In the past Social Networking involved joining groups with shared interests. You shared ideas, prob- lems, and goals. Our society is such a net- work. The new frontier is social networking on the internet. This new style allows us to inter- act with people any- where in the world that share our interests. Some of the sites were set up for particular interests, others have different factions where people have joined into smaller groups with shared interests. Just like in our community of Shelton. To learn this new style you will need to learn about RSS (Really Simple Syndi- cation), and tags. Both of these help in your research. RSS keeps you updated with any changes on designated sites. Tags help you find that page again without having to wade through all the „finds‟ that a search engine will give you. Blogs— these are websites that show new content at the top of the page, older con- tent is further down on the page, and even older content is ar- chived on other linked pages. Wiki— a website that allows multiple people to create/edit the pages without having to know special format- ting language. One fa- mous site is Wikipedia. You can share docu- ments, photo/videos. There is social book- marking, sharing of personal libraries and podcasts. MySpace, FaceBook are sites for socializing for its own sake. You can also keep up with family through these sites. Share your daily life, photos, etc. with them. A newer type of site is a virtual world. One that is popular is called Second Life. Volume 5 Issue 2 Social Networking: The New Frontier October 2009 October Meeting  Thursday, October 1st  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection—  Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to Pauline Aldrich  Singles: $15.00  Couples: $20.00 News In Brief 2 What’s Happening At the Library? 2 Pickling Salt Pork 2 “WINS” Rules 3 Reorganization: A Necessary Pain 3 Writing Your Family His- tory: 3 These Are The Times: Feast or Famine 6 Inside this issue: The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society Something Old; Something New. With all the new things that the computer and internet have brought for genealogists or family historians, we still have to stay with the old. The old is the stan- dards of genealogical research. We can not lose sight of the basics. Just because it is on the internet, doesn‟t make it so. I just found a relative on Find-A- Grave. It says he is the son of N.C. Carver and Mary McIntire. It should be N. C. Carver and Julia McIntire. The per- son entering the memo- rial was wrong. I have the paperwork to backup my statements. Do you? , OCR Text: In the past Social Networking involved joining groups with shared interests. You shared ideas, prob- lems, and goals. Our society is such a net- work. The new frontier is social networking on the internet. This new style allows us to inter- act with people any- where in the world that share our interests. Some of the sites were set up for particular interests, others have different factions where people have joined into smaller groups with shared interests. Just like in our community of Shelton. To learn this new style you will need to learn about RSS (Really Simple Syndi- cation), and tags. Both of these help in your research. RSS keeps you updated with any changes on designated sites. Tags help you find that page again without having to wade through all the „finds‟ that a search engine will give you. Blogs— these are websites that show new content at the top of the page, older con- tent is further down on the page, and even older content is ar- chived on other linked pages. Wiki— a website that allows multiple people to create/edit the pages without having to know special format- ting language. One fa- mous site is Wikipedia. You can share docu- ments, photo/videos. There is social book- marking, sharing of personal libraries and podcasts. MySpace, FaceBook are sites for socializing for its own sake. You can also keep up with family through these sites. Share your daily life, photos, etc. with them. A newer type of site is a virtual world. One that is popular is called Second Life. Volume 5 Issue 2 Social Networking: The New Frontier October 2009 October Meeting  Thursday, October 1st  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection—  Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to Pauline Aldrich  Singles: $15.00  Couples: $20.00 News In Brief 2 What’s Happening At the Library? 2 Pickling Salt Pork 2 “WINS” Rules 3 Reorganization: A Necessary Pain 3 Writing Your Family His- tory: 3 These Are The Times: Feast or Famine 6 Inside this issue: The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society Something Old; Something New. With all the new things that the computer and internet have brought for genealogists or family historians, we still have to stay with the old. The old is the stan- dards of genealogical research. We can not lose sight of the basics. Just because it is on the internet, doesn‟t make it so. I just found a relative on Find-A- Grave. It says he is the son of N.C. Carver and Mary McIntire. It should be N. C. Carver and Julia McIntire. The per- son entering the memo- rial was wrong. I have the paperwork to backup my statements. Do you? , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2009,October+2009.pdf,October+2009.pdf Page 1, October+2009.pdf Page 1