This document summarizes different options for using online genealogy programs and databases. It discusses traditional desktop programs and their disadvantages. Cloud-based options like The Next Generation, WebTrees, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and WeRelate allow easy access from anywhere, collaboration, and less maintenance burden. These programs store data online rather than on individual computers, improving security, backups, and ability to compare research. Shared databases aim to compile all records while others let users control private data. Many provide search, charts, media uploading and syncing across devices.
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Do you have concerns about patron privacy at your library? Some argue that libraries should collect, retain, and use patron data to provide better personalized services to patrons. This is a serious challenge to the profession's ethical commitment to protecting patron privacy, especially since many platforms providing these services are operated by vendors who may not share librarians' professional values. We explore these issues and discuss possible frameworks that allow libraries to provide personalized services while maintaining their commitment to protecting patron privacy.
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See www.Invotra.com for more information.
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Routine computer maintenance
About computer
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Basic Internet search skills
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Latest presentation on the development of the CyberCemetery, an archive of "dead" websites for now-defunct government agencies and commissions. The CyberCemetery archive is maintained by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, an Affiliated Archive of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
This talk describes a better system than the Soundex Code that the Census Bureau and genealogists have been using since 1918. Why aren't we all using this better tool? (Actually, many of the genealogy web sites do use these new tools but most genealogists are unaware of that.)
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Visit http://www.techsoup.org for donated technology for nonprofits and libraries!
Do you have concerns about patron privacy at your library? Some argue that libraries should collect, retain, and use patron data to provide better personalized services to patrons. This is a serious challenge to the profession's ethical commitment to protecting patron privacy, especially since many platforms providing these services are operated by vendors who may not share librarians' professional values. We explore these issues and discuss possible frameworks that allow libraries to provide personalized services while maintaining their commitment to protecting patron privacy.
Watch this free webinar where we will hear from library privacy experts. Deborah Caldwell-Stone (ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom) will share the legal and ethical foundations for patron privacy, as well as resources that can be used to help libraries preserve privacy when adopting new technology. Michael Robinson (Intellectual Freedom Committee, Alaska Library Association) will share specific examples of how new technologies and platforms can pose a threat to patron privacy, and what can be done to minimize those threats in the library setting.
Presentation to The Operational Research Society on :Search Engines, Analytics and Semantics as part of the Developments In Analytics And Big Data Conference.
See www.Invotra.com for more information.
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Outline:
Routine computer maintenance
About computer
Definition of Computer maintenance
Procedures for computer maintenance
Basic Internet search skills
Definition of terms
Understanding Search Strategy
Using Elizade University Library Databases
Latest presentation on the development of the CyberCemetery, an archive of "dead" websites for now-defunct government agencies and commissions. The CyberCemetery archive is maintained by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, an Affiliated Archive of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
This talk describes a better system than the Soundex Code that the Census Bureau and genealogists have been using since 1918. Why aren't we all using this better tool? (Actually, many of the genealogy web sites do use these new tools but most genealogists are unaware of that.)
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# Internet Security: Safeguarding Your Digital World
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### Malware
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- **Ransomware**: Malware that encrypts a user's files and demands a ransom for the decryption key.
- **Spyware**: Software that secretly monitors and collects user information.
### Phishing
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### Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
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5. Today’s Trend
• I am fortunate in that I am able to attend
several genealogy conferences most years.
After listening to presentations and talking
with presenters and attendees, I often walk
away with one phrase echoing in my mind:
“the Cloud.”
6. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• Family Tree Maker
• Legacy Family Tree
• RootsMagic
• Reunion
• MacFamilyTree
• ...others
7. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• These programs all install on your
computer's hard drive
8. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• Advantages
– Easy to install and maintain
– Totally under your control
9. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• Disdvantages
– YOU must install and maintain
– Totally under YOUR control with limited
assistance, if needed
10. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• Disadvantages
– You need to install and maintain the
program(s)
– High risk from hackers trying to access your
PC to steal your information
– High risk from viruses and other "malware"
– YOU must perform backups
– YOU must install software upgrades
– YOU must troubleshoot problems
– Difficult to use in group collaboration
11. Traditional programs to record
your genealogy research
• Disadvantages
– If used in group collaboration, everyone must
use the same program on the same operating
system.
