I'm in! Excellent idea, Kassie. Thank you for the encouragement. Cathi *Catherine Desmarais, Certified Genealogist*℠ www.StoneHouseResearch.com Family History and Forensic Research Heirloom Albums and Wall Charts >From Vermont's beautiful Champlain Valley Certified Genealogist and CG are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by the Board's associates after periodic evaluation. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Kassie Nelson <cedartreegen@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all! > > I would like to invite everyone to join the "Thanksgiving Challenge." The > idea of the challenge is to encourage all genealogists no matter where they > are at in their walk in life to get back to their own research- even if > it's just for one week, once a year. I am also encouraging everyone to talk > about how the challenge goes whether it be at society/association meetings, > on their blogs or just posting comments on other people's blogs. I > initially introduced this challenge on my blog ( > http://cedartree.blog.com/2012/11/01/the-thanksgiving-challenge/) a week > ago and have added another post ( > > http://cedartree.blog.com/2012/11/02/how-to-have-a-family-history-themed-thanksgiving/ > ) > with > some ideas on how to get your family interested in genealogy this holiday > season. I'll be posting more along those lines throughout the month. If you > decide to take up the challenge let me know how it goes and happy hunting! > > Kassie Nelson > Cedar Tree Genealogy > www.cedartreegenealogy.com > http://cedartree.blog.com > 402.850.3461 > On Twitter! @CedarTreeGen > 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 >