Miriam Robbins Midkiff writes a blog about her genealogy research, called AnceStories. Her blog has won several awards and it’s full of tips, links and advice. She also is an Online Genealogy Teacher through the community colleges in Washington and is available for genealogy speaking engagements.
I asked Miriam these questions:
This is what Miriam had to say when I asked her these questions:
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Last week I told you a little bit about the Big News at ObituariesHelp.org, the family tree templates project that I’ve been working on. But now, all 18 new family tree pages are ready, with plans to put more online in the next while.
The wait is over, you can start downloading any type of family tree you want right now:
Gena Philibert Ortega is a well known online genealogist. She writes several blogs, one about her own genealogy research; she is the editor of the World Vital Records newsletter; and she manages online genealogy social networking site, Genealogy Wise. She has a strong background in the relatively new field of online genealogy. So I asked Gena:
This is what Gena had to say when I asked her these questions:
In an earlier post I mentioned that I recently asked a few genealogists to comment on the following questions related to online genealogy research:
Craig Manson runs a blog called GeneaBlogie and is the second Genealogist in this series of posts who replied with his opinions of online genealogy. Craig Manson has a diverse and varied ancestry that spans African American slaves, Native Americans and Colonial Settlers.
Craig Manson’s heritage is truly an American heritage and he chronicles his research on his blog. In my opinion, he is one of the foremost genealogists for American ancestry but he would tell you he is just researching his own ancestry and sharing what he learns along the way. Check out GeneaBlogie and see if you agree.
This is what Craig Manson had to say:
Before I get into my big news, I just want to apologize for not blogging regularly lately, it’s been a month and a half! And although some of you have emailed me to ask what is going on, I’ve been keeping quiet.
But not anymore. I have some really exciting news about a project I’ve been working on that has taken me away from my duties as a genealogy blogger. But I think you will be really excited to see it when it’s online.
Ok, the big news is this….
