Saturday, November 17, 2012

My new adventure....Geneabloggers

Starting this blog in the first place, was a somewhat hard decision for me to make. Because one, who would want to read about my adventures in trying to track down our ancestors.  And two, that means putting yourself out there.  Oh yes, everytime I put my hand to keys, I am putting myself out there for criticism AND praise...which I like a whole lot more.  But for better or worse, I love it! I mentioned the other day about how much I love my blog.  And it gets better everytime I post.  I hear from family members that they love reading about my research and our family.  Sure they probably get bored when I switch to a different line, maybe even frustrated when I haven't finished the line I was on. ;) But  I have only ever gotten good feedback....keep it coming ladies and gentlemen. lol

I had a friend a couple of weeks ago that suggested that I submit my blog to the Geneabloggers website.  A website that collects and helps all blogs family history related.  I was a little worried as I would have other genealogists looking at my work...always comes back to that for me.  You know instead of just the family members that I could hoodwink into thinking I knew what I was doing.. ;) But again I decided to just put myself out there.  I submitted my blog and the next morning I started getting emails and comments.  All positive...hehe!

So for my friends out there that have genealogy blogs, I say just go for it.  Let other genealogists take a peek at your work.  It's so nice to hear from others in the field.  And everyone else check out the Geneabloggers website and find some cool blogs to watch.

7 comments:

  1. Welcome to the GeneaBloggers community! I'm glad you joined! I think you will find the genealogy blogging community to be a very friendly and helpful group. I know I have found this to be the case. :)

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    1. HI Jana, Thanks! I am excited. This will be a great resource I think. :)

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    2. Hi Mindy,

      I just wanted to let you know that your blog is listed on my Fab Finds post today at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/11/follow-fridayfab-finds-for-november-23.html

      Have a great weekend!

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  2. Mindy, one other exciting thing about being a part of GeneaBloggers is that, along with all the other blogs listed on the GeneaBloggers website, your blog becomes searchable through a custom Google search bar there. So if anyone goes to GeneaBloggers trying to find a blog that's writing about, say, the Burrows family, in the search results it would bring up any posts you've written on that surname, too. Helps connect potential readers and researchers with your past blog posts.

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  3. OH wow I didn't know that. Love it! Thanks Jacqi!!

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  4. Welcome! You may think that no one would be interested in your genealogy finds, but we genealogists are a rare breed. Because my family has no interest in my finds I love sharing them with my blogging friends because they understand the joy of a long-hunted newspaper article or birth certificate find! Best of luck and enjoy!

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  5. I couldn't agree more, Heather. Eyes in my family sort of gloss over when I uncover my finds which makes it so rewarding to post it on my blog so that other geneabloggers can share in my joy. Welcome to the club!

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