About Thomas MacEntee

GeneaBloggers Radio: Every Friday evening from 9-11pm Central time, Thomas MacEntee hosts an Internet radio show — GeneaBloggers Radio. Via your computer, you can listen to interviews with interesting genealogist and companies involved in the genealogy industry. GeneaBloggers Radio also covers the most recent episode of the television show Who Do You Think You Are? and listeners can call in and give their opinions on the show or anything else going on in the genealogy world.

GeneaBloggers: An online community of over 1,800 genealogy and family history bloggers.

Federation of Genealogical Societies: Founded in 1976 and representing hundreds of genealogical societies, Thomas serves as the National Publicity Chair for the 2011 National Conference in Springfield, Illinois coming up in September 2011. In addition, Thomas serves as the main publicity and marketing point for FGS.

Illinois State Genealogical Society: Founded in 1968, ISGS works to not only encourage an interest in genealogy and family history within Illinois, but also provides key research resources for anyone with Prairie State ancestors. Thomas is webmaster and manages ISGS’s new website and also manages all ISGS publicity efforts.

Genealogical Speakers Guild: A resource for anyone who currently lectures about genealogy or is planning to do so. Thomas is part of the Virtual Presentations committee and is working to develop standards and best practices for genealogy webinars.

FamilySearch: Thomas is currently involved with the FamilySearch Wiki as well as a new site FamilyTech which features articles on various technologies and how genealogists can use those technologies.