Saturday, June 11, 2011

Geneablogging @ the Jamboree

This morning I'm joining Thomas MacEntee's Jamboree panel, "Blogger Summit I - Beginner to Blogger in 60 Minutes," to talk about my first year of genealogy blogging. 

As I think about some of the questions Thomas poses in this session, it's clear that geneablogging has helped my family research and best of all linked me to a warm and wonderful community of other geneabloggers.

The biggest unexpected dividend of having a blog is that my Gen X nieces and nephews (the plural is nieblings according to a friend of mine) have gotten more interested in our family history via my blog entries and Facebook posts. 

I've put a poll up on the right about geneablogs that will run through Jamboree weekend. Since I'm from Chicago, I invite you to vote early and often.

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On Saturday I'm also presenting my session, "Think Like an Archivist: Finding Hidden Genealogical Records in Libraries and Archives." Feel free to post comments or questions below.

2 comments:

  1. Great Seminar! thank you for being an enthusiastic speaker, it allows those of us vegging on the chairs below to actually take in the information. I look forward to attending another seminar from you in the future!

    Beth Havens
    (who doesn't have a lot of accounts on the web so you got me as anonymous, i especially dont do the evil FB!)

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  2. Hi Beth - Thx for the compliments. I'll be doing the Family History Expo in San Mateo in October and probably some other places in between.

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