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
Which of these apply to you?
- Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad [GenWestUK: when I have the money!]
- Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes [GenWestUK: when I have the money!]
- Use a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader for genealogy related purposes (JN)
- Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes
- Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor's home [GenWestUK: when I have the money!]
- Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree
- Use multiple genealogy software programs because they each have different functionalities (JN)
- Have a Twitter account
- Tweet daily
- Have a genealogy blog
- Have more than one genealogy blog
- Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic
- Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise
- 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
- Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
- Have added content to a Person Page on Fold3 (formerly Footnote) (JN)
- Have registered a domain name
- Post regularly to Google+
- Have participated in a genealogy-related Google+ hangout (JN)
- Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
- Have a blog listed on Cyndi's List (JN)
- Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
- Have converted a family audiotape to digital (JN)
- Have converted a family videotape to digital (JN)
- Have converted family movies pre-dating videotape to digital. (JN)
- Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner [GenWestUK: when I have the money!]
- Can code a webpage in .html
- Can code a webpage in .html using Notepad (or any other text-only software) (JN)
- Can write scripts for your webpage in at least one programming language (JN)
- Can write scripts for your webpage in multiple programming languages (JN)
- Own a smartphone [GenWestUK: when I have the money!]
- 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 (JN)
- Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
- Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival
- Have hosted a genealogy blog carnival (JN)
- Use Chrome as a Browser
- Have participated in a genealogy webinar
- Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes
- 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 (JN)
- 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
- 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
- Schedule regular email backups
- Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
- Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs
- Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format
- Brought a USB device to a microfilm repository so you could download instead of print (JN)
- Have a wearable USB device containing important files. (Watch, keychain necklace, etc) (JN)
- Created a map on Google Maps plotting ancestral homes or businesses (JN)
- Recorded the GPS coordinates for a tombstone, or ancestral home (JN)
- Edited the Wikipedia entry for an ancestor, or their kin (JN)
- Created an entry at FindAGrave for a person (JN)
- Created an entry at FindAGrave for a cemetery (JN)
- Uploaded the MediaWiki software (or TikiWiki, or PhpWiki) to your family website (JN)
- Have downloaded a video (for genealogical purposes) from YouTube or other streaming video site using KeepVid.com, or in some other fashion (JN)
- Have transferred a video from a DVR to your computer for genealogical purposes (JN)
- Have participated in a ScanFest (JN)
- Have started a Genealogy-related meme at least one other geneablogger participated in (JN)
- Have started a Genealogy-related weekly blogging theme other geneabloggers participated in (JN)
- Have used Photoshop (or other editing software) to ‘clean up’ an old family photo (JN)
- Done digital scrapbooking (JN)
- Printed out a satellite photo from Google Maps of a cemetery, and marked where a tombstone was located on it (JN)
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