Genealogy Meme So You Think You Re Tech Savvy

Are you a tech savvy genealogist? Well if you're reading this, then I think that's a sign that you are. Even if you're not, here's a great list of things you *might* want to perhaps become familiar with.

The original blog post for this is here on Geniaus.

And here are my responses.

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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
Feel free to add extra comments in brackets after each item

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 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**
6. **Have a Twitter account** [Several, @familytreescott for genealogy]
7. **Tweet daily** [Well, mostly]
8. **Have a genealogy blog**
9. **Have more then one genealogy blog**
10. *Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic*
11. *Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise*
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+**
19. *Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers* [I used to, but I think it got removed for inactivity]
20. Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project
21. Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner
22. **Can code a webpage in .html**
23. **Own a smartphone**
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**
28. *Have participated in a genealogy webinar*
29. **Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes**
30. **Have a personal genealogy website**
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**
34. **Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs**
35. **Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry**
36. **Own a netbook**
37. Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes [Well, I would if I attended a genealogy lecture]
38. *Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit*
39. **Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widget** [I'm going to count FamilyTreeCircles here]
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**
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 use GMail, which I think counts]
48. *Have contriibuted to the Familysearch Wiki*
49. **Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs**
50. Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format

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What do you think about this list? Is it a good representative of being a tech-savvy genealogist? I think it is a pretty good list, except that it makes an assumption that the person going through this exercise attends genealogy lectures... which to me isn't in itself a technical activity. Anyway, not to be picky. I just didn't like losing those points. :-)

I think it would be fun if others here would like to post the same for themselves. Please feel free to do that in a journal here on Family Tree Circles.

instructions on making text bold and italics are on the add journal page.