How to use Genealogy Blogs is the July session for Family History Fest, a monthly program at Diamond Valley Library for family history researchers.
A blog is a website for letting people know what you’re doing and what you’ve found, and can be an effective way to locate other family researchers. In this session you will learn about blogs – what they are, what they are for, how to find them, how to create your own, and why you would want to.
Prominent genealogy blogger Thomas MacEntee has written a fine a short artcile on blogging your family history
He has also produced an excellent primer on genealogy blogging
He suggests that there are a number of different types of blogs. These include
Individual. Example Ancestors Within
Genealogy industry Example Unlock the Past
Genealogy Vendors Example Gould Genealogy and History News
Genealogical and Historical Societies example Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Archives and Libraries Example Australian War Memorial
Technology Example Bootcamp for Geneabloggers
Ethnicity Example Scottish Genealogy Blog
Geography Example Queensland Genealogy
One Place Study Example Wing Buckinghamshire - One Place Study
Surnames Example A Worthington Web Blog
Family Reunions Example 2008 Purdy Family Reunion
Diaries Example Words of Grandma
Cemeteries Example Cemetery curiosities
Photos and Charts Example Footnotemaven
Humour Example Two Bubbles off Center
Research Example Family Bibles
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