A Boffo Weekend!
Well, let's see . . .
Just in the past few days:
1. Because of what one of the participants in the BlackSheep mailing list of the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists suggested, I have a genealogy blog. The name is a pun (those who know me are groaning, "Of course."): Karen About Genealogy. The URL is http://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com.
2. I've only made four posts and I'm already involved in a blog carnival, the Festival of Postcards, which begins this Wednesday. The site for the host of the Festival can be accessed through the Geneabloggers website at http://www.geneabloggers.com. Look for the section on Genealogy Blog Carnivals. My post is on using post cards to flesh out the social history background of our ancestors.
3. My blog has already got 6 followers. 11 people went and took a look because another person tweeted about my blog.
4. My husband and I had a great time on a beautiful day Saturday going out to Kingsley Plantation (National Park Service historic site) to hear one of my UNF history professors speak about his latest book (which I then talked about in my blog, because it has uses for family historians). We then had a wonderful seafood lunch at a restaurant right on the St. Johns River.
5. I got an e-mail from my publisher telling me that my book on the colonial, territorial, and state censuses of Florida has passed smoothly through the preliminary editing stage with no stops from the copy editor and is on its way into the first production phase. My next steps will be proofing the page proofs and constructing the index.
6. We have actually had some real RAIN here in northeast Florida. And it has been cool! We've already had temperatures up in the low 90s, but today the high was in the low 60s. It's wonderful. I love it.
7. Because I sent an e-mail about my new blog to the 2nd V.P. of our genealogy society, who is in charge of programs, I'm speaking at the June meeting -- on blogs and podcasts!
An eventful few days.
Just in the past few days:
1. Because of what one of the participants in the BlackSheep mailing list of the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists suggested, I have a genealogy blog. The name is a pun (those who know me are groaning, "Of course."): Karen About Genealogy. The URL is http://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com.
2. I've only made four posts and I'm already involved in a blog carnival, the Festival of Postcards, which begins this Wednesday. The site for the host of the Festival can be accessed through the Geneabloggers website at http://www.geneabloggers.com. Look for the section on Genealogy Blog Carnivals. My post is on using post cards to flesh out the social history background of our ancestors.
3. My blog has already got 6 followers. 11 people went and took a look because another person tweeted about my blog.
4. My husband and I had a great time on a beautiful day Saturday going out to Kingsley Plantation (National Park Service historic site) to hear one of my UNF history professors speak about his latest book (which I then talked about in my blog, because it has uses for family historians). We then had a wonderful seafood lunch at a restaurant right on the St. Johns River.
5. I got an e-mail from my publisher telling me that my book on the colonial, territorial, and state censuses of Florida has passed smoothly through the preliminary editing stage with no stops from the copy editor and is on its way into the first production phase. My next steps will be proofing the page proofs and constructing the index.
6. We have actually had some real RAIN here in northeast Florida. And it has been cool! We've already had temperatures up in the low 90s, but today the high was in the low 60s. It's wonderful. I love it.
7. Because I sent an e-mail about my new blog to the 2nd V.P. of our genealogy society, who is in charge of programs, I'm speaking at the June meeting -- on blogs and podcasts!
An eventful few days.