Sep 152011
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
Feel free to add extra comments in brackets after each item. I have added a few onto the end.
Which of these apply to you?
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
Feel free to add extra comments in brackets after each item. I have added a few onto the end.
Which of these apply to you?
- Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad (Android)
- Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
- Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes (great for planning trips etc, catching up with cousins)
- Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor’s home
- Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree (The Master genealogist and Legacy, also Have Family Historian on computer)
- Have a Twitter account (@HVSresearch)
- Tweet daily
- Have a genealogy blog
- Have more then one genealogy blog
- Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic
- Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise (define active? Haven’t posted as much as I would like but have lurked often)
- Have a Facebook Account
- Have connected with genealogists via Facebook
- Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page (maybe depends where Google+ ends up)
- Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society
- Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
- Have registered a domain name
- Post regularly to Google+
- Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
- Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
- Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner
- Can code a webpage in .html (one day when I have some free time….)
- Own a smartphone
- Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases
- Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
- Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival
- Use Chrome as a Browser
- Have participated in a genealogy webinar
- Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes (waiting on the results)
- Have a personal genealogy website (One day when I have some free time….)
- Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive
- Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
- Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files (some, more to follow)
- Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs
- Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry
- Own a netbook (have the Sony travelling laptop instead, it goes where I go)
- Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes
- Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit
- Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widget
- Have listened to a genealogy podcast online
- Have downloaded genealogy podcasts for later listening
- Backup your files to a portable hard drive
- Have a copy of your genealogy files stored offsite
- Know about Rootstech
- Have listened to a Blogtalk radio session about genealogy
- Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud (Dropbox for me. I have a paid subscription for 50GB and use it for work as well as my genealogy0
- Schedule regular email backups (I have emails going back to 2002 due to this)
- Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
- Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs (Some have lots more to do)
- Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format
- Have authored a genealogy podcast (one day in the not too distant future)
- Have authored a genealogy webinar (one day in the not too distant future)
- Use YouTube for genealogy (and lots of other things such as how to do something in Excel, craft etc)
- Have collaborative documents in Dropbox for genealogy
- Have a collaborative database in Dropbox for genealogy
- Have more than three computers at home(plus scanners, film/slide scanner, Overhead projector, three printers (all in one, laser and a colour one for photos), digital notetaker, 2 x video cameras and a number of other toys. What can I say, I like my toys!
- Take a powerboard away with you because of the electronics you take when you travel. (Laptop, tablet, phone, iPod Touch, digital projector (when I am speaking), digital camera)
- Have more than 1TB of external storage. Hmmm, in fact, have 4TB of external storage at home and 2TB at work as a backup of my essential stuff.
And I am sure you will think of even more….
I think I officially qualify as a Nerd who likes her toys.
You're a girl after my own heart, Helen, Thanks for the submission – love the extras.