Family Roots Publishing recently picked up the printing rights to two popular guides, and FRPC currently has an Internet-site promotion on them at 15% off.
The titles are:
Harnessing the Facebook Generation, by Janet Few
and
Google – the Genealogist’s Friend, by Helen V. Smith
Following are details on each book:
Google: The Genealogist’s Friend; by Helen V. Smith; 2016; 52 pp; 5.75×8.25; index; paperback; ISBN: 9781925323450; Item #: RUTP0182
Everyone knows Google as the most used search engine in the world, but for genealogists it can do so much more to further their family history research.
Finding an image of the ship on which your ancestor went to war, using Street view to walk the streets of your ancestral area, translating that document, finding that distant cousin who has the photos of family bible, mapping their migration path – these are just some of the ways you can use Google in your family history.
Contents:
- Just Google it!
- Google search
- Automatic AND
- OR
- Quotation marks
- Wildcard (*)
- Excluding terms
- Tilde
- Search for specific file types
- AROUND ()
- Number range
- Other operators
- Use Google’s Advanced Search form
- Cached sites
- Google Alerts
- Google Images
- Reverse image search
- Google Accounts
- Gmail
- Google Keep
- Google Calendar
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Google Drawings
- Google Forms
- Google Translate
- Translate text
- Translate documents
- Translate web sites to any language
- Finding documents
- Google Hangouts
- Google Groups
- YouTube: more than cat videos
- Google Books
- Searching the database
- My library
- Google News
- Google Scholar
- Google Blogs: Blogger
- Google Patents
- Picasa
- Web Albums
- Facial recognition
- Backups
- Google Photos
- Google Maps
- Panoramio
- My Maps
- Google Earth
- Index
Harnessing the Facebook Generation: Ideas for Involving Young People in Family History and Heritage; by Janet Few; 2016; 48 pp; 5.75×8.25; b&w photos, index, paperback; ISBN: 9781925323320; Item #: RUTP0263
Despite its title, this book is not about how to set up a Facebook page, how to Tweet, or how to create a website. Instead, it is about ensuring a future for our research. It is about why we should be concerned about doing this and how we can go about making sure that our family’s history is not only preserved, but enhanced when we are no longer able to be its custodian. It is about presenting our hobby in a way that is attractive to all age groups. This is a book for grown-ups who want to inspire their descendants and other young people, with a love of history and heritage.
It is a thought-provoking look at how we can encourage the next generation of family historians and why we might want to do so. Suggestions cover activities, outings, toys, games, books and ways of exploiting the internet in order to motivate and enthuse young people, even toddlers.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Meet the Facebook generation
- Overcoming barriers to involving young people
- The children in my family live too far away
- I have no children in my family
- The children in my family are too young
- The children in my family aren’t interested
- Books, magazine, films and websites
- Books aimed at the under 5s
- Books aimed at the 5-7 year olds
- Books aimed at the 8-11 year olds
- Books aimed at young people from the age of 12
- Toys and games
- Exploiting technology and the world of social media
- Visits, re-enactments and reunions
- Children like to do and touch
- Other activities
- Ideas for the under fives
- Books and websites
- Index
The book about getting young people interested in family history sounds like a good one. I will have to check it out, having been dismayed recently to find out that no one I know is really interested in carrying on my work.