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RootsTech 2026 Ride Along Collaboration

Jenny Hawran — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:54:05 +0000

GeneaBloggers has partnered with Projectkin for the RootsTech 2026 Ride Along.

What does this mean? If genealogy, ancestors, local history, and preserving family stories are your thing, do join us for the RootsTech 2026 Ride Along!

ALL ATTENDEES

REGISTER for the 2026 RootsTech conference. It’s free for virtual attendees.
PLAN your schedule using the RootsTech App available for Android and iOS devices.
SHARE plans and reactions to the event via RideAlongPartners.org to expand the reach of your posts and recordings with GeneaBloggers & Projectkin collaborators, and in the wider genealogy community.
GEEK OUT over the posts and recordings of GeneaBloggers and Projectkin Ride Along participants.
DISCOVER Relatives at RootsTech using the RootsTech App.
GET SWAG to buy or DIY.
JOIN a watch party by dropping a line to: Projectkin.org@gmail.com.
WATCH the LIVE broadcast of Mondays with Myrt – 2 March 2026 at Noon Eastern, (10am local Mountain) featuring early arriving RootsTech speakers, exhibitors, and attendees.

IN-PERSON ATTENDEES

PARTICIPATE in the LIVE stream broadcast of Mondays with Myrt – 2 March 2026 at the “glass-enclosed nerve center” (3rd floor conference room) of the FamilySearch Library, 35 N West Temple. Salt Lake City, UT.
LUNCH with Myrt and the gang 12:20pm to 2pm Tuesday, 3 Mar 2026 at the Radisson, 215 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. If the Presidential Suite is ready, I’ll let you all know, and the meal will be catered. Otherwise, we will dine Dutch Treat at the restaurant in the hotel.
HELP at Booth #1600 in the exhibit hall by signing up here.
RECORD a spotaneous interview at the GeneaBloggers Projectkin Booth #1600. Myrt will have her tripod at the ready. Let’s hear what you’ve learned at RootsTech.
PRESERVE a family story by signing up for time in a Recording Booth across from Booth #1600 as shown in the map above.

ABOUT RootsTech
RootsTech is the indeed the largest family history conference in the world with both live and on demand genealogy classes for researchers with ancestors from all over the world. Sponsored by FamilySearch, the conference is held annually at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The website has a library of hundreds of hours of previous classes and handouts.

All best,
Myrt

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Meet Nancy Casey Our New GeneaBloggers Secretary

Geneabloggers — Wed, 21 May 2025 14:00:43 +0000

We’re a little late but excited to introduce our newest board member and would like you to meet Nancy Casey, our new GeneaBloggers Secretary.

Nancy is a genealogical researcher and writer, who has been researching her family roots since the early 2000s. She began her award-winning blog Leaves on the Tree in 2018 to share her discoveries.

Nancy’s writing has also been featured in genealogical publications in Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada. In addition, she edits the Denton County (Texas) Genealogical Society’s DCGS News; writes a monthly post for the Denton County Public Library’s genealogy and local history blog; and is a contributing editor and author for the Texas State Genealogical Society’s quarterly Stirpes.

She’s no stranger to serious research. Nancy is a member of the National Genealogical Society, state societies in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Utah, and several societies in her research localities. Her genealogical education has included SLIG, TIGR, and state conferences in Texas and Ohio.

In addition to serving as GeneaBloggers Secretary, she serves as the Texas State Genealogical Society’s District B rep.

Nancy and her husband make their home in Tioga, Texas.

Asked what drew her to GeneaBloggers, she replied:

I was drawn to GeneaBloggers’ Facebook group, where I began to share my posts to receive feedback and comments. It’s wonderful to read other bloggers’ posts and encourage each other as we each seek to improve our writing.

That sense of community is something she’s like to see expand. She hopes to help grow the number of GeneaBloggers members.

Submitted by Laura Hedgecock

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Carolina Girl Genealogy Celebrates 13th Blogiversary

Geneabloggers — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:05:17 +0000

February is Blogiversary Month for another Premium GeneaBlogger – Cheri Hudson Passey.

Carolina Girl Genealogy is 13 years old today. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Cheri is a South Carolina lady who began her blog to share her family stories. Today, Cheri enjoys connecting with cousins, but she also shares research methodology.

