Please note though that I will NOT be discontinuing Scottish news! I will simply now be using British GENES as the main portal for all news from the British Isles, and have absolutely no intentions of reducing the amount of Scottish content featured - not least of which because I live and work as a genealogist in Scotland! As such, I would ask that if you have bookmarked the Scottish GENES blog, that you perhaps now consider switching to the British GENES blog instead (which incorporates all the blog posts on Scottish GENES).
As with Scottish GENES you can subscribe for a British GENES daily news feed using links found on the left hand side of the page at www.britishgenes.blogspot.com. If you have also followed Scottish GENES as a Google user, please do consider doing the same with British GENES - it's always nice to see who some of the readers are!
Whilst I know that some will be disappointed by this, it is worth pointing out that I have been covering lots of UK news on Scottish GENES in any event for quite some time, so the change will not be quite as drastic as may at first be perceived. My own ancestry is Irish and Scottish, and so these will be more than fairly catered for on British GENES, trust me! :)
For those who may not wish to follow through to British GENES, a sincere thank you for sticking with Scottish GENES since it was created at the end of 2007 - the blog itself will remain online as an archive of news from the last four years. Don't forget that you can continue to follow Scottish only news in my bi-monthly news column within Discover my Past Scotland magazine (www.discovermypast.co.uk), and my new History Scotland magazine genealogy column starts off in the January 2012 edition! (The Scottish GENES Facebook page will continue for the foreseeable future until I create a new British GENES page to take its place.)
For those who are happy to follow though to British GENES - onwards and upwards, as I have lots of ideas in hand for the coming months for features and other developments...!!! See you there!
Chris
Onwards and upwards, indeed! I wish the British GENES site a bright future - so, all the best for 2012, Chris. Keep up the excellent work!
ReplyDeleteCheers Luke!
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know, sounds like a progression. And, at the end of the day, Scotland is very much an integral part of Great Britain.
ReplyDeleteI've been a reader of the Scottish blog for a long time & know it's a sensible decision for you but I will miss it! I know you do cover all of the British Isles (& it's greatly appreciated!) but do you think a different logo might convey that coverage better to attract more interest from Irish genealogists? Sorry! I know it's also a little bit political but may help you gain more readers & be less off-putting to others. Perhaps an outline of the British Isles? Regardless, I will continue to read your blog & thank you for taking the time to help all of us amateur tree shakers! Kate
ReplyDeleteWill have a think!
ReplyDeleteChris
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteSorry to see your Scottish blog go, but as they say "all good things come to an end".
Would you consider adding tags to your posts such as "Scotland", "England, "Ireland", or "Boer War", or "Fife", then readers could click on the tags and see the posts relating to that topic.
Tunji
Thanks Tunji - I'll think about that. Could be quite a lot of tags though for the range I cover, but I could certainly consider something generic!
ReplyDeleteChris
Really sorry that this blog will go. I read it every day and truly appreciated Scottish news having its own place.
ReplyDeleteCould you maybe have tabs on the homepage on the British one so that news for each "home" country is easy to find - maybe you already have this, I've not yet been over to see. Will go look now.
G'Lass
I understand your decision completely. I recently cleaned up my RSS feeds and decided the duplication in postings was unnecessary. Good move Chris! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThe act of union gets everyone in the end (ducks hurled sgian-dubh)! Seems like a sensible decision to me. The blog is dead; long live the blog.
ReplyDeleteIt is true - the day the Scottish monarchy took over Britain really should be commemorated more! :) lol
ReplyDeleteI'm actually quite nashy, but whatever happens in the next couple of years with the referendum, we've still got a lot to share on these islands, so can't see things changing blog-wise!
Alba gu bragh!!! :)
Chris