My latest book from Pen and Sword Family History, entitled Sharing Your Family History Online, should be going on sale this weekend (January 30th) - here's the blurb!
SHARING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY ON THE INTERNET
by Chris Paton
- A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY COLLABORATION
- CHAPTERS ON THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SOFTWARE PACKAGES, DNA TESTING AND PRESERVING RESEARCH
- PACKED WITH CASE STUDIES AND TIPS TO HELP YOU GET THE BEST IN OUR ANCESTRAL ENDEAVOURS
For many enthusiasts pursuing their family history research, the online world offers a seemingly endless archive of digitised materials to help us answer the questions posed by our ancestors. In addition to hosting records, however, the internet also offers a unique platform on which we can host our research and lure in prospective cousins from around the world, to help build up a larger shared ancestral story.
In Sharing Your Family History Online, genealogist and best-selling author Chris Paton will explore the many ways in which we can present our research and encourage collaboration online. He will detail the many organisations and social media applications that can permit co-operation, describe the software platforms on which we can collate our stories, and illustrate the many ways in which we can publish our stories online.
Along the way, Chris Paton will also explore how we can make our research work further for us, by drawing in experts and distant cousins from around the world to help us break our ancestral brick walls, not just through sharing stories, but by accessing uniquely held documentation by family members around the world, including our very own shared DNA.
And here's the chapter break down:
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Researching Your Family History
Who, what, when?
- Civil registration
- Parish records
- Censuses
- Newspapers
Archives
Family history societies
Genealogy vendors
- Ancestry
- FindmyPast
- TheGenealogist
- MyHeritage
- FamilySearch
Genealogy magazines
Learning resources
Good record keeping
Privacy and data protection
Copyright and ownership
Terms and conditions
Digital estate
Online etiquette
Chapter 2 – Communication and Social Media
Contacting relatives
Email
Discussion forums
Social media platforms
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Tumblr
- LinkedIn
- Other platforms
Image sharing
- Instagram
- Pinterest
- Flickr
Blogs
- Blogger
- Wordpress
- Feed Readers
Virtual meetings and webinars
- Facebook Messenger
- Zoom
- Skype
- FaceTime
- GoToWebinar
Chapter 3 – Collaboration and Crowdsourcing
Collaborative platforms
- Lost Cousins
- Curious Fox
- Google My Maps
- Historypin
Cloud sharing
- Dropbox
- Google Docs
- Evernote
Crowdsourcing projects
- World Archive Project
- FamilySearch Indexing
- FreeUKGEN
- UKIndexer
- FindaGrave
- BillionGraves
- Online Parish Clerks
- GENUKI
Wiki projects
Chapter 4 – Recording Your Family History
Software packages
Online programmes
- Ancestry
- MyHeritage
- FindmyPast
- TreeView
Collaborative family trees
- WikiTree
- Geni
- FamilySearch Family Tree
Chapter 5 – DNA: it's in the blood
DNA tests
- Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA)
- Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
- Autosomal DNA
- X-chromosome DNA (X-DNA)
Testing platforms
- AncestryDNA
- MyHeritage DNA
- LivingDNA
- FamilyTreeDNA
- 23andMe
Exporting results to other platforms
Chapter 6 – Sharing and Preserving Stories
Conveying the message
Creative writing
- What stories do you wish to tell?
- Who are your readers?
- What voice are you using?
Sharing your stories
- Websites
- Self-publishing
Audio visual
- Video platforms
- Audio platforms
- FamilySearch Memories
Further reading
Index
The book can be purchased from Pen and Sword at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharing-Your-Family-History-Online-Paperback/p/18718 at an introductory offer price of £10.39 +p&p. You will also find some great reviews there!
Just for good measure I am giving a talk on Saturday 30th January at the Scottish Indexes conference on the same subject, Sharing Your Family History Online, if you fancy spending an hour to listen in (or more, there are pletny of other superb speakers lined up!) - for full details visit www.scottishindexes.com
I'll hopefully see you there, and if not, I hope you'll enjoy the book!
Chris
Pre-order my next book, Sharing Your Family History Online, at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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