http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:09:29 -0700 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:28:41 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Discounted-NEHGS-memberships-through-July-31-2009?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner    It isn't easy to find bargains today especially when it comes to access to research databases and genealogical society memberships.  But the New England Historic Genealogical Society has discounted some of its memberships by as muc... genealogy technology data surnames library family tree research genealogical societies Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:28:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Discounted-NEHGS-memberships-through-July-31-2009?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d1-dynastreecom-celebrates-2nd-birthday?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner   Creating a tree for one’s family is easier than ever, only basic computer skills are required for setting up profiles of relatives and ancestors. Families can easily create a tree showing all relatives and connecting the family, regardl... genealogy technology social media family tree Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d1-dynastreecom-celebrates-2nd-birthday?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Find-famous-relatives-in-your-family-tree?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner   If you've been working on your family tree for any time now, you may have come across an ancestor who could be considered a "famous personality."  Either during their own period in history or perhaps still considered famous and... genealogy technology family tree Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:10:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Find-famous-relatives-in-your-family-tree?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Surname-Findit--help-determining-a-full-surname?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner A few weeks ago I posted about Surname Suggestion List which can assist genealogists search on variations of a surname.  Now the creator of that great program – Matt Combs – has come up with another neat tool called Surname Findit. ... genealogy technology data surnames Wed, 20 May 2009 12:14:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Surname-Findit--help-determining-a-full-surname?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Cloud-computing-comes-to-genealogy?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner  OneGreatFamily.com is now offering “GenealogyCloud” – a full-featured API providing access to a web-based genealogy record keeping system.  OneGreatFamily has spent more than 10 years and invested approximately $10 millio... genealogy technology Tue, 19 May 2009 05:38:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Cloud-computing-comes-to-genealogy?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Easy-and-free-bibliography-generation-sites?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner  Easy and free bibliography generation sites One of the chores of genealogy research is to cite your sources and this may be one reason why new genealogists often neglect this vital step.  There are several free website-based applications w... genealogy technology library books bibliography Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:00:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Easy-and-free-bibliography-generation-sites?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d16-Twitter-hash-tags-for-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner More and more genealogists and family history enthusiasts are getting in on the Twitter scene each day.  As more of us are using Twitter, we tend to follow more and more "tweeps" who are also into genealogy.  With this new ent... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:36:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d16-Twitter-hash-tags-for-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Surname-variations--a-valuable-tool-for-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner   Have you ever hit a "brick wall" in your genealogy research?  Ever felt like you've exhausted every possibility?  But have you looked at every possible variation of the surname you are working on? I ask these questions beca... genealogy surnames Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:24:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Surname-variations--a-valuable-tool-for-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Using-Google-Alerts-for-genealogy-research?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner When working with genealogists or family history enthusiasts who want to harness the power of Google to help them with their research, I have them take baby steps.  This is important because while Google may seem, on the surface, like a powerfu... genealogy Google searches Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:52:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Using-Google-Alerts-for-genealogy-research?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Your-names--meanings-of-given-names-and-surnames?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner In case you missed it, this is Celebrate Your Name Week which was created so people could learn more about their names and perhaps more about themselves. As a genealogist, my research and my genealogy database are littered with names – both com... genealogy surnames Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:24:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Your-names--meanings-of-given-names-and-surnames?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d4-Genealogy-and-DNA--my-results?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner Back on February 20, 2009, I detailed my experience with testing DNA for genealogy research purposes and I’m happy to report that I just received my results!  While familybuilder states that results should take “about four weeks... genealogy technology DNA testing Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:35:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d4-Genealogy-and-DNA--my-results?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Who-to-follow-on-Twitter-and-how-to-be-followed?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner  Despite Twitter having suffered a major outage yesterday – some say it was due to Barbara Walters discussing Twitter on The View – I’m still on Twitter each and every day finding more and more genealogy people to follow.&nbsp... genealogy technology Twitter Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:58:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Who-to-follow-on-Twitter-and-how-to-be-followed?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d2-10-secret-Google-search-tricks--smooth-operators?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner 10 secret Google search tricks – smooth operators Many users rely upon Google for their Internet searches but few know about the important operators that can really turbo-charge your results. Use them during your next search for family history... genealogy Google searches Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:33:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d2-10-secret-Google-search-tricks--smooth-operators?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d1-11-ways-to-create-backups-and-prevent-data-loss?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner The first of each month is what I call Data Backup Day – a day when I commit to making sure all my data is safely backed-up in case something goes wrong.  What could go wrong? Well how about: hard drive failure? fire or water dama... technology data backup Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:15:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m3d1-11-ways-to-create-backups-and-prevent-data-loss?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d28-Great-Depression-Cooking--using-YouTube-for-genealogy?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner Earlier this week when I first viewed the Great Depression Cooking series of videos on YouTube – depicting 93-year old grandmother Clara Cannucciari – I had a suspicion they would be a bit hit.  Not only because the topic of maki... genealogy technology Great Depression You Tube Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:04:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d28-Great-Depression-Cooking--using-YouTube-for-genealogy?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Facebook-Terms-of-Use-update--encourages-user-review?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner   Facebook issued an online statement to all users logging in this afternoon:  “Today we announced new opportunities for users to play a meaningful role in determining the policies governing our site. We released the first proposa... genealogy technology social media Facebook Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:47:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Facebook-Terms-of-Use-update--encourages-user-review?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Twitter-and-hot-it-can-help-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner   Twitter is definitely a hot topic these days and garnering more and more exposure.  Many people, not just genealogy enthusiasts, are wondering what all the fuss is about.  And when they take a look at Twitter, very often the reactio... genealogy technology social media Twitter Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:51:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Twitter-and-hot-it-can-help-genealogists?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Photo-editing--get-focused-for-free?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner Alfred Joseph Austin, 1922 Image copyright 2009 Thomas MacEntee A common need of all genealogists, besides a scanner for photos and documents, is a good photo editing program.  While Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements seem to be the st... technology photographs scanner Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:14:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Photo-editing--get-focused-for-free?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d22-Facebook-and-dead-members--another-policy-gone-bad?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner The Consumerist – the blog that broke the Facebook Terms of Use policy fiasco last week – has been on top of another gaffe by the world’s leading social media site: the inability to have the Facebook pages of dead members removed by... Facebook Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:07:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d22-Facebook-and-dead-members--another-policy-gone-bad?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d21-A-favorite-ingredient-URL-Shortening?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner If you are a Twitter user, you already know the importance of keeping your URL size to a minimum since there is a 140 character limit on messages in Twitter. And most Twitter desktop clients such as TweetDeck or my favorite, twhirl already have URL t... technology Twitter URLs Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:13:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3932-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d21-A-favorite-ingredient-URL-Shortening?cid=exrss-Genealogy-and-Technology-Examiner