This article is one in a series of session reports from the recent BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy. I tweeted the session live, but I hate to send you to Twitter to read them because they appear there in reverse chronological order. I’ve straightened them out for you here. Additions are shown in italics.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009 (Screen shots as of 9 August 2009. Click screen shot to see larger image.)
![]() Changes come often and always. 20-30 changes a week. (3:03 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) Now have 450+ machines running the library patron desktop. |
@rjseaver, didn't you write about this topic after your FHL visit? (3:04 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
![]() Genline.com (Swedish), HeritageQuest, ... Explore. (3:06 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
![]() FHLC has direct links in red. For example: Hudgins Cemetery: Livingston County, Missouri (3:12 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
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![]() [You can see from the screen shot to the right that just since the BYU conference, TempleReady has been removed from the FHL Patron Desktop! New FamilySearch really is happening on the Wasatch Front!] |
![]() Q. If these are publicly available, why not make this page available over the family history center portal? A. No resources to do so. "The FHL is the step-child of the FH department and FHCs are the step-child of the FHL." Ouch. (3:23 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) FHC directors could contact him for the list of links |
[The ones I could identify for use outside the library are: * Your Place in History http://www.kakophone.com/kakorama/EN/index.php (youth 12-up) http://dmarie.com/timecap/ http://www.ask.com/?o=12572&l=dir http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timeline/ * Your Genealogy PAF – local installation http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.last-names.net/ (kids 3-11) http://www.surnamedb.com/ (youth 12-up) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp * Fun and Games Jigsaw Puzzle Lite - local installation Coloring Pages from Kodak Easy Share - Local installation. Use Cartoon effect (kids) http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/ Seven Day Calendar Grid http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html http://www.apcss.org/graphics/educate/match_the_country_and_their_flag.htm (youth) http://www.mysterycasefiles.com/games.html (youth) * Kids Online Games http://www.americangirl.com/fun.html http://linkasaurus.com/ http://www.nickjr.com/ http://www.hbofamily.com/ http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/genres/15/hidden-object.html http://coloringbookfun.com/ http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/ http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/ http://pbskids.org/ http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/index.html http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm * Youth Online Games http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/kings_queens/index.shtml http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/index_flash.htm http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/ http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/resources/whoami/whoami.html http://www.dupinternational.org/jubilee/quiz.htm Sudoku - local installation * Making Memories http://www.smilebox.com/ - local installation (kids) Create a photo printable e-card – No longer available (kids) Create Free E-Cards to email – No longer available (youth) Create/Publish a Photo Book (kids) Create/Publish a Photo Book – No longer available. See here instead. (youth) FHL memo with family history requirements from Faith in God for Girls (kids) |
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Review: Subscription sites always changing. FindMyPast for English. We pay a lot for it. 1911 hot. Databases add to it every week. (3:27 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
![]() Most of Patron Desktop available on wireless for laptop users. (3:32 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
Remember: The world wide web is ALWAYS in beta! (3:35 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
Taking Q & A. (3:36 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
Q. Can’t you make a list of new stuff available? A. We are developing a page, What's New At the Library, that could be made available through FHC Portal. (3:38 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
Q. Can’t you make more of these links available outside the FHL? A. Ultimately would like everything at the library available anywhere in the world. (3:38 PM Jul 29th from TweetChat ) |
Q. FHL Favorites? A. The FHL favorites is now available through http://bit.ly/fxzNv (3:42 PM Jul 29th from web ) |
Remember that tweets are limited to 140 characters. Less the #byugen hashtag, each tweet could not exceed 132 characters. Hence, tweets often use abbreviations, bad grammar, and lack proper punctuation.
Here is another terrific FHL Favorites website:
ReplyDeletehttp://fhlfavorites.info/
It has world map with links embedded for significant regions.