BLOGIVERSARY - NOW WE ARE THREE

Three years ago after discovering the geneablogging community
I set out to write my own blog---and failed.

Yes, now it can be told. My first geneablog was a failure. I was new
to this whole idea and started out enthusiastically and wrote
five posts within a few days for my blog which I'd named
West of New England. But when I went to add a new post a day
or so later, I discovered I couldn't recall the password for the blog.
After about a half an hour I gave up and just recreated the blog.
I'd saved what I'd written so I created a new blogger account
and started a new geneablog, West in New England. And that's why
the first five posts are all dated Jan 23,2007.

It's been a fun three years. I've enjoyed being part of the geneablogger
community, both in reading so many great blogs and in sharing what
I've discovered about the many branches of my family tree. This
past year has fairly been productive for me because of all of the
records I've found online that provided so much blogging material, so
much so that I'll soon hit post #700.

I want to thank all those who read West in New England and especially
those who've given me feedback through comments and emails. I really
appreciate that.

I hope all of you have enjoyed reading this blog as much as I am enjoying
writing it!