My genealogy blog is old enough to drive 🚗 . It launched in 2008, originally called “Journey into Genealogy”, one decade after I started family tree research in 1998.

At the time, I was living in Chicago, which is mixed into the content at the start. Since then, I moved to New York City where I worked as a journalist, traveled to Europe, self-published a book 📖, returned home to Buffalo, and re-launched the blog after a hiatus.

What better way to commemorate this 16-year milestone than a list of the top 16 blog posts, ranked? It’s a good way to resurface some gems 💎 before we head into the new year:

1. How I Learned My Parents Are Distantly Related 👩‍❤️‍👨 (2008)
2. My Link To Royalty 🤴 (2008)
   • My Grandma Rita left a comment on this one(!) with the help of my cousin.
3. Remembering Grandpa Kanalley 🏒(2010)
4. Wallace Family Origin Found! ☘️ (2012)
5. On Radio Kerry Talking About Meeting Cousins in Ireland 🇮🇪 (2021)
6. An 1875 Marriage Photo 📸 (2021)
7. WikiTree Challenge Establishes Distant Relationship With Tom Cruise 🌳 (2022)
8. My Innkeeping Ancestors From Flieden Parish in Hessen 🏨 (2022)
9. The Hershey Connection: John Grundtisch & The PA Hersheys 🍫 (2022)
10. Notable Kin: MLB Hall of Famer Warren Spahn ⚾️ (2022)
11. A Moore Sister Found, Thanks To DNA 🇨🇦 (2018)
12. Alice Kennelly, an Irish Convict Sent To Australia, and DNA Cousin 🇦🇺 (2022)
13. The Man With Eight Daughters, Jean Plaideur 👧 (2009)
14. How DNA Testing Multiple Relatives Made New Discoveries Possible 🧬 (2021)
15. Finding Pawel: Solving The Koscielniak- Mrozik Family Puzzle 🧩 (2021)
16. The Simon Family of Aschach: A New Branch of the Tree 🇩🇪 (2023)

Thanks to everyone who has followed along. I’m excited to share more going forward! Onward. 💯