Facebook is a great tool for genealogy: You can keep in touch with family, share photos and even tap into free apps designed with family historians in mind. Family history buffs have been flocking to Facebook recently -- and not just to reconnect with high school buddies or play FarmVille. The popular social media website is actually a great tool for genealogy: You can keep in touch with family, share photos and even tap into free apps designed with family historians in mind. The seven apps highlighted here can help you find resources and family connections. In addition to genealogy-focused options, look for other handy research helps, such as the WorldCat app for locating items in libraries. As with all Facebook applications, be sure you fully understand what types of personal data an application collects from your account when you install it. See Facebook's Controlling How You Share page for guidance. Family Tree This social networking app from FamilyBuilder lists 270 million potential relatives.
You can:
build your family tree add photos connect with and search for family members
Tip: Be prepared for a plethora of ads -- some of which will appear related to FamilyBuilder, but aren't. Family Village Facebook's first family history game, Family Village is like FarmVille for genealogy.
You can:
build your family tree create an ancestor village and "immigrate" others to it invite family members learn about your ancestral heritage
Tip: The app is still in development mode, so you may find some glitches. Family Village encourages feedback. I Remember Fold3 brings its popular pages feature to Facebook, letting you create a memorial page for a friend or relative.
You can:
add photos create a timeline map locations post memories share stories
Tip: Before starting a new memorial page, search to see if one already exists. Live Roots Tap into a specialized search index listing more than 230,000 resources (about 25 percent are fee-based).
You can:
discover new resources navigate locations search keywords and surnames suggest other genealogy resources
Tip: Search for your surname on more than 15 websites, including Ancestry.com and Google Books, simultaneously. Mundia Mundia is Ancestry.com's app to locate family and search for ancestors in public trees and message boards on Ancestry.com .
You can:
build your family tree track family events create a photo gallery, tag pictures search message boards send messages to family members view family facts
Tip: Use the Find People function to search 1 billion people in more than 10 million family trees. OneFamilyTree This app from family website service OneFamilyTree has the ability to import a GEDCOM file.
You can:
build your family tree collaborate with family members share photos track family events
Tip: Check Privacy Settings under the Admin tab to control visibility of your Anniversary Calendar and Family Wall.
We're Related FamilyLink's helps you find other relatives on Facebook and share information.
You can:
build your family tree connect with relatives create a family "photage" to post on Facebook
As more and more genealogists and family
historians leverage technology for research, many are using “The Cloud”
whether they realize it or not. And then there are those who purposely
store their data in a personal cloud.
Doing so allows them to access their research from anywhere in the
world and on practically any type of computer or mobile device.
There’s actually some history behind the use of the word cloud to
describe the way a computer user accesses data stored somewhere other
than his own computer. Years ago, when computer systems were mapped out
using a flow chart, a cloud was the symbol for a remote server that
hosted data and services. For the most part, this server was provided by
another business or vendor and located off-site.
If your tired of keeping your genealogy research data on multiple CDs, DVDs,
flash drives, hard drives and in different locations? Cloud computing –
the practice of storing data on a remote server – is a practical
solution for genealogists.
The
Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library provides patrons with access to
several Jefferson County historical documents such as year books, city
directories, photographs, and more.
This
site presents digitized primary source materials from the Pine
Bluff/Jefferson County Public Library System Genealogy and Rare Book
Room. Copyright and Fair Use Statement and Citation Information.
Certain
portions of the materials on this website are protected under copyright
laws. These materials have been made available for use in research,
teaching, and private study, but may not be used for any commercial
purpose. Permission to make a single copy of any material on this
website through print, photocopying, or downloading to a computer
terminal is granted without the need to seek prior consent, on the
express condition that you properly cite the source in all copies. (Please see the citation information below.)
For other uses of materials from this website
(for example, commercial products, publication, broadcast, mirroring,
reuse on a website, or anything else that does not fall under concepts
relating to "fair use") you are required to seek permission from Pine
Bluff/Jefferson County Public Library System in advance. Contact
information is given below. When requesting permission, please be
prepared to refer specifically to the information you intend to use and
provide details regarding your planned use.
Those
inquiring about these uses should contact:
Jana V. Mitchell, Manager,
Digital Projects Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Public Library 200 E. 8th Avenue Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Telephone: (870) 534-2159. E-Mail: jmitchell@pineblufflibrary.org Materials should be cited as: http://pineblufflibrary.org/digital-collections/, Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Public Library System, Pine Bluff, AR 71601.
