Vote for Your Fav 40

Fresh from their successful 101 Best Web Sites awards, Family Tree Magazine is now sponsoring a contest to honor your favorite 40 genealogy blogs. Here’s how it will work: The magazine staff has sifted through the blogs you nominated (see item 7 in my “Labor Day News Ketchup”) and divided them into several categories. You get to vote for several favorite blogs in each category. Look for the Ancestry Insider in category #8, “News and Resources.”

Click here to vote now!

Voting will continue until election day-ish. OK, actually until November 5th. But election day is easier to remember.

The staff of Family Tree Magazine will take the top 80 vote-getters from which they will select 40 blogs. They will announce the winners in the May 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine and in the Genealogy Insider. (We’re cousins, in case you were wondering. The Insiders are tight. But I still need your votes.)

Interestingly, you can vote as many times as you like! Stuff that ballot box! Come on; you know you want to. Click here to go vote again.

Don’t believe me? For more information, see “Family Tree 40 Blog Voting is Open,” over on the Genealogy Insider.

The candidate blogs are all pretty wonderful. Yah, yah, I’m going to say it. It’s an honor just to be nominated. Trite but true. If you’ve not yet satiated your blog budget, best check these out. They are listed in random order on each ballot, so don’t get lost when you go to vote.

The Categories and the Candidates

1. When you go vote, you get to choose THREE Blogs from the ALL-AROUND category:

• Tina's Genealogical Wish List, http://genwishlist.blogspot.com
• CanadaGenealogy or, "Jane's your aunt," http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com
• FootnoteMaven, www.footnoteMaven.com
• The Genealogue, www.genealogue.com
• Creative Gene, http://creativegene.blogspot.com
• AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors, http://ancestories1.blogspot.com
• Genea-Musings, www.geneamusings.com
• Transylvanian Dutch, http://transylvaniandutch.blogspot.com
• GeneaBloggers, www.geneabloggers.com
• GeneaBlogie, http://blog.geneablogie.net

2. You get to choose TWO blogs from the CEMETERIES category:

• Blogging a Dead Horse, http://bloggingadeadhorse-dmt.blogspot.com
• The Association of Graveyard Rabbits, www.thegraveyardrabbit.com
• Granny's Genealogy, www.warrenweb.info/genealogy/
• Granite in My Blood, http://granite-in-my-blood.blogspot.com
• Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay, http://graveyardrabbitofsanduskybay.blogspot.com
• Graveyard Rabbit of Grey County, Ontario, http://graveyardrabbitgrey.blogspot.com

3. ONE blog in the GENEALOGY COMPANIES category:

• dynastree Blog, www.dynastree.com/blog
• Ancestry.com Blog, http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/
• MyHeritage Genealogy Blog, www.myheritage.com/blogs/genealogyblog/
• GenealogyBank Blog, http://blog.genealogybank.com
• Roots Television Og Blog, http://rootstelevision.typepad.com/ogblog/

4. ONE blog in the GENETIC GENEALOGY category.

• Dienekes' Anthropology Blog, http://dienekes.blogspot.com
• On-line Journal of Genetics and Genealogy, http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/
• The Genetic Genealogist, www.thegeneticgenealogist.com
• The Spittoon, http://spittoon.23andme.com/

5. FOUR Blogs from the HERITAGE category.

• Small Leaved Shamrock, http://small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com/
• The Professional Descendant, http://professionaldescendant.blogspot.com/
• Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog, http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com/
• Trace Your Dutch Roots, http://blog.traceyourdutchroots.com/
• Al's Polish-American Genealogy Research Blog, http://polishamericangenealogy.blogspot.com/
• Le Chercheur Nomade (The Nomadic Researcher), http://chercheurnomade.blogspot.com/
• Mad About Genealogy, www.madaboutgenealogy.com/
• JewishGen Blog, www.JewishGen.blogspot.com
• George Geder, http://george-geder.blogspot.com/
• Museum of Family History Blog, http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com
• African American Genealogy Examiner, www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner
• Thoughts from Polly's Granddaughter, www.pollysgranddaughter.blogspot.com/
• Steve's Genealogy Blog, http://stephendanko.com/blog/
• AcadianRoots, http://acadianroots.blogspot.com/
• Scottish Genealogy News and Events, http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/

6. THREE Blogs from the HOW-TO category.

• Genealogy Tip of The Day, http://genealogytipoftheday.blogspot.com/
• Family Tree Maker User, http://ftmuser.blogspot.com
• Genealogy How To.com, www.genealogyhowto.com
• Genealogy Guys, www.genealogyguys.com
• Personal Past Meditations, www.thepersonalpast.com/
• Treasure Maps Genealogy, http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/
• The ProGenealogists Blog, http://blog.progenealogists.com
• Family Matters, http://moultriecreek.us/family/
• Genealogy Roots Blog, http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/
• ThinkGenealogy, www.thinkgenealogy.com
• Relatively Curious About Genealogy, http://relativelycurious.blogspot.com/
• RootDig, www.rootdig.com/

