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Monday Morning Mentions

Monday Morning Mentions at the Armchair Genealogists is an opportunity to reflect on what has been happening at the Armchair Genealogist this past week 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, 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. 

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



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

Randy  at Genea-Musings  gave us some great information this week on Probate Records.  His Tuesday's Tip: Find Probate Records of Your Ancestors was a great primer to get you up to speed on these under utilized records.  

I also have to send a huge shout out to  Ancestral Wormhole, Tony provides us with a great template for keeping our ancestors vital records in order  for free! Nice work Tony! You can download your copy here.

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

Carolyn McCray at Digital Book World gave us a great post with constructive useful information in her article  Best Practices for Amazon Ebook Sales.   

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

With just a under a year of experience to her name, The New Genealogist is sharing her journey on her new blog of the same name. Stop by and give her a shout out. 

 
 
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: 
There were so many great recipes this week, but in keeping with the season
Aquamarinesteph shares her mother-in-laws Passover recipe for Passover Bagels!
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 and Greta’s Genealogy Bog offers Follow Friday Newsletter each week, click here for this week’s edition.

Have a great genealogy week, keep searching and writing!