GeneaBabble

Often in our search for our ancestors we forget that we would have made very little progress if not for the help of volunteers who have spent countless hours compiling information, trekking through cemeteries, digging through dusty old records, etc.  We take a lot, but how much do we give back?

I’ll admit, I don’t do nearly as much as I could and should.  We have our own lives to live, after all.  You don’t have to compile a 500 page history of your county or document the tombstones of 100 cemeteries to help out, though.  Mary Penner offers some suggestions on we can give back to the community that has given us so much.  Check out her article on six ways to give back to the genealogy community.

Oh, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those that put together the Mercer County, PA, Cemetery Inscriptions collection!  These people went through every cemetery in Mercer County, PA, and transcribed the tombstones.  Even the tiny cemetery where I found my gggg-grandparents.  Awesome stuff!