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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: 


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:


Need some tips on scanning, check out ScanFest is Coming by AnceStories; The Stories of My Ancestors. Miriam explains what ScanFest is, and offers some solid basic tips for scanning. Although Scanfest was this past Sunday,  Miriam offers a replay here, so you can get familiar and ready for the next one. 


Long Lost Relatives offers a great list of free e-books that could help your genealogy business. Click here to check it out. 


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

I found this great article on self-publishing for those of you thinking of dipping your toe in the waters, In the Mind of the self-published is well worth reading. 

If you read my post on the writing tool Scrivener, then you might find this article helpful, Scrivener - 5 Tips on Organizing Documents


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

Molly shares with us, her grandparents relationship through the letters they shared throughout World War II in her blog Brooklyn in Love and at War


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: 


My Ancestors and Me shares a wonderful find this week. Nancy shares a cookbook that belonged to her grandmother and written in her grandmother's own hand. Her post  Her Websters Spelling Recipe Book - Cover and Page 1,  shares a couple of recipes from page one of the book. I think I will try the Soft Ginger Bread cookies. Looking forward to see the rest of the book. 
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.  Greta does a great job at Greta’s Genealogy Bog, she offers the Follow Friday Newsletter each week, click here for this week’s edition

Have a great genealogy week, keep searching and writing!