I had written some fairly positive things about FamilyLink’s new social network, GenealogyWise, whose official debut is supposed to be today. The company had a “soft” opening a week ago and within two days had garnered thousands of members with hundreds of specialty groups and discussions. Many highly influential names in the genealogy world joined [...]
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It looked a bit like the land rush when Oklahoma was opened to settlers as new social network Genealogywise.com made its appearance earlier today. The FamilyLink property had a “soft” opening–no flashy press conferences or celebratory speeches marked the launch. A simple unembargoed notice to several influential bloggers seemed to be all that was necessary [...]
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UPDATED 5/16/09 7:45 PM PDT (links added; spelling corrected; categories added) Much going on here as the law school gets ready for graduation Saturday TODAY! So we’ve been a little slow on the blog. Here are a few things we missed: 1. Another big thank you to the volunteers at Find – a- Grave! More [...]
We were surprised, thrilled, and honored by Heather Henderson’s article at ProGenealogists which described GeneaBlogie as one of the 25 most popular genealogy blogs! There are many veery excellent blogs out there and we’re just happy to be one of them. To read the best and the soon-to-be great genealogy blogs, see Chris Dunham’s Genealogy [...]
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Read this. Then for the spot-on rejoinders, read Chris Dunham and Tim Agazio.
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It’s hard to believe that’s only been two years since the public debut of footnoteMaven, the proprietress of her pseudonymously eponymous blog as well as of Shades of the Departed. In that short time, her publications have set the bar higher and higher for content and she has become by acclamation one of the respected [...]
I’m not sure who started this meme, but I first found it at Msteri’s Heritage Happens. She called it 104 Tidbits About My Genealogical Habits. It can be a good goal setting tool. The list below should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you [...]
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Terry Thornton, the renowned Hill Country of Monroe County story-teller, suggested that it would be good to have genea-bloggers introduce themselves and their blogs, so we can keep up with our growing community. Terry has collected all the posts submitted by September 27, 2008, I had intended to finish mine up on September 26, but [...]
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The 54th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is hosted by Donna Pointkouski at What’s Past is Prologue. It’s the one on family language. There are funny posts, poignant ones, thoughtful ones, presented by a number of bloggers. Check it out! And it’s time for preparing the 55th Carnival. Call for submissions! With Labor Day [...]
What on earth ever possessed me to enter every event in the 2008 Games, what with school starting and all?!
