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Pinterest, Ancestry and Copyrighted Images

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 7, 2012 at 3:52pm

I was concerned about creating a Pinterest “bulletin board” for an ancestor, and then pinning a census image from Ancestry to that board. Although clicking on that image links back to Ancestry, and although I had cited the image source as Ancestry.com I wasn’t sure if I was violating some sort of term of agreement with Ancestry. I had seen bloggers post an image to a blog, but was this the same at Pinterest?

Then last month Pinterest introduced new code for websites and blogs that want to block

A family historian reads American history: variation on a poem by Brecht

Posted by Unknown Ancestor on September 15, 2009 at 12:48pm

A FAMILY HISTORIAN READS AMERICAN HISTORYWho sailed the seas to the colonies?The books all hail the Mayflower.Do others have ancestors venturing besides?And many slaves, so many times maligned, who sold and bought them up each time?In which of Boston's houses, that city bustling with churches, lived those who built it?In evenings when General Washington crossed riverswhere did the rowers go?City Washington is full of monuments grand. Who reared them up? Over whom did Founding Fathers smile?Old N

Your Genealogy Blog - Content Theft and Guarding Your Internet Reputation

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 12, 2009 at 12:00pm

Just a heads up that many genealogy bloggers are seeing their recent blog content reused at splogs (spam blogs). Just like spam and every other scam that seems to invade the Net, periodically blog content theft rears its ugly head and hits even genealogy blogs.I've written about this extensively over at the GeneaBloggers.com website and you can read more here.You'll find ways to detect blog content theft, how to send a cease and desist notice, how to set up automatic alerts for your content, and

What is a blog carnival?

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 14, 2009 at 9:00am

Anyone who has been following me or my group GeneaBloggers here on Genealogy Wise will know that I post several events each month including blog carnivals.I often need to be reminded that - just because I've been blogging about my genealogy research and family history for almost three years now - not everyone is familiar with the concept of a blog carnival. So here is my attempt at an explanation:- A blog carnival is usually hosted by a blog owner and runs on a regularly scheduled basis such as

The Saturation of Social Network Sites

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 10, 2009 at 11:12am

As I talk to fellow genealogists and others about the launch of GenelogyWise (official launch date is Friday, July 17, 2009), I have come consistently across complaints of too many social network sites existing. I think I have benefited from only having a MySpace and Facebook page and now GenealogyWise. I tried out a genealogy networking site last year, but the site could not keep my interest. Some days the site did not work at all and the content on the site was not enough to keep my interest.

Can Social Media Save Genealogy Societies?

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 8, 2009 at 2:41pm

My colleague Elyse Doerflinger at Elyse's Genealogy Blog has started a dialog concerning the future of genealogy societies and how bridging the "technology divide" can mean sink or swim in terms of society survival.In her post, Elyse discusses many different ways a genealogy society can leverage technology and social media to not only increase membership but also to expand services and functions - all at low-cost or no-cost to the society. If you've been following societies such as the Southern

Do I Need A Genealogy or Family History Blog?

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 11, 2009 at 9:01am

Technology - and specifically the Internet - has allowed many of us to make great advances with our own genealogy research. And it has given us the ability to connect and network with other genealogists on sites like GenealogyWise.My colleague Elyse Doerflinger who runs the Elyse's Genealogy Blog has another great post that takes her genealogical societies discussion one step further into the technology realm.Elyse points out how relatively easy it is for people to create a blog these days and h

What is a blog meme?

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 14, 2009 at 3:30pm

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As a follow-up to my recent post - What is a blog carnival? - I received several inquires about events such as Madness Monday and Tombstone Tuesday in which many genealogy bloggers seem to participate.A blog meme is different from a blog carnival in that there is no formal "hosting" portion of the event. This means it is loosely organized - often spreading by mere "word of mouth" or "word of blog post" as it were. Some memes are regular and long-running such as Wordless Wednesday.Some blog meme

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Pinterest, Ancestry and Copyrighted Images

A family historian reads American history: variation on a poem by Brecht

Your Genealogy Blog - Content Theft and Guarding Your Internet Reputation

What is a blog carnival?

The Saturation of Social Network Sites

Can Social Media Save Genealogy Societies?

Do I Need A Genealogy or Family History Blog?

What is a blog meme?

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