Australia may have good telecommunications but I’ve been in one of those service-provider black holes for the last 36 hours or so. Not even my mobile phone would work but now I’m back online. Alleluia!
Early Saturday morning, rushing around madly, I got a great surprise to see tweets from Rebelhand and DanceSkeletons revealing that this blog is listed in Family History Magazine’s article Around the World in 40 blogs It appears that it may have been my Beyond the Internet series that gave me the guernsey, and if so I’m delighted because regular readers know just how obsessive I can be about offline resources.
I don’t need to tell you that the news had me doing the genealogy happy dance, but I was also astonished. There are just so many great blogs out there, with other family historians documenting their family’s stories online or expanding local histories (you can read some of those I follow on my Blog Links page). I was very pleased to see that On a Flesh and Bone Foundation is listed because Jennifer writes such great stories and has excellent information for Irish researchers. Another of my favourites, Olive Tree Genealogy is also on the list. I’ve been following some of Lorine’s Sharing Memories prompts. I’ve also picked up some new ones for my Google Reader feed.
Genealogy blogging is such a wonderful community to be a part of and finding Geneabloggers and all my geneamates has been such an important discovery for me over the past 18 months.
Thanks Family History Magazine for this privilege and my two geneamates for letting me know! In the midst of family commitments at present it could have so easily passed me by for a time. Why not check out the blog list and see if your favourites are listed?
Family history across the seas 
Congratulations — and well deserved, I might add.
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Thanks so much Joan.
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That’s great news – hoorah for you!!! Well done indeed.
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Thanks Anne.
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Ditto!
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Thanks Fiona.
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Congratulations and I agree with Joan, very well deserved 🙂
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Thanks Aillin!
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Well deserved! Congratulations! Great to see you acknowledged for your excellent blog.
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Thanks so much Helen.
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Congratulations Pauline! Great news and well deserved indeed 🙂
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Thanks Catherine.
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Congratulations, Pauleen, a great honour and well deserved I look forward to reading many more psotings.
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Thanks Susan.
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Definitely well deserved, and it was a joy to see your blog there! Plus several others I really rate, including Jennifer’s and Lorine’s.
‘Beyond the Internet’ is a favourite – online stuff is only part of the picture, as you remind us.
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Thanks so much Rebelhand!
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I can only echo the others Congratulations! You definately deserve it.
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Thanks Kristin.
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Fantastic! You deserve it – I’ve learnt so much from you, and you are just so willing to help!
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Thanks Prue. I really enjoy the engagement with other bloggers via their or my sites. It’s a real pleasure.
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