Footnote for genealogy research

Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about Footnote.com and researching your genealogy.

Recently I have gotten into genealogy research and have been fascinated by the tantalizing bits of info I have found about some of my family members. To this point, I haven’t wanted to sign up for any of the services like Ancestry.com because I am always hesitant to “subscribe” to sites.

However, I am very interested in a site called Footnote.com. What sets it apart is that while you can subscribe to the site, you can also pay for individual documents. Just $1.95 each. So I could download the image of my ancestors page in the 1930s census for less than $2. I can save it on my computer or view it on the site whenever I want.

Footnote also has a social aspect with individuals being able to add information to the site or to pages for individuals appearing on the site. Great for families with several research lovers to connect.

Next I’m going to explore my local library which has the Ancestry.com library edition. I’m not sure what I’ll be able to look up there, but I’m excited that it will be free!

How do you research family history?

Ping.fm

Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about how you can update multiple social networks at once!

I knew it had to exist–A way to update all of your social networks via a single site. I’m sure there have to be others but I found Ping.fm via Geek Sugar.

You can update up to 30 different social network sites like Twitter and Facebook via text or email to the Ping.fm site. Can you imagine the time-savings if you have multiple accounts?

This might be enough to make me jump into the Twitter-sphere.