Thomas MacEntee

Thomas MacEntee is a genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.

Utilizing over 25 years of experience in the information technology field, Thomas writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com he has organized and engaged a community of over 900 bloggers to document their own journeys in the search for ancestors.

Articles by this author

• Epidemics and Pandemics: The Records Left Behind
• Bring Out Your Dead: A Look at Mortality Schedules
• Getting the Most from Message Groups and Mailing Lists
• WolframAlpha: A New Tool for Genealogy
• Web Browser Extensions: Power Up Your Genealogy
• Pinning Down Your Family History
• Evernote: Your Virtual Genealogy Assistant
• Is Your Genealogy Future Proofed?
• The (Not So) Private Lives of Our Ancestors
• What You Should Know About Copyright And Genealogy
• How To Prepare For The 1940 U.S. Census
• 10 Genealogy New Year's Resolutions for 2012 You Can Keep!
• Researching Your New York Ancestors
• How To Collaborate With Other Genealogists
• How To Attend A Genealogy Webinar
• Google Books for Genealogy
• Genealogical Societies: They Do Your Genealogy Good
• A Trip To Bountiful Genealogy Research
• It's 10 PM - Do You Know Where Your Genealogy Data Is?
• Blogging Your Family History

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." - George Bernard Shaw

Technology and how emerging technologies and social media can be leveraged to assist genealogists with their research and how technology can help expand the family history experience for entry-level enthusiasts.

My mother handed me a copy of the family genealogy printed in 1916 — that was 17 years ago and I've been hooked ever since.

That the "a" in MacEntee was added by my great-grandfather around 1900 so that as an Irishman his name appeared like a Scottish name and he could get work easier.

These days there are very few historical greats with unknown genealogy — I think finding out more on Michelle Obama's ancestry as already researched by Megan Smolenyak would reveal fascinating stories and facts.