In my previous Research Notes post, I discussed compiling and sharing research notes. This discussion was prompted by conversations on the July 16th Mondays with Myrt. Towards the end of my Research Notes post, I asked two questions:
- Is a blog post the best way to share a written conclusion incorporating images and a variety of formatting?
- If research notes are published in a blog post, how would one connect them to a person (or persons) in a tree?
In trying to answer my own question, I have looked at various options and believe that writing a blog post that incorporates images is the quickest and easiest way to share this type of information.
Even though I haven’t published my complete research notes for an individual, I have published parts of them. For example, I recently compiled research notes for my great-grandfather, Edward Grant Briles. Included in those notes was the transcription of his funeral book. Since it was already transcribed, I was able to easily create a post for the funeral book that incorporated the images from the funeral book with the transcription.
In theory, the answer to the second question is simple: just add a web link to the person on my Ancestry tree. Adding the link is easy.
I’ve added a web link for my funeral book blog post. Unfortunately, most viewers of my tree won’t see this web link.
Web links that are added will appear at the bottom of the sources. Since I have a lot of sources, the web links disappear off of the screen. Most users likely will not scroll down the screen to discover the web links.