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Gena Philibert Ortega Join Us In The Chat Room

The GenealogyWise Chat Room serves two purposes, one is to provide a place for members to network, ask questions, receive and give genealogical help. GW Member Dawn says of the Chat Room, “The people in the Chat Room are always willing and able to help you. We pool our resources and work together on helping people find that elusive ancestor and we have fun doing it too!” .

The second purpose of the Chat Room is to provide educational, scheduled chats where members can learn about different topics from our Chat Hosts. You can find the chat schedule under the ‘Chat’ link on the GenealogyWise homepage. We ask that during schedule chats, that members not post comments until after the conclusion of the chat. .

The GenealogyWise Chat Room can be accessed two ways. One is by clicking on the gray bar at the bottom of your screen, when you are signed into GenealogyWise. You can also access the room by clicking on the ‘Chat’ link at the top toolbar on GenealogyWise.

You can also chat one to one, privately with a member by finding their profile picture on the right hand side of the Chat Room. Click on their name and then click on ‘Private Chat.’ This is a good option in cases where someone is helping you with some research and you don’t want to give out private information in the public Chat Room.

Whether you chat publicly with other members, attend a scheduled chat or chat privately with a genealogy friend, the GenealogyWise Chat Room is there to help you network and stay informed.Continue

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 6, 2009 at 04:48pm




Gena Philibert Ortega One Way to Magnify Pages

One of the problems I know some of our members are having is with the size of the font in our GW Chat Room. Unfortunately, we cannot enlarge the font size because it is an application that Ning, the platform we use, provides us and it cannot be changed. We are looking into other options for a new Chat Room.

One idea that may work for you when searching any site on the internet, including our Chat Room, is a computer mouse that Chat Host, Jayne McCormick told me about.

You can check it out at http://tinyurl.com/lc7vnl. The website describes it as, “Plug in the compact receiver when you’re ready to work, then snap it into your mouse when you travel, saving hassle and battery life. Easily enlarge and edit details with the new Magnifier and scroll four ways with the innovative 4-Way Scrolling.”

Jayne says that she has one for her PC, laptop, and mini laptop. “ I really love it. Nice size for my hand also.” Continue

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 21, 2009 at 04:30pm




Gena Philibert Ortega Join us for an Orphan Train Chat

Please join us tonight, Monday, August 17th (10PM EST) for a Chat with Dae and Jayne. Their topic is Orphan Trains. Continue

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 17, 2009 at 1:17pm




Gena Philibert Ortega Looking for Volunteers

At FamilyLink, we are constantly working on our products and we know that to make them meet your needs we need your input. We are looking for people who would be willing to spend about an hour online walking through a new or existing product with us. Please fill out this short questionnaire, located at http://bit.ly/GenSeekUsability and we will contact you with more details if you are selected to participate. If you are selected to participate in a product evaluation you will receive a $15 Amaz… Continue

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 7, 2009 at 10:18am




Gena Philibert Ortega GenWise Newsletter

The GenWise Newsletter is here! The weekly GenWise News will keep you up to date on improvements to the site, answer questions and spotlight what our members are doing. If you would like to receive this newsletter or make changes to your subscription click on "Settings" on the right side of the screen, scroll down to the question "Would you like to receive the free GenealogyWise newsletter?", and choose the applicable option. Continue

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 5, 2009 at 11:48am

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