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For 26 weeks I will take you on a family history journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time.\u00a0 I have decided that each post will be educational in nature, focusing on topics related to resources, methodology, tools, etc.\u00a0 Although the challenge is complete, there are still some people who are finishing up and Alona, the host, is encouraging others to participate anyway.\u00a0 Additional information on the challenge, can be found at Take the \u2018Family History Through the Alphabet\u2019 Challenge<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019ve been aware of Historypin<\/a> for awhile, and had explored it a few times in the past.\u00a0 Yesterday, I took some time to get a better feel for it and even uploaded some of my own photos (you can see my pins here<\/a>).\u00a0 I also created two collections<\/a>.\u00a0 Collections allow you to group pins anyway you like, and they can include your own photos or those posted by other users (you have to mark the pin as a favorite).<\/p>\n It\u2019s a neat website and many people are participating and adding photos.\u00a0 In fact, several schools, universities\/colleges, libraries, archives, and historical societies are using Historypin as a way to bring their collections to the public.\u00a0 Here are a few that you may be interested in taking a look at:<\/p>\n The only problem I have with HistoryPin is that there is no feed for the users you follow.\u00a0 In fact, I had a hard time finding a list of the users I do follow (other than seeing an \u201cun-fan\u201d button on a user\u2019s profile).\u00a0 I finally found this, but it\u2019s buried within my channel\u2019s control panel,1<\/sup> which is a shame; it would be nice for other users to see what users I follow.\u00a0 I\u2019d also really like to have a place where I can see what new items have been added by the users I follow.\u00a0 Maybe this is something Historypin will provide in the future.<\/p>\n Regardless of my small complaint, I think it\u2019s a great resource for genealogists and historians.\u00a0 It\u2019s great for individuals to share photos and information from their collections, as well as a way for organizations to share their collections.\u00a0 Hmm, maybe this could be a project for historical and\/or genealogical societies to consider as a way to share their collections, gain exposure, and provide opportunities for members who want to volunteer their time to a worthy project.\u00a0 For information on starting a partnership project with Historypin, see the Libraries, Archives, and Museums page<\/a>.<\/p>\n To learn more about Historypin, refer to their FAQ page<\/a>.\u00a0 I found it very helpful and it answered all of my questions.\u00a0 There are also several videos and guides<\/a> to help you with specific topics.<\/p>\n So, what do you think?\u00a0 Is this something you might consider using?\u00a0 Please share your<\/em> thoughts.\u00a0 If you are already using Historypin, please tell me how you are utilizing the features and what you like or don\u2019t like (and share a link to your channel so I can check it out!).<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 To see a list of the users you follow, visit your channel, then in the Statistic tab, choose \u201cSee list\u201d next to \u201cChannels I\u2019m a Fan of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For 26 weeks I will take you on a family history journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time.\u00a0 I have decided that each post will be educational in nature, focusing on topics related to resources, methodology, tools, etc.\u00a0 Although the challenge is complete, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,25,300,29],"tags":[350,364],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-genblog","category-resources-genblog","category-technology-genblog","tag-family-history-through-the-alphabet","tag-tools-tech-historypin","cat-27-id","cat-25-id","cat-300-id","cat-29-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-5R","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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This week I thought I\u2019d talk a little bit about Historypin<\/a>.\u00a0 This is a website community that integrates with Google Maps and allows you to upload images and \u201cpin\u201d them to a location.\u00a0 You can see other pins by looking at a location on the map or visit a user\u2019s profile to see what they\u2019ve pinned.\u00a0 You can even comment on pins.\u00a0 To get a better idea of Historypin, watch this 90 second video<\/a> they created, which does a great job of explaining it.<\/p>\n![\"HistoryPin\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-zZozDQMzM5s\/UTamzr5EgZI\/AAAAAAAAIVY\/gdZgP1X4DX0\/HistoryPin%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" "\\"HistoryPin\\"")
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