There has been a meme going around the genealogy blogs, started by Lori Thornton of Smoky Mountain Family History about long gone stores of yesteryear. I’ve read a few of them and it sparked my own memories of the shops we’d go to in downtown Dayton.
Those were the days of department stores where each department [...]
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Progress Update
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, Websites, challenge, genea-blogger group games, tagged challenge, Facebook, Genea-group games on August 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I didn’t check back in last night to update my progress in the Genea-Blogger Group Games. I realized I could do an indexing project (Number 5 “Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness; Part E. “Participate in an Indexing Project”). I went on Find a Grave and added 20 new names with pertinent information [...]
Status Update - Day 3
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, challenge, genea-blogger group games, personal, tagged challenge, Genea-Blogger, genea-blogger group games, organization, research on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Already been pretty busy this morning. The tasks I’ve completed this morning include:
Write! Write! Write!
Task A. Write a summary of what your blog is about and post it on your blog - you may not have done this since you started the blog and it is a great way to have new readers learn more [...]
Why “All My Branches” . . .
Posted in Blogging, Websites, challenge, genea-blogger group games, personal, tagged genealogy, web site, Genea-Blogger, challenge, genea-blogger games on August 11, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the challenges of the Genea-Blogger Group Games under “Write! Write! Write!” is to Write a summary of what your blog is about and post it on your blog – you may not have done this since you started the blog and it is a great way to have new readers learn more about [...]
Day 2 - Organization & Genealogical Acts of Kindness
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, Websites, challenge, genea-blogger group games, tagged challenge, Genea-Blogger, genea-blogger group games, organization on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve discovered that I might need to write a few posts each day on my statistics as time has a way of getting away from me plus other people use the same computer!
Today I’ve participated in Part B of “Reach Out and Participate in Random Acts of Kindness”. I’ve joined 5 Blog Networks: Elyse’s Genealogy Blog, [...]
Tasks Completed for the “Games”
Posted in Blogging, challenge, genea-blogger group games, tagged challenge, games, Genea-Blogger, genealogy, photos on August 9, 2008 | No Comments »
DAY ONE
This will be a very short post (we had grandson’s 2nd birthday party today) as I haven’t had much time today to do very much.
I’ve begun listing descriptions, authors, and dates to photos that I took this summer. I finished 29 in about 40 minutes. Descriptions included: who is in the picture, how persons [...]
Flags of The Participants!
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, Websites, challenge, genea-blogger group games, tagged challenge, flag, games, Genea-Blogger, genealogy on August 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Miriam at AnceStories has posted the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer 2008 Genea-Blogging Group Games. Make sure you drop by to see all the beautiful flags created by everyone via WeAreMulticolored.
As I sit watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics from Beijing, I’m reminded once again how we are descended from different nationalities, [...]
Opening Ceremonies
Posted in Blogging, challenge, tagged challenge, Facebook, games, Genea-Blogger, genealogy on August 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Welcome to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Genea-Blogger Group Games! As part of the criteria, all those participating had to submit their intention of competing by August 7th. Participants would need to publish a post by Noon Pacific Daylight Time today describing what categories we would be competing and the goals we hope to [...]












