Well, my Grandpa is doing much better now. My wife and I visited him in the hospital on Saturday and he was his old joking self. Hopefully, he’ll be coming home shortly.
I’ve been out of the “genealogy circuit” here for the last few weeks, so that’s why I’ve been slow on the posts. I’m working on getting more information that will allow me to post more often, even when I’m not actively researching since I don’t always have time to do family research.
For all of you genealogy bloggers out there, where do you find the inspiration and information to be able to post quite often even when not actively researching? I’d like some tips to help me get the ball rolling.
Hi Brian,
I’m a descendent of John Firmenich, brother of Mathias. Like you, I’ve become engrossed in our common ancestry. I have a quite extensive file on my branch of the family tree and have been able to locate some data on Mathias’ family in the past year or so, since we found that he settled in Ashland. I learned of his connection with this area last year when I stumbled on Paula DeTroy-Griepentrog while doing Internet research. I’m hoping that you’ll contact me so we can share family data and I can introduce John’s descendents to your branch of the family. For years my husband & I have developed our data as a reference for our children & grandchildren. Our current family tree file totals over 19,000 names and still growing. I’m hoping to hear from you soon. Royleen (Fermenick) Newman
Hi Brian,
Just ran across your blog today. I have two Zalewski’s in my file. My husband’s, step-mother and her father from Syracuse, NY. If you’d like to email me I can share the very little I have on them.
As for your question about finding inspiration, the Carnival of Genealogy is a good place to start. Not only will you be given a topic but a deadline too, which I find helps me. Some of us pick up an interesting topic from other blogs and run with it. Sometimes I just post documents or family stories.