A year ago today, I posted my first blog post on Organize Your Family History. This feels like a great milestone.
I’m so grateful for the blog, because it’s helped motivate me to give family history research a higher priority in my life. I love thinking of and writing the posts. I love sharing my discoveries. But let me tell you the greatest thing that’s happened as a result of this blog: I’ve been in touch with family members I never (or barely) new before. My mother’s cousin, Jerry Brown, who’s been researching the family for years and years, found the blog and reached out. Then he sent my contact info to email list of cousins and many lovely conversations have ensued.
I even met some of my Missouri cousins earlier this year, thanks to Jerry’s reaching out to me. He’s also shared some great genealogical information.
I’ve added one organizing package related to family history, my Heirloom Explorer package, to my organizing business and I hope this summer (if life calms down enough for me to do it) to add some pages to Organize Your Family History that will outline some services offerings related to organizing your genealogy life.
As far as the blog goes, here are a few stats (via WordPress) about what’s transpired here in the last year:
- I’ve written 79 posts
- There have been a total of 6,424 views
- I’ve received 106 comments (which doubtless counts my replies to comments)
- 82 people subscribe to the blog
My goal is to blog at least once a week, preferably twice a week. I appreciate your pageviews and your comments. If there are any topics you’d like to see me cover, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Here’s to a great Year Two!
I just subscribed, on your blogiversary, because I saw it on geneabloggers today. I hope to learn some good pointers on organization from you. Good luck on the coming year to you and I look forward to reading your posts.
Thanks for reading and subscribing, Paul!
Congratulations and Happy Blog-Anniversary !!!
Russ
Thanks, Russ!
Happy Blogiversary!!
I too just subscribed recently. My genealogy does need organization and I’m looking forward to reading your posts for ideas on organizing it. Genealogy is a great hobby!!
Congratulations.
Alison
I agree, Alison, that genealogy is a great hobby. If you have specific organizing questions or topics you’d like to see me write about, please don’t hesitate to tell me! Thanks for reading.
Happy one year anniversary and congratulations!
Suggestions were solicited so here’s a big one.
Last year I started a project with my sister Judy to get my two daughters into the DAR; we selected a Maternal Ancestor John Lansdale and were notified in late May that their applications were approved. Using this experience my sister will be going for proof back to Peter Van Bibber; this would be from my Dad through his mother Rhoda Wheeler Brown. That leaves an opportunity go back through your granddad Crawford’s Dad Arthur John Brown to Anthony Ten Eyck and his father Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck, both fought in the American Revolution.
The DAR is trying to attract new members so your first submission they help quite a bit and it is the easiest; that is why we are dividing them up. Think about it, once you are a member your genealogy work has the highest stamp of approval and no meetings are mandatory and annual dues are low. I will be happy to help anyway I can.
When Judy gets approved you can also just prove to Rhoda and get in that way.
Jerry, thanks so much! Now I’m intrigued. I haven’t gone back that far in my family research on the Brown side but I love having that goal. While I get what you’re saying that I could piggyback on Judy’s application to get into the DAR via the Van Bibber line, I love the idea of trying to get in via the Ten Eyck line. I’m going to go for it–and take you up on your offer of help if needed.
Thanks for suggesting this fun avenue for research! I love having tangible goals.
(Just to make the above exchange more clear for those reading who wouldn’t know, Jerry is my mother’s first cousin. His father and my grandfather were brothers. Rhoda is his grandmother and my great grandmother.)
Great, let me know when you are starting and I will give some tips, e.g., locate a DAR chaper in your area and talk to the member in charge of new members, explain the help you need and see if they have someone ager to assist.
Congrats on one year! Best wishes in the coming years!
Thank you so much, Julie!