10 Genealogy Blogs Worth Reading
Tuesday January 15, 2008
When I set out to make a list of my favorite genealogy blogs, I thought it would be easy. To be honest, the first few were no brainers. But then as I started approaching number 10, the choices got harder. There are just too many well-written, thought-provoking, and entertaining family history blogs! I considered expanding my list to 20, but to be honest the same problem arose. Where to stop? Who to leave out? So instead I chose to stay with 10, highlighting blogs that are each very different from one another - a sampling of sorts. But that doesn't mean there aren't many more "worth reading." You'll find many of my other favorites on my Genealogy Blog Roll.
If I've left out a genealogy or family history related blog that you truly enjoy, please feel free to share it with the rest of us. Click on "comments" below to share the blog title, URL, and what it is about the blog that captures your attention or imagination.
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Hi Kimberly: Definitely a great line up of blogs / podcasts. I invite you to visit my Genealogy Gems podcast blog at www.genealogygemspodcast.com (I will be celebrating my 40th audio episode and 1 year anniversary in a few weeks
as well as my Genealogy Gems News Blog. I’ve enjoyed a terrific response from readers & listeners this year & would love to have you check us out. The genealogy community is the nicest group of folks ever! Thanks for all you do, Lisa
Good choices Kimberly. Not sure I could come up with a list of just 10 though as there are so many good and interesting writers in the genea-blogosphere!
I am a librarian at Richland County Public Library and I put this blog together to keep my South Carolina patrons up-to-date on resources that are available to help them with their family history searches.
Becky, I absolutely agree that it really isn’t easy (or even fair) to create a list of just 10. But a long blogroll of 50 great genealogy blogs is also very overwhelming to the many family historians who don’t read blogs on a regular basis. Thus the purpose in highlighting 10 blogs…to give people a good place to start, and hopefully bring more readers (and bloggers) into the world of genealogy blogging.
Lisa - don’t worry. Genealogy podcasts are next! And Debbie, I really enjoyed pursuing your library blog - what a great resource for SC genealogists. I grew up in Lexington, so it was especially interesting for me
I’d be happy to add it to my blog roll.
Kimberly
Nice job, Kimberly. There were a few that I had not seen and have since bookmarked them.
I have just re-done my Treasure Maps genealogy site (on-line since 1995) to a blog format. If I had done it sooner, I may have made your list.
;-) Robert