Best of the Genea-Blogs for 2012

There is no weekly Best of the Genea-Blogs this week due to my holiday travels.  There were some really good blog posts though - I recommend that you check out the weekly summaries by several geneabloggers that I have listed at the bottom of this post.

For the Year 2012, I posted 48 Best of the Genea-Blogs posts.  I missed the weeks of 1/1, 5/13, 5/20, and 12/30.  There were 141 different genealogy blogs featured in those posts, and a total of 453 blog posts.

While quantity is not necessarily the best metric, for something like a "Best Of" summary it's the only metric I have to determine which genea-bloggers were listed most often in my series.  Therefore, here are the top 20 listed in order of number of mentions (note that persons with multiple blogs are ranked by adding the blog totals):

 1) Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog (35 mentions)

2)  James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star   blog (21 mentions) and  FamilySearch Tech Tips blog (1 mention).
 

3)  Michael Hait on the Planting the Seeds: Genealogy as a Profession blog (15 mentions).

3)  The writer of The Ancestry Insider blog (15 mentions)

5)  CeCe Moore on Your Genetic Genealogist blog (12 mentions) and the Geni blog (2 mentions).

5)  Marian Pierre-Louis on the Marian's Roots and Rambles   blog (13 mentions) and New England House Historian  blog (1 mentions).

5)  Diane Boumenot on the One Rhode Island Family blog (14 mentions)

8)  Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog (11 mentions) and the Archives Expert Series (2 mentions)

9)  Caroline M. Pointer on the BloggingGenealogy.com blog (7 mentions) and the 4YourFamilyStory.com blog (4 mentions)

10)  Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring Ask a Genealogist blog (10 mentions)

10)  Jasia on the Creative Gene blog (10 mentions)

12)  Pat Richley-Erickson on DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog (9 mentions)

12)  Writer's on Leland Meitzler's GenealogyBlog blog (9 mentions)

14)  Banai Feldstein on The Ginger Jewish Genealogy Blog  (8 mentions)

15) Bart Brenner (GeneaPopPop) on the Stardust 'n' Roots and Brenner Genealogy blog  (7 mentions)

15)  Denise Levenick on The Family Curator blog (7 mentions)

15)  Janet Hovorka on The Chart Chick blog (7 mentions)

18) Heather Wilkinson Rojo on the Nutfield Genealogy blog (6 mentions)

18) Lee R. Drew on the Family History with the Lineagekeeper blog (6 mentions)

18)  Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog (6 mentions)

18)  Thomas MacEntee on the Geneabloggers blog (3 mentions), Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Genealogy blog (2 mentions) and Destination:Austin Family (1 mention)

There are 21 listed there, and each of them is different and uniformly thought provoking, informative and well written.  Congratulations to these Top 21, and thank you for being such talented and dedicated genealogy bloggers.  

If someone asked me "what genealogy blogs do you recommend," these 21 would be on my list, along with quite a few others not on the list above.  

Check out last year's post about the Best of the Genea-Blogs - for the year 2011.  11 bloggers are repeaters on this year's list.

My thanks to all of the active genea-bloggers who fill my day with news, views and experiences in the world of genealogy.  I estimate that I read over 300 blog posts each and every day, and I try to highlight 10 to 20 posts each week.  The Best Of posts highlight about 0.1% of the candidates.  I have a bias for thoughtful, poignant and humorous posts... Obviously, I don't read every genealogy blog there is, but I do have over 1,300 on my reading list.  If you know of a really good genealogy  blog, please tell me about it - send me a link in a comment to this post and I'll add it to my Google Reader list.  

For this past week, the following genea-bloggers took the time to compile their own Best Of list:

*  Follow Friday - Fab Finds for December 28, 2012 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Anyone else?

Please read their lists and click on their links.  

For what it's worth - this is Post #274 in the Best of the Genea-Blogs series!  That's over five years of trying to review the world of genea-blogs (started 23 September 2007).  

I really enjoyed reviewing my lists today - I cannot remember every post that I've listed, but it was fun refreshing my memory.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/best-of-genea-blogs-for-2012.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs for 2013

For the Year 2013, I wrote 48 Best of the Genea-Blogs posts.  I missed the weeks of 3/24 (RootsTech), 9/29 (cruise), 10/6 (cruise), and 12/28 (Christmas).  

There were 174 different genealogy blog writers featured in those posts, and a total of 477 blog posts.

