Pages

Friday, December 27, 2013

Accentuate the Positive 2013 Geneameme



Twelve months ago I published this geneameme and received several responses plus positive feedback about the activity so I am challenging you to take stock of the current year and share your good news once again. Here is what I posted last year.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At this time of year many geneabloggers take stock of what they have achieved or not achieved in the previous twelve months and set themselves goals for the coming year. I have been reading several of these posts this week.

I feel that a lot of my geneablogging friends are too hard on themselves; several have reported on their successes this year but quite a number have lamented that they haven't achieved as much as they set out to do or that they haven't blogged with the frequency they envisaged.

You are a bunch of highly motivated people who have made great strides in the genealogy sphere. Let's share the good news.

Accentuate the Positive 2013 Geneameme

On a whim this morning I decided to throw together a Geneameme in which you can share the positive results of your Genea Activities in 2012.

I invite you to take part in this activity by responding to the following statements/questions in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want. Once you have done so please share your post's link in a comment on this post or to me via social media. I will, in due course post a list of links to your contributions on this blog.

Remember to accentuate the positive - please delete the statements that are not relevant to your situation.

1.  An elusive ancestor I found was

2.  A precious family photo I found was

3.  An ancestor's grave I found was

4.  An important vital record I found was

5.  A newly found family member who shared

6.  A geneasurprise I received was

7.   My 2013 blog post that I was particularly proud of was

8.   My 2013 blog post that received a large number of hits or comments was

9.  A new piece of software I mastered was

10. A social media tool I enjoyed using for genealogy was

11. A genealogy conference/seminar/webinar from which I learnt something new was

12. I am proud of the presentation I gave at/to

13. A journal/magazine article I had published was

14. I taught a friend how to

15. A genealogy book that taught me something new was

16. A great repository/archive/library I visited was

17. A new genealogy/history book I enjoyed was

18. It was exciting to finally meet

19. A geneadventure I enjoyed was

20. Another positive I would like to share is

12 comments:

  1. Here's mine!

    http://genealogically-speaking.tumblr.com/post/71292712425/accentuate-the-positive-2013-geneameme

    ReplyDelete
  2. After tonight's Hangout I was all enthused to do this meme. Here is my blog post. http://blog.kyliesgenes.com/2013/12/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2/

    ReplyDelete
  3. Kylie, that is so sweet. I am thrilled that the Hangout enthused you. I'll read your post tomorrow as it's way past my bedtime

    ReplyDelete
  4. I'm a very new geneablogger, but here's mine! http://findingfrederick.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positive.html

    ReplyDelete
  5. This is a great meme. I hope lots of people take part. I'm accentuating the positive. :-)

    http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positive-2013.html

    ReplyDelete
  6. You set us quite a challenge Jill. Here is my response to most of the sections:
    http://www.exploringfamily.com/family-surnames/accentuate-positive-2013-geneameme/

    ReplyDelete
  7. And Mine :)
    http://missmuffett.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/geneameme-accentuate-positive.html

    ReplyDelete
  8. Here's mine - it's a 2-parter:

    http://genealogybugsherie.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positives-2013-geneameme.html

    http://genealogybugsherie.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positive-2013-geniaus.html

    ReplyDelete
  9. Here's mine! Thank you for posting this :) http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positive-2013-geneameme.html

    ReplyDelete
  10. Thanks everyone fro your responses. I have posted a list of links at http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/accentuate-positive-2013-geneameme_31.html

    ReplyDelete
  11. Just finished my list - here is the link http://www.shaunahicks.com.au/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2013/
    thanks Jill for another stimulating challenge!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Hi Jill - What a great idea to look back and think about what has been achieved. I enjoyed the prompts - thank you

    Anne

    http://ayfamilyhistory.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/accentuate-positive-2013-geneameme.html

    ReplyDelete

I'd love to hear what you have to say so I encourage you to say G'day in comments on my posts.

Sorry I have turned word verification on but I am just getting too much spam to allow comments without this feature.