2013 Top Genealogy/Family History Pinterest Boards Award

I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was named for a top 2013 Genealogy/Family History Pinterest Boards Award.

Thanks to fellow genealogist Valerie Elkins who posted her 2013  winners on her Family Cherished blog. I agree with Valerie that Pinterest is a great tool for family history.

I encourage you to check out the winner's boards for inspiration and resources.

My boards range from genealogy books to Women in WWII to other historical food and genealogy topics. Soon I will be adding more social history pins as well.

Check out how Pinterest can help you with your family history!

Social Media Tools for Genealogy: #NGS2013 Links

Wednesday afternoon marks my first of three presentations given here at #NGS2013 and I wanted to share some of the links with my readers who are not at the conference.

The main point of this presentation is to remember that social media is about:

• Sharing

• Networking

• Curating

• Education

There's so many websites that allow you to do this. It's important to try them out and see which ones help you with your genealogical goals.

Are you using Rebel Mouse to follow #NGS2013? https://www.rebelmouse.com/NGS2013/

Websites

Genealogy Related

FamilySearch Research Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

GenealogyWise: http://www.genealogywise.com/

Geni: http://www.geni.com/

WikiTree: http://www.wikitree.com/

We Relate: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page

Social Networking

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com

GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/

MicroBlogging

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ 

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com

Images

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/

Flickr the Commons: http://www.flickr.com/commons

Instagram: http://instagram.com/

1000Memories:http://1000memories.com/

Maps

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/

Historypin: http://maps.google.com/

WhatWasThere: http://www.whatwasthere.com/

Panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com/

Blogs

Blogger:http://www.blogger.com/

WordPress: http://wordpress.org/

Type Pad: http://www.typepad.com/

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/

Virtual Worlds

Second Life: http://secondlife.com/

Genealogy to Follow

#GenChat on Twitter

Dear Myrtle’s Genealogy Community on GooglePlus

Tech for Genealogy & Family History Researchers on Google Plus

What's Up Genealogy? on Google Plus

Social Media for Genealogy on Facebook

Places to Find Information

Blogging Genealogy: http://www.blogginggenealogy.com/

Facebook Blog: http://blog.facebook.com/

All Facebook: http://www.allfacebook.com/

Geneabloggers Twitter Tip Sheet: http://www.geneabloggers.com/twitter-cheat-sheet/

Makeuseof : http://www.makeuseof.com/ (Make sure to check out their Cheats and Guides section)

Mashable: http://mashable.com/

FamilySearch Tech Tips: https://familysearch.org/techtips/

Social Media and Genealogy: https://familysearch.org/techtips/

Cyndi’s List – Social Networking:  http://www.cyndislist.com/social-networking