Tumblr Goodness

Personally as a 'word' person I've never bothered much with Tumblr, but when the EE FB* page linked to this it was too good not to share: 50 Shades of Genealogy (SFW) . I haven't checked, but I'm guessing the author is another genXalogist. It mostly contains short animations connected with genealogical moments most of us would definitely relate to! Readers will no doubt have realised that I love making and sharing my own genealogy memes, so I always love it when I get to see someone else out there is making genealogy related funnies.

 



Poor Bad Luck Brian, still waiting to win the genealogical lottery
 

* I'm rocking the acronyms today: that's "Evidence Explained" and "Facebook". "SFW" is "Safe for Work", just in case the 50 Shades allusion had anyone worried!

Disclosure Statement

Oh dear God, has it come to this?

 

I was perusing a favourite blog of mine recently by a fellow gen-Xer (http://www.lonetester.com/- check it out, especially if you're in Australia and/or like reading the work of fellow genXalogists)* and I see that according to US law I am supposed to have a disclosure statement. Ye gods! A person can't do anything any more. I blame Sexual Harassment Panda. Anyway...

 

At this point I'm not receiving any money for this blog. Maybe one day Adsense will realise I have some written content and some poor sap will be suckered into clicking on the linkies  I will derive a small pittance from people clicking on advertising which might pay for the odd certificate here or there, but in the meantime I'm doing it for the love of it. I am not an official blogger for any genealogy event (or official anything, for that matter) nor do I derive my income from anything genealogical. I do teach at a school and once a year inflict basic family history on my year 9s for about three weeks, but that is purely for their own good because it's part of our school's curriculum and is no more for my financial benefit than any other unit I am required to deliver.

 

All products, blogs, companies etc. I mention are referred to because either they did something I like, or more likely that I wanted to hang shit on them about something, 'cause I'm a gen-Xer and that's how us cynical bastards roll.

 

 

I feel dirty even having to post something so legal-ese. It makes me feel like next I'll be producing nuclear power in small-town America.

 

* I suppose in the spirit of full disclosure I should mention two members of my family married members of Ms. Lonetester's family but this in no way contributes to the likelihood of me referencing her blog.



Genea-Musings: Treelines has a Family Storytelling Contest on "Getting Started"

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.