The Proximidade Award

Janet Iles of Janet the Researcher awarded me with the Proximidade Award:

These blogs invest and believe in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of [...]

2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards – the Joke’s on Me!

You’re going to laugh when you read this. At least I did, because the joke is on me. On Wednesday, I received the following e-mail:
The Photo Preservation Center is announcing the 2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards through an upcoming Businesswire news release and your site was mentioned. Congratulations and I hope the [...]

2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards – the Joke’s on Me!

You’re going to laugh when you read this. At least I did, because the joke is on me. On Wednesday, I received the following e-mail:
The Photo Preservation Center is announcing the 2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards through an upcoming Businesswire news release and your site was mentioned. Congratulations and I hope the [...]

AnceStories is FuelMyBlog’s Blog of the Day!

I was stunned to open my e-mail this afternoon and find a message announcing that AnceStories was the Blog of the Day at FuelMyBlog!

Many thanks to the kind folks over there who nominated me!

AnceStories is FuelMyBlog’s Blog of the Day!

I was stunned to open my e-mail this afternoon and find a message announcing that AnceStories was the Blog of the Day at FuelMyBlog!

Many thanks to the kind folks over there who nominated me!

Another Must-Visit Website: Shoestring Genealogy

With my new layout and then the hubbub over the Ancestry.com situation, you may not have noticed that I have added another site to my Must-Visit Websites area (left-hand sidebar). “Shoestring Genealogy focuses on lowering the costs of research and raising the quality of information obtained,” according to their mission statement. As a family [...]

Another Must-Visit Website: Shoestring Genealogy

With my new layout and then the hubbub over the Ancestry.com situation, you may not have noticed that I have added another site to my Must-Visit Websites area (left-hand sidebar). “Shoestring Genealogy focuses on lowering the costs of research and raising the quality of information obtained,” according to their mission statement. As a family [...]

Nice Matters!

I received a very nice message from Francis of Caught in the Stream that he had nominated me (and others) for the Nice Matters Award. I am so honored, Francis: honored that you chose me for the award, and honored that you think I’m a nice person (I’m sure my teens could set you [...]

Nice Matters!

I received a very nice message from Francis of Caught in the Stream that he had nominated me (and others) for the Nice Matters Award. I am so honored, Francis: honored that you chose me for the award, and honored that you think I’m a nice person (I’m sure my teens could set you [...]