Sharing Your Family History Online is now on sale

Hi folks, 

The short delay in publication is now over, and I am pleased to confirm that my new book Sharing Your Family History Online is now on sale!  The book can be purchased from Pen and Sword Family History at £10.39 plus p&p via www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharing-Your-Family-History-Online-Paperback/p/18718 - you can also see some great reviews at the bottom of the page, thanks to those who have contributed them, they always help!

Once again, here is the all important 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

Enjoy!

Chris

My new book Sharing Your Family History Online is now on sale at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. 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.