Cheri is also somewhat unique among GeneaBloggers because she also hosts GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show which is hosted on YouTube.

Three posts that she’d like to share:

Although Cheri didn’t mention it in her blogivesary response, she is the past treasurer of our organization. She’s also currently a board member with the National Genealogical Society, a committee member with the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Cheri is active on social media and can be found on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Say hi to Cheri on Carolina Girl Genealogy and check out GenFriends Genealogy Chat, too.

Happy Blogiversary, Cheri!

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Lineage Journeys Celebrates 9th Blogiversary

Geneabloggers — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:00:12 +0000

Judy Nimer Muhn, Ed.M., FSA-Scot is celebrating her Valentine’s Day 9th blogiversary today! Lineage Journeys launched in 2023, but her very first website went live on 14 February 2016 and Judy has never looked back.

Judy was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and currently resides in Milford, Michigan.

She is an extremely busy lady as she serves as a Board member, Awards Chair for the National Genealogical Society as well as serving as the current President of the Michigan Genealogical Council. Judy is also the current President of the Oakland County (MI) Genealogical Society and holds memberships in the French-Canadian Heritage Society and the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research.

As a genealogist, Judy decided the time had come for sharing stories about her journey researching her own family tree and documenting travels to locations of her ancestors. Since no one in her family shows much interest in her stories, she decided they needed to be shared online so that others would benefit from her knowledge. There’s even a possibility of a future book!

Today, her blogging goals are to not only share ancestral stories, but to share her experiences and content found along the research paths that she has taken, hoping for that cousin bait to entice others who have similar interests in genealogy.

Three posts that Judy would like to share:

Did I mention that Judy’s a really busy lady? She didn’t say so, but Judy also gives talks to genealogical societies and she is the past secretary of GeneaBloggers.

Judy is active on multiple social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Blue Sky, and LinkedIn.

Please visit Judy at Lineage Journeys to read her latest stories and to leave blogiversary greetings.

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Blogiversary Spotlight Spartan Roots

Geneabloggers — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:22:39 +0000

It’s time to celebrate Carol Kostakos Petranek’s 12th blogiversary.

Carol began Spartan Roots on Christmas Day, 25 December 2012 with the purpose of helping others how to research their Greek ancestors and to share information that she discovers about her own families in the Sparta region. Her main focus today is to educate people on researching in and around Sparta, Greece..

Carol, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, is lucky to have what many of us might consider to be a dream job as she is the Co-Director of the Washington D.C. FamilySearch Center.

Three posts that Carol would like to share;

Carol can be found on Facebook.

Please visit Spartan Roots to say hello to Carol. Be sure to wish her a happy blogiversary, too!

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Empty Branches on the Family Tree Celebrates 11th Blogiversary

Laura Hedgecock — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:00:24 +0000

It’s time to celebrate the 11th blogiversary of Empty Branches on the Family Tree, authored by Linda Stufflebean.

Although Linda was born in Passaic, New Jersey, she eventually ended up retired in Tucson, Arizona after years in Rhode Island, Mexico City, and South California.

She was interested in family history from the time, and as a young girl, she questioned her paternal grandmother about old family photos but actively began pursuing genealogical research in 1979.

For a number of years, she thought about starting a blog to share both her research results and to help other researchers with tips and resources.

Here are three recent blog posts:

Linda’s memberships in the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Pima County Genealogy Society, South Arizona Genealogical Society, Chula Vista Genealogical Society, Utah Genealogical Association, Essex Society for Family History (England) and the Carpatho-Rusyn Society keep her busy, but she loves blogging and has no plans to stop any time soon!

She also currently serves as GeneaBloggers’ secretary and the Premium Members Chair.

Please help celebrate by visiting her blog and leaving a comment.

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Blogiversary Spotlight Ancestral Discoveries

Geneabloggers — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:42:37 +0000

Today we also spotlight Ancestral Discoveries created by Janice M. Sellers on 15 January 2011.

This is the second blogiversary to be celebrated on 15 January 2025. If you’ve noticed that she is also celebrating her 14th blogiversary—like Lisa Gorrell—it’s because they took the same class at the same time with the California Genealogical Society!

