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Monthly Archives March 2009

Webmaster’s Guide to TNG

I’ve had several inquiries from fellow geneabloggers about a product called TNG – The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding over the past few weeks and I have to admit my own interest has been piqued as well.
 
Why A Website For Your Genealogy Research?
 
One of the best ways to get family members involved with your own genealogy [...]

Cite Right – A Source Citation Initiative

I am trying to avoid the label “controversy” which has cropped up with the discussion of whether or not genealogy blogs merit consideration by genealogists – amateur and professional.  But I do think that as a group we can capitalize on this issue and turn it into a positive especially for those that are new [...]

Genealogy Blogs – A Bad Source?

Over at Genealogy and Family History there is a post entitled 5 Bad Genealogy Sources which, in my opinion, expresses some generalities about blogs which are, simply put, irresponsible.
 
In mentioning various sources of genealogy information, including wikis, personal websites, historical novels and movies, the author makes this statement about blogs:
 
“Just like personal websites, blogs are a [...]

This Week’s New Genealogy Blogs – 28 March 2009

[Note: this is a regular feature of Geneabloggers which highlights new genealogy and family history-related blogs as well as those recently discovered by members of Geneabloggers. Use the Suggest A Geneablog! link in the sidebar to pass along information on new blogs.]
This week we offer 10 new genealogy and family-history related blogs. We now list [...]

Geneabloggers Week In Review

Here is a list of events, memes and goings-on in the world of geneablogging:
Happy Blogoversary!
March 31, 2009 is the first anniversary for Bits and Pieces – stop by and send your best wishes to Les!
April 1, 2009 is the first anniversary as well for LOOKING4ANCESTORS.  I can’t believe it has been a year already since [...]

Bound for Mom, A Journey of Firsts

Welcome to the first edition of Bound for Mom. In this round of posts, the topic is A Journey of Firsts: Moms go far and along the way there are so many “firsts” such as first date, first love, first home, first child, and more. Take all of these beginnings and bundle them [...]

Norwegian Genealogy Blogs

Did you know we have at least four blogs at Geneabloggers that are either run by Norwgian authors or deal with Noregian genealogy?  You can find a listing here at gene@pedia.
In addition, Liv Marit who runs the Genit blog has a great post today entitled How to trace your ancestors in Norway? Check it out if [...]

Linda Stienstra – A Geneablogger In The News

Congratulations to Linda Stienstra of From Axer to Ziegler as well as Lancaster Pennsylvania’s Graveyard Rabbit for her recent video interview at WGAL news about different types of vacations.
Click the link below to see the entire clip as Linda gives a graveyard tour and talks about tombstone vacations!
http://www.wgal.com/video/18999855/index.html
Linda Stienstra – A Geneablogger In The News

Blogging Tip: Genealogy Memes

Just a quick note about several of the memes in which most geneabloggers participate.  It helps if you place the name of the meme in your post title.  Example:
Tombstone Tuesday – Headstone of . . . .
Wordless Wednesday – My Grandmother . . .
Madness Monday – An Ancestor Who Drives Me Crazy
In order for the [...]

Cherish Bound Legacy Kit

As part of the Bound for Mom blogging mini-series, Geneabloggers has teamed up with Cherish Bound to offer The Legacy Kit.  The kit has been customized especially for us at a substantial discount.   
Why The Legacy Kit?
Here’s how  The Legacy Kit works with a blogging carnival:
- Bound for Mom is an opportunity for you to create a series [...]