Requirements to join Geneablogger: you must either author a blog related to genealogy and family history or you are a reader of these types of blogs. If you have a genealogy or family history-related blog here’s what you can do to get involved in a fast-growing community of like-minded bloggers who are always ready to lend a hand to new GeneaBloggers members:
- Get on the GeneaBloggers Blog Roll
- Display the GeneaBloggers Badge
- Let Us Know Your Blogiversary
- Join GeneaBloggers Group on Facebook
- Check Out Events on the GeneaBloggers Calendar
- Participate in Daily Blogging Themes
- Resources on Blog Copyright and Content Theft
- Blog Design
- Blog Templates
- Data Backup
- Editing Photos
- Icons
- Improving your Blog
- Linking
- Madness Monday: create a post with the main focus being an ancestor who either suffered some form of mental illness or an ancestor who might be hard to locate and drives you mad.
- Tombstone Tuesday: create a post which includes an image of a gravestone of one or more ancestors and it may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.
- Wordless Wednesday: create a post with the main focus being a photograph or image. Some posters also include attribute information as to the source of the image (date, location, owner, etc.).
- Treasure Chest Thursday: create a post with the main focus being a family treasure, an heirloom or even an every-day item important to your family.
- Follow Friday: create a post in which you recommend another genealogy blogger, a specific blog post, a genealogy website or a genealogy resource. Tell us why they are important to the genealogy community and why we should follow.
- Surname Saturday: There are two ways in which you can join in the fun: Twitter Participants must have a current and active Twitter account in order to participate. During the day on Saturday, participants "tweet" about the surnames they are researching. All posts should include the #surnameshashtag. Here is the current listing of Surname Saturday messages on Twitter: Surnames. Bloggers: If you have your own genealogy or family history related blog, you can participate in Surname Saturday. What is it? Surname Saturday is a daily blogging theme used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. To participate in Surname Saturday, simply create a post in which you discuss a surname and mention its origins, its geographical location(s) and how it fits into your genealogy research.
- Sentimental Sunday: create a post with the main focus being a sentimental story or memory about an ancestor, or maybe even a touching family tradition.