1940 Census WHAT to do with it? - Oh what fun!!

There are perks to being DearMYRTLE's daughter, one of which is being invited to participate in webinars with people who have years of experience under their belts. In other words, color me intimidated! But my mom taught me well, and though I was shaking the whole time, my first official genealogy webinar presentation went off without a hitch.

Monday night, was baptism by fire. I joined Myrt and Russ Worthington in a follow up to the 1940 Census release. For the first part of the night I had fun chatting with people on twitter using #DearMYRTLE. I was grateful for the friendly banter to help calm my nerves as I prepared to share on using custom Google Maps to share your genealogy. It wasn't perfect, I made mistakes ... but I had a BLAST!!

As promised, here's the recording, enjoy! 
(click here for DearMYRTLE's description of the webinar)

1940 Census: Now that I've Got it, WHAT Do I Do With It?

To VIEW, click  HTML Version  (requires Adobe Flash.)

To DOWNLOAD, right click on .mp4 Version and select "Save as..." to save it to your computer's hard drive. 

This webinar is in .mp4 format and can be viewed by Windows Media Player, iTunes and most other media players. Tech support has advised me of this free program that will also play the downloaded webinars.

Here's just one of the pictures I shared on my custom Google Map. This is my Grandpa, Glen Shirl Player ... I love this picture! So young & handsome.

Carrie Keele
(a.k.a. DearMYRTLE's daughter)
www.NotYourMothersGenealogy.com

Using Tweetdeck to manage Twitter Hashtags

Last night I had the chance to help my mom with her webinar covering news from the 1940 Census release. I was moderating comments/questions coming in through twitter using #DearMYRTLE. (The "#" is called a hashtag and allows you to follow certain keywords). Tweetdeck made it easy for me to keep up to date on any new questions asked during the webinar.

If you don't have a twitter account, go sign up for one at www.twitter.com. It's free & it's easy. You will be able to find resources & connections to help you in your genealogy research.

What is tweetdeck? Tweetdeck is an application that you can put on your computer, tablet or mobile device. You can arrange your feed and focus on what really matters to you.

How to I get started? Download the app from www.tweetdeck.com or directly from your mobile device (i.e. search "tweetdeck" under the App Store on your iPhone). Once installed, follow the guide to linking to your twitter account. (You can add multiple social media sources here as well).

How to I start using these Hashtags?
1. From tweetdeck, click on the little plus sign on the upper left menu 

 2. Type the exact words you want to search for, in the case we are entering, "#DearMYRTLE"

 3. You have now added a new column which will display all tweets that are sent with #DearMYRTLE

If you look closely above, I have three different searches going on at the same time, "#1940Census," "#Genealogy," and "#DearMYRTLE."

What columns have you added to tweetdeck?

Carrie Keele
(a.k.a. "DearMYRTLE's daughter)
www.NotYourMothersGenealogy.com