OK So I Started A Blog (And Joined Facebook)

For some unknown reason I started a blog in late 2008.  I used Google’s Blogger although there are many other choices.  I began to post articles and added posts every few weeks through the spring of 2009 when this creation of the blog really paid off.  But more about that later.

I posted family stories, newspaper articles, summaries of family trees, etc.

I hadn’t done a blog before so I was learning as I was posting.

I also purchased a domain name “marksology” which points to the blog.  This personalized things just a little bit more.

When Blogger added fixed pages, I added family tree summaries, some maps, and a timeline for the Braunhart family.  I researched several free web-based timelines and opted for xtimeline, which was not only easy to populate but also could be embedded in the blog quite easily.

TIP – START A BLOG

So what is the goal of family history research besides writing a bunch of facts down about ancestors and discovering family stories?  “IT IS TO CONNECT WITH RELATIVES YOU DON’T KNOW”, as well as those you do know.  The best thing that I did to find those unknowns and to connect people who I didn’t know how they were connected, was to start a blog.  There are many platforms to choose from.  Find one that you are comfortable with.

A few months after I started the blog, I joined Facebook – just for fun.  There is a lot of stuff about my Facebook friends that I don’t need to know – but Facebook provides another way for people to find you – and those people may be unknown relatives!

TIP – JOIN FACEBOOK

So what is the goal of family history research besides writing a bunch of facts down about ancestors and discovering family stories?  “IT IS TO CONNECT WITH RELATIVES YOU DON’T KNOW”, as well as those you do know.  Using Facebook provides a mechanism for people to connect with you and it works!!!

In a later post I will prove that a blog and Facebook works to connect with new people.