The One Lovely Blog Award has been going around the blogosphere in recent weeks. This morning to my surprise, I discovered that I had received this oh so lovely award from Shauna Hicks of SHHE Genie Rambles & Diary of an Australian Genealogist. Shauna is the sole co-ordinator of National Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand, and she does this voluntarily. I am always eager to read her blog posts and articles in Inside History magazine. I love all that she does for genealogy in Australia, plus she’s a wonderful person too! I was very lucky to meet her at the launch of National Family History Month last year.
Here are the Rules for the “One Lovely
Blog Award”:
1. Thank the person
who nominated you and link to that blog
2. Share Seven things
about yourself – refer below
3. Nominate 15
bloggers you admire (or as many as you can think of!) – also listed below
4. Contact your
bloggers to let them know that you’ve tagged them for the One Lovely Blog Award
Seven Things about Myself
- I have lived in the same suburb my entire life thus far, except for one year when I lived in Virginia when I was a baby.
- I am double jointed. I betcha didn't know that did ya? I get a lot of requests from the kids at work to show my double jointed fingers.
- I have always loved cemeteries. Even before I knew genealogy existed.
- When I was a kid, I wanted to be a teacher. I studied Education for the first 2 years at Uni. It was towards the end of the second year, and just after I caught the genealogy bug that I realized I was not enjoying it and wanted to do something else. That something else turned into Criminology and it was one of the best decisions of my life.
- I have always been a shy and quiet person, so making YouTube videos and participating in Google Hangouts is a very big step for me.
- I am 23 and still don't have my drivers license. I got my Learners at the end of 2007 for ID purposes, but never actually wanted to drive until last year. Currently I have done 75 hours of driving out of the required 100.
- I absolutely love reading. I fall in love with books and stories so easily. I can stay up reading for hours. I buy books a lot quicker than I can read them. My To Read shelf is overflowing and I'm now making stacks on the floor. I don't even have room for books that I have read anymore.
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| Reading with my Poppa! |
Nominate 15 Bloggers You Admire (or as many as you can think of)
I have decided to nominate 7. I know quite a few people have been
nominated already, so I’d like to spread the love to some others and hope you
check out their blogs too. Please do not feel offended if your blog is not on the
list – this was just off the top of my head. I love the genea-blogging
community!
- Of Trees & Ink by Heather Collins. Heather is another young genealogist under the age of 30. I was super
excited when I discovered her last year! Heather & I co-run Young &Savvy Genealogists together which is awesome. She also does very informative
and creative YouTube videos and has an epic love for gifs like I do.
- Elyses Genealogy Blog by Elyse Doerflinger. Elyse is a young genealogist who introduced me to the
world of the NextGen Genealogy Network. I love reading her blog – her recent
post on collaborative genealogy was really neat! Elyse speaks at a lot of
genealogy seminars and events and is a big supporter of engaging the next
generation.
- A. Warde & Co. by Ameya Warde. Ameya and I kind of stumbled upon each other late last year. She’s only
been blogging for a year, but I’m always intrigued by anything that she has to
say. She’s also done a YouTube video too! I’d love to do a genealogy
collaboration video one day with Ameya, Heather & Elyse. Now wouldn’t that
be hella awesome?!
- Ruths Ancestors by Ruth Hogan, another young genealogist. Can you sense a theme here? Ruth is an avid blogger who is also following The Book of Me, Written by You prompts.
- Ancestral Breezes by Jen Baldwin. She runs #genchat and Conference Keeper and she is awesome. Need I say more?
- Confuse The Dead by Laurie Desmarais. Laurie has recently been blogging about her Mastering Genealogical Proof Class. Plus she is a rad chick!
- Your Roots Are Showing Dearie by Liam Hobbes. He’s the barkeep during #genchat and his blog makes me giggle with delight! You just need to read it okay.
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| A little something for everyone! ^_^ |
Thankyou Caitlin!
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