The Genealogist

Our Weekly GenMates Update

Hope that your week has gone well? I know for us it’s been a little mad to put it mildly. As some of you will be aware my other half had a knee operation early in the week and I have been running back and too trying to look after them! Anyway things are slowly getting on the mend. So that is good news!

GenMates is continuing to grow at an amazing rate. We are seeing so many new members joining and taking advantage of the facilities on offer and it’s great to know that we are providing something that genealogists clearly want. We already have plans for a number of other sites in associated niches (areas of interest) so watch out for the news on those.

The events of the last week have delayed some of our activity but we are rapidly catching up! The Genealogy Audio Articles and The Scrapbooking Audio Articles are getting there and as someone said to me the other day they will be great to listen to on the colder winter nights. Talking of winter nights I don’t know about you but it doesn’t feel like autum yet does it! Well certainly not here in the Uk where the trees are still looking very green and leaf laden! Oh that reminds me the other thing I was asked about the Audio articles was whether the audio files will be available as MP3 downloads so that people can listen to them on the move. I am working on that at the moment and seeing how we can make them available at a nominal charge for the lot - so again watch out for news on that.

During the week I made a special offer available of The Genealogy Guide and literally dozens of people took advantage of the offer. It’s still available if you want to grab a copy for yourself and I will probably leave it available for just a couple more days at The Genealogy Guide.

We also received quit a few emails asking if we could make other offers such as that one and I am pleased to say we are doing at PK eBooks - Your eBook Store! The site specialises in home and hobby quality eBooks and you will find eBooks on Scrapbooking Ideas, Coin Collecting, Stamp Collecting, Amateur Photography and much more besides! Do take a look at the site as you will find a lot of eBooks and there is even a free download which I think you will find interesting!

So there you have it a very busy week! Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you over at GenMates or at one of our other Genealogy sites!

The Genealogy MySpace Alternative!

Wow! What can I say! In the space of just two days we have had over 200 people join us at GenMates - The Genealogy MySpace Alternative!

Already we are seeing members join Groups and form their own Groups. Members are creating their own Blogs which they are then promoting to others and the forums are active.

A great start and if you have not already joined us then you can read about the features at GenMates Information and join us at GenMates.

Genealogists Now Have Their Own MySpace Alternative

Genealogists are great networkers as the many forums that cater to them demonstrate. With the launch of GenMates they now have the opportunity to take their Genealogy and Family Research to the next Level.

With GenMates they can make new friends around the world, share their research, seek help from other Genealogists but also they can do so much more!

With the launch of GenMates they can:

•Write a Blog and publicise their Genealogy Research with their unique Blog Link;
•Create their Own Groups or Forums to bring people with common interests together. This includes being able to set up forums specifically for those researching the same names;
•Promote Events and obtain Information on Forthcoming Events
•Get Special Discounts from our Professional/Business Members
•Sell Personal Items to other users
•and much, much more……

Paul Duxbury the co-Founder of GenMates commented recently that “Some Genealogists have referred to GenMates as the Genealogy MySpace Alternative because of the fantastic range of services we provide and best of all they are all Free to Ordinary Members!”