Today is the second anniversary of Steve’s Genealogy blog!<\/p>\n
Two years ago, I wrote my first tentative post and then proceeded to fly to Salt Lake City for the United Polish Genealogical Societies (UPGS) Conference .\u00a0Several of my first posts were written in the Family History Library itself.<\/p>\n
As it turns out, the UPGS 2008 Conference starts on Friday evening, so I’ll be blogging directly from the Family History Library again this weekend.<\/p>\n
As of today, I’ve written 730 articles, which works out to almost exactly one post per day for two years. Not bad.<\/p>\n
From the start, one of the primary goals of\u00c2\u00a0this blog was to publish my family history and link the events in the family history to images of the original documents. I want people to see how I came to the conclusions I did. I want people to point out errors. I want people to provide suggestions. I want the world to see that the genealogies I’ve compiled are worthy of their confidence and trust.<\/p>\n
And, I want to share my work with others.<\/p>\n
Anyone who reads this blog can take the facts I’ve compiled and use them in their own family history research without any need to ask permission. However, the narratives I’ve written and the photographs I’ve taken are copyrighted. If anyone wishes to\u00c2\u00a0reproduce any content to which I own the copyright, I\u00c2\u00a0simply request that\u00c2\u00a0you ask my permission and credit me as the author.<\/p>\n
In the course of posting these records, I’ve connected with cousins in Poland, England, and the United States\u00c2\u00a0who found information\u00c2\u00a0about our common ancestors on my blog. I’ve also connected with a few people who may be related, but we still need to\u00c2\u00a0find some original sources with primary information in order to confirm our relationship.<\/p>\n
I’ve received\u00c2\u00a0queries from a number of people asking me for genealogical guidance and advice. I try to help people out when I can. Likewise, I’ve received messages from a number of people providing me with advice, information, and corrections to what I have posted. Thanks to everyone who has helped me in my genealogical research. I really would not be as far along in my research without their help!<\/p>\n
Three other genealogy bloggers also started a blog in April 2006: Randy Seaver<\/span><\/a>, Megan Smolenyak<\/span><\/a>, and Joe Beine<\/span><\/a>. Here’s to two years of blogging and\u00c2\u00a0a virtual toast\u00c2\u00a0for many more!<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is the second anniversary of Steve’s Genealogy blog! Continue reading