Happy 9th Blogiversary!

It’s been nine years since I started this blog. It is actually my second blog. I had started Mam-ma’s Southern Family in six months earlier, but it was too constricting writing only about one line. I needed someplace to write about my many other lines as well as my husband’s line, thus the start of My Trails into the Past.

In the past year, I have written 138 posts covering several topics:

• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: 38 posts. I did not always find the theme inviting.

• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 35 posts, with the rest on Mam-ma’s Southern Family.

• Monday Genea-pouri: 52 posts, one for each week. I write mostly about my genealogy activities but also about other activities, and I try to post a few photos I have taken of nature during the week. This spring, this theme has been the place to record how Coronavirus has affected our activities.

• Family stories: 12 posts about the Gorrell, Hutson, Davey, and Hork families.

I have been writing more non-themed posts this past year, focusing on research I have done. I wrote five posts this spring about my father-in-law’s service during World War II and have more planned. Quite a few of the 52 Ancestors posts are also about my research.

I do enjoy writing these posts and hope to continue at least on the same pace.

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