AUDIO Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 224 with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show

AUDIO-ONLY podcast for your convenience here on YouTube. Below you will find notes for the items covered.

Lisa Louise Cooke shares stories from the genealogy road including Vikings and a found cousin.

Mailbox: High school teacher Lindsey called in to share an unexpected occurrence of genealogy serendipity. Listen to the original Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 185 where George Ella Lyon reads her poem at http://genealogygemspodcast.com/episode-185

Read more about and watch the video I created for Tom Boyer of his Where I’m From Poem at https://lisalouisecooke.com/2018/02/14/family-history-video-ideas/

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Followup on GGP 223:
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Organizing the videos you find online
After listening to episode 223, Kate was inspired to head to YouTube in search of videos that illustrate her memories. She writes: “I’ve been trying to set up a collection of my memories on you tube. Do you have any thoughts on to put this together? Is it possible to add clips and not full videos?” My suggestions:

YouTube: Organize with playlists
You can use Playlists to group the videos you find by topic. You could create playlists for locations, timeframes, people and so on. Sign in with your free Google account which will give you access to your YouTube “channel.” When you find a video, under the title of the video click the plus sign that says “Add to”. Select a playlist from the playlists listed in the dropdown menu. These are playlists you have already created in your account. If it’s a long list, use the search box to search for a playlist title. Or create a new Playlist by clicking “Create New Playlist” at the bottom of the menu. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't give you a way to add your own notes. And you can't create clips of videos (at least not as of this writing), but I do know that when you share a video you can mark that it start at a point in the video that you select. Which brings me to my next suggestion…

Pinterest: Organize Videos into boards on Pinterest
If you would like to have even more control over organizing the videos that you find, and you want to be able to add your own notes and memories, consider using Pinterest. In your free Pinterest account you can create as many boards as you want. Create a board for each topic (much like with the Playlists I suggested previously) and save YouTube videos to them. And of course, you can save any other online content "memories" that you find along with them if you want. The beauty of pinning is that you can add your own notes and memories, plus you can set the video to begin at any point within the video that you want. Simply click “Share” under the video in YouTube, and click to check the box for “Start at.” Next, click on the player timeline that runs across the bottom of the video on the spot where you want the video to begin playing. Finally, click the Pinterest icon in the Share area to pin it to your Pinterest board of choice.