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Glamorgan Family History Society

How you can help GFHS grow its databases from anywhere, anytime, on (almost) any device

Creative crowdsourcing involves getting feedback from a large group of people to develop ideas, products or services. The Society can involve all its members in collaborating and sharing their ideas and experiences, their most useful resources, their research results and conclusions for a range of themes, whether it's which internet tools work best for them, or ideas for gaining more members, identifying future publications, suggesting projects, and so on. Billie will introduce us to using our collective family history knowledge, ideas and results for the benefit of the members and fulfilling the Society's aims. Our speaker: Ms Billie McNamaraBillie McNamara has been a family and local historian for many decades and a member of Glamorgan Family History Society since its founding. In 2024, she was appointed Webmaster for GFHS and is keen to develop the site for members’ benefit.Billie is the founder and current Chair of the TNGenWeb Project, an affiliate of the USGenWeb Project. Billie began collaborating in pen-and-paper collaborative projects in the 1980’s and logically expanded to digital crowd-sourcing in the Internet era. She manages digital indexing and transcription projects at the premier historical platform, <a href="https://fromthepage.com/landing" title="https://fromthepage.com/landing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FromthePage.com</a> This session is for Glamorgan Family History members only and will take place via Zoom.Please note that registration will close at 4:30 am on Thursday 12 September at the latest. The Zoom link will be sent out after registration closes.

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