– Windows vs. Macintosh
– Windows 7 vs. Windows XP
– May not be portable
– No easy method to compare your research
with that of others
This is so 1980s!
12. We are in the midst of a computer revolution, both in genealogy and in
almost all other uses of personal computers. For the past 25 years or so,
home computers have exploded in use. During that time, almost all programs
we have used were obtained on disk or possibly by download, then installed
and executed directly on each computer, usually without connection to any
other computer system. This has worked well although each home computer
operated as an “island,” isolated from other computers in the neighborhood
and around the world.
13. The Better(?) Way
• Place your data online in a genealogy
program running in a private area on a Web
server
• The data might be public or private… your
choice
• Security may be BETTER than keeping data
on your own computer at home where it is
exposed to hackers around the world
14. The Better(?) Way
• Online Everywhere
• Easy access all the time, from anywhere
• Someone else installs and maintains the
program
• Someone else performs backups
• Someone else troubleshoots the problems
• Easy to use in group collaboration
• Easy to use with mixed operating systems
(Windows, Macintosh, Chromebook, iPhone,
Android, etc.)
• Easy to compare your research with that of
others
15. The Better(?) Way
• Think of Wikipedia
– Content pages: 5 million +
– Edits: 757,370,734
– Registered users: 35 million +
– Monthly Page Views: 18 billion +
16. Online Genealogy Products
• Similar to traditional genealogy programs
except they install in the cloud:
– The Next Generation
– WebTrees
18. What Do These Web Sites Look
Like?
• They vary widely, just like traditional
genealogy programs!
• Let’s look at a few:
19. The Next Generation (TNG)
• One person (or organization) runs the web
site as a private online service
• One person (or organization) installs the
software
• One person (or organization) provides the
maintenance
• One person or (optionally) multiple people
provide the data
• Works great for group collaboration!
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31. The Next Generation (TNG)
• Key Features:
• GEDCOM Import/Export: No need to retype everything.
• Search: Easy lookup by name, or advanced search on dates,
places and more.
• Dynamic Charts: Pedigree, descendants, relationship, timeline,
family group, etc.
• Clean, Easy to Read: One person per page, sensible layout,
clear navigation.
• Surname Lists: Quickly display your main lines alphabetically
and by popularity.
• Customizeable: Choose from pre-built templates, or create
your own.
32. The Next Generation (TNG)
• Security: Create users with various rights, protect living/private
data.
• Media: Upload and link photos, histories, videos, you name it.
• Administration: Manage everything from a central admin menu.
• Backup/Restore: Safeguard your data, recover from disaster.
• Multiple Trees: Host more than one GEDCOM at a time.
• Strong Support: Make use of a forum, a wiki and two mailing
lists, or ask the author.
• Much More: Google Maps, LDS data supported, Cemeteries,
Dates & Anniversaries, "What's New", etc. etc.!
33. The Next Generation (TNG)
$32.99
Learn more at:
http://www.tngsitebuilding.com/
36. PhpGedView
• One person (or organization) runs the web
site as a private online service
• One person (or organization) installs the
software
• One person (or organization) provides the
maintenance
• One person or (optionally) multiple people
provide the data
• Works great for group collaboration!
37. WebTrees
• Price: FREE!
• NOTE: Not as sophisticated as the other
programs
• More information is available at:
http://www.webtrees.net/
39. Shared Databases
These sites try to make one database
containing records of all the people who ever
lived and left records
Everyone can access all records
• WikiTree.com
• WeRelate.org
• FamilySearch.org
• Ancestry.com
46. MyHeritage is Now the 3rd or
4thLargest Family History
Site
• FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com are
#1 and #2
• MyHeritage and FindMyPast are #3 and
#4
– The exact numbers vary depending
upon who compiles the numbers!
