One Thing Leads to Another, Changes to My Blog

Decided that the rain rather than the piled up 

laundry would be a better photo for this post J

I have spent the better part of the weekend playing with my blog. It rained today and I had a good excuse; however, there is no excuse for yesterday and I just noticed my laundry pile.

This all started when I decided to make some changes in order to attempt a more user friendly blog. This was a time consuming task as I always want to do what can’t be done.  However, in the search for tutorials, I found some really good blogs with some great ideas and advice.  So, thank you to the following blogs.

• Greta’s Genealogy Bog had double row of tabs/links and I really liked her organization and content.
• Speech Room News is not a genealogy blog, but I am a faithful reader as we share the same vocation.  This blog linked her labels to tabs. It didn’t take long to figure out how to do this and it really makes sense.
• Caroline Pointer’s For Your Family Story and BloggingGenealogy.com has a lot of practical advice for bloggers. I have added these to my Google Reader.
• Technical tips and go-to links were found at FreeTechnology for Teachers.
• Sneaky Momma Blog Design made me realize that I have a lot to learn. 

These were only a few of the many, many blogs that I looked at this weekend.  I spent so much time on the Internet and like genealogy (and Pinterest), one thing leads to another. In the process, I signed up with and played with iStockphoto, Photobucket and PicMonkey.


Now back to my blog . . . . 


My labels list is now titled Surnames In My Posts. Click on a surname to see all posts that contain that family name.  My posts can be found by location as well – just click on the tab for Irish Genealogy to see all the posts about my husband’s Irish family. I will add new categories as my posts continue. 

To make it easier for me to post consistently, I have decided to use some blogging prompts that I have seen on Geneabloggers and other genealogy blog sites.  I will use the following prompts.

• Sunday’s Obituary – Each Sunday, a found obituary will be posted.   
• Monday’s News – A news article about family or a location that I am researching will be posted on every Monday.
• Friday’s Photo - On Fridays, I will post a mystery photo or one with family interest.   

This will make it easy to post regularly, but still allow me to post bigger genealogy projects as I have time.

Thanks for reading my blog. I hope that you enjoyed today’s ramblings. Watch for my post tonight as I will post an obituary from my Giddens family in North Carolina and tomorrow’s Monday’s News will be an article about my great-grandfather and escaped prisoners in Stephenville, Texas. 

Diana

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