Internet Aids to Family History Research: Tools, Websites, Wikis, Blogs

1. Internet Aids to Family History Research: Tools, Websites, Wikis, Blogs, Etc. Walta Evans 2018

2. Agenda • Genealogy aids online: • Tree Seek • Light Shot • Birthdate calculators • Photo Editing Tools • Research Sites: paid and free • Blogs & Wikis • Forums, Societies, Newsletters • Collaboration

3. Online tools • Record Seek/Tree Seek • Birth date Calculator: Approximates birth date with death date and age at death in Years Months Days /years and months. Accuracy is within two to three days • Lightshot: Clip tool • 10 Free Photo Editor Tools http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-free-photo-editor-tools-make-shots/

4. treeseek.com • Visualize your genealogy • Easily create charts from FamilySearch data • Many types and sizes of fans and charts • Name clouds of surnames, first names. Male first names, Female first names • Source tracker

6. Source Tracker A check-mark indicates you have a source, while a magnifying glass allows you to search for a missing source. The Sources column on the right show the total number of sources for that person. The "Census" tab below tracks your census sources, while the "Vital Events" tab tracks sources tagged to vital events.

7. Source Tracker U.S. Census Vital Events #Name Birth Death Name Gender Birth Christening Death Burial Sources 1 Walta Edwina Lefler Living Living 0 2 Walter Lefler June 29, 1883 July 13, 1965 3 3 Gladys May Monnier December 4, 1916 July 18, 2007 3

8. recordseek.com • Ever visited a website and wanted to attach it to your family tree? • Easiest way to submit website as source to FamilySearch. • Easy To Use • No Reloading • The Right Tool • Even Save Images

9. Record Seek Information Added • Creating a Source identify the website you have found • Source Title (Required) • Where the Record Is Found (Citation) • Describe the Record (Notes) • This source was added by the free service available at RecordSeek.com. • Source Box (Folder)

10. Birth Date Calculators http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fgris/brown/agecalc.htmlThe last calculator will do four different calculations regarding age. It has two methods of calculating a birthdate, given the date of death and age at death. The first one is more accurate, but the second one, called the 8870 method , which assumes 30-day months, is sometimes better since the age-at-death inscribed on headstones often seems to have been figured on the basis of 30-day months. So if the first one gives you a birthdate like Feb. 31, try the second.

15. LightShot Tutorials How to install Lightshot for Windows Screenshot options How to share your screenshot on Facebook How to copy a screenshot immediately Using editor tools How to open a screenshot in the online editor How to use the screenshot history How to properly adjust screenshot borders with keyboard How to install Lightshot Firefox add-on How to install Lightshot Google Chrome extension

18. Photo after using LightShot to focus only on tombstone

19. Free Photo Editing Tools GIMP.org Paint.NET Canva Photoscape Picmonkey BeFunky.com Fotor Photoshop Express Pixlr Editor.com Photo Editor by Aviary Snappa Picasa (only if you already have it before it was discontinued with Google Photos)

20. GIMP PHOTO EDITOR Original photo cropped by Lightshot (above) Photo edited removing people to place in FamilyTree. (below)

21. BeFunky Collage created from digitized polaroid photographs of Groundbreaking Ceremony for new Library created on Collage Maker.

22. Paid Websites for Searching • http://www.americanancestors.org/(at FHL) • http://www.ancestry.com (access at FHL) • http://www.myheritage.com/(access at FHL) • http://www.findmypast.com/(access at FHL) • http://www.geneanet.org/ (free to a point) • http://www.fold3.com/ (access at the FHL) • http://www.archives.com/ • http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/

23. Free Sites for Searching • Cyndi’s List: http://www.cyndislist.com/ • Google & Google Books • Genealogy Gophers: https://www.gengophers.com/ • Internet Archives: https://archive.org/details/genealogy • Billion Graves: http://billiongraves.com/ • FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ • Lost Cousins: http://www.lostcousins.com/ • Archives—Local, State, National(most are free)

24. Cyndi’s List • A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online. • Definitely one to browse if beginning • One of the oldest and most respected • Has many links but important to use categories for searching when you start

25. Genealogy Gophers • Our Mission: To make family history easier, faster, and FUN! • Find your ancestors in 80,000 digital genealogy books! • It's like Google Books, but specifically for genealogy.

