35. Pinterest and Genealogy
Ah, yes, more than recipes, Pinterest offers up a plethora of goodies for the genealogist. You can merely enter “genealogy” or “family history” into the Search bar and a barrage of useful items will appear like the following sample list of topics:
- Lists of useful websites
- Templates for recording family history information
- Family tree diagrams
- Checklists for research
- Hospital and asylum records
- Historical maps
- Mayflower passengers
- Endless “How To” pieces
- Military records
- Colonial newspapers
- Family photos
- Skeletons in the family closet
- Medical records
- Obituaries
- Newspaper research
- Pension records
- Orphans
- Adoption records
- Irish genealogy
- German genealogy
- Divorce records
- Old German handwriting
- Burial records
- Name changes
- School records
- Tax records
- Slave owners and slaves
- Probate records
- Genealogy books
- DNA cousin charts
- Research logs
- Church records
- Old family letters
- Native American roots
- Capturing family memories
- Family artifacts
- Tracing illegitimate ancestors
- Podcasts
- Ancestral mathematics
- Disaster proofing your research
- Genealogy smart phone apps
- Family reunions.
And the list goes on, almost without end. Take a moment and check in for your first browse. I guarantee that you will be back to Pinterest repeatedly once you have personally experienced some of the many useful tools therein.
For help with Pinterest and other genealogy tools, join your local genealogical society. You will enjoy the tales of your new kindred spirits.
Ron Gilmore
Email: rvg3@me.com
Website: https://www.rgenealogy.ca