47. MyHeritage:
• Is a large collection of vital records from
all over the world
• Contains a large collection of digitized
newspapers from many different
countries
• Contains billions of other records from
all over the world
• Is a web site to store your family tree
• Is a place to compare your family tree
against those submitted by others
• Is a photo storage and matching web
48. MyHeritage is available:
• In more than 40 languages (far more than any
other genealogy web site).
• In countries all over the world.
49. Build Your Own Family
Tree Web site
• Upload a GEDCOM file
• Use the MyHeritage Mobile App for iPhone and
Android
• Use Family Tree Builder, a free genealogy
program for Windows and Macintosh
• Enter the data on the web site, one item at a
time
50. Build Your Own Family
Tree Web site
• You always own the data!
• You may add, delete, or modify your
contributed data at any time.
51. Build Your Own Family
Tree Web site
• Use Smart Matches, Record Matches, and
SuperSearch to compare your entries against
vital records, census records, newspapers,
entries contributed by other MyHeritage users,
and more.
• Searches may be performed on U.S. records as
well as records from many other countries,
especially from both Eastern and Western
Europe.
53. The Best Things in Life
are FREE!
• MyHeritage has three levels of users:
• A FREE basic website for registered users, with
up to 250 persons permitted in the tree
• A Premium website permits 2,500 persons in
the tree
• A Premium Plus website permits an unlimited
number of persons in the tree
54. The Best Things in Life
are FREE!
• A Data Plan to view a few databases also may
incur additional fees. These are because
MyHeritage PURCHASED these databases from
other companies. Much of the content is
EXCLUSIVE to MyHeritage.
• You never enter a for-pay service without
being warned ahead of time and being asked if
you wish to proceed.
55. MyHeritage:
• Contains no publicly-visible info about living
persons*
• Contains family trees, historical photos, census
records, birth/death/marriage records, military
records, immigration records, newspapers,
yearbooks, historical maps…
• Is built by genealogists for genealogists
56. Search for names
• 1,500 databases
• Records from 75 million users
• 1.2 billion profiles
• 200 million images
• Search for Exact, Soundex and Megadex
options
• Save the search results to your
MyHeritage site and click through the
matches at your leisure
58. Smart Matches
• Once the tree is online on MyHeritage,
the their "Smart Matches" system finds
potential matches of the user's tree
persons with persons in the trees of
other MyHeritage users.
• These Smart Matches come in the online
email at MyHeritage and at the user's
home email address. This is truly
"finding relatives without searching.”
61. “But Wait, There’s More!”
• The Name Dictionary is Amazing!
• For instance, let’s say you are looking
for a person named Alexander who may
have lived in any of several countries.
Family members called him “Alex.”
• Should you search for “Alex” or
“Alexander?”
63. Different Records
Automatically Use
Different Search Methods
• Newspaper searches are non-structured.
That is, all words are searched.
• In contrast, census records are always
very structured in columns. Only names
will be searched when you specify a
name.
– Photos are searched by metadata
64. International Search
Engine
• Can search the world or
• Can search by continents or
• Can search by country
• Or combinations of these areas.
65. All Records Found may be
(optionally) Saved
Directly to Your Family
Tree
• It will be visible to you and…
• (optionally) visible to others
• Including complete source citations
66. Your Data May be
Saved…
• A member's tree on the MyHeritage
website can be downloaded in GEDCOM
format to import to a user's desktop
software.
• A member's tree on the MyHeritage
website can be synchronized with the
Family Tree Builder software for
Windows and Macintosh as well as with
handheld iPhone/iPad and Android apps.
67. Collections Include:
• One of the largest online collections of
newspapers
• High School yearbooks
• Other members’ family trees
• Census records
• Military records
• Many vital records
68. “But Wait, There’s More!”
• Family Tree Builder
– A full-featured genealogy program for
Windows and Macintosh
– Fun to use
– Supports SmartMatching Technology
– Private family sites
