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Monday Morning Mentions



Monday Morning Mentions is an opportunity to reflect on what has been happening at the Armchair Genealogist this past week over my morning cappuccino and give a nod to some of my peers who captured my attention in the blogging community.


If you want to see what ranked in my Google Reader this week click, The Armchair Genealogist's Google Reader Highlights 

You can also find me on Facebook. Stop by and leave a message. I often will link some great finds there as well. 

You can also follow me on twitter at @LynnPal or my twitter paper The Armchair Genealogist Journal. 

At the Armchair Genealogist this week, posts included the following: 

Recent  Posts include: 



Each week I’m choosing four blogs that deserve a shout out, they will be in the form of 4 categories, Internet Genealogy, Family History Writing, a New Blog and a blog that posted a great old-fashioned family recipe. OK some weeks I choose more than 4 just because it to hard to pick just one, and it's my blog so I can change the rules. 

Internet Genealogy – a great genealogy or internet tip that will benefit any armchair genealogist
This week’s mention:

Definitely this little website, 1DollarScan is a worthwhile bookmark for all genealogists. I learned about it this week from Dick Eastman, in his post Scan and Digitize Your Books for $1.00. Prepare to be amazed!


Writing Your Family History – great advice or information on writing your family history
This week’s mention

In Stories to Tell this week, I learned about Bruce Bothwell, who turned his father's journals as a hobo in the 1920's into a print book.Publishing Journals and Letters with Bruce Bothwell is a great podcast about his experience in the writing and self-publishing world. Learn from his mistakes and be sure to look up his book, On the Tramp. 


Julie at GenWriter shared with us this week another great post, 4 Resources for Writing Your Family History which include 3 books and a webinar. 




New Genealogy Blog – we will tip our hat to a newcomer who impresses us right out of the box
This week’s mention:  

I love, love, love the premise of this blog, The Brick Wall Protocol. This is great for those of us who need some advanced help with our brick walls. The steps are laid out very clearly so you can easily apply them to your own situation. I'm giving it a try on my Irish roadblock. Jerry Jones is the author of multiple blogs and clearly has thought this out very carefully, it has a clear purpose. At the risk of repeating myself, Love it Jerry. 


Family Recipe - a blog that makes us want to eat, and offers up a great old-fashioned family recipe to share on Family Recipe Friday.
This week's mention: 

Mountain Genealogists always has great recipes to share and this iced tea recipe by Grandma Bean is no exception. I'm going to give it a try only thing I'm missing is the big ol' porch swing. 

You can find more newcomers at Thomas' list of New Genealogy Blogs at Geneabloggers.  


For other great reads, Randy at Genea-Musings offers the Best of the Genea-Blogs. 


 Stop by the Week in Review by John at Transylvanian Dutch for another great round-up. 

Have a great genealogy week, keep researching and writing!