It was an honor just to have been nominated! Really.
Family Tree Magazine has announced its list of Top 40 genealogy blogs. And a well-deserving lot they are! Most have been in my reader for a long time. But one thing striking about the list is that there are a number o f relatively new bloggers on it. This is a good and positive sign for the genealogy community as a whole. Congratulations to all who were named!
While GeneaBlogie didn’t make the cut, I was pleased that Shades of the Departed did make the list. I have been a Weekend Shades contributor as well as a columnist for the monthly Shades magazine. Congratulations to Shades’ Maven-in-chief and all my colleagues at Shades!
Here’s the whole list. I heartily endorse them all. See MaureenTaylor’s piece about the list.
All-Around
- Creative Gene by Jasia Smasha
- footnoteMaven by footnoteMaven
- GeneaBloggers by Thomas MacEntee
- Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
Cemetery
- The Association of Graveyard Rabbits by several authors
- Granite in My Blood by Midge Frazel
Corporate
- Ancestry.com Blog by various authors
Genetic Genealogy
- The Genetic Genealogist by Blaine Bettinger
Heritage
- George Geder by George Geder
- Scottish Genealogy News and Events by Chris Paton
- Small Leaved Shamrock by Lisa
- Steve’s Genealogy Blog by Stephen Danko
- Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
How-To
- Family Matters by Denise Barrett Olson
- Genealogy Guys by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith
- Genealogy Tip of the Day by Michael John Neill
- The ProGenealogists Blog by various authors
Local & Regional
- California Genealogical Society and Library Blog by Kathryn Doyle
- Sandusky History by the staff of the Sandusky (Ohio) Library Archives Research Center
- Midwestern Microhistory by Harold Henderson
News & Resources
- The Ancestry Insider by theAncestry Insider
- DearMyrtle by Pat Richley-Erickson
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter by Dick Eastman
- GenealogyBlog by Leland Meitzler
Photos & Heirlooms
- The Family Curator by Denise Levenick
- Shades of the Departed by footnoteMaven
Personal & Family
- Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors by Miriam Midkiff
- Apple’s Tree by anonymous
- BeNotForgot by Vickie Everhart
- Educated Genealogist by Sheri Fenley
- Greta’s Genealogy Blog by Greta Koehl
- Heritage Happens by Cheryl Fleming Palmer
- Herstoryan by Herstoryan
- Janet the Researcher by Janet Iles
- Kinexxions by Becky Wiseman
- Little Bytes of Life by Elizabeth
- Our Georgia Roots by Luckie Daniels
- WeTree by Amy Coffin
- West in New England by Bill West
- What’s Past is Prologue by Donna Pointkouski
Tags: Blogging, Blogosphere, Blogs, Genealogy Insider
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:18 am
I cast many a vote for you, Craig. Your writing is a cut above most. Not only do I admire how you write, but I hope I can become as good as you by reading and learning from you!
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:23 am
Thank you Craig for the lovely comment. I gotta tell you though, it should have been you. You are one of the few who sets the bar for the rest of us. You are always on my Top 10 List!
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:15 am
Craig,
I can’t believe Geneablogie is not on the list. You have always been one of my favorite bloggers!
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 am
That’s the tragedy of lists.
Someone great and deserving gets omitted.
Craig, your spirit is very much a part of the list.
I’m a big fan of Geneablogie!
Peace,
“Guided by the Ancestors”
February 24th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
D—! I voted for you, too. When I read your blog I always think, “I want to write the way he does!” Plus your erudition knocks my socks off. No one can dismiss genealogists and GeneaBloggers as long as people like you are a member of the community.
February 24th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I was quite shocked that you did not grace the lost of 40, Craig. You’re still on my Top 40 list
February 26th, 2010 at 10:33 am
There would be no “Shades” without you. You contribute so much in the way of humor, legal expertise, fine writing (not to mention fantastic citations), and friendship. I can not thank you enough.
You are the top of all my lists.
Take care of yourself. Rest and recuperate!
-fM
February 27th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I also gave many votes to you, Craig. Your writing is always a cut above, and you give so much to the genealogy community.
Get better soon – I hope to see you in June at the Jamboree.
Elizabeth
January 4th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Thanks for putting this together for us. For me, this is a huge reference point as both of the families I am researching came through and lived only in NY and I had not come across some of these sites. You’ve cut a tremendous amount of time off my research, so again, thank you.