I’m not sure what exactly made me look, but I realized that
I had just missed my 16th Blog Anniversary. Some of you may know, I
started out blogging with a local newspaper, and because I wanted some control
over my posts, I asked and was told there was no problem with setting up a
duplicate blog on Blogger.
My original blog was called Desktop Genealogist,
so naturally the duplicate blog was named, Desktop Genealogist Unplugged.
I took a big, long break from my blog writing. There were a lot of reasons for the break. I had pretty much lost my focus. I got caught up in the likes and clicks. I had health issues.
The group I was part of had decided to go on Facebook, and I was then and am now, diametrically opposed to Facebook. I get why others use it. My children have bemoaned that I was missing pictures of their babies, my foreign friends have hinted strongly that it would make life easier, and family and friends have repeatedly told me how “out of the loop” I am.
Meh. I have always
done my own thing, and my thing has never been about doing what everyone else
is doing. It is one of the few personal quirks I
have come to value in myself. (Please don’t ask me about the personal traits I don’t
value. The list would be tediously long!)
So, Happy 16th Blog Anniversary to me. (Only a
little late.)
If you are interested, here are the top all-time viewed blog posts.
1. “Tri-Racial Isolate: A Hidden Ancestry” posted 12 Jan
2009
2. "My Seneca County Ohio Roots" posted 1 March 2009
3. “How about it, AncestryDNA, wanna be my hero?” posted 30 Sept 2014
4. “Looking for Catherine” posted
1 Feb 2009
5. “Death Certificates - Sources of Primary & Secondary Information" posted 31 Sept 2007
6. “In Honor of the First US Woman Becoming a Presidential Nominee of a Major Party ” posted 7 June 2016
7. “What do Fill Dirt, a 1500 Year Old Indian Mound, and the Wal-Mart Corporation have in common? Nothing Good!” posted 11 July 2009
8. “A Webinar, a database, and the forgotten African American Ancestor” posted 16 Feb 2009
9. “This Little Piggy” posted 14 April 2008
10. “Because the Boat Rocked” posted 24 May 2009
The most viewed blog post that I have posted in the last year?
"Wordless Wednesday - Christmas Massacre" posted 21 Dec 2022
When I write, I write for myself. If other people find the blog and like
something I have written, that’s great. But in the end, and I forgot this at one time,
I write what I feel I need to say. And that is enough for me.
