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Family & Community—Connect & Inspire! — Miles A Meyer
I've got another project that I just started for our German Genealogy Interest Group (GIG). I created a map on Google Maps, where the members can add their surnames and locations where they lived. We can then see where everyone came from and their family surnames. This will be used during our September virtual meeting to start a conversation about common surnames and locations to see if any of the GIG members can provide information on the successes they have had in researching those areas. This is an example of how you can use maps to encourage involvement in family history. The map can be found at https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=16skA3lFmnhauHzUNUyoB19l55tz47G5f&usp=sharing.
So far it only has my German ancestors, but I am hoping that the GIG members will begin adding information soon. All of the information is added through a Google Sheet which is connected to the Google Map project.
Another comment on this project from Heather R Jacobs..
This is great! From what I am understanding, you took the concept that you used for your hometown historical society and applied it to this concept of mapping out surnames with others to connect your research. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing this idea.
I am going to put the link of your other post in here so we can reference the process that you did. I think the @Germany Genealogy Research will be interested in this too. https://community.familysearch.org/s/feed/0D54V00002eqyxZSAQ