The Ontario Genealogical Society Conference was held from June 3rd to 5th. I also attended the OCAPG pre-conference on June 2nd.
As many of you who read this blog already know I handed out “Blogging Beads” to those who write a genealogy blog. I wasn’t sure how many I would get. My blog and Twitter promotions highlighted a few people who were bloggers and attending conference. A few found me during the conference and I found a few others.
This tradition was started by Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers. I asked him if I could start the same tradition at the OGS 2015 Conference in Barrie and he kindly agreed. We had the pleasure of Thomas’ attendance at the conference as a speaker for both OGS and OCAPG. I like to make sure I give him the first set of beads so he got his on Thursday. Then I started hunting for bloggers!
If you received beads and are not on the list please contact me and you will be added to the list. If you were at conference and our paths never crossed please leave a comment below with a link to your blog and I will update the list.
Here is a list of bloggers who received beads this year. You will also find a link to their blogs so please go and visit them.
Thomas MacEntee Geneabloggers
Lisa Louise Cooke Genealogy Gems
Lynn Palermo The Armchair Genealogist
Maurice Gleeson DNA and Family Tree Research
Daniel Horowitz My Heritage Blog
Alan Campbell The Ontario Genealogical Society Blog
Elise Cole Librarians Helping Canadian Genealogists Climb Family Trees
Patricia Greber My Genealogy Life
Gail Dever Genealogy à la carte
Cindi Moynahan-Foreman My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
Louis Kessler Behold Genealogy
Mags Gaulden Grandma’s Genes
Daniel Heidt Waterloo Innovations
Kathryn Lake Hogan Looking 4 Ancestors
Janet Isles Janet the Researcher
Jane MacNamara Where the story takes me…
Ellen Thompson-Jennings Hound on the Hunt
Jo Stanbridge Storydello
Nancy Trimble Durham Region Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
John D Reid Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Marian Press It’s My Ancestry
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Just so you know, I’m now thinking about taking your advice and starting a research/ancestor blog.
Start writing down topics that come to mind. Then when the urge to start begins you will have some topics at hand to start writing. Jump in and have fun!
Thanks for this post Ruth! I was so happy to meet you at the OGS 2016 conference and get my green beads!! I mentioned it on my blog post http://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.ca/2016/06/ogs-toronto-conference-2016-highlights.html
It was great to meet with you Cindi! It took us a while to find each other but Twitter was a great help 😉 Good luck with the blogging! Hope to see you next year at OGS 2017.