Category Archives: GenBlog

A few days ago, I posted What Happened to Genealogy Blogging? because I wanted to know why so many genealogy bloggers that I follow hadn’t posted in over a year. A flood of comments came in sharing all sorts of wisdom, which you can read […]

Funny thing. When you write a thought-provoking blog post, you really need to make sure you have time to react! Honestly, I didn’t know that Saturday’s blog post What Happened to Genealogy Blogging? was going to be so comment-heavy, but it certainly was (heck, I […]

I have two confessions to make. First, I have not read any genealogy blogs in almost 18 months. Second, I spent yesterday going through my blog reader to do some clean-up (so I can get back to reading regularly), which resulted in the deletion of […]

Entries for the 2017 International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Excellence-in-Writing Competition are now being accepted.  Submissions are due by June 15, 2017 (a discounted entry fee is offered for entries submitted by March 15, 2017).  Both ISFHWE members and non-members are […]

Submissions for the Dallas Genealogical Society 2017 Writing Competition are due by March 31, 2017.  You do not have to be a DGS member to enter and articles do not necessarily have to relate to the Dallas area. Articles are to be 1,500-5,000 words in […]

The annual writing competition for the Ohio Genealogical Society kicked off a few days ago and will run through March 1, 2017.  Both OGS members and non-members are able to compete. Only unpublished entries are eligible. Each of the winning articles will be considered for […]

The Western Michigan Genealogical Society 2017 Writing Contest kicked off on January 1, 2017 and will run through March 30, 2017.  You do not have to be a WMGS member to enter and there is no entry fee.  Entries must be 1,500 to 3,000 and […]

Well 2016 was certainly better than 2015! And while I only set one goal for myself for 2016, I’m happy to say that I did achieve it, and more. I declared at the end of 2015 that I wanted to spend more time on my […]