Lovely Blog Award

You may have noticed a new award making the rounds of the genealogy blogs over the last couple of weeks. I was honored and humbled to have been the recipient of the One Lovely Blog Award from several different people:

Polly Kimmitt of the Pollyblog

Georgia Tim of My Georgia Roots

Frances Elizabeth Schwab of Fantastic Electrisoil

Joan Miller of Luxegen Genealogy

Update: This award was given to Long Lost Relatives from Janeen at They Came in Ships on March 21.
Update: This award was given to Long Lost Relatives from Marian Burk Wood of Climbing My Family Tree on March 23.
Update: This award was given to Long Lost Relatives from Susan D of Family History Fun.

My thanks to these fellow bloggers for the recognition. It's always nice to know that someone besides me is reading what I'm writing.

The rules of acceptance for this award are:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted the award and their blog link.

2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered or just love so much.

3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I wondered how on earth I was going to narrow this down to 15 blogs to pass this award on to. Because of the name of the award, Lovely Blog, I've decided to pay it forward to the blogs that, in my opinion, are lovely. That means that I've been impressed with the graphic design and layout of their blog, a creative header or background image, as well as providing interesting content.

So many of us subscribe to the blogs by email or RSS feeds that I wanted to recognize the blogs that make it a visual treat to visit their site directly. My selections are:

Above the Trees - Renee

Adventures in Genealogy - Deb Ruth

Adventures in Grave Hunting - Lisa Burks

Amanda's Anthenaeum - Amanda Perrine

Family Stories - Caroline Pointer

Family Tree Writer - Sherry Stocking Kline

Finding Josephine - Dionne Ford

Footnote Maven - Footnote Maven

Kindred Footprints - Sharon

Letters from World War II -

A Light That Shines Again - Lisa/Smallest Leaf

Memoir Mentor - Dawn

Nolichucky Roots - Susan

Sassy Jane Genealogy - Sassy Jane

It is up to the individual recipients whether or not they choose to post the award.   Folks are busy and I completely understand if recipients choose not to participate.

LongLostRelatives.net is given Ancestor Approved Award

This week I was notified by Jenny Lantcot of Are My Roots Showing that she was recognizing this blog, LongLostRelatives.net, with the Ancestor Approved award.

The award comes with a couple of requests:

1.  List ten things that you have learned about your ancestors that surprised, humbled, or enlightened you.

2.  Pass the award to ten other genealogy bloggers.

What I have learned:

1. My ancestors worked hard all their lives to support their families and raise their children.

2. My ancestors were willing to take risks, to travel to new places to make a better life for their families.

3. My ancestors lives were not without sadness and tragedies.

4. My ancestors seldom smiled for the camera.

5. My ancestors did not always get along with their siblings.

6. Number 5 brings me to Number 6: My ancestors spent quite a bit of time in court suing and being sued by their relatives.

7. My ancestors believed in honoring the memory of the family - how else would I have so many wonderful photographs, documents and mementos?

8. My ancestors treasured education and their faith.

9. My ancestors weren't all horse thieves as Grandpa Kelly used to warn.

10. My ancestors made my life possible.

In turn, I pay it forward by passing along the Ancestor Approved Award to the following blogs:

Life From the Roots - Barbara Poole

TJL Genes: Preserving Our Family History - Travis LeMaster

Random Relatives - Diana Ritchie

Sassy Jane Genealogy - Sassy Jane

West in New England - Bill West

Genealogy's Star - James Tanner

We Tree Genealogy Blog - Amy Coffin

The You Go Genealogy Girls Blog - Ruby Coleman and Cheri Hopkins

Documenting the Details - Linda McCauley

Grace and Glory - Becky Jamison

Each of these bloggers contributes something different to the genealogy blogging community. I learn something from each and every one of them and their blogs are among my "must read" list in my RSS reader. Please visit their sites and add them to your RSS feed if you have not do so already.


UPDATE: On January 1, 2011, LongLostRelatives.net was recognized with the Ancestor Approved award by Polly Kimmitt on her PollyBlog. Thanks, Polly!


UPDATE: On January 19, 2011, LongLostRelatives.net was recognized by ScotSue at FamilyHistoryFun. Thanks, Sue!