Since I have had some great finds this year (2008) in my research, I thought it a good idea to start a blog. Basically, to track what I have done, what I have found and how I felt about these findings.
At this point in my life, I love to scrapbook as well and I want to be able to put my feelings into a scrapbook, once I am ready to put one together. I have a ton of old pictures that came from my paternal grandfather and I do not want to just put them in an album.
I want to know about the people…
Where did they come from?
What did they do?
How did they get there?
These are just a few of the questions that I have about all of the people in these photo’s. So, I figured a blog would be the best way to take care of this. I could put in it all the research I have done and how I felt about it. This way, I will always be able to remember what I did.
Since I have started blogging, I have met some great people who share the same passion as I do. So, not only am I blogging about something I love, I am networking and making friends that share my passion/obsession!
I, too, have the overlapping interests of genealogy and scrapbooking. For me, they just blend together and naturally complement one another. In addition to my own scrapbooking time, I go to a monthly class at my local scrapbooking store that focuses on creating heritage pages. It’s a small group, and a number of us also work on our genealogy. It’s great to be able to share these interests with others. I just recently started blogging in hopes of connecting with other genealogists to share success stories, research techniques, and commiserate.
I’m just getting to know wordpress, but I’m glad I came across your blog.
Scrapbooking and genealogy definitely overlap, unfortunately scrapbooking is costly. I have some great scrapbooking toys and have not played with my scrapbooks in over a year. Though I have pulled a few of the old ones out to go through and see how the kids have changed, and boy have they! I also used to do a class here and there at my local Archivers, at one point I would spend so much there, I even got to know the assistant manager pretty well. Once management changed over (it was not for the better) I quit going in as often.
If you are on Facebook or Twitter, that is a great way to connect with other genealogists, there are many out there!
Terri
Hi: I too am admiring your site. Can you give me a little info on how you chose to use wordpress? Why you decided against Blogger? Are you using a free wordpress site? I am wondering if the wordpress site would be as likely to be on the Internet after the owner has passed? Might seem strange to think about that issue, but I want to save all of the family history for as long as possible. I know that Blogger could go away as well, but was thinking since it is free that at least the site would not necessarily stop as soon as I wasn’t here to pay a monthly fee. I have a free site now on Tripod but no blog; and I am thinking of updating and blogging. Thanks for sharing any thoughts you might have on the future of your site.
Nancy Hurley
Nancy, I started with blogger and decided that I liked the look of wordpress better. So, I exported everything here. My wordpress is site is free and hosted by wordpress. I am not sure if in the future this is where I will keep it, but for now, it works for me. Good luck with you decision on where to post your family history.