GenStack
November 16, 2024
If you are a family historian who appreciates quality content from other family historians who are committed to genealogy and love it just as much as you do, you have arrived at just in time for this week’s Saturday Roundup!
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If you have been reading GenStack for a while now, you may have noticed its been spruced up a bit.
Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
GenStack Featured with Robin Stewart
Stacked this Week
Video Presentations
Podcasts
Ancestor Digest
Coming Events
GenStack News
Additional This Week
Each week, GenStack highlights Featured Posts that are recommended for anyone interested in genealogy and family history. You will find them here, and also in my new podcast, GenStack Featured with Robin Stewart.
Paul writes:
My name is Paul Chiddicks and welcome to My Family History blog.
Firstly a little bit about me and why I began tracing my Family Tree;
I am 59 years old and I am Married with two grown up children and live in Cheshire in England, having moved from my roots in Essex, through my work, around 25 years ago.
I began researching my family tree almost thirty years ago, initially find out more about my Dad who sadly died when I was just three years old, and I haven’t stopped searching and asking questions since! I also have a keen interest in Military History, in particular WW1 and like many of us, I have a number of Ancestors who sadly lost their lives, in the various campaigns of WW1.
Some of you might also recognise me from @twitter my username is @chiddickstree and I am a regular host of Twitter’s Tuesday night “Genealogy Feast”, known as #AncestryHour. I also write a regular Blog for Family Tree Magazine and some of my previous blogs can be found via this Link
I am also the ‘face’ behind the name of Family Tree Magazine’s ‘Dear Paul’ pages, where I write a regular Family History general miscellany column.
I am also a moderator on the very welcoming Forum called Family Tree Forum, link Here
I am a member of a number of local Family History Societies and I volunteer on a weekly basis with my local Family History Society in Cheshire, as well as being the twitter poster for the North West Kent Family History Society. As you can see, I like to get involved as much as I can within The Family History Community, I am very conscious of trying to “put something back” into this wonderful hobby that we all love.
The Family Histories Podcast: S08EP02 – ‘The Twin’ with Sylvia Valentine
The Ancestor Digest will replace the Sixteens Section in GenStack. Each week, more ancestors written about in blogs, newsletters, and other forms of digital media will be added to The Ancestor Digest, a curated gallery of articles and posts about specific ancestors. Each new entry during the week will be noted here in this section.
This will take some time to curate so please be patient with me.
RootsTech 2025 Class Preview
Registration is Open
Update on Genealogy Matters Publishers Group
Genealogy Matters Publishers Group will now be known as GenStack Membership. This is just so much easier.
If you are a member of the Genealogy Matters Publishers Group, you are automatically a member of GenStack Membership. Same group with a new name and new logo.
With your GenStack Membership - You will:
✅Be added to the “Above the Fold” section of GenStack.
✅Be added to GenStack Library
✅When you write about your Ancestors, they can be indexed in the Ancestor Digest.
✅Be eligible for GenStack Featured
✅Be part of a group of family historians who create digital content and have access to strategies for:
Ranking on Google with emphasis on a larger Genealogy audience.
Improved visibility with backlinks
SEO
Collaboration
GenStack Membership is at capacity at this time!
If you are interested in becoming a member, watch for a self-assessment that will be coming out later this week.
A waiting list is forming if you want to hold your place in line for being considered for membership.
You can email me at
genealogymatters@cuzens.com
to be added to the list for the next set of openings coming in December. All applications will be considered in order of the list.
Questions? Feel free to DM me.
Note to current GenStack Members - Watch for the GenStack Self-Assessment for Genealogy and Family History Content Creators in your inbox this week.
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18. The List of People
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Celebrating those who served
Activity 3: Add a Memory to Family Tree
Who is Frances Czaikowski?
German Books Added
The 4 Part Framework to Craft Headlines About Your Ancestors That Spark Curiosity and Connection
Not One Stone Touched Her
Genealogy, DNA, and my niece...
My sixteen
How to request your ancestor's Alien File (A-File)
Family Find FRIDAY!
How much beer? A brilliant read
Another Song at Sunset
Pytro Buries a Priest
Friday Genealogy Miscellany #4
Which Aaron King served in the Mexican War?
My Sixteen – John William Giles
The king is dead, all hail (etc)
Thank you so much for the mention. Another fine list - can you organise more time in the week so I can read all your mentions?
Thanks so much for featuring me Robin I am deeply humbled and I really appreciate all the work that you do here to promote the perk of others. I can’t thank you enough