Web: the unusual sites that genealogists will love
Discover sites to learn, to write, to explore and to travel in the past ...
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At the beginning of June 2020, the figures fell. The time spent on the Internet has exploded during confinement! Médiamétrie reports that the French spent almost three hours a day on the web in April, almost twice as much as in April 2019.
You may have been able to take advantage of these containment times to explore many online resources looking for your ancestors. Discover these new sites that you will probably like, to you, genealogists. To you, who likes to learn, explore, write, immerse yourself in the archives and who have to know how to be patient ... The opportunity for you to take a break in your genealogy, always beneficial, to come back better!
Sites to learn
Vos connaissances en Histoire et Géographie se sont développées depuis que vous avez commencé la généalogie ? Vos proches vous demandent souvent « Mais, comment tu sais ça ? » ? Vous aimez apprendre, vous aimez vous cultiver et partager des anecdotes pendant les repas de famille ? Bien, ces sites sauront nourrir votre soif de culture générale !
With Savoir-inutile.com, vous cliquez pour découvrir « tout ce qui ne sert à rien pour briller en société… ». On a testé, c’est plutôt addictif ! D’ailleurs, vous le saviez, vous, que le jour de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 juillet 1789, était un mardi ?
In the same genre, we like it a lot Factototourism. Les anecdotes sont en anglais, mais très facilement traduisibles, et puis les infographies parlent d’elles-mêmes… On vous prévient - difficile d’arrêter de faire défiler la page ! « Ah ouais ? Le catalogue IKEA est aussi répandu que la Bible ?? ».
We also invite you to keep the site anecdote-du-jour.com in your favorites. Every day, a new anecdote, general culture info or an unusual fact will be presented to you. It’s in French and rather complete!
Finally, for those who swear by history, you will surely have a unfortunate pleasure to discover a new one new « Badass » de l’Histoire. Dans « Badass », comprenez plutôt « un dur à cuire, un courageux » qui a laissé une trace dans l’Histoire sans forcément se retrouver dans les manuels scolaires. On retrouve une biographie riche sur chaque nouveau personnage présenté depuis 2004. C’est en anglais, mais un bon traducteur fera l’affaire.
Sites to explore
We bet you already spend hours exploring archive sites in search of the slightest clue to retrace the life of your ancestors. In a more geographical and/or cultural aspect, we offer these few sites which, for some, will also become time -consuming as your research! You are warned ...
Who of you has never dreamed of visiting the most beautiful wonders in the world? And… hard to travel these days. So we have the solution. Do not move from your chair, take your favorite drink and go for a visit to the Palace of Versailles, from the Lascaux cave ou plus encore, from the Sixitine chapel, from the Great wall of China, of theAcropolis and Gizeh pyramids… SO ? Conquered?
And then, for the most players, what would you say to test your knowledge in geography? This is the scenario: you are sent in the middle of nowhere and your mission is to get closer to your exact position on a world map. You are timed and have to use your knowledge to understand the image clues ... You may have guessed it, we are obviously talking about the famous game Geoguessr, downright exciting, you have to admit ...
Sites to write and take inspiration
You may have embarked on the writing of your genealogy, on a blog or to leave a trace of your ancestors to your loved ones. If this is the case, you know that white page syndrome (especially in time of AZ challenge!) Can be a real scourge ... to remedy it and to give you all the reasons (and tools) to help you, inspire you, we have listed some sites.
For those who start, not easy to get started ... What to start? How to make sure you write at best? The site Scribay can help you. It is said of this platform that it can help you find inspiration and progress in a benevolent community, top, na?
In the same genre, WriteControl You will help you organize your writing with tools designed for writers (character management, chapters, details, etc.), you have all the keys in hand!
And finally, to inspire you on the most complicated part - which often lies in the choice of title - we tried (and adored!) The generator of Title and its associated coverage. We let you appreciate our cover ...
Finally, for those who love to write and are no longer in their first stories, why would you not try a new exercise to work on your creativity?
To do this, we invite you to write a letter to your future that you can send to the date of your choice. It’s doable on Fumem.org And you can also divert this tool to write your memories and remember them for years later ...
Why would you not share your pleasure to write with a stranger who would be delighted to receive your letter? This is the concept of 1 letter 1 smile which allows you to write a letter to isolated elderly people, in France, in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Canada - we find it pretty cool!
Sites to travel in the past
Ahhhh the old photos ... It is always pleasant to realize visually the environment of our ancestors.
With What was there (Literally, "what was here"), it is possible to explore a world map on which old photos were recorded to specific places. There are 257 photos recorded for France, and you can also offer it. Same principle for Historypin which has a large collection of images
Also immerse yourself in the galleries of archive photos available online. These could be used to illustrate your genealogy. Discover the collection today Internet Archive Book Images on Flickr, that of New Old Stock or the more recent archives of Getty Images.
Sites to learn à patienter
« Apprendre à patienter ?? » Oui oui ! Et c’est une vertu de généalogiste…
To help you a little, two useful sites in the event of a cracking: Do Nothing for 2 minutes (comprenez, « ne faites rien pendant 2 minutes, et il y a un compteur !!) et Patience is a virtue Who will teach you to manage frustration ...
In another kind, the site « Est-ce que c’est bientôt le week-end ?» will be able to tell you if you can soon do genealogy ...