I have a double treat for you this week. I am sharing two GeneaBloggers who are related to each other; a daughter and father team. In fact the father may be the oldest geneablogger in our group. They each started blogging in the fall of 2008, and already they have made quite an impression on the geneabloggersphere.

May I introduce to you…

Becky Jamison

and

Ernest Margheim

Becky is the author of two blogs: Grace and Glory and Gramma’s House.  Becky started her genealogy blog Grace & Glory in September 2008. Her passion for genealogy and family history really shows in the articles she posts. You feel you are a part of Becky’s family as she shares her wonderful stories of reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, and amazing family history discoveries with her readers. Each article is illustrated with beautiful family photographs. They are a treat for the eyes.

From reading Becky’s posts about her dad, Ernest Margheim, you know there is a special relationship between these two. In her article Things I Learned While Driving My Dad to the Doctor, Becky wrote “When you’re a genealogist and have time alone with your Dad, who’s very willing to share stories from his 87 year lifetime, there’s never a shortage of conversation!”

When Ernie reached for a pencil and notebook to record his memories, Becky encouraged him to blog about them instead. That’s when Ernie’s Journeys was born.

When you read Ernie’s articles about days gone by, you feel like you’re visiting a dear old friend, or  perhaps, your grandpa. I think Becky is correct in that Ernie, at age 87 years, is the oldest, active geneablogger. Ernie writes with insight about what it was like growing up during The Great Depression, and of his radio days of singing cowboy and western songs as “The Sunflower Wrangler” . He shares wonderful memories and photographs of his life, not just with his family, but for all of us who visit his blog.

I’m sure you will agree that once you visit Grace and Glory, and Ernie’s Journeys, you’ll want to come back again.

When I posted my first ”May I Introduce To You…” article on my blog LOOKING4ANCESTORS, little did I know that Thomas had the same idea for a column here at GeneaBloggers.  Since we were on the same wavelength, he asked if I would consider doing this as a regular feature.  I agreed.

Each week I will be introducing you to a GeneaBlogger and their blog.  I will be alternating between our seasoned veterans and our newbies.  This week will be an exception as I will be posting two articles for the column, since I am playing a little bit of catch-up.

To start us off, I am re-posting my first “May I Introduce To You…” article.

May I introduce to you Miriam Midkiff Robbins?

Miriam is well established in the geneabloggersphere. She has been blogging since January 2006. Her two blogs are AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors and AnceStories2: Stories of Me for My Descendants.
Both of Miriam’s blogs are interesting and informative. On her AnceStories blog, Miriam shares her research tips and ideas for family history and blogging. She shares her own discoveries in her personal family history research as well.

With AnceStories2, Miriam has tapped into the idea of journal writing about ourselves for our descendants via blogging. I have spent some time reading past posts on AnceStories2. The ideas Miriam has shared certainly are inspiring. In her first post she says “Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be if you came across a diary or journal of one of your ancestors…one that not only documented the details of their everyday lives, but also those of their character, personality, and interests?”
Just by participating in these Weekly journaling prompts you too can leave a diary of yourself and your life for your future descendants to read.

I’m accepting Miriam’s invitation to blog about me for my descendants. I will be spending some time over the next few months following the journaling prompts on AnceStories2.
You know what a treasure it would be to find such a diary or journal about your ancestors. Why not leave your descendants a treasure? Visit AnceStories2: The Stories of Me For My Descendants and accept Miriam’s invitation to participate in the journaling prompts. Your descendants will thank you.