Two Surprises in One Day

Yesterday I received a notification telling me that this blog had made it on the list of Feedspot's 100 Best Genealogy Blogs and Websites in 2025.

https://bloggers.feedspot.com/genealogy_blogs/

I am flabbergasted and honoured to find my little blog, that was launched in 2008, ranked in a very healthy spot seventeen years later on this list of international genealogy blogs.

Coincidentally the power of blogs to preserve and share family stories also hit home yesterday.

Just yesterday I found a new 1st cousin once removed as the result of a large DNA match popping up. On contacting me this young man said "Only recently have I started hearing about the family but always been curious hence why I finally did the test". and then "I was interested as we never knew our real grandparents and their backgrounds and also just curious to know how far back we go and the rest."

Over the years I have blogged the stories of this chap's ancestors in posts on my GeniAus blog. I may have overwhelmed him but I was able to quickly share links to stories about his grandparents, earlier generations, his aboriginality, his convict ancestors, war heroes etc. He now has plenty of time to digest this info over the coming weeks and months. I am thrilled that I have a resource that can help new to me cousins discover their backgrounds. 

The power of blogging to preserve the stories of earlier generations cannot be underestimated.