Using Twitter for Genealogy

While using the social networking site, Twitter, I discovered a wealth of genealogy resources on the site. Many genealogists are tweeting about their genealogy research, adventures and the latest resources they found. Not only that, many write articles and have blogs documenting their genealogy research efforts, which means even more information for you.

If you haven’t signed up for a Twitter account yet, it’s really easy. Once you sign up, you can search for people or topics. I did a search for genealogy and found hundreds of people discussing the topic.  The first two that I recommend following are @FamilyTree101 and @geneabloggers. Both of these tweeters blog about genealogy research and tweet regularly about the things they find.

If you already have a personal Twitter account, it may be helpful to set up a different one specifically for genealogy research. Since there is no much activity on the subject, you’ll want it to be separate so you can allot time when you are interested in reading up on the subject.

Remember, Twitter is a social site. Feel free to tweet about your progress and make some genealogy friends. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. If you have a question ask, if you find someone with a question, answer it. Before you know it, you’ll have created a nice support system to help you through your very own genealogy research adventures.

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July 27th, 2009 by Marcelina Hardy | Posted in Family Trees | (0)