Kindo Family Blog

It’s back to school time, and maybe you’re thinking you need to know more about genealogy techniques and methods. One way to learn about genealogy is to take an online  course. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: Introduction to Genealogy from National Genealogical Society (U.S.) Most genealogists take this course first. It is very American-centric, but the techniques can be applied to any country’s vital statistics. There are more advance courses for specific regions and resources (e.g. wills). Introduction to Genealogy is an online course for those who have done little, if any, research on their families. It is open to anyone who wishes to enroll. Members of the National Genealogical Society (NGS) receive a tuition discount. Family History Personal Enrichment Classes Learn from Brigham Young University about research in the United States, France and Germany. These are non-credit courses, so there are no exams! Certificate in Genealogical Studies The National Institute for Genealogical Studies has joined forces with the Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto to provide web-based courses for both family historians and professional genealogists. Canadian-based. GenClass Online classes in a variety of genealogical topics are conducted online by qualified, experienced instructors. Each four-week class includes a detailed course curriculum and online class meetings for $29.95. A more comprehensive listing, along with seminars, workshops and classes, can be found in my book.

Are you using facebook to stay in touch with your friends?
You should join the Kindo fan page then! It’s another place for you to mingle with the Kindo team, drop us a line and get the latest news from the Kindo family.

And finally some of your friends may be happy, if you tell them about Kindo as well. And watch out for your local Kindo group! There are some, for example in Turkey or Germany.

When I have heard about the Barcamp at Lake Constance I knew straight away that I wanted to go there. After all I grew up only 20 kilometers from the lake.
Finally the barcamp took place yesterday and today at the brand new venue of Zeppelin University. Some of the top bloggers and internet thinkers around Germany, Switzerland and Austria were present, like Robert Basic, Jan Theofel and obviously the organiser Oliver Gassner. I gave a session on the internationalisation of webservices, talking about Kindo and some of our experiences while getting this service live in 16 languages!

Thanks for the huge attendance and good feedback! Hope I will see some of you guys again soon. And maybe some of you barcampers gave Kindo a try

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About us:

We’re an Internet startup based in Putney, west London, funded by some of London’s best business angels and VC-firms. We’re currently around 15 people, but are looking to expand.  

Kindo is “where families get together, build their tree, and grow”. Our objective is to help our members to better get to know their family, and what they’re up to. The site launched only in october 2007, is growing fast and available in 15 languages. Visit kindo.com to get the full story.

Read more here.

About the job:

Your job will be country manager in a specific market. It includes localisation and translation of our webservices, corporate blogging, public relations, community outreach and creating, planning and realising additional marketing activities.

You have:

• Knowledge or experience (but at least genuine interest) about the Internet, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Blogging
• Interest in entrepreneurship (experience is a strong plus)
• Fluent in English. Fluent/native in other languages.
• Great communications skills (written and oral)
• A talent for getting things done

We offer:

• A friendly, informal and creative environment with lots of opportunities and your own responsibilities
• A great and helpful team with experienced colleagues, knowledgeable investors and low hierarchies 
• Possible continuing part or full-time positions in marketing or even web-design or development
• An internship renumeration and additional bonus scheme

Check out http://kindo.com/blog for more information.

We are interested in what websites you have started, been involved in, designed or promoted or simply your favourite sites on the net. To apply send your CV and your weblinks to: mario @ kindo . com

The guys in the picture below have been drilling outside our office for three days straight. The noise is slowly breaking us down. I think it’s one of our competitors trying to eliminate us, by using their own version of Chinese Water Torture. But we will not give in, of course.

We were recently interviewed by Taylor Marek for episode #83 of his podcast show, which was a great experience for us. Taylor Marek is the host of a 3-in-1 podcast show on Finance, Business & Technology. We connected in from the UK, and the show was recorded in the studios of Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Hear us as we talk about Kindo.com, global families and more :). To hear the audio, there is a play button on Taylor’s website. Alternatively you can also download the audio mp3 of the podcast episode from here.

For more information about Taylor Marek’s podcast show and episode #83 please visit taylor’s blog. Thank you so much Taylor for considering us for the podcast show.

My grandparents all died far too early. But as a child I had two lovely grandmas, and I often took the train with my mother or older sister to go and visit them. I really enjoyed seeing them and have learned a lot from them. One grandma was called “Oma Stuttgart”, which is the German word for granny and the city where she lived (Stuttgart), as that was an easy distinction between the two for baby Mario
The other grandma was called “Oma Käthe” – well otherwise kids don’t get the difference between grandma and grandma.

This is much simpler for the Swedes. They actually have two words for grandma: “farmor” and “mormor”, something like “mumsmum” and “dadsmum”. So “Oma Stuttgart” was my dad’s mum, my farmor

This is pretty clever and actually works like that for most of the family relationships. There is four words for “grandchild” (which is “barnbarn”, a “kids’kid”), two for grandsons and two for granddaughters:

• dotterson, the daughter of your son the son of your daughter
• sonson, the son of your son
• dotterdotter :-), is the daughter of your daughter
• sondotter, obviously the son of your daughter well the daughter of your son

Maybe a bit confusing for those who want to learn Swedish, but it’s a great system isn’t it?

If you don’t sit next to a nice Swede like Martin (I do), you can learn more Swedish family vocabulary here.

With Nils, Martin, Demian and me there was quite a big “Kindo delegation” at the London Minibar yesterday. It is a “mini barcamp”, so more serious than it may sound in the headline. Well, essentially it is about having a beer with some other internet-guys and listed to some new tech-stuff Among the topics presented was zemanta, the Slovenian blog-plugin that is also funded by TAG.
Some other interesting sites included the internet-notes piins.com and the social shopping app gimme.

photo credit: renaissancechambara

Hi I am Sophiane!I am the new country manager in France for Kindo, and even if my name doesn`t sound very French, I am French

Actually I am French and Algerian. Although i have always lived in Paris, i feel both: French AND Algerian. My parents used to live in North Africa and some family members still live there. Fortunately, there is Kindo to keep in touch -

I am a 22 year-old business student, with a strong passion for technology and entrepreneurship.
I like discovering new things,new ways of thinking, new cultures… That is why i learn Chinese (my fifth language) and I am involved in an association that helps people learn about Chinese culture.
I am also the founder and organiser of a theatrical Improvisation Student association and I like it !

I hope to see you around! Feel free to send me emails to sophiane@kindo.com