In her fourth memoir, Sundays with TJ, author Janis F. Kearney attempts to answer the one question most asked of 107-year-old Thomas James "TJ" Kearney: What was the magical recipe to his longevity, his continued health and his passion for life? The author and daughter answers the question the only way she knows how: by telling TJ Kearney's life story. The writer deftly takes readers on an unforgettable journey as she chronicles the life and times of the centenarian whose life began just 40 years after slavery, in the atypically southern town of Lake Village, Arkansas. TJ's early childhood, she writes, was shaped by his early losses, and his fascination with steamboats, trains and the Mississippi River. Janis F. Kearney offers her readers glimpses of the many facets of an adoring son, a wanderer and roustabout, a cotton sharecropper, and a loving husband and father of 19 children. After all is said and done, Kearney asserts; the wise and witty centenarian lived an amazing life, and left with few regrets. The regrets, he said at 107; were the people he didn't meet, the places he never visited . . . if only he had more time. President William J. Clinton stated, "I was always fascinated to hear how TJ and Ethel managed to feed, clothe and shelter their kids, and even more; how they were able to find the right mix of love and discipline to allow them all to become their own persons, different in fascinating ways yet bound together as a family."
The advent of computers and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy, or tracing one's ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers are wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family history on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased or an online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper backup.
Things You'll Need
1. Genealogical forms
2. Three-ring binder(s)
3. Tabbed dividers
4. Sheet Protectors
Paper Records Download and print paper forms off the Internet, or copy them from genealogy how-to books. (We have how-to-books here at the library.) Fill out a Family Tree Chart to document the names of the ancestors from whom you directly descend, and for whom you will create a Family Group Sheet. This form will help you see what you have accomplished, and who you still need to search for. Fill out a Family Group Sheet for each family member and his or her immediate family. Doing this from the beginning will help you connect family members and create complete and accurate records. Keep a Source Summary. This is documentation of all the sources you have searched and what information you have found from each source. A separate source summary should be kept for each family tree line, so you can find information and references quickly. You may also choose to keep a Research Calendar, which is a similar record of every source you have searched and any information you have found pertaining to your ancestors. Track correspondence relating to your genealogical research on a Correspondence Record. Use it to keep track of with whom you have corresponded, what you are writing about, and if you have received a reply or not. Utilize a Family Tree Research Extract sheet when you are searching records or documents that can not be copied or scanned. This also works well for deeds, which are time consuming to reread. Compile all your forms in a three-ring binder when you first begin your search. Organize them by name or location. Later you may add more binders, or graduate to file boxes or filing cabinets as your family history research accumulates. Consider indexing each binder to make record retrieval easier. Tip
Use archival-quality sheet protectors when adding original family documents or photographs to your family research binders.
The advent of computers
and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy, or tracing one's
ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers are
wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family history
on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased or an
online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper backup.
The advent of computers
and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy, or tracing one's
ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers are
wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family history
on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased or an
online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper backup.
Store your genealogy forms in a three-ring binder.
The
advent of computers and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy,
or tracing one's ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers
are wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family
history on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased
or an online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper
backup.
Download and print paper forms off the Internet, or copy them from genealogy how-to books.
2
Fill out a Family Tree Chart to document the names of the ancestors
from whom you directly descend, and for whom you will create a Family
Group Sheet. This form will help you see what you have accomplished, and
who you still need to search for.
Fill out a Family Group Sheet for each family member and his or her
immediate family. Doing this from the beginning will help you connect
family members and create complete and accurate records.
4
Keep a Source Summary. This is documentation of all the sources you
have searched and what information you have found from each source. A
separate source summary should be kept for each family tree line, so you
can find information and references quickly. You may also choose to
keep a Research Calendar, which is a similar record of every source you
have searched and any information you have found pertaining to your
ancestors.
5
Track correspondence relating to your genealogical research on a
Correspondence Record. Use it to keep track of with whom you have
corresponded, what you are writing about, and if you have received a
reply or not.
6
Utilize a Family Tree Research Extract sheet when you are searching
records or documents that can not be copied or scanned. This also works
well for deeds, which are time consuming to reread.
7
Compile all your forms in a three-ring binder when you first begin
your search. Organize them by name or location. Later you may add more
binders, or graduate to file boxes or filing cabinets as your family
history research accumulates. Consider indexing each binder to make
record retrieval easier.
