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: 

Monday Morning Mentiions
When Fear Holds You Back From Doing Your Best Research
What Genealogy has Taught Me About Being Canadian 

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:

What will the Google+ Project Mean for Genealogy? I have yet to venture into the world of Google+, saw it didn't really understand it, or should I say didn't take the time to understand  it. Randy shows us where to get up to date and how he things this will affect genealogy. 


Kimberly Powell offers a great article on geotagging your photos at About.com. Kimberly, the resident genealogy blogger at About.com offers her post Tech-Tuesday Geotagging Photos from your Camera. I haven't taken a run at this task yet but Kimberly breaks it down in simple terms. I might give this a try on my upcoming trip to Montreal. 

Writing Your Family History – great advice or information on writing your family history

This week’s mention:

For those of you writing and thinking about self-publishing or think it's too hard, I encourage you to take at look at this post by Joel Friedlander,  Meet Three Most Amazing Teenage Self-Publishers is in fact three videos.  Listen to their stories and be inspired. It proves the point that the only thing between you and self-publishing is the learning. 


Planning Your Family History Book: What's Your Style? by Bill Barnes at Stories to Tell, gives you some food for thought when it comes to choosing your style of family history book. 

New Genealogy Blog – we will tip our hat to a newcomer who impresses us right out of the box

This week’s mention:  


Greenealogist's Corner, you must stop by and say hi to this young writer. WIth 14 years of living under her belt, she is wise beyond her years, and a very good writer. Please stop by an offer this young new genealogist  your support. 

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: 

This week a shout out  to the Robertson/Kubberness Connection. Gwen shares a wonderful gift she received from her father. A recipe book filled with family recipes. She shares the first of many in her Family Recipe Friday post Mashed Potato Donuts. 

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!