Genealogy is a field that you can not play in alone.  Sharing knowledge, providing assistance, being a sounding board, are all characteristics of the majority of genealogists I know.  Add to these characteristics the use of social networking online… well genealogists will never need to be without someone to talk to.

Social networking has grown greatly with the addition of Facebook, Blogs, Wikis to mailing lists, message boards and when possible actual face to face dialog.

Drew Smith’s Social Networking for Genealogists covers these social networking opportunities and some that I have yet to venture into (i.e. Podcasting).

No longer does a genealogist have to wait for snail mail from fellow genealogists when things get tough and the brickwall just seems to get thicker, a quick post on Facebook, for example, and feedback will start flowing in.