The following is an excerpt from a good article published in the “Mormon Times” section of the Deseret News on July 14, 2011.
SALT LAKE CITY —”I’m just kind of flabbergasted that you found me,” said Margaret Cason, a genealogy blogger from Bountiful, when called for an interview. “I’m not accustomed to having anything I do found by anybody else.”
A number of people have found Cason’s blog, “Their Hearts Shall Turn,” since she started it in March. It’s likely that even more people will connect with her and follow her entries now.
Cason first started her genealogy research after a Sunday School lesson in her LDS ward particularly struck her with the importance of finding her ancestors. When she attended a RootsTech conference in February and learned about technologies to advance her research, she made the transition to the blogosphere.
Cason has since joined a listing of roughly 2,000 blogs related to genealogy and family history on GeneaBloggers.com. Browsing through the collection, you’ll find quite the variety. Some may think that genealogy is just a “Mormon thing,” but Mormons, Catholics, Jews, Baptists, atheists, etc., find a common interest in studying and finding their ancestors. While the blogs listed on GeneaBloggers are predominantly in English, there are some in Polish, Spanish, Dutch, French and Norwegian, just to name a few. You might even find one that’s multi-lingual.
