Previous Engagements:
May 2009: "Blogs, Wikis, & Flickr: Oh My!: Sharing and Collaborating on the Modern Web" and "Beyond Google: Advanced Internet Search Tips and Tricks," NGS Family History Conference, Raleigh, NC
November 2009: "North Carolina in the Civil War," North Carolina Genealogical Society, Speakers' Forum, Raleigh, NC |
Specialties:
Technology: Internet search and collaboration, website development, imaging, storage and sharing with portable media (CDs and DVDs)
Locales: Virginia and West Virginia
Methodology: Military records, brick wall problems
Publishing: Sharing findings through writing, publishing, and on the web. |
Bio:
B.A. in Honors in English, California State University, Northridge
M.A. in English (Creative Writing), University of California at Davis.
Jordan Jones is an editor, publisher, and software architect, as well as a published author of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and works in translation from the French. He has been a genealogist since 1976, has edited and published books and magazines since 1987, and has designed and published websites since 1995. He is working on becoming a certified genealogist, writes the "Technology" column for the NGS Magazine, and manages websites for professional genealogists and genealogical societies.
Board Member: NCGS (North Carolina), 2010-2012
Webmaster: NCAPG (North Carolina Chapter, APG) and NCGS (North Carolina)
Columnist: NGS Magazine, "Technology"
Member:
GSG, APG, NCAPG (North Carolina Chapter, APG) NGS, NCGS (North Carolina), WCGS (Wake County, NC), VGS (Virginia), WVGS (West Virginia), NSGS (Nebraska), and SNCA (Society of North Carolina Archivists).
Attended:
Samford University, Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, 2008 (Advanced Military Research III: Mexican War-Civil War) and 2009 (Virginia: Her Records and Laws); National Institute on Genealogical Research, 2009; NGS Conferences, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