While quantity is not necessarily the best metric, for something like a "Best Of" summary it's the only metric I have to determine which genea-bloggers were listed most often in my series.  I have not included the weekly "best blogs and news" posts from other geneabloggers in thisl ist.  Therefore, here are the top 20 listed in order of number of mentions (note that persons with multiple blogs are ranked by adding the blog totals):

 1) Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog (35 mentions)

2)  James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star   blog (27 mentions) 
 
3)  Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog (10 mentions) and the Archives Expert Series (5 mentions)

4)  Thomas MacEntee on the Geneabloggers blog (2 mentions), Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Genealogy blog (2 mentions), Hack Genealogy blog (4 mentions), Archives.com Expert Series blog (3 mentions), Uprfront With NGS (1 mention), and Destination:Austin Family (1 mention).

5)  Diane Boumenot on the One Rhode Island Family blog (12 mentions)

6)  Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring Ask a Genealogist blog (11 mentions)

6)  Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt blog (11 mentions).

8)  The writer of The Ancestry Insider blog (10 mentions)

9) Heather Wilkinson Rojo on the Nutfield Genealogy blog (9 mentions)

10)  Caroline M. Pointer on the Family Stories blog (1 mentions) and the 4YourFamilyStory.com blog (7 mentions)

10)  Louis Kessler on Louis Kessler's Behold Genealogy Blog (8 mentions)

10)  Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog (8 mentions)

10)  Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog (8 mentions).

14)  Roberta J. Estes on the DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy blog (7 mentions).

14)  Michael John Neill on the Rootdig.com blog (7 mentions).

16)  Pat Richley-Erickson on DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog (6 mentions)

16)  Russ Worthington on the Family Tree Maker User blog (4 mentions) and A Worthington Weblog blog (2 mentions).

16)  Diane on the Nuts From the Family Tree blog  (6 mentions).

16)  Denise Levenick on The Family Curator blog (6 mentions)

20)  CeCe Moore on Your Genetic Genealogist blog (5 mentions).

20)  John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog (5 mentions).

20)  Jenny Lanctot on the Are My Roots Showing? blog (5 mentions).

20)  Jen Baldwin on The In-Depth Genealogist blog (3 mentions), Ancestral Breezes blog (1 mention), and Archives.com Expert Series (1 mention).

There are 23 listed there, and each of them is different and uniformly thought provoking, informative and well written.  Congratulations to these Top 23, and thank you for being such talented and dedicated genealogy bloggers.  

If someone asked me "what genealogy blogs do you recommend," these 23 would be on my list, along with quite a few others not on the list above.  

Check out previous year's post about the Best of the Genea-Blogs - for the year 2011 and Best of the Genea-Blogs for 2012.  13 genea-bloggers are repeaters on this year's list from last year.

My thanks to all of the active genea-bloggers who fill my day with news, views and experiences in the world of genealogy.  I estimate that I read over 300 genealogy blog posts each and every day (that's over 100,000 genealogy blog posts a year!), and I try to highlight 10 to 15 posts each week.  The "Best Of" posts highlight about 0.05% of the candidates.  I have a bias for thoughtful, poignant and humorous posts... Obviously, I don't read every genealogy blog there is, but I do have over 1,400 on my reading list.  If you know of a really good genealogy  blog, please tell me about it - send me a link in a comment to this post and I'll add it to my Google Reader list.  

For what it's worth - this is Post #326 in the Best of the Genea-Blogs series!  That's over six years of trying to curate the world of genea-blogs (started 23 September 2007).  

I really enjoyed reviewing my lists today - I cannot remember every post that I've listed, but it was fun refreshing my memory.

The URL for this post is:  

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15 to 21 September 2013

Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  DNA Disappointment by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.  Judy received her AncestryDNA update and was disappointed and confused by the results.

*  The Research Three-Step by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog.  Harold offers a fairly simple research methodology.

*  Disappointed in DNA Test Results? and Why So Much Excitement Over Ethnicity Predictions? by Debbie Parker Wayne on the Deb's Delvings in Genealogy blog.  Debbie comments on the AncestryDNA changes - excellent pieces.

*  Researching a (Genealogy) Roadshow by Gena Philibert Ortega on the Gena's Genealogy blog.  Gena was a researcher for this PBS show debuting on 23 September.

