tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post3843756483971835385..comments2023-10-11T23:46:08.194-04:00Comments on West in New England: A FEW THOUGHTSBill Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-79120296717706504132011-03-02T17:28:18.500-05:002011-03-02T17:28:18.500-05:00I also agree...I blog because I like to do it and ...I also agree...I blog because I like to do it and I read others because they have good ideas and tips that may help me. <br /><br />I do not want people to criticize what I do because it is not a thesis for grad school.<br /><br />I keep my information and if a cousins finds me I can share where I got the information with family.<br /><br />If I were a professional genealogist I would be citing every minutiae of my findings but I won't for my blog because when it becomes a requirement I am not interested because it will no longer be fun.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-25009365918900635592011-03-02T10:37:43.657-05:002011-03-02T10:37:43.657-05:00Amen to that! We must give credit where credit is ...Amen to that! We must give credit where credit is due, as you clearly do. But there is no point is frightening potential bloggers into silence.<br /><br />I once transcribed the compiled genealogy of a beginning researcher, only because I had a better computer program for laying out a book. What came through loud and clear were his comments about his mom. On his 9-pin printer, he had printed her pages in yellow, her favorite color. Though it took little work with the local printing service, we got his mom's pages printed in yellow before the library binding was done.<br /><br />It's all about telling the story of our ancestors as we see it.<br /><br />As our research (and writing) progresses, hopefully we improve. But at least we are in the conversation, putting things out there. This makes it easier to run into cousins we didn't know like you have who can also share their genealogy gleanings.<br /><br />Isn't technology great?!DearMYRTLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684472865240981715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-55269310656007670872011-03-02T08:04:34.821-05:002011-03-02T08:04:34.821-05:00I agree with you - family history research and wri...I agree with you - family history research and writing about what you find should be fun. I guess if you were going to make it into the next best non-fiction bestseller, you'd need to be scrupulous with citations, but I'm not in it for that.<br /><br />And I suspect you aren't either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-52795951673809882032011-03-02T05:07:38.278-05:002011-03-02T05:07:38.278-05:00I think this is a great commentary on the subject....I think this is a great commentary on the subject. I write a blog because I like to write, and want to share the interesting things I have learned. It is not a dry history, but some of the posts are pretty dry. If my sources are incomplete or incorrect, or don't exist, I hope everyone will remember I am not writing a scholarly journal; I am writing a personal diary which includes tidbits of my family history. If my punctuation is screwed up, oh well.GrannyPamhttp://www.warrenweb.info/genealogynoreply@blogger.com