Recent Posts Tagged With 'tips'

• Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Seven: Check It

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  Have you ever read a blog that was written by someone who, though they had an interesting piece of writing, fell short in the spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation department? Perhaps you read a story that didn't quite make sense, as the events were ...

• Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Six (or, The Redux)

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  Last winter I started a series on Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, aimed specifically at new geneabloggers. It was a series that I--surprise, surprise--never quite finished, partly because life got busy, and partly because Julie Cahill Tarr of The ...

• Tuesday's Tip: Genealogy Tip of the Day

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  My genealogy tip of the day is to tell you about Genealogy Tip of the Day! No, I'm not being redundant. Genealogy Tip of the Day is a blog by Michael John Neill. You may be familiar with Michael's writings on his main blog, RootDig, or his guest post...

• Tuesday's Tip: Washington State Genealogical Resource Guides

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 20:07 in tips, washington

  Do you have Washington State ancestors or distant relatives that you are researching? Well, you're in luck, because the Washington State Genealogical Society is producing the free! online! Washington State Genealogical Resource Guides to help researc...

• A New Discovery: Got Genealogy?

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 in tips

  A couple of weeks ago, I read a message from a woman on a genealogy mailing list. She had found a new online genealogy resource and was eager to share it. She then shared the name and URL of this "new" resource, and I realized it was a website that ...

• Sneaking in the Back Door: Getting Michigan Death Certificates

  Posted on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 01:44 in tips, michigan

  Because of the high volume of use of the Seeking Michigan website by the public searching the 1897 - 1920 Michigan Death Certificate database and images, it has been inaccessible to many.I know how to get to that data a different way!Go to http://hal...

• Footnote's Tip of the Month Video: Using Wildcard Searches

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 16:50 in tips, footnote.com

  Footnote.com is now offering Tip of the Month videos. March's video is Using Wildcard Searches. Please note: As with all online videos, you need a high-speed internet connection (not dial-up) and speakers or headphones to view and hear this properl...

• Tuesday's Tip: Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Five

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  After a hiatus of four weeks, I return to this series, geared especially to new Genea-Bloggers.Last time, we talked about creating a profile and posting a profile picture in the About Me section of your blog to get your readers to know a little bit a...

• Tuesday's Tip: Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Four

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  Today's tip may not seem like it relates directly to getting more reader traffic to your blog, but I believe it is a way for your readers to connect to you and recognize you and your blog among the many other bloggers and genea-blogs out there.Create...

• Tuesday's Tip: Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Three

  Posted on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  I originally meant to post this particular tip last week, but then realized it made more sense to write about carnivals, memes, and challenges first. Today's tip is a simple but very necessary one for maintaining readership of your blog:Comment and ...

• Tuesday's Tip: Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Two

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  When I planned this series of tips several weeks ago and prewrote them, I had no idea that another blogger would have the same topic posted this week (Amy, get out of my head!). Actually, it confirms the theory that great minds think alike!Participa...

• Tuesday's Tip: Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part One

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 04:00 in tips

  I'm going to deviate from tips about doing genealogical research or organizing genealogical files and address a topic that I think will be of use especially to new genea-bloggers. There are many new bloggers out there who've decided to start bloggin...

• Tuesday's Tip: Organizing Digital Research Notes, Emails, and Reports

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 17:33 in tips

  The last two Tuesdays, I wrote tips on how to organize your digital files (i.e. genealogy documents) and digital photos. The next task is to tackle all those miscellaneous files; you know, the copies of emails from distant relatives and other researc...

• Tuesday's Tip: Organizing Your Digital Photographs

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 04:00 in tips, organizing

  When I started to revamp my digital files using Barbara Nuehring's fantastic system, I decided to see if I could adapt it in some way to organize my digital photographs, specifically the photos of ancestors, relatives, and tombstones I've either scan...

• Update on Tuesday's Tip: Organizing Your Digital Files

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 15:31 in tips, organizing

  I had a wonderful response to my post on Tuesday, and I'd like to publicly thank all who dropped by, especially those who left comments. Isn't this system terrific? I only wish I could take credit for it, but I can't. :-) I think what makes Barba...