*  My Updated Ethnicity Results from AncestryDNA - A British Perspective by Debbie Kennett on the Cruwys News blog.  Debbie found her updated AncestryDNA results to be confusing too.

*  14 Ways to Find Someone's Death Information by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt blog.  Ken has a great list.

*  The Problem of Borders by Philip Trauring on the Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More... blog.  Philip highlights a video showing 1000 years of European borders.  Fascinating.

*  Your Family History Toolkit - Part 1, and Part 2 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.  Here is excellent advice for building a toolkit.

*  1887 Suicide in the Barn and Why Didn't He Kill the Farmer? by Michael John Neill on the Rootdig.com blog.  Michael finds a newspaper article and analyzes the event and how he might find more information.

*  Will You Be Left Behind By FamilySearch Family Tree? by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog.  James embraces the "one world tree" concept of the FSFT, warts and all.

These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:

*  XX Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, 15 Sep 2013, 16 Sep 2013, 17 Sep 2013, 18 Sep 2013, 19 Sep 2013, 20 Sep 2013, and 21 Sep 2013 by Caroline J. Pointer on the 4YourFamilyStory.com blog.  This is a daily review from the genea-sphere.

*  Follow Friday - Favorites for September 20, 2013 by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves For Trees blog.

*  Genealogy Blogs, News & Tidbits, #8 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.

*  Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for September 20, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Friday Finds - 09/20/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub blog.

*  News for Genealogist, September 20, 2013 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.

*  Saturday Serendipity (September 21, 2013) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1400 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

NOTE:  Best of the Genea-Blogs will be on hiatus for the next two weeks because I will be enjoying the Legacy Family Tree Cruise through the Panama Canal.  Best of the Genea-Blogs will resume on Sunday, 13 October 2013.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/09/best-of-genea-blogs-15-to-21-september.htm


Copyright(c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver 

Best of the Genea-Blogs - for the year 2011

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There is no weekly Best of the Genea-Blogs this week due to my holiday travels.  There were some really good blog posts though - I recommend that you check out the weekly summaries by several geneabloggers that I have listed at the bottom of this post.

For the Year 2011, I posted 48 Best of the Genea-Blogs posts.  I missed the weeks of 6/12, 9/11, 9/18 and 1/1/12.  There were 188 geneabloggers featured in those posts.

While quantity is not necessarily the best metric, for something like a "Best Of" summary it's the only metric I have to determine which genea-bloggers were listed most often in my series.  Therefore, here are the top 20 listed in order of number of mentions (note that persons with multiple blogs are ranked by adding the blog totals):

1)  James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star   blog (31 mentions) and  FamilySearch Tech Tips blog (1 mention).

2)  Marian Pierre-Louis on the Marian's Roots and Rambles   blog (21 mentions) and New England House Historian  blog (3 mentions).

3)  Susan Farrell Bankhead on Susan's Genealogy Blog (18 mentions).

4)  Michael Hait on the Planting the Seeds blog (17 mentions).

5)  The writer of The Ancestry Insider blog (16 mentions)

6)  Pat Richley-Erickson on DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog (15 mentions)

7)  Jasia on the Creative Gene blog (11 mentions) and The Catholic Gene blog (1 mention)

7)   Kerry Scott on the Clue Wagon blog (12 mentions)

7)   Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog  (12 mentions)

7)  Carolyn L. Barkley on the GenealogyandFamilyHistory.com   blog (12 mentions)

11) Heather Wilkinson Rojo on the Nutfield Genealogy blog (10 mentions)

11) Lee R. Drew on the Family History with the Lineagekeeper blog (10 mentions)

13)  Leslie Albrecht Huber on The Journey Takers  blog (9 mentions)

13) Thomas MacEntee on the Geneabloggers blog (7 mentions), the High-Definition Genealogy blog (1 mention), and the Destination: Austin Family blog (1 mention).

15)   footnoteMaven on the Shades of the Departed  blog (3 mentions), The Graveyard Rabbit blog (1 mention), and the footnoteMaven blog (4 mentions)

16)  Banai Feldstein on The Ginger Jewish Genealogy Blog  (7 mentions)

16)  Amy Coffin on the We Tree Genealogy Blog  (7 mentions)

16) Cheryl Palmer on the Heritage Happens  blog (7 mentions)

16) Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist  blog (7 mentions)

16)  Philip Trauring on the Blood and Frogs blog.   (7 mentions)

16) Bart Brenner (GeneaPopPop) on the Stardust 'n' Roots blog  (7 mentions)

Well, there are 21 listed there, and each of them is different and uniformly thought provoking, informative and well written. 