26. 4 Things to Know About Genealogy Gophers 1) Using advanced search technology and information extraction, Genealogy Gophers makes identifying your ancestors in digitized books easier and more successful than anywhere else. 2)With over a terabyte of data and growing, our digital library currently includes approximately 80,000 family histories and regional genealogy books. 3)We are adding thousands of new books each month. 3)Genealogy Gophers can be searched free for up to 3 books per week, but for a small fee, one can have unlimited access to all.

27. Internet Archive Ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library: University of Toronto; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; Brigham Young University: Provo, Utah; National Library of Scotland; Indianapolis City Library'sIndianapolis City Directory and Yearbooks Collection, The Leo Baeck Institute Archives of German-speaking Jewry Leo Baeck Institute Archives; and Boston Public Library. Resources include books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, census records, passenger lists of vessels, and other historical and biographical documents. Variant misspelling: geneology

28. Lost Cousins:putting relatives in touch Are you serious about researching your family tree? If so, you've come to the right place, because LostCousins is the ONLY family history website able to match you with others researching the same ancestors AUTOMATICALLY, ACCURATELY & CONFIDENTIALLY Simply enter the relatives on your family tree who were recorded in selected US, Canadian, British, or Irish Censuses - then click the Search button.

29. Collaboration Tools • Wikis • Blogs • Societies • Genealogical newsletters • Forums • Family

30. Blogs and Wikis: Differences Wiki: • Multiple authors • Group edits • Changing and growing quickly • Links wiki pages • Communication:many to many Blog: • One author usually • Author posts • Comments by users one to many • Opinions shared • Can be subset of wiki

31. Blog Definition A regularly updated website or web page, usually run by an individual or small group, written in an informal or conversational style.

32. Types of Blogs • Tips to help searchers • Updates to a particular website to make it easier to use • Insights into things that interest the blogger • Journal type entries

33. Genealogy Blogs The Genetic Genealogist by Blaine Bettinger https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/ Genealogy Tip of the Day by Michael John Neill genealogytipoftheday.com/ Genealogy’s Star by James Tanner https://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/ Family Search Blog www.familysearch.org/blog/en/ Genealogy Insider by Diane Haddad www.familytreemagazine.com › How-Tos & Tutorials › News & Blogs genealogyblog.geneanet.org/ by Jean-Yves https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/

34. Wiki Definition a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users FamilySearch Research Wiki helps with worldwide research My Heritage Wiki Tree-One Family World Tree Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory ---- Wiki

35. Newsletters Newsletters— • Genealogy in Time : Weekly and free • Lost Cousins Newsletter: by Peter Calver • Published 3 times a month • Free when you join Lost Cousins website • Lots of helpful information with challenges & rewards • Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter by Dick Eastman daily

36. Societies, Forums, Family Genealogical Societies-Local and National: DCGS, DAR, SAR, FGS etc. Forums—Sites where you can enter query about a surname or person for whom you are searching: Roots Chat, Tribal Pages, Ancestry Message Boards Family Connections are most important and can be made through some of the sites like Lost Cousins, Geneanet, Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsChat, My Heritage, Facebook, Messenger for both close and distant relatives

37. References • https://familysearch.org/ • https://treeseek.com/ • https://recordseek.com/ • https://app.prntscr.com/ • https://www.longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html • https://www.cyndislist.com/ • https://www.befunky.com/ • https://www.gimp.org/ • www.photoscape.org/ • https://pixlr.com/

38. References continued https://www.ancestry.com/ https://www.findmypast.com/ https://en.geneanet.org/ https://www.fold3.com/ https://billiongraves.com/ https://www.lostcousins.com/ https://www.canva.com/ https://www.fotor.com/ https://aviary-photo-editor.en.softonic.com/?ex=CAT-801.0

39. References continued https://www.google.com/ https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/ https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/ https://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/news-blogs/genealogy_insider/ http://genealogytipoftheday.blogspot.com/ https://www.wikitree.com/ www.rootschat.com/

40. References continued • https://www.gengophers.com/ • https://www.tribalpages.com/ • https://archive.org/details/genealogy • https://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/ • https://snappa.com/