Meme: The Tech-Savvy Genealogist

I have decided to join in the Tech-Savvy Genealogist Meme. The Meme was first created by Geniaus. 


The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type

Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)

Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type


Which of these apply to you?

1. Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad
2. Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
3. Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes
4. Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor's home
5. Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree [I use Legacy Family Tree mostly, but I also have Family Tree Maker 2010, RootsMagic and Family Historian installed on my laptop computer]
6. Have a Twitter account
7. Tweet daily [only tweet occasionally at the moment...too many other things happening]
8. Have a genealogy blog
9. Have more then one genealogy blog [but I have been sadly neglecting Australian Genealogy News, I really need to give it a new look and new posts]
10. Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic
11. Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise [I am a member but I don't get to check it regularly]
12. Have a Facebook Account
13. Have connected with genealogists via Facebook
14. Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page
15. Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society
16. Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
17. Have registered a domain name
18. Post regularly to Google+ [would like to try Google+...]
19. Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
20. Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
21. Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner [I own a Canon CanoScan LiDE 500F which is somewhat portable - it is fairly lightweight and powered through a USB port]
22. Can code a webpage in .html [I have been a bit lazy about this lately and have been using the WYSIWYG editor available in Blogger. I know it often creates messy HTML code. Eventually (soon) I want to get back into HTML coding (I have been catching up lately reading about HTML5) as I coded webpages with HTML often during high school and University]
23. Own a smartphone [I hope I can buy an Android smartphone some time in the future, I have read so much about them on other blogs and my brother has shown me the fancy things his Android phone can do]
24. Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases
25. Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
26. Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival
27. Use Chrome as a Browser [my favourite browser]
28. Have participated in a genealogy webinar
29. Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes 
30. Have a personal genealogy website [I have tried several times but never been happy with any site I have created, hopefully someday!]
31. Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive
32. Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
33. Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files [some of them, I still have a lot of Mum's files stored in binders that need to be scanned and sorted]
34. Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs [Google Reader]
35. Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry [but I always set my files to private because many of them are 'working' and 'unverified' and I don't want to spread unverified information through online trees]
36. Own a netbook
37. Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes
38. Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit
39. Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widget [this is something I would like to do in the future. For one assignment in my IT degree I created a very simple Java program to record genealogy to-do items. Like HTML, programming with Java or other programming languages is something I am hoping to get back into in the future]
40. Have listened to a genealogy podcast online
41. Have downloaded genealogy podcasts for later listening
42. Backup your files to a portable hard drive
43. Have a copy of your genealogy files stored offsite [absolutely need to do this]
44. Know about Rootstech 
45. Have listened to a Blogtalk radio session about genealogy
46. Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud
47. Schedule regular email backups [I've working on sorting and backing-up all my emails recently]
48. Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
49. Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs [many of them but I have a few more to do and I definitely need to reorganise the ones I have already scanned]
50. Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format

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