Congratulations to the Top 21, and thank you for being such talented and dedicated genealogy bloggers. 

If someone asked me "what genealogy blogs do you recommend," these 21 would be on my list, along with quite a few others not on the list above. 

My thanks to all of the active genea-bloggers who fill my day with news, views and experiences in the world of genealogy.  I estimate that I read over 250 blog posts each and every day, and I try to highlight 10 to 20 posts each week.  That's about 1% of the candidates.  I have a bias for thoughtful, poignant and humorous posts... Obviously, I don't read every genealogy blog there is, but I do have over 1,100 on my reading list.  If you know of a really good genealogy  blog, please tell me about it - send me a link in a comment to this post and I'll add it to my Google Reader list. 

For this past week, the following genea-bloggers took the time to compile their own Best Of list:

* Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.

*Follow Friday Gems - 12-30-11 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.

* Follow Friday: This Week’s Favorite Finds by Jen on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.

Please read their lists and click on their links. 

For what it's worth - this is Post #221 in the Best of the Genea-Blogs series!  That's over four years of trying to review the world of genea-blogs (started 23 September 2007). 

I really enjoyed reviewing my lists today - I cannot remember every post that I've listed, but it was fun refreshing my memory.

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 16 to 22 December 2012

Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  December DNA Doings by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.  Judy discusses recent changes at 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA.

*  Deck the Halls - Christmas Geneameme Responses by Cassmob on the Family Histories Across the Seas blog.  Pauleen links to responses to her Christmas geneameme.

*  New Year's Resolutions for Genealogists by Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring's Ask A Genealogist blog.  Michele provides an excellent example...

*  Tuesday's Tip - Turn the Page by dmsbr549 on the My Genealogical Quest blog.  How many times do we miss something by forgetting to check the next digital image?

*  Comparing Admixture Test Results Across Companies (otherwise known as "ethnic" breakdowns): FTDNA, AncestryDNA, 23andMe and Geno 2.0 - My Review by CeCe Moore on the Your Genetic Genealogist blog.  CeCe compares the results from her four autosomal DNA tests.  

*  The Most Important Thing You Can Ever Prove by Michael Hait on the Planting the Seeds: Genealogy as a Profession blog.  Excellent post - Michael discusses identity issues with examples.

*  Why We Don't Write, and How We Can by Harold Henderson on the Archives.com Experts series page.  Boy, did I need to read this!  Now I need to apply it.

*  Do You Hear What I Hear? by footnoteMaven on the footnoteMaven blog.  This is the Blog Christmas Caroling collection!  Enjoy.

*  Too Many Birth Dates - A Trial of Evidentia Software by Bart Brenner on the Brenner Genealogy blog.  Bart used Evidentia software (uses the Genealogical Proof Standard to evaluate evidence) and lived to tell about his experiences.

*  Follow Up to "Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records" by Bill Dollarhide on Leland Meitzler's GenealogyBlog blog.  Bill answers questions, and in the process explains who research was done in the 1970s (and 1980s).

*  Can I Use the 1958 Kile Genealogy and Unbecoming Genealogical Conduct by Michael John Neill on the Rootdig.com blog.  Michael describes the challenges to using a published book for his research, and the ethical approach to doing so.

*  Dear Genea-Santa by Bill West on the West in New England blog.  Bill has some ideas for genealogy tools that he wants to receive this year or next.

These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week: 

*  Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.

*  Monday Recap for December 17, 2012 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.

*  Weekly Genealogy Picks, Dec. 16-19 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.

*  Follow Friday - Fab Finds for December 21, 2012 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Genealogy News Corral - Dec 17-21 by Beth on the Genealogy Insider blog.

*  Follow Friday - Favorites by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves for Trees blog.

*  Colonial Christmas, How To Tips and More Straight Talk - Follow Friday by Anne Gillespie Mitchell on the Finding Forgotten Stories blog.

*  Friday Finds - 12/21/12 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.

*  From the Blogs, December 21 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.

*  Notable Genealogy Posts, 23 December 2012 by Michael Hait on the Planting the Seeds blog.

