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(Continued from page 4) #PhotoADay has monthly prompts for each day
of the year. Melissa Dickerson, also known as
Create a board so you can find it again. It’s like “Genealogy Girl Talks” puts up the
a notebook, with a different name. Or perhaps #GenealogyPhotoADay prompts monthly. The
more like a folder without taking up space in the idea is to write about that prompt and attach a
room where you keep your genealogy. There is photo to it. For instance, this is written May 17,
no limit on the number of boards you can create. 2018. The prompt for today is Religion. So, I
Create a history folder, then have sub folders for could write a post like this.
each branch of your family. Perhaps, you partic- #GenealogyPhotoADay I am Jewish. I have
ularly like a specific blogger, look for that person been all my life. However, after our son married
on Pinterest. Then just click follow. Do you do a Catholic and wanted his children raised Jew-
need information on free genealogy sources. ish, we didn’t feel comfortable at our reformed
Search Pinterest. Do you need money to sup- Jewish congregation. I had heard a rabbi speak
port your genealogy addiction? You can find to our Council of Jewish Women’s group several
jobs there, also. Learn about affiliate programs, times. I also knew Rabbi Dan Friedman was rab-
another way to make money, if you have a web- bi at Congregation Beth Or and our friends be-
site. This is what Thomas MacEntee calls pas- longed there. After listening to a very boring
sive income. There are so many more uses, but Rosh Hashanah service at my parents’ reformed
I’ve only listed a few. congregation, I called the friend and asked
whether she had an extra ticket for the morning
service. I went and decided quickly that I could
Have you noticed those # popping up all
over? It is used to identify to someone else, you be comfortable at a Humanistic Jewish congre-
gation. It took a while, but we did eventually join
are talking about a certain subject. It began on
and when it split into two congregations we
Twitter, I think. Suppose you want everyone to
know you are going to write about genealogy joined Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation.
So, this way you write about genealogy every
that day. #genealogy will tell your reader your
post will be about #genealogy. There are several day. A photo would be attached to this, by the
way. If this was posted on Twitter, it would have
genealogy projects that you will only hear about
to be much shorter, but it could be as a blog, or
if you are on social medial. The three I am work-
on FB or where ever you want it to be. It gets
ing on this year are #GenealogyPhotoADay,
you writing regularly. Plus, finding photos is fun
#Book of Me, and #52 Ancestors.
and with cell phones there are so many more
that right at your fingertips.
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