It's My Party - And I'll Lie If I Want To
Today Is The Eighteenth Anniversary
Of The footnoteMaven Blog
Of The footnoteMaven Blog
I can hear you. You're saying, "There goes Maven lying about her age again." But it's true.
They say that the Web doesn't run on human years, it runs on Web-years. Every blog year is the equivalent of six human years. That means that today footnoteMaven celebrates three human years of blogging, the equivalent of 18 web years. No wonder my hair is gray.
GeneaBlogging has changed a great deal since my first post. Today there are many more genealogists who read blogs than disparage them. Yes, there are still those who rail against the quality of our content, but their numbers are dwindling. Genealogists who blog are a fast growing segment of the genealogy population. The Genealogue's blog finder is tracking 1,556 genealogy blogs.
We blog in exciting times and I look forward to the year before us.
This year genealogy hits the masses with Faces of America on PBS, The Generations Project on BYU, and NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
This week Family Tree Magazine recognized the GeneaBlogging community by publishing its selections for the Top 40 Genealogy Blogs.
This day, I celebrate my personal triumph of being a member of the GeneaBlogging community for three years.

As it's my party and I have the magic lamp, I'd like to make three wishes:
May I continue to blog in these interesting times
May I continue to enjoy writing, and you continue to enjoy reading what I write
May I find what I'm looking for, whatever that may be
And to those who take the time to read, enjoy, comment, and
become friends, thank you! I wouldn't be here without you
and it wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
19 Comments:
. . . lie if I want to, lie if I want to, you would lie too . er I mean
HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY TO YOU, HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY TO YOU, HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY DEAR FOOTNOTEMAAAAAVENNN, HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY TO YOUUUU!
All Hail the Queen of the Uglies. You're the best fM, nobody does it better. But that is a different song. . .
Blogratulations & Ancelebrations.
Happy Blogoversary and congratulations on 3 tremendously successful years of blogging! By any measure... awards, traffic, comments, popularity, or reputation, footnoteMaven is the pinnacle of all that is good in genealogy blogging. You set and keep a high standard for yourself and we are all the beneficiaries. Thank you for the past 3 years of education, entertainment, and friendship. I'm looking forward to many more years of reading your most delightful blog!
They say simple is eloguent, so
simply
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations, footnoteMaven, I love your blog.
Killa,
WOO HOO!!!! Happy Blogiversary! The genea-universe would not be complete without footnoteMaven. My own life would surely be lacking as well.
May all your wishes come true. I look forward to sharing our journeys.
Donner
Congratulations on your blogoversary! You've come a long way baby (as they say) from a blog to a magazine publisher -WOW! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us over the next 3 years!
mazel tov my dear and many more blogiversaries to thee!
Congrats, and happy blogiversary!!!
Happy Blogoversary, fM! I can't imagine the geneablogosphere without you! Your writing skills, your research, and your amazing photos are such an integral part of our lives now. Here's to another 18 years (seriously)!
Congratulations and may you have 18 more!!
Congratulations on surviving three years. It only seems like eighteen to you. I completely understand...
You are one of my must-reads every day, and I totally enjoy and appreciate all of your talents.
Many genea-hugs to you!
Always -- Randy
"They say that the Web doesn't run on human years, it runs on Web-years. Every blog year is the equivalent of six human years."
Ummm... I'm going to need a source citation for this!
Congrats on 3 (or 18 blog) years!
Happy Blogiversary fM! I can't image the blogisphere without you. Your writing, creativity and manage management skills amaze and inspire me!
The day wouldn't be the same without you. Congratulations on three years, and wishing you (and us) many more.
Kathi M.
May all your wishes come true. You are the very best and you deserve the very best.
Happy, Happy, Happy Blogiversary! Here's to many, many, many more!!!
~Regina
Thank you everyone. It's friends like you who keep me 18 years young!
Here's to us all!
-fM
Would not dare miss an opportunity to wish that all your magic lamp dreams come true!
Congrats fM!:-)
Luckie.
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