AncestryHour

Have you discovered AncestryHour yet?  AncestryHour is a Twitter base for everyone and anyone, professionals and amateurs alike, with an interest in Genealogy, Family & Local History.   With AncestryHour you can meet online, exchange tips, promote your services, ask questions and engage with an international following within the ancestral community.

The group currently gets together on Twitter every Tuesday evening from 7.00 - 8.00 pm GMT.  The chat is led by a team of eight well known and well respected genealogists and historians, each with their own specialism but united in their passion for the past. 

If you are not able to participate in the weekly chat, you can still participate at any time and follow the conversations on Twitter or Facebook.  For those isolated at home, it is yet another avenue for communicating with fellow genealogists, to keep learning and researching, and keep up your interest.

#ANZAncestryTime

#ANZAncestryTime is a Twitter Platform for anyone with an interest in Family History and Genealogy.  Whether just starting out or an experienced researcher, #ANZAncestryTime is a place and time where like-minded people in the genealogy community can come together and connect in conversation. #AncestryTime has an initial focus on genealogists with an interest in Australian and New Zealand family history but we enthusiastically welcome the participation of genealogists all around the world.

Each week, a topic for discussion will be introduced. To participate, follow Australia & New Zealand Ancestry Time on Twitter, use the #ANZAncestryTime hashtag to tweet and retweet participate. You can share your experiences, services, ask questions and offer help. Need more help on how to participate? Then check out How to join in now.

#ANZAncestryTime will be hosted at 7 PM AEST every Tuesday. You will find out your local time on the Time Zones page.

Topics already covered include Newspapers, Military and Occupations.

FamilySearch App Centre

We all use a variety of apps and programs in our genealogical lives - we use them for searching, recording, organising, sharing and more.  It seems like every time I turn around, I hear about something new that seems worth a look.  Some I fall in love with and dive into, finding something new, useful and unique that this program offers me that others do not.  Some I look over and play with a bit but ultimately decide programs I am already using offer me the same thing.  Others I look at, find them wanting, and discard (some I wonder why they were ever recommended to me in the first place).  I am always willing to give them a go, however, because you never know what gold you might find, and I am always excited to hear about something new.  And I am always somewhat embarrassed to find out about something that has been around for a while and somehow I have missed it.
Last night, while wandering around the FamilySearch website (as you do) I found something new.  Right down the bottom of their homepage is a little link to their App Gallery.  How long has that been there??!!

Snapshot of the FamilySearch App Gallery

The Apps are grouped to make them easier to search - categories are

• Find Ancestors
• Family Tree Software
• Photos and Stories
• Charts and Tree Views
• Tree Analyzing

For each there is a star rating and details of cost - some are free, others have a one-time purchase cost and others require a subscription.  Some of them I already knew about, but others are new to me and I will definitely be spending some time looking through them.
So what apps and programs do you use for genealogy?  What are your favourites?  And do I already know about them??