Do any other APG members have other timely New Year tips for the professional genealogist? If so, message me off-list. I'm wrapping up an article on this for the January newsletter, which I'm hoping to finish today or tomorrow. Thanks! Phyllis McLaughlin Editor, APG eNews On Jan 1, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Patricia Hobbs wrote: > If you are able to insert php into your web interface, you can use > this to > have your date automatically update to the current year: > <p style="text-align: center">Copyright © 2009 - <?php echo > date('Y'); ?> > > I use Joomla and use the Jumi extension to insert php. > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM, cmproctor1@frontier.com < > cmproctor1@frontier.com> wrote: > >> Dee Dee and all, >> I am grateful for people like you who watch out for people like >> me. Your >> experience and wisdom is very much appreciated. I can always learn >> from >> this list. >> >> Happy New Year. >> >> Cheryl Proctor >> Southern Indiana >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: "Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist" < >> king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> >> To: Transitional Genealogists forum < >> transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 12:27 PM >> Subject: [TGF] Thoughts for 2013 >> >> Today is a good day to add 2013 copyright notices on my websites. >> This >> started recirculating some observations from the last couple of >> months. >> >> The most prevalent way we "see" up-and-coming professionals these >> days is >> electronically through their social media posts and their websites. >> >> Our website should make us transparent, not create ambiguity. We >> all need >> to be careful with how we word the content. We all need another set >> of eyes >> to proofread. Here are a few things that convince me a person >> would not be >> on my go-to list. >> >> A couple of pages of terrible spelling, worse grammar and >> punctuation, and >> misuse of words or terms stops me from looking any further. >> >> It's better to clearly list memberships than to say "numerous >> memberships" >> without being specific. It makes me suspicious to see that kind of >> broad >> statement accompanied by references to organizations to which, upon >> further >> checking, the person does not belong. Is this just a lapse in good >> content, >> or an attempt to create the perception that the website owner is >> actually a >> member of an organization when they are not? >> >> I REALLY question motive when the person has copied and pasted to >> their >> website whole blocks of text from other organizations in what is >> apparently >> an attempt to make it appear the person is a member of, is endorsed >> by, or >> that the person adheres to the philosophy of that organization. >> >> Oblique references to credentials are especially irksome. The >> genealogist >> has "certifications and accreditations." However, none are listed >> and the >> content includes references to ICAPGen or BCG. The name doesn't >> show up in >> member rosters and no credentials follow the name. Lapse or intent? >> >> Affiliates and affiliations. Several websites I've looked at >> recently used >> affiliates when the owner meant affiliations. We're affiliated >> with or >> affiliates of APG, Ancestry.com, Family Tree DNA, etc. These are >> not our >> affiliates. >> >> Some websites really overstate qualifications and experience. "Our >> experience and education makes us uniquely qualified" for this >> particular >> specialty. No education or experience is defined on the website. I >> keep a >> running list of folks I'd never ask to help on a project because >> queries >> about education and experience showed the folks had not been honest >> in >> their self-promotion. Red flags go up when the site obviously has >> hype >> written about the genealogist, BY the genealogist. >> >> Taking credit for someone else's work or position. A couple of >> months ago >> some friends and I found a website in which a person made it appear >> they >> were a lead genealogist "working with another genealogist" to solve a >> military repatriation case. The "other" genealogist was actually the >> credentialed sub-contracting genealogist who asked this person to >> do ONE >> vital record retrieval.... The person also published private info >> shared by >> the sub-contractor genealogist to make it easier for the person to >> retrieve >> the record. >> >> These are things that can really hamstring a potential career. And >> tarnish >> a reputation among colleagues. Most folks on this list are probably >> snickering, "Someone would REALLY do these things?" Yep, real >> examples from >> real websites. >> >> best regards and a prosperous New Year, >> >> Dee >> >> >> >> -- >> Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 >> Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch >> Co-Director, Forensic Genealogy Institute >> http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html >> Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 >> Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 >> www.forensicgenealogyservices.com/NavyCasualty.html >> www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist >> >> Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for >> Certification of Genealogists®, conferred to associates who >> consistently >> meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed >> evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in >> the US >> Patent & Trademark Office. >> >> The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a >> supportive >> environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they >> transition to >> professional level work. 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