7. THREE blogs from the LOCAL/REGIONAL category.

• California Genealogical Society and Library Blog http://calgensoc.blogspot.com/
• Dead Librarian, www.thedeadlibrarian.blogspot.com/
• Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi, http://hillcountryofmonroecountry.blogspot.com/
• Itawamba History Review, http://itawambahistory.blogspot.com
• Midwestern Microhistory, http://midwesternmicrohistory.blogspot.com/
• MoSGA Messenger, http://mosga.blogspot.com/
• Nutfield Genealogy, http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/
• Pennsylvania Research Blog, www.pennsylvaniaresearch.com/wordpress
• Sandusky History, http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/

8. Choose the Ancestry Insider and THREE OTHER Blogs from the NEWS/RESOURCES category.

• Genealogy Blog, http://genealogyblog.com
• About: Genealogy, http://genealogy.about.com/
• The Chart Chick, http://thechartchick.blogspot.com/
• Megan's Roots World, http://rootstelevision.typepad.com/roots_world/
• Eastman's Online Genealogy Newslettter, www.blog.eogn.com
• Genealogy's Star, http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/
• Renee's Genealogy Blog, http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/
• Olive Tree Genealogy Blog, http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com
• The Ancestry Insider, http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/
• GeneaNet Genealogy Blog, http://genealogyblog.geneanet.org/
• Genealogy Gems News, http://genealogygemspodcast.blogspot.com/
• DearMyrtle, http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/
• Anglo-Celtic Connections, http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com
• Destination: Austin Family, http://destinationaustinfamily.blogspot.com/

9. TWO blogs from the PHOTOS/HEIRLOOMS category.

• Above the Trees, http://photoloom.blogspot.com
• Photo-Sleuth, http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/
• Sense of Face, www.senseofface.com/
• Shades of The Departed, www.shadesofthedeparted.com
• The FamilyCurator, www.thefamilycurator.com/
• The Practical Archivist, http://practicalarchivist.com

10. TWELVE Blogs from the PERSONAL/FAMILY category.

• Fermazin Family, http://nancynurse1.blogspot.com/
• Grace and Glory, http://beckysgraceandglory.blogspot.com/
• Elyse's Genealogy Blog, http://elysesgenes.blogspot.com/
• Find Your Folks, http://findyourfolks.blogspot.com/
• TheYouGoGenealogyGirls, http://yougogenealogygirls.blogspot.com/
• Just Thinking, www.justthinking130.blogspot.com
• Educated Genealogist, http://sherifenley.blogspot.com/
• The Fonda Blog, http://blog.fonda.org/
• A Canadian Family, http://acanadianfamily.com
• Our Georgia Roots, http://ourgeorgiaroots.com/
• Still More Genealogy, http://ambararabians.com/blog/
• West in New England, http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/
• Taneya's Genealogy Blog, www.taneya-kalonji.com/genblog/
• Looking4Ancestors, http://www.looking4ancestors.com/
• Hesch History, http://heschhistory.blogspot.com
• MyNolaHeritage, www.mynolaheritage.com
• Saturday's Child, http://saturdayschild-jama.blogspot.com/
• Ginisology, http://ginisology.blogspot.com/
• Gtownma's Genealogy, http://gtownma.wordpress.com/
• BeNotForgot, http://benotforgot.blogspot.com
• FamHist, http://famhist2.blogspot.com
• What's Past is Prologue, http://pastprologue.wordpress.com
• Heritage Happens, http://heritagehappens.blogspot.com/
• All My Ancestors, http://allmyancestors.com/blog/
• Janet The Researcher, http://researchergal.blogspot.com/
• Spence-Lowry Family History, http://blog.spence-lowry.com/
• Tangled Trees, http://tangledtrees.blogspot.com/
• Spiker Family Gathering Place, www.spikerfamily.com
• WeTree, http://wetree.blogspot.com/
• Ernie's Journeys, http://erniemargheim.blogspot.com/
• Family Stories, http://yourfamilystory-cmpointer.blogspot.com/
• Greta's Genealogy Blog, http://gretabog.blogspot.com/
• GenBlog, http://genblogjulie.blogspot.com/
• Brenda Dougall Merriman, http://brendadougallmerriman.blogspot.com/
• Leonard Family Legends & Legacies, http://rickleonard.net
• Tennessee Memories, http://tennesseememories.blogspot.com/
• Debby's Indiana Genealogy, http://debbysindianagenie.blogspot.com/
• kinexxions, http://kinexxions.blogspot.com/
• Lineagekeeper, http://lineagekeeper.blogspot.com
• Genealogy: Diggin up Dirt, http://catrackgraphics.spaces.live.com/
• Ancestral Notes, http://ancestralnotes.ebradt.org/
• Apple's Tree, http://appledoesntfallfar2.blogspot.com/
• My Jamaican Family, http://myjamaicanfamily.blogspot.com/
• Untangled Family Roots, http://untangledfamilyroots.blogspot.com/
• The Ties That Bind, http://terri-thetiesthatbind.blogspot.com/
• Little Bytes of Life, www.littlebytesoflife.com/
• Rare Ramblings, http://rareramblings.blogspot.com
• Herstoryan, www.herstoryan.blogspot.com
• Circle Mending, http://circlemending.blogspot.com/
• Everything's Relative: Researching Your Family History, http://genealogybycindy.blogspot.com

Please don’t write and tell me I cheated by re-wording the instructions to #8! Fine! I admit it. You’ll just have to read the actual wording on the real ballot when you click here to go vote again.