Table of Contents
Introduction viii
Chapter 1 Researching Your Family History 1
Who, what, when? 1
Civil registration 2
Parish records 3
Censuses 4
Newspapers 5
Archives 5
Family history societies 5
Genealogy vendors 5
Ancestry 5
FindmyPast 6
The Genealogist 6
My Heritage 7
Family Search 7
Genealogy magazines 10
Learning resources 10
Good record keeping 11
Privacy and data protection 14
Copyright and ownership 15
Terms and conditions 17
Digital estate 18
Online etiquette 19
Chapter 2 Communication and Social Media 21
Contacting relatives 21
Email 22
Discussion forums 23
Social media platforms 24
Facebook 25
Twitter 28
Tumblr 31
Linkedln 31
Other platforms 31
Image sharing 32
Instagram 35
Pinterest 36
Flickr 36
Blogs 37
Blogger 39
Wordpress 41
Feed Readers 43
Virtual meetings and webinars 43
Facebook Messenger 44
Zoom 44
Skype 45
Face Time 46
Go To Webinar 46
Chapter 3 Collaboration and Crowdsourcing 48
Collaborative platforms 49
Lost Cousins 49
Curious Fox 51
Google My Maps 53
Historypin 54
Cloud sharing 55
Dropbox 55
Google Docs 57
Evernote 58
Crowdsourcing projects 58
World Archives Project 60
FamilySearch Indexing 61
FreeUKGEN 63
UKIndexer 64
FindaGrave 65
BillionGraves 65
Online Parish Clerks 66
GENUKI 66
Wiki projects 66
Chapter 4 Recording Your Family History 68
Software packages 69
Online programmes 70
Ancestry 72
MyHeritage 75
Findmy Past 78
TreeView 80
Collaborative family trees 82
WikiTree 82
Geni 84
FamilySearch Family Tree 84
Chapter 5 DNA: it's in the blood 87
DNA tests 89
Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) 89
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 91
Autosomal DNA 92
X-chromosome DNA (X-DNA) 96
Testing platforms 96
AncestryDNA 97
MyHeritage DNA 100
LivingDNA 103
FamilyTreeDNA 105
23andMe 108
Exporting results to other platforms 108
Chapter 6 Sharing and Preserving Stories 111
Conveying the message 112
Creative writing 113
What stories do you wish to tell? 113
Who are your readers? 114
What voice are you using? 114
Sharing your stories 115
Websites 116
Self-publishing 118
Audio visual 119
Video platforms 120
Audio platforms 122
FamilySearch Memories 123
Further Reading 126
Index 127
