Social Media for Our Societies - Resources

Social Media

• Social Media - Wikipedia

Website - Resources

EasyNetSites
Weebly
WordPress

Website - Examples

Webmaster - Indiana Genealogical Society
Webmaster - Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana
EasyNetSites - Genealogical Society of Marion County (Indiana)
Weebly - Brown County (Indiana) Historical Society
Weebly - Rush County (Indiana) Historical and Genealogical Society
Weebly - Martin County (Kentucky) Historical Genealogical Society
Wordpress - Durham-Orange Genealogical Society (NC)

Blog - Resources

Blogger
WordPress
Weebly
Add blog to Geneabloggers and view many great examples

Blog - Examples

Indiana Genealogical Society blog
La Porte County Genealogical Society blog
Kokomo-Howard County Genealogy & Local History Department blog
Hendricks County, Indiana Genealogy Blog
Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana
Kentucky Historical Society - History Burgoo

Facebook - Resources

Facebook

Facebook - Examples

Indiana Genealogical Society
Indiana Historical Society
Willennar Genealogy Center, Auburn, Indiana
Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana
Brown County Genealogical Society, Indiana
Scott County Genealogical Society, Indiana
DeKalb County Indiana Genealogy Society
Shelbyville Genealogy and History House
Genealogical Society of Marion County, Indiana
Rush County Genealogical Society, Indiana
Kosciusko County Genealogy, Indiana

Twitter - Resources

Twitter
Add #genealogy hashtag to posts to make tweets easily searchable

Twitter - Examples

Indiana Genealogical Society
Indiana Historical Society
Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana
National Genealogical Society
Federation of Genealogical Societies
Illinois Genealogical Society
Kentucky Historical Society
Tennessee Genealogical Society

Other Social Media Sites

YouTube
Google +
Flickr
GenealogyWise

Social Media Plan

Minnesota Historical Society's Social Media Policy worksheets and templates

Learn more

FGS Webinars

• Social Networking for Genealogy Societies from Thomas MacEntee

FGS Radio - Live Saturdays at 2PM and recorded

• 21 Apr 2012 Episode - Wordpress for Your Society
  
• 24 Sep 2011 Episode - Your Society's Facebook Presence
• 6 Aug 2011 Episode - Creating a Social Media Plan
• 27 Aug 2011 Episode - EasyNetSites: Websites for Genealogy Societies
  

RootsTech videos

• Twitter - It's Not Just "What I Had For Breakfast" Anymore from Thomas MacEntee
• Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 from Lisa Louise Cooke
  

Explorinars

• Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups from Thomas MacEntee
• Weebly - Easy Webpage Creation from Thomas MacEntee
  

Legacy Family Tree Webinars