For Blogging Class

1. Reasons to Blog For Family, Family History, and Genealogy
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

2. RESEARCH LOG
Share your research – Invite others to do that too

3. TELL FAMILY STORIES
Your children may want stories even if
they wont do family history

4. SHARE HOW TO DO FAMILY HISTORY
You have learned a few things and sharing can
bring people back

5. INFLUENCE FRIENDS OR FAMILY
There Is A Great Spirit and Bonding In Sharing
Our Family History

6. CONNECT WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS
Why do research alone. The future is in
collaboration

7. CONNECT WITH RELATIVES, EVEN THOSE UNKNOWN
Hey That is my cousin

8. THE PURPOSE OF LARRY CRAGUN FAMILY AND
FAMILY HISTORY BLOG
X Research blog (Separate blogs)
X Tell family stories
X Share how to do family history
X Influence friends or family
X Connect with other researchers
x Connect with other unknown relatives
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10. On April 22 I posted this
AND:
An unknown cousin
challenged 2 of my facts:
Larry there are some
discrepancy in your bolg
Simeon Wilbert 2 the first
is Blanche Bingham did
not have a miscarried if so
where did Reuben
Benjamin Grundy Cragun
come from his birth date is
1905 this was before they
were Married. The next is
Simeon did not sell the
farm to his eldest son it
was his youngest son.

11. 3 other people got involved
with this conversation: by
phone, on the blog, and in
facebook.
He was right on 1 point.

12. On April 25 I posted this
for fun AND:
2 Cousins unknown to me
became my new friends.
My sister asked me a
question
1 Unknown cousin said
she like what I posted
And 4 members of my
ward liked what I posted.
Every day something is
happening.

15. Perhaps the  HiLarry, I ran into a
most letter my Mom wrote,
important to Not sure to where she
wanted it to go but
me to date
she really wanted to
learn about her Dad,
do you know
anything? Would
appreciate anything...

17. CRAGUN
# 9 ON
PAGE 1

18. PORTER
FAMILY
HISTORY
# 10 ON
PAGE 1

19. CRAGUN
FAMILY
HISTORY
5 ARE
ON PAGE 1

20. CRAGUN
FAMILY
GENEALOGY
5 ARE
ON PAGE 1

21. PORTER
FAMILY
HISTORY
# 10 ON
PAGE 1

22. CRAGUN
GENEALOGY
# 4, 5,& 10
ON PAGE 1

23. JOHN
PRESIDENT
PORTER
# 5 ON
PAGE 1
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RESULTS

24. FEMALE
PRIEST
MORMON
TEMPLE
# 9 ON
PAGE 1
2,050,000
RESULTS
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26. ONLY 1 CLICK

28. FAMILY SEARCH

29. IRELAND COMMUNITY

30. FAMILY SEARCH WIKI