One-Year Blogiversary: Celebrating My Top Ten Blog Posts

Today marks one year since I started blogging about genealogy, and a little over a year since I made the decision to pursue accreditation. What a great adventure! I look back on my progress over the year and am amazed at how far I’ve come and how much I’ve learned about genealogy research. I’m so grateful for amazing mentors, friends, and family who have supported me along the way.

To celebrate my blogiversary, here’s a roundup of my top ten posts from the last year:

#10 – Family History on-the-Go with the FamilySearch Mobile Apps – A four-part series in which I highlight the capabilities of the FamilySearch mobile apps.

#9 – German Genealogy Tools – In this post I share websites and tools I used in a recent German Genealogy project.

#8 – My Heritage: A Grandmother’s Gift – A post in which I define heritage share about a part of my heritage: quilting. My grandmother gave me a quilt when I was born, and taught me how to do all kinds of handwork. This is a love passed down to me through her, and I share a recently-made quilt that I gave my granddaughter when she was born.

#7 – Source Citation Templates – I’ve been working on my source citation templates and refining them over the last year. In this post I share some of my most-used templates.

#6 – Uploading Ancestry DNA to Other Websites – There is great value in having your DNA in as many databases as possible. In this post I walk you through downloading raw DNA data from Ancestry and uploading it to four other sites.

#5 – Family History Miracles – I believe we have help from the other side as we work on our family history. Read about miracles I have experienced in my research.

#4 – Using Compare-A-Face to Identify Old Family Photos – Do you have unidentified family members in old photos? In this post I explain how I used FamilySearch’s Compare-a-Face tool to identify them.

#3 – Ancestor Bingo – I created a bingo template using Canva, a free online design tool. Access the template and create your own bingo game!

#2 – Phone Books as a Source for Genealogy Research – A post for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors challenge. The prompt was long lines, and my interpretation was telephone lines. I discussed the value and availability of phone books for genealogy research.

#1 – Color Coding DNA Matches – Have you used Ancestry’s colored dots to group your DNA matches? In this most-read post of the last year I shared my system for color coding.

I’m looking forward to what the future holds. Here’s to another great year!