internet resources

When did the Dooms Day Book become available? How do you get into it. It's a g reat book. I like looking through it when I am able to. This would make it a lot easier.

I'm not sure. I just googled Doomsday Book and found the link. Mary

Mary Kathleen, you get the gold star today! The Domesday Book is so vital to medieval English genealogy. This is a fantastic find!

I'm wondering if anyone is collecting all these links into a list format?

Beth, are you volunteering?

Just kidding, it would be a full-time job.

LOL!!! no. But if there was a place to enter it then people could do it themselves...

Do you have a good suggestion for going about this? I thought we had started a project, but in a list over 2500 projects, I couldn' t find it. I would use the list more if it were in alphabetical order by topic, with URL to follow.

Mary, you have been our biggest contributor to this discussion. Do you have any suggestions?

As far as a list of useful websites is concerned...one already exists. The web site is http://www.cyndislist.com/ it has 281,420 genealogy and family links in 180+ categories, including 9,900+ new and uncategorized:)

I don't think they have the doomsday book link but there is the ability to suggest new web sites that will get added to the list.

Also https://learning.familysearch.org/ has +40,000 wiki articles on various localities and issue relating to genealogy research.

I've been wanting to do something like that for my own use, but right now, I'm trying to do research for my trip to Ireland and really can't take on another project. We might look at something like Cyndi's list for ideas on how to categorize, then copy and paste these threads into the categories we want.. I've been posting the links on this discussion because they are easier to find than on my "Favorites" tab. Does Geni have a location where we could organize as a reference? My computer skills have grown from not great to getting okay, and I know others would have some great ideas on how to go about it. Perhaps the Geni staff could work on this as a service for a reference section?

Maybe we could do a wiki?

just save this page to your desktop, then click on it whenever you wish to see the links ;-)

LOL Anne. Nah..... I was hoping to get some traction on started an organized list of links.

How about using Projects? Easier wiki language, on the site, and easy to find.

http://www.geni.com/projects

I think Geni needs a "resources" section. Why don't we propose that? Projects doesn't work as it's just like this, a message board. Right?

NO! The overview page of projects is a mini wiki. Go take a look. There's an Irish Resources Project already.

LOL.. I'm right here, no need to yell :) Ah... I will. I've only encountered projects that are discussions.

Is this what you are referring to? http://www.geni.com/discussions/88774

No.

http://www.geni.com/projects

Put in "Irish Resources" in the search window

Look at related Projects

And then -- check a blank project. It's a wiki page and can be continually edited using WikiMedia language.

I guess.. I don't really see what you mean. That seems pretty complicated. Why isnt' there a direct link?

Beth

The Project overview works like a Wiki. Anyone collaborating can edit in more data. So if you start a Project called internet resources, and a new resource is added, all they need to do is edit in the link.

There are 2000 projects. You want to make sure a Project doesn't already exist on a topic, that's why you use search.

More here on the blog:

http://www.geni.com/blog/how-to-create-a-genealogy-project/

Любишь путешествовать и фотографироваться? Тогда ты уже в игре, просто купи билет и зарегистрируйся. Компания Air France-KLM разыгрывает iPad. Вперёд!
http://klmcontest.com.ua

Путешествуешь по миру вместе с Air France-KLM? Фотографируешь? Прими участие в игре, просто купив билет. Главный приз iPad.
http://klmcontest.kz

I think we have been spammed, unless any of you folks want to win an iPad :)

Beth, the spammer has been reported.

What a great resource! Here's something for the mix. It's a family website I found last week:

http://www.lamont-young.com/

Linda, I liked the joke at the bottom of the page on that Young link you posted. Geni humor!

I like that too, Maria! That site has great photos and histories. I'm just wondering how accurate the trees are. It's either greatly cleared up my confusion on why my Lamont-Young tree is a mess or further confused my already messed up tree. Argh!

Linda,
If the site has verifiable sources you can generally rely on its accuracy. If it doesn't, then cross-check with your other sources for the family. If everything matches reasonably well, then you can trust the new site.

Just a reminder -- and I am sure you already know this -- the best source is a contemporary document -- something from the ancestor's own time and place -- recording an event in the ancestor's life, such as birth, death, marriage certificates, will, deeds, census, etc.

http://www.sciway.net/afam/byname.html

Site sponsored by the State of South Carolina. This particular link will take you to notable African-Americans from Carolina history.