Blogiversary!

I didn\’t find it strange that Americans and Canadians would be at the top of the list. The flow back and forth of our ancestors across the border would guarantee that many American researchers would be looking for Canadian resources. Since the provinces govern their own rules about privacy and access to most of the records a genealogist would look at, they tend to vary widely. Both an American and a Canadian researcher would find my posts helpful in trying to navigate the waters. What I did find surprising was the huge difference in the numbers between #1 and #2. I expected the numbers to be much closer.

• Top 10 Blog Posts

It\’s nice to see a cross section of Canada as far as the top posts go. I have lots of ideas in the works for future posts. But if any of you have suggestions for future posts, then by all means drop me a line through the contact information on my contact page.

I\’d Like to Thank the Academy….

Now here\’s where I get mushy. One of the reasons that I\’ve had a great first year in my blog has been due to the support of other bloggers. The genealogy blogging community is very supportive of each other in general. I\’ve been able to reach out to other bloggers with questions and they\’ve been very kind in offering support. A few of my fellow bloggers have been kind enough to direct people to some of my blog posts, and I thank you all for mention. There\’s two bloggers who have been my biggest mentors and cheerleaders though. They have highlighted my blog regularly in their own blogs, and given me wonderful encouragement. I can\’t thank them enough. So a special thank you goes to Gail Dever of Genealogy a la carte and Penny Allen of UK to Canada Genealogy.

There\’s also another thank you I\’d like to give to the Ontario Genealogical Society. They have also featured a few of my blog posts in their OGS eWeekly Update. One in particular they highlighted was my post on finding city directories. Thanks to the mention from them, the descendants of one of my grandmother\’s brothers contacted me. I\’ve been able to take that branch of my tree 2 more generations back, and gain new cousins I never knew I had. So thank you OGS!

Last but certainly not least, I\’d like to thank you the reader. As much as I enjoy blogging, it\’s because of the people reading this that I\’ve had such a successful first year. So it\’s not only my blogiversary, but yours as well. Cheers and here\’s to a great first year of helping you find your Canadian story!