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"Twitter is a social network used by millions of people, and thousands more are signing up every day to send short messages to groups of friends. But where's the user manual for Twitter? Where do new Twitter users go to learn about Tweeting, retweets, hashtags and customizing your Twitter profile? Where do you go if you want to know all about building a community on Twitter, or using Twitter for business? How can you find advanced tools for using Twitter on your phone or your desktop? to answer all these questions and more, we've assembled The Twitter Guide Book, a complete collection of resources for mastering Twitter. Happy Tweeting!"

"With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit - and only on the conditions you specify here. For those new to Creative Commons licensing, we've prepared a list of things to think about. If you want to offer your work with no conditions or you want to certify a work as public domain, choose one of our public domain tools."

This will be a recurring announcement. If your organization has any upcoming events that you would like to add to this calendar, please leave a comment here with all of the details, including a link to your website or email the details to me at michael.hait@hotmail.com.

During the struggle for civil rights, many brave men and women sacrificed their lives to improve the lives of Americans of all races. Unfortunately, because of lingering institutional racism in the South, the murders of these civil rights workers were not all investigated to their fullest, and quite a few went unsolved. The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently announced its "Civil Rights-Era Cold Case Initiative," to try to identify the next-of-kin of some of the victims of these cases.

Previous posts in this column demonstrated the use of family clusters and neighborhood clusters to identify families in the U. S. federal census. In this post, we will use these same techniques to identify the last owners of a family freed after the abolition of slavery.

At Blog2Print, you can print your blog and turn it into a professionally-published Blog Book. With just a couple of clicks, you choose a cover, the posts you'd like to include, and you're on your way to creating a Blog Book of as much of your blog as you choose. You can edit your book, add/remove comments, and add or remove pictures.

At Blog2Print, you can print your blog and turn it into a professionally-published Blog Book. With just a couple of clicks, you choose a cover, the posts you'd like to include, and you're on your way to creating a Blog Book of as much of your blog as you choose. You can edit your book, add/remove comments, and add or remove pictures.

This column has previously focused on African-American genealogy blogs, in the articles Shout-outs to African-American Genealogy Blogs and More shout-outs to African-American genealogy blogs. A third edition soon forthcoming will spotlight several new genealogy blogs. The responsible genealogist, however, would be advised to learn more about United States history, including how it affected African-Americans. History blogs are a vital source for keeping up with current perspectives as well as newly available historical resources, many of which may provide genealogically useful information.

"According to Ancestry magazine one of the latest tools in genealogy is Geotagging - 'GPS enables gamily historians to record a very precise location of any physical location, like a grave, old homestead, etc...add the info to your existing research.' "

My goal is to have a complete listing for historical alumni, business, city, county, farm, Masonic, rural, social, and other types of directories for the United States and Canada, and then go on to add directories for other countries. There are also lists of resources, articles, and ideas of where to find offline historical directories.

The Generations Project is a new reality series that helps those who have questions about their family history investigate their own identities by walking in the shoes of their ancestors. As they undertake these journeys, they often uncover the hidden identities in family pasts, and come to see that in many cases the best way to know who you are is to know who you came from.

Ever wonder why people use "#" in their tweets on Twitter? Do you want to know what a specific hash tag like #surnames or #brickwall means? Learn how to use hash tags and then leverage their power through searching and analytics.

Is this just another mis-step by Facebook? Or is it another attempt at holding on to user content even after they've left this earth? One person's recent experience with trying to remove her brother's home page and delete his account turned into a nightmare.

For years I've wanted to have my DNA results available to use alongside my genealogy research. Here is Part One of a review of the YDNA kit from familybuilder.com where I describe the components, the process, the pluses and the minuses.

This column previously addressed the importance of the 1870 U. S. census in African-American research. As noted in that article, this was the first federal census after the end of the Civil War, and therefore the first record group to record personal information about former slaves nationwide. It was not, however, the earliest record group to do so in many localities. Many similar record groups were created that provide information about former slaves between 1865 and 1870.

Do you have a favorite few genealogy blogs that you read regularly? Maybe the blogger offers excellent genealogy advice, insightful analysis or a unique point of view. Or the writing especially creative or humorous.\n\nIf so, we want to know about it. In the May 2010 issue, we'll be naming the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs ("Family Tree 40" for short).\n\nFirst, we're asking the genealogy community to nominate the genealogy blogs they read most. Later, family historians will vote on their favorite blogs in several categories.

With all the buzz about Twitter being the latest source for breaking news, it may be easy to overlook the fact that Twitter is also a good place to look for information about the past.

From CSI to The Maury Povich Show, DNA and DNA testing has become a part of American popular culture. But what is DNA? In simple terms, DNA is a string of proteins that contain coded blueprints for our bodies. It tells our bodies how to grow. We inherit our DNA from our parents, which is where its genealogical value comes in.

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The Newberry Library in Chicago has created a remarkable tool to visualize county boundary changes over time. The site allows the viewer to use map layers to picture how county boundaries fluctuate.