I encourage readers to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1300 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

NOTE:  There will not be a Best of the Genea-Blogs post next week for blog posts of that week.  We are on our annual Christmas drive around California to see daughters, grandchildren and in-laws, and I will not have time or resources to do the job well.  I will, however, post something to sum up the year in Best of the Genea-Blogs Land!

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/best-of-genea-blogs-16-to-22-december.html

Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver 

Should "Best of the Genea-Blogs" Be a Weekly Flipboard Magazine?

My weekly Best of the Genea-Blogs blog post on Sundays has been a fixture for almost seven years (my, how time flies!), but it's always been essentially text with links to my selected blog posts from over 1,500 genealogy bloggers.  This is basic curation - find something, link to it, perhaps comment on it, let others read it.

I've been experimenting with different forms of presentation - especially Flipboard magazines, which is available on the Internet and on mobile devices.  I really like Flipboard as a visual curator - and I can select what I want to show in my magazines.

So today I decided to make a Flipboard magazine for last week's Best of the Genea-Blogs - the week of July 20-26, 2014.  The Flipboard magazine is at https://flipboard.com/section/best-of-the-genea-blogs---july-20-26%2C-2014-beLke3.

Here is the cover page:

Don't click on the image, it's not a live link!

Maybe I need a sexier image on the Best Of the Genea-Blog post?  I'll work on that!

Using the right and left arrows on the side of the Flipboard magazine pages, the reader can scroll through the pages in the magazine.  For instance, here is the second page of the magazine:

By clicking the + sign next to my name under the title of each image, the reader can go to the specific blog post.  That's good.  As you can see, there is an image associated with each webpage in the magazine.

But I have a problem with this concept.  I didn't write these blog posts, Wayne Shepheard and Thomas MacEntee did.  The URL given is to their blogs, but my name is under the title of the posts.  Granted, if the URL is short enough, the bloggers name might be next to it, which is good.  The image is not my image, either.  What do you think?  Are these copyright violations?  If so, whose violation is it - mine or Flipboard's?

Would you read a Flipboard magazine of the Best of the Genea-Blogs if I did this every week?  How about a Flipboard magazine for:

*  Each week's posts on Genea-Musings?  

*  Research and photos for each ancestral family, or a special person?

*  For genealogical society activities?

It takes maybe 30 minutes to put one together with 20 to 25 links.  Is this something that would interest your genealogical society members?  Or your Facebook friends?  Or your family members? Or to pass via email to your genealogy buddies? Or not?

I would like your opinion on this - would you like this to happen?  Or do you not care?  Is this a way to reach younger genealogists, to document research activities, or to reach family members?

The URL for this post is:

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 30 December 2012 to 5 January 2013

Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  Best of 2012 Genealogy Education Blog Posts by Angela Packer McGhie on the Adventures in Genealogy Education blog.  Angela highlights ten posts from 2012 that are on point.

*  Noteworthy Blogs for 2013 by the writer of the Digging in the Roots blog.  Here is a list of genealogy blogs to read in 2013 (Thanks for the kind words!).

*  Online United States Birth, Marriage and Death Records by Nathan Murphy on the FamilySearch Blog.  Here are links to all of the online vital records in the United States.  This is a must-have link!

*  2012 - A Very Good Year by Jill Ball on the Geniaus blog.  Jill captures the responses to her Accentuate the Positive 2012 Geneameme.

*  2012 in Review by Dick Eastman on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.  Dick summarizes the high points in genealogy history for 2012.

*  GeneAwards 2012 by Tamura Jones on the Modern Software Experience blog.  The Best of 2012 and Worst of 2012 are named by Tamura.

*  Tracing Back to Sally Hughes by Twila Barnes on the Thoughts from Polly's Granddaughter blog.  Twila shows her evidence trail through Cherokee and American records back to her Cherokee 6th great-grandmother.  I love research stories, and this one shows how Native ancestry can be traced, at least for certain tribes.

*  How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? by GeneJ on the They Came Before blog.  What a fascinating puzzle.  An entry in German script analyzed one character at a time...

*  Ancestry.com Discloses 2013 Plans by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog.  Mr. Insider has inside information and shares it with us.

*  Protecting Your Digital World - Part 1 by Denise Barrett Olson on the Moultrie Creek Gazette blog.  Denise has excellent advice for all of us.  Do this for yourself!

These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week: 

*  Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.

*  Monday Recap for December 31, 2012 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.

