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
- Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
- Have used Skype 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
- Have a Twitter account [Join me @freefamilytree]
- Tweet daily [I try anyway.]
- Have a genealogy blog
- Have more then one genealogy blog [In addition to this blog, I also author Free Genealogy Resources. I'm considering starting a third to document my husband's side of the family.]
- 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 [I just started this recently, although I've been on Facebook for a few years now.]
- Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page [The Free Genealogy Resources Facebook page]
- 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 [Coming in the near future.]
- Post regularly to Google+
- Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers [Two actually]
- Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project [I index for FamilySearch and Restore the Ancestors.]
- Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner [Love my Flip-Pal]
- Can code a webpage in .html
- 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
- Have a personal genealogy website
- Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive
- Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
- 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 [I have a tree on Ancestry, but it was built there]
- 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 [I use Dropbox for my genealogy files and IDrive for my personal pictures.]
- Schedule regular email backups
- Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
- Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs [Still tagging some, but they're all scanned in.]
- Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format [I have a few ideas.]
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