It’s Tax Day in the USA and Genea-Musings turns 18.  Let’s congratulate GeneaBloggers Honorary Life Member Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings’ incredible 18th blogiversary! Randy has been an inspiration to all of us for many years. He was born in San Diego County in 1943 and is a 5th generation San Diegan who currently lives in Chula Vista.  He’s an active genealogist with memberships in the New England Historic Genealogical Society, San Diego Genealogical Society and Chula Vista Genealogical Society. Randy started blogging on Tax Day—15 April 2006—to share his humor, wisdom, and experie ..read more

Today, we celebrate the 12th blogiversary of Cheri Hudson Passey’s Carolina Girl Genealogy, so named because Cheri is a native of South Carolina. Cheri is a very active genealogist, who has memberships in the National Genealogical Society, Association of Professional Genealogists, South Carolina Genealogical Society, North Carolina Genealogical Society and Grand Strand Genealogical Society. Cheri is also a member of the Genealogical Speaker’s Guild and currently serves as the treasurer of Geneabloggers. Back in 2012, Cheri’s original blogging goal was to tell her family stories. Today, she a ..read more

Our second blogiversary this month is that of GeneaBloggers President, Laura Hedgecock. Her blog, Treasure Chest of Memories, is 11 years old today. Laura is kept busy with her genealogy interests and service. She is currently secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, secretary of the Detroit Working Writers, and a member of the National Genealogical Society and the NonFiction Author Association in addition to serving as our GeneaBloggers’ President. Laura is originally from South Carolina but has lived in the Detroit, Michigan metro area for decades. In addition to a suggestion from her ..read more

GeneaBloggers has two blogiversaries to celebrate this month. Today, we congratulate Judy Nimer Muhn, Ed.M., FSA-Scot on her 8th blogiversary. Judy has authored Lineage Journeys since 2013. Judy is a lifelong Michigander, born in Detroit and now living in Milford, Michigan. She is a busy lady, genealogically speaking, as she is a member of the National Genealogical Society, French-Canadian Heritage, the Oakland County Genealogical Society, the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research and she is currently serving as secretary on the GeneaBloggers Board. She has recently retired as an Organiza ..read more

It’s time to celebrate! Empty Branches on the Family Tree is celebrating its 10th blogiversary! Linda Stufflebean began blogging on January 16, 2014 with the goal of not only sharing family history information but also to share tips, methods and genealogy resources that she has used during her 45 years of experience working on the family tree. Her goal today is the same, hoping to encourage researchers to properly research and document their own family trees. She is a retired teacher, originally from Passaic, New Jersey, who retired to Tucson Arizona by way of Southern California. By her ..read more

Welcome to 2024 and it’s time to celebrate the first blogiversary of the New Year. GeneaSpy, authored by J. Paul Hawthorne, is 9 years old. Paul is from sunny San Diego, California and originally began blogging in order to document and share his genealogical discoveries. In addition to sharing his own discoveries he works to keep up informed about educational opportunities, conferences and institutes and interesting websites to help with research. Check out three of his favorite posts: On the 125th  Anniversary of My Grandfather’s Birth – James Boardman Hawthorne NGS 2022 Sacramento: Da ..read more

It’s time to celebrate Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal’s 16th blogiversary. She is the author of Heart of the Family. Elizabeth also serves as the Vice-President of the GeneaBloggers Organization! She began blogging in 2007 in order to organize and share her family’s stories and to be part of the new, blossoming community of genealogy bloggers. Her purpose today is to help others make the past part of their present and tell their own family stories. . Here are three recent posts Elizabeth would like to share: 4 Awesome Genetic Genealogy Tools I Can’t Live Without How to Organize Your Family History ..read more

Let’s give warm congratulations to GeneaBlogger Colleen G. (Brown) Pasquale as she celebrates the 13th anniversary of Leaves & Branches today. In addition to being a member of the National Genealogical Society, Colleen is a published author in both professional journal and book formats. She lives in rural New York State and began blogging to learn and share information about her wonderful family. Sharing her genealogical research and family stories continues to be her blogging focus and she hopes that her family stories will serve as “cousin bait” so she can also learn more about the anc ..read more

Here is a belated shout out celebrating the blogiversary of Jenny Hawran’s  Like Herding Cats Genealogy. Jenny is a long time genealogist, who grew up in and still lives in Windsor, Connecticut. She is currently the Vice President of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists and Secretary of The Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor. In addition to her volunteer activities, she also offers professional genealogy services. She began blogging on 8 June 2015 because she wanted to share family stories with her three daughters. They liked hearing stories about family members they knew ..read more

Linda Stufflebean created Empty Branches on the Family Tree on 14 January 2014 and has kept blogging at a steady pace ever since. Her husband thought she’d never stick with it! She has kept true to her original goal of sharing ancestral stories along with genealogy tips, tricks and resources. She was born in Passaic, New Jersey and lived in Rhode Island and Mexico City, Mexico before settling in Southern California for 31 years. After retirement, she and husband Dave moved to Oro Valley, Arizona, just north of Tucson. Linda is not only our Premium Membership Chair, but also a member of Virtu ..read more