Making Family HiStory Maps using ArcGIS Online

Share where your ancestors lived and travelled!

4.55 (23 reviews)

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What you will learn

Make their own Family HiStory Map and share it as a link

Why take this course?

Family HiStory Maps enable you tell a story about one or a group of ancestors in an engaging way that shows you where they lived and travelled against the background of a map.

They are ideal for sharing with relatives via a web link that lets them follow the story you have researched, at their own pace, when they become interested to do so, or for you to use to remind yourself of the story details as you sit with them and chat about that story concerning your shared ancestor(s).

There is no software or website cost to either make or view these Family HiStory Maps due to the FREE accounts generously provided by Esri (ArcGIS Online) and Yahoo! (Flickr). The purchase price of this eLearning video course is the only cost to enable you to start making your first Family HiStory Map today!

Prior to (or while) taking this course it is recommended that you view one or more of these Family HiStory Maps which have been made using the same techniques taught during the course. They can be found by searching on their titles at ArcGIS Online.

William & James Slight - Map Engravers & Test Cricketer
The Billins knew Captain Charles Sturt

The course will:

Introduce you to Family HiStory Maps, Story Maps, ArcGIS Online and Flickr
Provide a demonstration of using a Family HiStory Map
Show you how to:
- make a new Family HiStory Map
- configure a Home Section (“front page”) and four other sections – your stories can have as many sections as you like!
- change the background map used in each part of the story to basemaps such as those from the National Geographic
- create map notes for locations of importance in the life of your ancestor(s)
- link text in your story to images and maps – you can also link to videos and web pages!
- rearrange the sections of your story
- configure popups to show images and link to web pages
- change the appearance and other settings for your Family HiStory Map

keep your Family HiStory Map private or share it with any relative that can use the internet!

Reviews

Alan

October 8, 2021

I wanted to find a way to make my parents lives come alive for my grandchildren. I saw this cpourse and the things I was taught have enabled me to do this a very different and creative way. May thnaks to Graeme Browning, the instructor.

Anita

August 21, 2020

Loved it easy to understand, now I look forward to developing my own. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills.

James

April 22, 2020

Course was good and gives me a lot to learn. Including the use of Flickr & ArcGIS. Will continue to practice after getting basics Family info needed from Ancestry.

James

September 4, 2019

Excellent step-by-step directions, clearly extremely familiar with subject matter, and all-round good deal.

Rafael

March 1, 2019

Me ayudo bastante para elaborar mi historia del mapa de mi empresa. Quedo muy bien el diseño elaborado.

Jennifer

October 26, 2017

Overall, I enjoyed this presentation. I feel pretty well prepared to make a family history map using the Map Journal. I ran into a few snags where the online arcgis I was using was slightly different than what he showed, but I simply experimented until I could make my map look like his. I don't know if this was due to a difference in the US version of the software or if the app has been updated since he made the video. I suspect the latter. There is a lot to learn here, especially if you haven't used arcgis online before or made a story map. But I think it is well worth the time.

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