Diane Haddad, Managing Editor of Family Tree Magazine informed me that the California Genealogical Society and Library blog was named to the “Family Tree 40” after being voted one of the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy blogs!
The awards were given in several categories, as follows*:
All-Around
- Creative Gene by Jasia Smasha
- footnoteMaven by footnoteMaven
- GeneaBloggers by Thomas MacEntee
- Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
Cemetery
- The Association of Graveyard Rabbits by several authors
- Granite in My Blood by Midge Frazel
Corporate
- Ancestry.com Blog by various authors
Genetic Genealogy
- The Genetic Genealogist by Blaine Bettinger
Heritage
- George Geder by George Geder
- Scottish Genealogy News and Events by Chris Paton
- Small Leaved Shamrock by Lisa
- Steve’s Genealogy Blog by Stephen Danko
- Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
How-To
- Family Matters by Denise Barrett Olson
- Genealogy Guys by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith
- Genealogy Tip of the Day by Michael John Neill
- The ProGenealogists Blog by various authors
Local & Regional
- California Genealogical Society and Library Blog by Kathryn Doyle
- Sandusky History by the staff of the Sandusky (Ohio) Library Archives Research Center
- Midwestern Microhistory by Harold Henderson
News & Resources
- The Ancestry Insider by theAncestry Insider
- DearMyrtle by Pat Richley-Erickson
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter by Dick Eastman
- GenealogyBlog by Leland Meitzler
Photos & Heirlooms
- The Family Curator by Denise Levenick
- Shades of the Departed by footnoteMaven
Personal & Family
- Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors by Miriam Midkiff
- Apple’s Tree by anonymous
- BeNotForgot by Vickie Everhart
- Educated Genealogist by Sheri Fenley
- Greta’s Genealogy Blog by Greta Koehl
- Heritage Happens by Cheryl Fleming Palmer
- Herstoryan by Herstoryan
- Janet the Researcher by Janet Iles
- Kinexxions by Becky Wiseman
- Little Bytes of Life by Elizabeth
- Our Georgia Roots by Luckie Daniels
- WeTree by Amy Coffin
- West in New England by Bill West
- What’s Past is Prologue by Donna Pointkouski
In the online version of the magazine article, which appears in the May 2010 issue, Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, had this to say about the CGSL blog:
Even though I don’t have California roots, this is one of my personal favorites—you get a feel for this community that hangs together to solve genealogical problems. Society member Kathryn Doyle delivers news about the group, as well as local genealogy events and resources. On Wordless Wednesday, you get a peek behind the scenes of the organization.
Thank you, Maureen; thank you Family Tree Magazine and thank you to everyone who voted! I’m honored to be listed with such august company!
*Links reprinted here with permission of Diane Haddad, Managing Editor, Family Tree Magazine.
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2010