And I shall! Second tech tip of the day, who would’ve thought it! So #genealogy folks who have either an iPhone or iPad, this is for you. (Android folks, stay tuned - I may have a similar way)
Firstly, what you’ll want to do is open up TweetDeck on Safari on your device (it has to be Safari, from what I’ve tried) and make sure you sign into your account. Once you’ve done that, and your TweetDeck has appeared. Hit the share button (box with an up arrow - as shown)
Once you’ve done that, scroll down the options and select “Add to Home Screen”.
When it asks you what to name it, just make sure it’s named Tweetdeck or something to help you remember that this will be TweetDeck. Then press add.
Now it has added it to your homescreen. Now all that’s left to do is sign into Tweetdeck again but through the newly added icon on your homescreen & then hey presto, you’re there! (Unofficial) Tweetdeck app for iPhone and iPad.
And for those wondering how different it looks, it doesn’t. All that’s different is there’s no browser address bar and buttons at the top.
Here you go, @nellstra (and anyone on Twitter wanting to know how) - here's how you make a Twitter moment.
A thread.
First things first, this can only be done on the web version of Twitter. It can't be done on a Twitter app. So when you open up Twitter, on the menu on the left hand side, click 'More'.
Secondly, on the many options that'll appear, click 'Moments'.
Really thought provoking thread about grief from @ScientistSoph and how we should normalise talking about grief and one thing I’d also like to raise is that grief affects people in different ways and different durations.
Back in January 2017, my inspiration for starting my genealogy journey Padraig - my grand uncle died at the age of 85. I never met him many times but while I was there at the funeral home, there was one person who I didn’t see there - my grandfather. Turns out he wasn’t doing…
…too well and was dealing with a number of health issues which young, naive 13 year old me thought he would recover from. Young, naive old me didn’t think that he would lose his grandfather in less than 5 months that year. Thinking back, I can remember…
On Wednesday, January 26th - myself and @mishjholman are setting you a challenge. We want as many people interested in genealogy to tell your genealogy story either in the form of a blog post, Facebook/Instagram post, Twitter thread or any form that you like!
We'd love to read about how you got into genealogy, your favourite discovery/part about genealogy and where do you hope to see the genealogy world/community/industry in the future? We hope to have all posts showing on social media throughout January 26th (so you can schedule them
for that date if you wish!) and then share it on social media with the hashtag #MyGenealogyStory or tag me on social media on the relevant platform:
A thread... but one I feel is quite important to be discussed.
As family historians/genealogists, we are often taught how to research in the past. But what about the here and now? At the #GenealogyForAll discussion I co-hosted a few weeks ago, the topic of gender... /1
...identities as well as the different kinds of relationships [can't take credit and don't want to as they weren't my ideas, just merely wanted to share these very valid points] Firstly, when someone fills out their profile on a family history site, they are given three... /2
options: male, female and unknown. And one might not identify as any of these three options. What do we do for this? On the topic of relationships, I've family who are in a relationship but aren't married, yet if you choose another option other than 'married' it puts them... /3
Will try and do these threads listing the newly updated/added collections on @Ancestry too! I won't always remember but will do them if I think of them...
This will be done Newest to Oldest and will include date when they were updated/added, [Info from: ancestry.com/cs/recent-coll…]
UPDATED - 26/10/2021: Western Life Newspaper Name Index, 1900-1902
UPDATED - 25/10/2021: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-2020
UPDATED - 21/10/2021: Hawaii, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1822-1962
UPDATED - 21/10/2021: Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
UPDATED - 21/10/2021: Kansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987
To clarify the largely asked questions (read full thread) "How will FG know if the person is related?" - I got this from Peter Drinkwater at @FindaGrave who I hadn't mentioned in my original post. Apologies for confusion - this is what I received... [1/]
"On the question of how to make sure someone is related, it’s a good question and one of the trickier parts of the change. We’ve thought about and have plans for it, but will need to watch it carefully. Our plans focus on limiting the number of relationships someone can... [2/]
...claim, so while there will surely be some cases of people claiming to be a relative when they are not, it shouldn’t be an avenue for significant abuse or for people to accumulate large numbers of memorials to manage which we hope will be a disincentive to abuse. We’ll.. [3/6]