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Genealogy by the States

This entry was posted by Jim Sanders on Tuesday, 1 January, 2013 at

This year I thought I’d offer my readers a weekly blogging prompt. Each week the blog post will focus on a particular state. The post can be about a particular individual or family who lived in or was connected in some way to that state. Sometimes there will not be a personal connection to the state. In this case find a genealogy resource for that state to talk about and highlight instead. Follow along with this series and post to your own site. If you choose to follow along, please link to (http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com) or mention the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

The first week will run from 1/6/2013 – 1/12/2013. All weeks have been stated in the order they became a state. The last two weeks are for Washington DC and US Territories.

Week 1 : Delaware
Week 2 : Pennsylvania
Week 3 : New Jersey
Week 4 : Georgia
Week 5 : Connecticut
Week 6 : Massachusetts
Week 7 : Maryland
Week 8 : South Carolina
Week 9 : New Hampshire
Week 10 : Virginia
Week 11 : New York
Week 12 : North Carolina
Week 13 : Rhode Island
Week 14 : Vermont
Week 15 : Kentucky
Week 16 : Tennessee
Week 17 : Ohio
Week 18 : Louisiana
Week 19 : Indiana
Week 20 : Mississippi
Week 21 : Illinois
Week 22 : Alabama
Week 23 : Maine
Week 24 : Missouri
Week 25 : Arkansas
Week 26 : Michigan
Week 27 : Florida
Week 28 : Texas
Week 29 : Iowa
Week 30 : Wisconsin
Week 31 : California
Week 32 : Minnesota
Week 33 : Oregon
Week 34 : Kansas
Week 35 : West Virginia
Week 36 : Nevada
Week 37 : Nebraska
Week 38 : Colorado
Week 39 : North Dakota
Week 40 : South Dakota
Week 41 : Montana
Week 42 : Washington (state)
Week 43 : Idaho
Week 44 : Wyoming
Week 45 : Utah
Week 46 : Oklahoma
Week 47 : New Mexico
Week 48 : Arizona
Week 49 : Alaska
Week 50 : Hawaii
Week 51 : Washington DC (District of Columbia)
Week 52 : US Territories including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

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Heather Roelker

January 11, 2013 at 11:25 am

What a great idea!

Jim Sanders

January 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm

Hi Heather,

Thanks for stopping by. I’m hoping a number of other bloggers will be blogging along. This week thru tomorrow is Delaware. Do you have any family connections to Delaware?

Tune in this Sunday for Pennsylvania. Each Sunday along with one of my ancestor’s connection to that state, I will include a few links helpful for genealogy in that state.

Regards, Jim

- Heather Roelker
  
  January 18, 2013 at 1:00 pm
  
  Jim, as I mentioned before I love your idea. I have shared this post on my Friday Favorites: http://leavesfortrees.blogspot.com/2013/01/follow-friday-favorites-for-january-18.html
  
  Thanks for the great idea…I’m looking forward to Missouri!
  
  - Jim Sanders
    
    January 18, 2013 at 2:16 pm
    
    Hi Heather,
    
    Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate the feedback. This week is the State of Pennsylvania. On Sunday a new post about one of my connections to New Jersey will come out. There will also be a few helpful genealogy links for New Jersey.
    
    I’ll have to see what connections to Missouri I have. I have connections to most states, even if it is one of my collateral lines. I’m usually ready about a month or two in advance, but Missouri is a little farther out than that.
    
    Regards, Jim

Pam Schaffner

January 13, 2013 at 8:24 am

I’m in Jim! Always looking for ways to get my blogging mojo going!

Jim Sanders

January 13, 2013 at 8:32 am

Hi Pam,

Thanks for stopping by. Do you have any connections to this week’s state (Pennsylvania)?

Regards, Jim

Deborah Ruth

January 16, 2013 at 7:21 am

Jim,
Great idea! A little late, but started with Pennsylvania. Looking forward to learning new history and resources along the way. Thank you for this great series!

Jim Sanders

January 16, 2013 at 7:29 am

Hi Deborah,

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it. You must have missed the first week as the first week was Delaware. The prompt is going by order of statehood.

Regards, Jim

Colleen

February 3, 2013 at 10:47 am

Hello, Jim. This looks great, a good way to share & learn more about our locations. I’d like to follow along. I’m always interested in new sources for states.
I feel a bit slow here. How do I go to each posted state? [tried clicking on the list above]If I want to jump in how do I do that?

Jim Sanders

February 3, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Hi Colleen,

On my blog there are a couple categories you can find the state postings. The first category is “Genealogy by the States”. This will list all of the states so far. You can also click on the Connecticut category to get to the Connecticut post, etc.

Regards, Jim