Geniaus created The Tech-Savvy Genealogist Meme, I borrowed it from Genea-Musings. This one is more up my alley since I’ve been involved in technology since I was a little boy.
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 (color 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
Which of these apply to you?
- Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad [not a tablet, but both an Android phone and an iPhone]
- Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
- Use a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader for genealogy related purposes [Have a Kindle, but have only read fiction on it so far]
- Have used Skype or Google Video Chat to for genealogy purposes
- 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 [RootsMagic, mainly]
- Use multiple genealogy software programs because they each have different functionalities.
- Have a Twitter account [@brianjz]
- Tweet daily
- Have a genealogy blog. [How’d you guess?]
Read the rest. - Have more than one genealogy blog [Also have the Graveyard Rabbit site and my “Everything” sites.]
- Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic
- Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise [I do, but I haven’t used it in a long time]
- Have a Facebook Account
- Have connected with genealogists via Facebook
- Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page
- Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society. [I’ve tried twice to take over the Ashland Co. Wisconsin GenWeb site, but no responses both times. Frustrating.]
- Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
- Have added content to a Person Page on Fold3 (formerly Footnote)
- Have registered a domain name [Many, many domain names]
- Post regularly to Google+
- Have participated in a genealogy-related Google+ hangout
- Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
- Have a blog listed on Cyndi’s List
- Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
- Have converted a family audiotape to digital
- Have converted a family videotape to digital
- Have converted family movies pre-dating videotape to digital. [A video taken in the the 1940s, though it was on VHS already, but I cleaned it up.]
- Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner
- Can code a webpage in .html
- Can code a webpage in .html using Notepad (or any other text-only software) [And I’m proud of it..]
- Can write scripts for your webpage in at least one programming language
- Can write scripts for your webpage in multiple programming languages
- Own a smartphone
- Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases
- Have a local library card that offers you home access to online databases, and you use that access.
- Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
- Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival
- Have hosted a genealogy blog carnival
- Use an Internet Browser that didn’t come installed on your computer [Mainly Chrome]
- Have participated in a genealogy webinar
- Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes [Did it first to Genographic Project and then on 23AndMe]
- Have a personal genealogy website
- Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive
- Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
- Have tweeted during a family reunion
- Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files
- 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
- 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 [I put together a jQuery widget on my last theme that pulled info from my family tree.]
- 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 [Carbonite]
- Schedule regular email backups [Don’t need to since I am using Gmail, automatically backed up]
- Have contributed to the FamilySearch Wiki
- Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs [Use Picasa]
- Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format [shared with family members]
- Brought a USB device to a microfilm repository so you could download instead of print.
- Have a wearable USB device containing important files. (Watch, keychain necklace, etc)
- Created a map on Google Maps plotting ancestral homes or businesses. [Yes, and it’s extremely helpful. Try it.]
- Recorded the GPS coordinates for a tombstone, or ancestral home
- Edited the Wikipedia entry for an ancestor, or their kin [I added some info the the Zalewski entry. My site is still listed on it.]
- Created an entry at FindAGrave for a person
- Created an entry at FindAGrave for a cemetery
- Have downloaded a video (for genealogical purposes) from YouTube or other streaming video site using KeepVid.com, or in some other fashion
- Have transferred a video from a DVR to your computer for genealogical purposes
- Have participated in a ScanFest
- Have started a Genealogy-related meme at least one other geneablogger participated in.
- Have started a Genealogy-related weekly blogging theme other geneabloggers participated in.
- Have used Photoshop (or other editing software) to “˜clean up’ an old family photo
- Done digital scrapbooking
- Printed out a satellite photo from Google Maps of a cemetery, and marked where a tombstone was located on it.
- Uploaded the MediaWiki software (or TikiWiki, or PhpWiki) to your family website. [My wiki is here.]
