Genealogy Technology Presentation 9/7/2013

Introduction



Web 2.0


Michael Wesch, The Machine Is Us/ing Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
Google Maps https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en


Cloud Computing


Google Drive https://drive.google.com/
Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/
Microsoft SkyDrive https://skydrive.live.com/
Box https://www.box.com/
SugarSync https://www.sugarsync.com/
iCloud https://www.icloud.com/
Evernote https://evernote.com/


Geolocation


Google Maps https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en
QuickGPS in iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickgps-instant-gps-feedback!/id408527532
Sample: Northbrook Historical Society is at Latitude 42.127410, Longitude -87.824414
Wikipedia: List of World Cities by Latitude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_latitude


Free Genealogical Websites

Google http://www.google.com/
Bing http://www.bing.com/
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Family Search https://familysearch.org/

Not mentioned (ran out of time) is another useful resource - the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. If you ever encounter a dead link, you can see if it was archived and if so, you can still grab the information.

Internet Archive with the Wayback Machine http://archive.org/web/web.php


Scanning to Google Drive for OCR

Genius Scan + https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/genius-scan+-pdf-scanner/id401818935


Other iOS Apps of interest

Ancestry https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ancestry/id349554263
Dropbox https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330
Evernote https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108
Google Drive https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739


Presentation

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