Someone else in the Under-13s!
If I were to split genealogists into sporting divisions, I'm guessing the U13s would be... well... a pretty piss-poor turn-out. I was consequently VERY excited to see someone else has put in an entry to the Treelines contest which reveals she began as a 12 year old, same as yours truly! It's a wonderful thing to begin genealogy no matter what your age, but those of us who started as younglings are few and far between, so I'm always pumped to find another one. It's a challenge to add pictures to a story about a 12 year old, so you won't be seeing an entry from me, but I'll really be hoping that this one here features in the winner's list.
Genea-Musings: Treelines has a Family Storytelling Contest on "Getting Started"
Yes, this is really how it feels sometimes.
Thanks for posting about the contest! The story you liked was written by me, Tammy, the founder of Treelines, so unfortunately I can't award myself a prize. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat said, I *would* love to get another getting-started-young story in there for the same reasons you liked mine. Even if you don't want to post any pictures of yourself (hey, I risked it!), you could always just use scans of records or old family photographs instead...?
Personally, I love reading other stories about how people caught the bug so young!
Oh wow, I had not realised you had actually founded Treelines. That's amazing! You must be very proud of your work and the incredible stories people assemble using it. I'll have to see if I can smash my story into some kind of interesting and Treelines-friendly format. It's not nearly as cool as yours.
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