If you would like a guide to follow along as you take your first steps in entering the data, Bob has prepared a pdf file for download illustrating his method. (You could print it out, but have you thought of loading the file onto your tablet (such as an iPad) and putting it beside your computer to read as you work).
Bob and Paul demonstrated how easily you can create an overlay for a standard Google Map that displays exactly the information you want to use to tell (part of) your family story and share it with others. The tools that they used are all free and immediately available to anyone who has a GMail account. To see what is possible, login into Google (just as you do to collect your mail) and then go to https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/ Select the Explore tab on the menu bar and be amazed at the variety of examples of how people have used this tool. And when you are ready just click +CREATE A NEW MAP to start your own. Paul explained that you have probably done (almost) everything you need in the the collection phase, so the important task is to get your data (names of people, names and locations of places, dates, pictures etc) organised and ready to transfer. Have a plan in mind of all the pieces of information that you and assemble before you start. Just like cooking a dinner or changing a tap washer, you don't want to stop in the middle to go a get the vital piece. If you would like a guide to follow along as you take your first steps in entering the data, Bob has prepared a pdf file for download illustrating his method. (You could print it out, but have you thought of loading the file onto your tablet (such as an iPad) and putting it beside your computer to read as you work). That first map you make will not use all of the more sophisticated methods (such a using a spreadsheet) that Paul demonstrated, but once you see how easy it is to create a useful map we can provide some more support for budding experts.
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Each of the online sources that Shauna Hicks suggested for our Irish research can provide individual insights, but even more value is obtained when you use them together. Bob used a case study of his search for the family of a (distant) relative (by marriage) to show how switching between irishgenealogy.ie (Civil Records) and nationalarchives.ie (Census) helps both searches. Occupations listed on birth and death records can be used in a census search to reduce the number of "possible" hits. Place of birth given on the census can be applied as a filter for registration districts in seeking certificates. Both sites offer a powerful "advanced search" feature that is not immediately obvious. So consider how the addition of a son-in-law (or a grandchild) to the household between censuses might lead you to details of the relevant marriage and/or birth. And then send you back to the previous census!
The National Archives of Australia has a very active program of scanning papers records to make them available in digital form (that is, available online). Thanks to member Brenda N for the tip that each time you conduct an NAA search, you are shown a link to the latest scanned material. Clicking on that Newly scanned records link will open up the SODA home page. "What's new" is constantly changing, so you may need to use the time added and title filters to get an idea of the type of records being processed. In his email of 7 September 2019, John P highlighted the availability of (relatively) recent Western Australian Electoral Rolls under this program. He suggested a very neat method of locating and browsing these records.
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