Janice is originally from Los Angeles, California, but now lives in Oregon. She is also a very busy lady as she is a member of the Council for Advancement of Forensic Genealogy, Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon, San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island, Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Oberlin African-American Genealogy & History Group, Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogists.

She is also currently serving on the GeneaBloggers board as our treasurer.

Janice started blogging because she wanted to have a way to share all the family stories that she had been told by her mother and grandmother. Besides sharing her own ancestral stories, Janice shares methodology and items she finds interesting in genealogy along with publicizing events being held by societies to which she belongs in addition to “generally just hanging out and yakking about family history.”

Three posts that Janice would like to share are:

Janice is active on social media and can be found on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Be sure to visit Ancestral Discoveries to say hi to Janice and congratulate her on Blogiversary #14.

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Spotlight Mam-ma’s Southern Family

Geneabloggers — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:34:59 +0000

Today, we are celebrating a double blogiversary! Lisa S. Gorrell, CG launched Mam-ma’s Southern Family on 15 January 2011, which makes today her 14th blogiversary.

Although retired since 2010, Lisa is a busy lady, as she is a member of the California Genealogical Society, Contra Costa County Genealogical Society, Sacramento German Genealogy Society, Sonoma County Genealogical Society. Texas State Genealogical Society, Kinseekers, heritage Seekers, Utah Genealogical Association National Genealogical Society and the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Lisa is a lifetime Californian who began blogging after taking a class at the California Genealogical Society, decided she needed a place to tell the stories of her ancestors. Mam-ma’s Southern Family is about the ancestors of her maternal grandmother, Pansy Louis Lancaster, who married Tom J. Johnston. The family called her Mam-ma (pronounced at Ma’am-ma) due to her deep Southern roots. Pansy was born in Texas, but her family hailed from Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi and North & South Carolina.

Lisa also writes a second blog, My Trails into the Past, to share the rest of her children’s ancestry.

Here are three posts that Lisa would like to share:

In addition to all her other genealogy activities, Lisa is one of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute and teaches some of the courses.

Be sure to visit Mam-ma’s Southern Family and leave a comment.

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Family Tree Frog Celebrates 13th Blogiversary

Laura Hedgecock — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:31:27 +0000

We have a thirteenth (!) blogiversary this month and my apologies go to GeneaBlogger Alex Daw, who celebrated her 13th blogiversary on New Year’s Day. Alex formerly lived in Canberra and Sydney, Australia, but today resides in Brisbane.

Alex is the author of Family Tree Frog, begun after distinguished careers as an Information Specialist in multiple fields. She first worked for ABC broadcasting in Brisbane and set up the office of the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Queensland, which is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority. In 2012, Alex earned her Masters degree in Information Management (Librarianship) and started the next phase of her work life with the Moreton Bay Regional Council Libraries in Local History. From there she served as a supervisor and Acting Branch Librarian before becoming the Branch Librarian with the Gold Coast City Council.

Alex began her blog because her BFF told her she would like it and she says her friend was right! Her purpose for blogging was to reflect on the practice of being a genealogist, which is a great focus.

Here are three posts that Alex would like to share:

Alex is active with both the Society of Australian Genealogists and the Queensland Family History Society.

She is active on Facebook, Instagram and Blue Sky and has also joined Substack.

Please take a virtual trip Down Under and wish Alex a happy blogiversary!

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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Blogiversary Spotlight Family Cameos

Laura Hedgecock — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:11:35 +0000

A lot of GeneaBloggers made a New Year’s resolution to start blogging, which is reflected in the number of blogiversary posts to go online this month.

Today’s blogiversay spotlight belongs to Family Cameos, which is four years old today.

Leslie Still, its author, is a longtime genealogy researcher, having begun in 1989, after a trip to Ireland. She is from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Leslie started blogging because she wants to share family stories with the younger generations and, by telling the stories of her ancestors, she hopes to provide some healing of ancestral trauma.

Here are three posts Leslie would like to share:

Leslie’s post titles are quite tantalizing, so take a moment to visit her blog and find out what her family stories are about! Happy 4th Blogiversary, Leslie!

This article was contributed by Linda Stufflebean. A blogiversary spotlight post is a benefit of Premium Membership.

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