Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog: My 12th Blogiversary

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

My 12th Blogiversary

Oops! I missed my April 5th blogiversary again!

How has it already been twelve years since I began this blog on April 5, 2012? So much has happened since then.

Here are some things that have happened since I started this blog twelve years ago:

My husband and celebrated the marriages of our five children.
My husband and I now have eleven grandchildren and are expecting our twelfth grandchild this summer.
In 2016, my husband and I bought a new-construction home, put our old home on the market, sold it, found a rental home to live in while our new home was being built, moved to our rental home, and then moved to our new home in Spring 2017.
My sweet, beautiful mom, Elizabeth Webster Iverson, passed away in October 2018.
In April 2019 I went back to college online and in April 2022 I graduated from BYU-Idaho with two degrees: an Associate of Applied Science in Family History Research and a Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies.
I served as an Official Conference Blogger at the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy.
I served as a RootsTech Ambassador and Influencer.
I spoke at the Fresno County Genealogical Society's June 2016 General Meeting. My presentation was titled "Family History Blogs and Social Media."
My genealogy blog was mentioned and quoted in a FamilySearch Blog article on 9 January 2015.
I have been able to "meet" previously unknown cousins because of this blog and because I've put my family tree online.
I have learned more about my ancestors and have shared information about them here on my blog.
I have met wonderful fellow genealogy bloggers from around the world virtually and in person.
Recently, I have started working on a large family history scanning project that includes photos, slides, and negatives I've inherited from my parents and my maternal grandparents, as well as photos and negatives from my own collection.