Lori, I'm glad you on working on this blog.  I visited it and it motivated me to continue working on a neighborhood history, which neighborhood no longer exists because it was taken over by the state for a forest.  But what I have been learning - and continue to learn - is the social interaction in the community, region, state, nation, and world is very important in understanding how our ancestors lived, what effected their lives and getting to know their circumstances.   This neighborhood history I have been working on began for "selfish" reasons, in that I wanted to know more about the community my French immigrant ancestors settled in.  This has grown to a full blown project.  But your post makes me see one thing I failed to do, and that was to create a timeline of the community.   Thank you for your blog.  I see I have more to work on.   Cheryl Proctor Southern Indiana ________________________________ From: Lori Lyn Price <pricegenealogy@gmail.com> To: Transitional Genealogists List <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:17 PM Subject: [TGF] new blog on social history up! Hello, As I have gotten deeper into my genealogy research, the thing that I find most fascinating is putting my ancestors into social and historical context. I have started a blog about using social history in genealogy. Along with posts about social history, I will also include websites and events (in the greater Boston area) that are relevant to social historians/genealogists. The first few posts will be somewhat basic, but once I get past the basics and start blogging about sources and how to use them to add context I think you will find it quite interesting. Please stop by and take a look at http://bridgingthepast.com/blog/ Looking forward to your comments. Lori Lyn The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Very nice. I have put this blog on my feed list. I did some timeline for my 8th great-grandfather, Samuel Packard, and discovered that he was contemporaneous with Shakespeare! That puts a perspective on the whole thing! It also led me to discover the events around the time he left England for Massachusetts (1638) and came to the conclusion that Samuel, a Puritan separatist, left during a very contentious time in England's history -- he was also contemporaneous with Archbishop William Laud, for whom he would have held no affection! (And being a Puritan, he probably held no brief with Shakespeare, either!) It really does flesh out our ancestors to be aware of their historical surroundings. Karen Packard Rhodes currently residing in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida ________________________________ From: Lori Lyn Price <pricegenealogy@gmail.com> To: Transitional Genealogists List <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:17 PM Subject: [TGF] new blog on social history up! Hello, As I have gotten deeper into my genealogy research, the thing that I find most fascinating is putting my ancestors into social and historical context. I have started a blog about using social history in genealogy. Along with posts about social history, I will also include websites and events (in the greater Boston area) that are relevant to social historians/genealogists. The first few posts will be somewhat basic, but once I get past the basics and start blogging about sources and how to use them to add context I think you will find it quite interesting. Please stop by and take a look at http://bridgingthepast.com/blog/ Looking forward to your comments. Lori Lyn