*  Follow Friday - Fab Finds for January 4, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and family History Blog.

*  Motivation, Inspiration, It's Follow Friday! by Anne Mitchell on the Finding Forgotten Stories blog.
*  Friday Finds - 01/04/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.

*  From the Blogs, January 4 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.

*  Genealogy Blogs, News and Tidbits #1 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.

*  Weekly Genealogy Picks: Dec. 30 - Jan. 5 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.

I encourage readers to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1300 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/01/best-of-genea-blogs-30-december-2012-to.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver 

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 2 to 8 June 2024

Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for most daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

* Unlocking the Potential of Chat GPT-4 Omni in Genealogy by Coach Carole on The Essential Genealogist.

* AI in Genealogy: ChatGPT-4o for Perfect Obituary Transcriptions and Analysis! By Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

* Benjamin Harrison and Me by Karen McPherson on I Seek Dead People.

* Low Matches Lie by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.

* The new Legacy Family Tree 10 is here — and it’s all free by Geoff Rasmussen on Legacy News.

*  Genealogical Breadcrumbs: How to Follow the Right Path by Rick T. Wilson on MyFamilyPattern.com. 

* What is Probate and Why It Matters for Genealogy Research in Pennsylvania by Denys Allen on PA Ancestors.

* Shared Segments for Small Segments by Jim Bartlett on Segment-ology.

* The 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2024 by David Fryxell on Family Tree Magazine.

* To Prove or Disprove by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

* Ideas for Dealing with an Impasse in Research by Nancy Messier on My Ancestors and Me.

* Embracing 3rd and 4th cousin DNA matches! By Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors.

* Exploring Less Common Genealogy Websites by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* Without the Parish: Researching in England Without Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials Part 1 by Jessica Morgan on Family Locket.

*  Best Practices for Find a Grave Contributors by Keith Riggle on Genealogy Tools.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  FFriday’s Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking 7th Jun 2024 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

*  This week’s crème de la crème — June 8, 2024 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  5 Star Posts Week of 06/02/2024 - 06/08/2024  by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15 to 21 June 2014

Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  The Future of Genetic Genealogy by Scott H. on the 23andMe Blog.  Scott highlights the discussion panel with this topic at Jamboree in early June.

*  The Advantages of Working With a One World Tree by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper's Blog.  Kitty does a great job comparing WikiTree, Geni and FamilySearch Family Tree.

*  4 GenealogyBank Search Tips From the 2014 SCGS Jamboree Conference by Gena Philibert-Ortega on the GenealogyBank Blog.  Gena shares some tips.

*  Genealogy on the Small Screen by Dave Dowell on the Dr. D Digs Up Ancestors blog.  Dave highlights the plans for the Who Do You Think You Are?, Finding Your Roots, and Genealogy Roadshow TV programs.

*  Tuesday's Tip:  Looking at Divorce Records by Miriam Robbins on the Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors blog.  Miriam provides excellent ideas on the topic.

*  Best Facebook Comments Re: Ancestry.com DDoS Attack by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.  Great selections here, congrats to Bill West for the "best of the best."

*  What I Would Have Liked To Know As a Newbie by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog.  Harold lists five things he wishes he had known earlier.

*  Biggest Family Reunion: A TED Talk by AJ Jacobs by Esther on the MyHeritage Blog.  This post has the video of my cousin's TED talk.

*  Column: (Re)searcher by Yvette Hoitink on the Dutch Genealogy blog.  Yvette describes how she works through brickwall problems.

*  Helen, Part VI: Life After Frank by Michael Lacopo on the Hoosier Daddy? blog.  Michael continues his fascinating biography of his grandmother.

*  Safer Image Searches by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.  Judy shows us how to find "safe" images to use on our web pages and publications.

*  10 Ways To Find a Loyalist Ancestor by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  Lorine lists some of the best resources.

*  What Do We Do With Someone completely New To Genealogy? The Answer in 5 Steps by James Tanner on the Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad... blog.  This is oriented to LDS members and FamilySearch Family Tree features, but it's an interesting approach.

These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:

*  Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for June 20, 2014 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog. 

*  Friday Finds -- 06/20/14 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub blog.

*  News and Blog Posts for Genealogists, June 20, 2014  by Michael J. Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme, June 21, 2014 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog

*  Saturday Serendipity (June 21, 2014) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog..

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1520 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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