#18 - Research and Share the Social Media Way
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Research and Share the Social Media Way
Social media can be used to help genealogists in four areas: research your family line, learn general genealogical tips and tricks, share information with others and meet distant relatives. Discover examples of these four areas within six free platforms along with the pros and cons of each. The platforms we will discuss are:
• YouTube
• Blogs
Social Media! Those who did not discover it before, have probably started using it during the COVID shutdown. There are so many ways genealogists can use social media platforms to research, crowd source and share family history.
This webinar will be a one hour presentation and then a panel discussion for the second hour. This will be the last webinar in the series so it allows us to discuss and wrap up the series. The presenter, Lianne Kruger, will be part of the panel as there will be questions from her presentation.
Presenter: Lianne Kruger
Presenter's Bio: Lianne Kruger, is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canada, homesteading for U.S. and Canada, video recording family history, and using technology in all aspects of genealogy. She is a member of the board and communication director for mitoYDNA.org. She is on the Ancestry.ca advisory board and is the webmaster, database and social media chair for Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS). She previously served six years as 1st VP of AGS and President of Red Deer Branch. She earned the AGS President’s award in 2020.
She earned a computer degree and has taught computer software courses since 1982. She has recently earned a certificate and Associate degree in Family History from Brigham Young University Idaho.
Lianne is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars including RootsTech, NGS, Legacy FamilyTree Webinars, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show (UK), Vivid-Pix, Ontario Ancestors, and BIFHSGO. She has had articles published in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, LDSTech, SK Translations, ISBGFH, and AGS Relatively Speaking. Lianne is a member of Associate of Professional Genealogists, Vivid-Pix, AGS, Ontario Ancestors, and National Genealogical Society.
Brought to you by the Manitoba Genealogical Society and Safe at Home Manitoba.
