly an NGS Public Relations piece, Upfront with NGS posts are written by Diane L Richard, editor, Upfront with NGS.

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Want to learn more about interacting with the blog, please read Hyperlinks, Subscribing and Comments -- How to Interact with Upfront with NGS Blog posts!

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03 December 2014

Flipboard Magazine ... a format for the very visual in our family history community

If you are new to Upfront with NGS or missed the post about the Flipboard version of this blog, let’s revisit this alternative platform.

First, please do read Flipboard Magazines for Genealogy – a blossoming new platform. There are probably even more genealogically-themed publications than identified.

Second, consider that the classic blog format is a string of vertically placed posts that you scroll down to read. Flipboard provides a platform that operates more like a magazine (or book) where you click to flip the pages. When you see an article title (with image), you can select that title and then you will be taken to the full post.

Third, there are currently almost 190 articles available via the Upfront with NGS Flipboard Magazine. So, this platform can be a very quick, easy and visual way to catch up on past posts to the blog. Going forward, typically within a few hours of any post to Upfront with NGS, there is a link posted to the Flipboard Magazine version.

Fourth, you can download a FREE App to use with your iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire &/or Nook.

So, if you are a more visual person or don’t like to scroll, this might become a viewing option for Upfront with NGS. As always though, you can access the blog via the blog web site, scheduled emails via Feedburner (3pm each day a post is made – you can sign up via the blog web site), Facebook, Google+, and/or Twitter.

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NGS does not imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this blog. Any opinions expressed by guest authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of NGS.

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Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!

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Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to UpfrontNGS@mosaicrpm.com

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Unless indicated otherwise or clearly an NGS Public Relations piece, Upfront with NGS posts are written by Diane L Richard, editor, Upfront with NGS.

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Want to learn more about interacting with the blog, please read Hyperlinks, Subscribing and Comments -- How to Interact with Upfront with NGS Blog posts!

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Follow NGS via Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Twitter