What a wonderful way to get past square one on my genealogy “to do” list! Amy Johnson Crow has issued a challenge: “The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.”
Time and energy ran out last year as I had so much requiring my attention and still only 24 hours in a day. And even though I didn’t want to give up something that had helped to jump-start my love for writing again, my little blog went by the wayside.
Ironically, as I was sorting out my New Year’s Resolutions recently, I had decided to dust it off and start having fun with genealogy once again. And so, it is with that optimistic outlook in mind, that I pledge to take better care of my family tree in 2014.
Do you have genealogy resolutions you’d like to share? Perhaps you’d like to take the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge as well?
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July 14, 2014 at 5:08 am
gpcox
Are you planning on coming back to post?
July 15, 2014 at 9:18 pm
lonestarmunsonsblog
Sorry, I have really gotten off track. Ironically, by being very involved in our family reunion. I haven’t taken time to do much more than comment on the blogs I’m following, such as yours. I’ll have time, now that the reunion’s over, to get back into genealogy, both researching and blogging. Thanks for your interest.
August 13, 2014 at 7:06 pm
MyDailyMinefield
I like the idea of 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. It is a new take on genealogy that sounds like fun. Plus, if my mind is blank, when it comes to new ideas to blog (as it often is) dusting off an old relative and talking about them might get my researching engine up and running. Of course, I’ll never have time to dust my house again lol!
November 2, 2014 at 4:20 am
crazy8
This sounds like fun. What a great idea for when my I get writers block on my blog. Thank you.
November 3, 2014 at 3:34 pm
TX Wordweaver
I’m hoping that Ancestry does this again. I think I’ll have more info from family history to draw on for posts.