Comments on: How To Get Started As A Genealogist On Twitter http://genmates.com/2008/10/how-to-get-started-as-a-genealogist-on-twitter/ Helping With Your Genealogy, Family History and Ancestry Research Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jane Hewitt http://genmates.com/2008/10/how-to-get-started-as-a-genealogist-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Jane Hewitt Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:07:53 +0000 http://genmates.com/?p=18#comment-225 I am a genealogist who has just started 'tweeting'. I have been using it to let people know about some of the free info as I publish it to my <a href="http://familyresearcher.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Family Tree</a> website, such as free census searches, old trade definitions, WW2 Blitz victims etc. I am trying not to bombard people with tweets, just 1-3 a week of relevant stuff. Am still evaluating whether twitter is useful for communicating with other people interested in genealogy. As a newbie, the best advice I have received so far has been to include #genealogy in relevant posts. I am a genealogist who has just started ‘tweeting’. I have been using it to let people know about some of the free info as I publish it to my Family Tree website, such as free census searches, old trade definitions, WW2 Blitz victims etc.

I am trying not to bombard people with tweets, just 1-3 a week of relevant stuff. Am still evaluating whether twitter is useful for communicating with other people interested in genealogy. As a newbie, the best advice I have received so far has been to include #genealogy in relevant posts.

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]]> By: Genealogists and Web 2.0 | Genealogy and Family History http://genmates.com/2008/10/how-to-get-started-as-a-genealogist-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Genealogists and Web 2.0 | Genealogy and Family History Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:20:54 +0000 http://genmates.com/?p=18#comment-73 [...] Genealogists and Twitter [...] [...] Genealogists and Twitter [...]

]]> By: Debbie V. http://genmates.com/2008/10/how-to-get-started-as-a-genealogist-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Debbie V. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:34:30 +0000 http://genmates.com/?p=18#comment-50 Thank you for your explanation of Twitter. I don't have a genealogy site per se yet, but I do have a tree on My Ancestry that I update often and one on WeRelate that I have left as-is. I do use a couple of social bookmarking sites (Delicious and Diigo) which are great for uncovering new resources. I am also an active member of a very busy Rootsweb mailing list, ILFRANKL. How would Twitter add to this as a genealogy resource? Can you give me an example? Thanks again, Debbie V. Sellersburg, IN Thank you for your explanation of Twitter. I don’t have a genealogy site per se yet, but I do have a tree on My Ancestry that I update often and one on WeRelate that I have left as-is.
I do use a couple of social bookmarking sites (Delicious and Diigo) which are great for uncovering new resources. I am also an active member of a very busy Rootsweb mailing list, ILFRANKL.
How would Twitter add to this as a genealogy resource? Can you give me an example?
Thanks again,
Debbie V.
Sellersburg, IN

]]> By: Kate http://genmates.com/2008/10/how-to-get-started-as-a-genealogist-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Kate Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:29:47 +0000 http://genmates.com/?p=18#comment-2 It would be good to see more genealogists using twitter, and because it's indexed by search engines, once information has been posted there's a good chance of someone coming along later and getting in touch. Twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ is a good place to find people who share your research interests or are just into genealogy generally - I'm not connected to the site, just find it useful. It would be good to see more genealogists using twitter, and because it’s indexed by search engines, once information has been posted there’s a good chance of someone coming along later and getting in touch.

Twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ is a good place to find people who share your research interests or are just into genealogy generally – I’m not connected to the site, just find it useful.

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