The end of the year is fast approaching and the few months have been crazy busy, so I haven’t read as many articles this time, and as such only have a small batch interesting articles for you this month. But trust me, they’re all great reads.

In this edition of Inspiring Genealogy Blogs you’ll find some tips for finding your heritage in a foreign country, discover why everything isn’t digitsed, learn about genealogy to-do plans, find out how to be prepared family-history-wise for an emergency, how to preserve your digital photos, as well as how to prepare your family history for handover, and how to get your family to talking about history and more.

10 Ways to Discover Your Heritage in a Foreign Country
Researching if y our own country is one thing, but in a foreign country, particularly one with a different language adds challenges. This article gives your 10 tips on how to discover your heritage in a foreign country. Read the full article …

Why Don’t Archivists Digitize Everything
This is not a new post, but one that does the rounds of social media every little while, and is an important one to read. “Why don’t you digitize everything?” is the most common question that archives get asked, followed by “When will you be putting all your records on the web?” The Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives explains why just why not everything goes online, or will ever be online. Read the full article …

Family History and Getting Things Done
Diana Elder of the Family Locket blog writes .. “Are you drowning in a mountain of inherited genealogy? Do you have photos to scan and organize? Would you like to write histories of all your ancestors? Are there brick walls to break down? Do you have a life outside of family history and genealogy? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then you might be feeling overwhelmed with all you need to do.” Here she shares her plans to get her own family history in order. Read the full article …

Family History. Why Bother?
We all have our own reasons as to why and how we started our journey into family history. This article gives you the top 10 reasons for doing so. Read the full article …

Preparing For Disasters: Saving Your Personal Treasures
This article is written by a lady in California in response to recent bushfires over there – but it is valuable information for people everywhere, particularly as Australia is in the midst of bushfires at present. She asks the question “What things would you try to save if you had to evacuate your home during an emergency?” and suggests planning ahead, and writing everything down in detail (the item, and the location of where it is), because in an emergency you really aren’t thinking straight. She gives readers very valuable advice. Read the full article …

Long Term Preservation of Digital Photographs
Digital photographs face immediate danger of loss and fragility when compared with their tangible, physical counterparts. Without proactive management and digital stewardship over time we could lose our ability to tell our stories and share our collective memories. Read the full article …

Preparing Your Family History Records For Hand Over in the Future
Recent health issues have made me realise, more than ever, that if our family history is not well organised and compact then no one is going to want it. Shauna Hicks has embarked on a 12 month project to get her records in order, and she’s setting her some goals. Click the link for the full article, and subscribe to her blog to keep track of her progress. Read the full article …

Unexpected Lessons
This post is a reminder that no matter how many years you’ve been doing genealogy, there’s always more to learn. In this case Mary Kircher Roddy has discovered new records that she’s not used before, and found them to invaluable for her research. Kind of a case of you don’t know what you don’t know. Read the full article …

5 Ways to Get Your Family to Talk Genealogy
The holiday season is about to begin, and often that means family get-togethers. So take the opportunity when doing so, to chat about the family history, to see what new information they can tell you. But first, have a read of these tips on how to go about it, and how to make it interesting for your family. Read the full article …

Happy reading 🙂