8
Copy any records you want to take with you on research trips. Leave all originals at home.
Carry a portable flash drive with you to save computer files on if you
have access, then print the documents and add them to your binder. Also
consider carrying a digital camera to photograph books and documents
that can not be photocopied, but always ask permission first.
Store your genealogy forms in a three-ring binder.
The
advent of computers and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy,
or tracing one's ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers
are wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family
history on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased
or an online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper
backup.
Download and print paper forms off the Internet, or copy them from genealogy how-to books.
2
Fill out a Family Tree Chart to document the names of the ancestors
from whom you directly descend, and for whom you will create a Family
Group Sheet. This form will help you see what you have accomplished, and
who you still need to search for.
Fill out a Family Group Sheet for each family member and his or her
immediate family. Doing this from the beginning will help you connect
family members and create complete and accurate records.
4
Keep a Source Summary. This is documentation of all the sources you
have searched and what information you have found from each source. A
separate source summary should be kept for each family tree line, so you
can find information and references quickly. You may also choose to
keep a Research Calendar, which is a similar record of every source you
have searched and any information you have found pertaining to your
ancestors.
5
Track correspondence relating to your genealogical research on a
Correspondence Record. Use it to keep track of with whom you have
corresponded, what you are writing about, and if you have received a
reply or not.
6
Utilize a Family Tree Research Extract sheet when you are searching
records or documents that can not be copied or scanned. This also works
well for deeds, which are time consuming to reread.
7
Compile all your forms in a three-ring binder when you first begin
your search. Organize them by name or location. Later you may add more
binders, or graduate to file boxes or filing cabinets as your family
history research accumulates. Consider indexing each binder to make
record retrieval easier.
8
Copy any records you want to take with you on research trips. Leave all originals at home.
Carry a portable flash drive with you to save computer files on if you
have access, then print the documents and add them to your binder. Also
consider carrying a digital camera to photograph books and documents
that can not be photocopied, but always ask permission first.
Store your genealogy forms in a three-ring binder.
The
advent of computers and the Internet has made the hobby of genealogy,
or tracing one's ancestry, easier, faster and more organized. Computers
are wonderful--until they fail--so even if you store all your family
history on the computer, whether it is in a program you have purchased
or an online database you have subscribed to, always keep a paper
backup.
Download and print paper forms off the Internet, or copy them from genealogy how-to books.
2
Fill out a Family Tree Chart to document the names of the ancestors
from whom you directly descend, and for whom you will create a Family
Group Sheet. This form will help you see what you have accomplished, and
who you still need to search for.
Fill out a Family Group Sheet for each family member and his or her
immediate family. Doing this from the beginning will help you connect
family members and create complete and accurate records.
4
Keep a Source Summary. This is documentation of all the sources you
have searched and what information you have found from each source. A
separate source summary should be kept for each family tree line, so you
can find information and references quickly. You may also choose to
keep a Research Calendar, which is a similar record of every source you
have searched and any information you have found pertaining to your
ancestors.
5
Track correspondence relating to your genealogical research on a
Correspondence Record. Use it to keep track of with whom you have
corresponded, what you are writing about, and if you have received a
reply or not.
6
Utilize a Family Tree Research Extract sheet when you are searching
records or documents that can not be copied or scanned. This also works
well for deeds, which are time consuming to reread.
7
Compile all your forms in a three-ring binder when you first begin
your search. Organize them by name or location. Later you may add more
binders, or graduate to file boxes or filing cabinets as your family
history research accumulates. Consider indexing each binder to make
record retrieval easier.
8
Copy any records you want to take with you on research trips. Leave all originals at home.
Carry a portable flash drive with you to save computer files on if you
have access, then print the documents and add them to your binder. Also
consider carrying a digital camera to photograph books and documents
that can not be photocopied, but always ask permission first.
There’s actually some history behind the use of the word cloud to
describe the way a computer user accesses data stored somewhere other
than his own computer. Years ago, when computer systems were mapped out
using a flow chart, a cloud was the symbol for a remote server that
hosted data and services. For the most part, this server was provided by
another business or vendor and located off-site.
Things You'll Need
.
Carry a portable flash drive with you to save computer files on if you
have access, then print the documents and add them to your binder. Also
consider carrying a digital camera to photograph books and documents
that can not be photocopied, but always ask permission first.