The Genea-Bloggers Group Games are Completed

Thomas of Destination: Austin Family today posted the Closing Ceremonies of the Genea-Bloggers Group Games of 2008 (great job, by the way, Thomas!). Included in his statements was the announcement of the 2010 Genea-Blogger Group Games, hopefully to be hosted by our Canadian Genea-Blogging friends, as a tribute to the Olympic Games being held [...]

I Goofed! Please Welcome Diane Rogers to the Genea-Bloggers Group Games!

Well, I really did it this time! I actually left a Genea-Blogger out of the Opening Ceremonies [hangs head]. M. Diane Rogers of CanadaGenealogy or “Jane’s Your Aunt” wrote her post describing the category she was entering, then left to go to a conference at the Library and Archives of Canada. Meanwhile, [...]

Update on Latecomers’ List

Yesterday I posted a list of four latecomers to the Genea-Bloggers Group Games. One of them was Linda Robbins, and I gave incorrect blog information. Her blog is HollingsworthRobbinsFamilyTree and her post about what categories she’s entering is here.
Please welcome her to the Games, visit her blog, add it to your reader (Google [...]

Please Welcome These Latecomers to the Genea-Blogger Group Games!

As we mentioned in yesterday’s post, we allowed latecomers to register for the Genea-Blogger Group Games as late as 9:00 PM, PDT, this evening. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the following bloggers, who will be working hard to earn their medals!
The first is Linda Robbins (gee, I like her already! but [...]

It’s Not Too Late to Join the Games!

Because of the great publicity the Games has been given through some popular blogs, we’ve had a few people ask if it’s too late to join them. Thomas, Kathryn, and I put our heads together about this and decided no, it’s not too late!
We’ll give everyone until 9:00 PM PDT tomorrow, August 10th to [...]

Don’t Forget Julie!

Julie Cahill Tarr created her flag, wrote her post at GenBlog, and e-mailed me with all the appropriate links, descriptions, and attachments this morning in time to make it to the Opening Ceremonies.
Trouble was, there was a technical glitch, and her Outlook program didn’t ship the message off to me until after the Opening [...]

Opening Ceremonies of the Summer 2008 Genea-Blogging Group Games: The Parade of Delegates

(please turn on your speakers)
Welcome to the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer 2008 Genea-Blogging Group Games

In the Spirit of
Unity
Friendly Competition
Quality Standards
and Achievement
we present to you the participants of
the Summer 2008 Genea-Blogger Group Games.
Delegates are listed in alphabetical order by blog title. Blog titles are linked so that you can easily return to your [...]

Stayed Tunes for Opening Ceremonies at 3:00 PM, PDT

I’ve just gone through several “dry runs” of the Opening Ceremonies, posting the HTML at a private blog to make sure I find and correct all the mistakes before the Real Deal is posted here at 3:00 PM, PDT.
The personal flags that each of the 34 delegates have created are so amazing in their beauty [...]

My Events for the Summer 2008 Genea-Bloggers Group Games

The Summer 2008 Genea-Blogger Group Games will begin with Opening Ceremonies here at AnceStories this afternoon, Pacific Daylight Time. I plan to participate and medal in all five categories. Each description and the corresponding qualifications are listed below, with my goal in bold red font.
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources!Create proper citations [...]

These Aren’t the Olympics

Just a quick note: If you blog about the Genea-Blogger Group Games, please don’t refer to them as the “Olympics.” This is a word that is protected either by copyright or a similar legal process by the International Olympic Committee, who has only ever authorized the usage of their name in one instance, the [...]