1. Stellen Sie Fragen an das Archiv Ihres Vertrauens, zum Beispiel an das Stadtarchiv Speyer: Ask Away! AskArchivists Day, 9. Juni 2011! Wir erklren in dieser Prsentation, wie es geht!

2. Das Stadtarchiv Speyer (@Speyer_Archiv) nimmt teil! Mehr Informationen findet Ihr unter:http://askarchivists.wordpress.com/ 3. Get a Twitter-account First, you have to have a Twitter-account. If you dont have one, all you have to do is go to http://www.twitter.comand signup. Its easy and its free! 4. Check out the archives Go tohttp://askarchivists.wordpress.com and check out the archives and their topics. Some archives have preferred questions others welcome all types. 5. Ask a specific archive Tweet the archive you want to ask, using the @ sign. For instance, if you have a question forSpeyer city archivs, Germany: @Speyer_Archiv aus welchem Jahrhundert ist Ihre lteste Urkunde? #AskArchivists Remember to use the #AskArchivists tag. That way everyone following the event will see your question and the answer! 6. Ask any archive You can also ask a question to all participants. Just type your question, and use the #AskArchivist tag. For instance: Does any archive have records, more that 900 years old #AskArchivists All archives following the tag will see your question, and hopefully someone will answer quickly. 7. What language to use? If you and the archive are OK with it, its a good idea to use English. That way more people will understandboth question and answer. But it is of couse also just fine to use any language, that you and the archive are comfortable with. 8. ...you could ask about.... genealogyrecordkeepingappraisal history preservationlocal history business archives designtransfermaps photointerpretationfamily historydrawings medievalparchmentsdigitizationaccess WWIIoutreachpaleography reading rooms...... 9. ...last but not least HAVE FUN on AskArchivists Day!