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| Lisa Louise Cooke |
Lisa Louise Cooke
Cooke is founder of the Genealogy Gems website and podcast, http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com, and author of four books including The Genealogist's Google Toolbox.
Can we be creative when researching our family history? Our ancestors might answer with a resounding NO, especially if we were to start making up stories about them. But there’s room for creativity in the research process. These days, that process includes the online research world.
It’s no exaggeration that I come across new and exciting technology tools almost every day. Whenever I explore a new app, online tool or website, I ask myself, “How could I use this for family history?” This is where things get creative, fun and ultimately very genealogically rewarding!
Here are some examples, which I’ll be talking about here at NGS:
Google Search Strategies for Common Surnames, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m., W129. We can Google our ancestors, their hometowns and histories. But what if your ancestor was named John Smith? Or your surname is Winter? Learn to separate your John Smith from the pack, your Winter surname from web weather forecasts and more.
Tech Tools That Catapult the Newspaper Research Process into the 21st Century, Thursday, 9:30 a.m., T219. Newspapers can give us the inside scoop on ancestors’ everyday lives, big events and deaths. Learn to use online tools to find old newspapers (online or offline) and search them efficiently.
Finding Living Relatives Like a Private Eye, Thursday, 2:30 p.m., T242. Different stories, photos and artifacts get passed down through different branches of a family. Learn to use online tools to find and communicate with long-lost relatives who may have their own view of your shared family tree.
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