The Genealogist

Another Week Flies By!

I wonder if you are like me and get to the end of the week and wonder where all the time went? I certainly did this week no sooner was I involved in the launch of a major new helpline for the Charitable Organisation that I head up Learning and Development for than I was at the next meeting or interview! It was just one of those weeks and time just seemed to disappear.

I had intended doing some of my own Genealogy research this week as we are on the trail of an ancestor who has suddenly emerged from some black hole! Isn’t it one of the amazing things about Genealogy that you will suddenly come across some information that opens up new avenues for you to pursue! I think the “Amateur Detective” aspects of Genealogy is one of the things that draws a lot of people into this fascinating hobby.

Although Internet Marketing is one of my main occupations outside of my offline work it is the Genealogy that set me onto that line of work and to which I keep returning.

GenMates, which was a site we developed to meet the needs of Family Historians to interact with one another, has received some major publicity this week with the publication of a half page article in the leading UK Genealogy Magazine - Family History Monthly - and we are now heading towards that 1,000th member at some speed! Not a bad achievement, even if I do say so myself, given that the sit has been live just about 2 months. If you haven’t taken a look at GenMates yet then do pop along and let me know what you think. If you are already a member then I look forward to seeing you on the site!

As you will know I have been developing a number of Lenses over at Squidoo which I am sure you will find of interest:

Genealogy and Family History
Hobbies For You
Scrapbooking Ideas
Planning for Christmas - yes not long to go!
Identity Theft - an increasing problem these days.
The Classic Movies - take a look and relive some memories!

We have a range of new sites that will be coming online in the next few weeks covering everything from Scrapbooking to Building Your Own Family Tree Website, Baby Boomers and of course How to Build Your Own Internet Business! Then of course we have our new Audio Article Site planned and we have commisioned audio articles around a whole range of areas - the first ones being Genealogy, Scrapbooking and Cholesterol! Don’t ask! I am not sure what the link is between Genealogy and Cholesterol either! or there again perhaps we research our ancestry to find out if high cholesterol was in the family!

Anyway I will finish for now as I know you are busy and hope that you have a great week!

GenMates Weekly News

Last week I tried publishing the GenMates News Update here on the Blog and we received a very positive response to it. So going forward we will publish here and send an email to GenMates members letting them know that the latest update is online!

A number of members have written to me and told me that they love the idea of Blogging but haven’t a clue what to do! So for them I have put together a new Squidoo Lens which explains how to Blog! You can take a look at it by clicking on The Blogging Guide. It is also complimented by our more advanced Blog for those who would like to make some money from their blogging. You can check that out by clicking on Blogging for Money.

GenMates itself has now risen to nearly 600 members and in the coming week we are due to be featured in Family History Monthly which we hope will see a further influx of members. Our 1911 Census Online Petition is also featured this month in Your Family Tree! Both Magazines are available from 28th September 2006 in the UK

The free offer of my Introduction to Scrapbooking ebook together with Shaking The Family Tree is still available for those who haven’t managed to get a copy yet. You can grab a copy by going to An Introduction to Scrapbooking.

You will remember that I mentioned all the problems we were having with 1and1.co.uk The Worst Web Hosts I haave ever encountered! Well some good came out of it as we now have a couple of additional domains registered which we think you will find of interest. Those are The Amateur Genealogist and The Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy

Just returning to the subject of Squidoo - if you have been looking for a way to put together your own website at no cost then Squidoo is definitely a possibility for you! You can join up by going here: Join Squidoo and if you want to take a look at my first Squidoo Lens then click on Genealogy and Family History.

I also look forward to seeing you at GenMates soon!

Great Magazine and Great Website

Garrick Webster and the team at Your Family Tree Magazine put an immense amount of work into putting together what is without doubt the Best Genealogy Magazine here in the UK.

To compliment it they have recently updated their website and forum and they are both looking absolutely excellent! If you haven’t taken a look at the site yet you can see it by clicking on the link: Your Family Tree Magazine