I have signed up for Lynn Palermo's Family History Writing Challenge during February. The concept is "One Month to a First Draft". As I was trying to decide who to focus on, I thought that I would choose my Great-great-grandfather who emigrated from Germany to Wisconsin in 1856 with his wife and two small sons. Then I had a second thought: what if I wrote about his wife and her feelings about leaving the village she was born in and traveling to a new world. This will mean sorting through my files looking for items that will help me fill out the flesh for her story. There will be some research as I have uncovered a new twist to her story while doing some preliminary research. Can't wait to get started.
I have also joined the Blog Makeover Challenge. It's a short 10 day project led by Daniela Uslan of "Blogging on Your Own Terms". My blog will begin it's sixth year in February and I thought a makeover was in order. I won't be changing the name of it but I will be making cosmetic changes. So far I have written a mission statement and currently I am sorting through color combinations to find the best representation for the blog. When I first designed the blog it was enough to just have something that went with the title. Now it is time to refine the look of my blog.
I realize that these are BSO's to distract me from the Genealogy Do-Over but I am doing them along with the Do-Over.
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