BLOGIVERSARY: NOW WE ARE SIX

Six years ago today I started this West in New England blog, and as has become
tradition on my blogiversary I'm posting the story of its beginnng:

"."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."

And that's also how I learned the first rule of blogging, "Don't forget

your password!" "

During these six years I've had 130,169 page views and written
1300 posts. The top five most viewed posts were:

THE CANCELLATION OF "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" May 14, 2012, 6 comments	491
THE GENEALOGIST'S TIME CAPSULE CHALLENGE Feb 9, 2012, 11 comments	450
WHAT IS THE WORTH OF A GENEALOGY BLOG? Dec 20, 2010, 17 comments	352
THE GIPSY IN THE FAMILY Feb 9, 2012, 4 comments	318
THE HEIGHT OF GENEA-FASHION Mar 20, 2011, 6 comments	278

  
But I don't worry about how many people view West in New 
England or about making the "Best of" lists because what makes 
it enjoyable for me is sharing what I've found in researching my
family, especially with the relatives who've found me through 
this blog.

I want to thank all those who've read the blog and left comments,
those who've taken part in the memes and Challenges over the
years, and those who've provided suggestions and answers 
when I've been puzzled by something or other I've discovered 
along the way,
 
I'm still having fun writing about what I find researching my family
history, and I hope you all enjoy reading about it as much as I do
the writing!