I have taken the following from LFHHS yahoo forum-----
Although I'm not a big fan of Family Search, this addition to the site looks worth checking.
"Technology is becoming more and more an important element of family history research. Scanning, photo editing, Google searches, database searches, file sharing are just some of the technological aspects of our pastime. Toward this end, FamilySearch, the genealogy arm of the Mormon Church, has launched a TechTips section to its site. It is located at
https://www. familysearch. org/techtips.
Visitors to the site can read about a variety of subjects, such as how to store photographs for the long term, what mobile applications are available to family historians, how to share files and how to scan images. The site also cont ains step-by-step guides to help users accomplish a technology-related task, such as how to join an online research community and why.
TechTips is a community effort that is a cross between a blog and an online technology magazine. Anyone can contribute articles and share their personal experiences. Browse the articles currently at the site. I found "The Researcher's Digital Toolbox" (
https://www. familysearch. org/techtips/ 2011/05/the- researchers- digital-toolbox. html) particularly useful. It has 11 suggestions such as setting up an e-mail account exclusively for your genealogy efforts at one of the general mail systems (Google, Yahoo or Hotmail)."
(Quote comes from Gary Mokotoff who compiles "Nu", a Jewish genealogy e-zine that has relevance beyond research into Jewish ancestry.)
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