Well, six years is technically correct but it is also true that I did not publish a post for almost three years between November 2013 and September 2016. After working diligently for the first three years I began to slow down in 2013 and only delivered five posts that year. Then I stopped. Was I burned out or maybe just needed a break? Not sure but I was running out of big ideas for new posts. This site has strived to write solid history "stories" about my family lines and individual family members, most of whom are not well know in the genealogy world on the web. In addition, I would also write a short, non-specific and non-family, post every once-and-a-while. These posts let me talk about the process or something of interest that happened during the search (or something wonderful that just fell in lap). Toward the end, I was publishing the five part Holcombe story, and with that, was already deviating from writing about ancestors unknown to the word - as that family (especially the colonial generations) are very well know to the internet and genealogists. My needed break turned into a long slumber but I did get an occasional comment to answer and sometimes another family connection was made and new information gathered. So it was not totally dormant!
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Farms at Hafslo, Sogn og Fjorde, Norway. Home of my ancestors; connection found, thanks in part to this blog. |
Here are some stats after six years:
So, I have been thinking about the whole thing and decided that I should take it up again (that thought process has been developing for a number of months). To round out the site, it seemed obvious that I could expand on the colonial families related to my Holcombe line. Even though these families tend to have a lot of information already available on the web and even on this site. Some of the content may be redundant but I am having a go at it anyway. I wrote an introduction of sorts that will link all of these families. That intro has already been posted and can be found here. A couple of posts in the group, about the Bliss and Chapin families are mostly complete and will be posted soon.
So, I am on my way again but I am going to keep is slow and hopefully steady. A good way to honor the blog and start year seven.
Additional Reading:
Two Years of Blogging about Genealogy
The Big Peterson Family Reunion
Ode to the Genealogist
- 47 Posts
- 7 multi-part, in-depth family stories (22 total posts).
- 12 short articles on interesting individuals.
- 13 special interest / general posts.
- Over 80,000 page views.
- Numerous contacts with distant cousins or others with family connections.
- Shared information, photos and documents.
- Six new stories in development - the colonial families.
So, I have been thinking about the whole thing and decided that I should take it up again (that thought process has been developing for a number of months). To round out the site, it seemed obvious that I could expand on the colonial families related to my Holcombe line. Even though these families tend to have a lot of information already available on the web and even on this site. Some of the content may be redundant but I am having a go at it anyway. I wrote an introduction of sorts that will link all of these families. That intro has already been posted and can be found here. A couple of posts in the group, about the Bliss and Chapin families are mostly complete and will be posted soon.
So, I am on my way again but I am going to keep is slow and hopefully steady. A good way to honor the blog and start year seven.
Additional Reading:
Two Years of Blogging about Genealogy
The Big Peterson Family Reunion
Ode to the Genealogist
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