Back from a long hiatus

I thought I would try to get back to blogging again this year.  I didn't realize that I took all of 2018 off.  Like most other things blogging is a habit.  When you skip a few weeks it's hard to get started again.  Not only did I take time off from blogging but I also stopped working on my family history as well.  Hopefully now that it is the dead of winter I can get back to both.

I discovered #genchat on Twitter this past year and have spent quite a lot time on Twitter keeping up with it.  Fun group of people that chat about all things genealogy.  If you have time on Friday evenings and you are on Twitter I highly recommend it.  I joined Twitter just for this.

This winter I was contacted by a first cousin (once removed) that I have never met.  He found me on Facebook.  There are good things that come from social media.

Today I started adding a few photos to my RootsMagic database.  I need to rethink my overall plan.  I have on line trees on Ancestry, FamilySearch Family Tree and MyHeritage.  I use all three sites for their historical record contents. 

I also have my DNA on Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and MyHeritage as well as GEDMATCH.  I don't really do much with the dna matches.  I have only had a couple of people contact me that we matched but we were not able to determine the nearest common relative we had.  But I was able to confirm my match to the Varner family line in Germany.  I was able to do this with a y-dna test at FamilyTree DNA and then joining the Varner surname project.