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I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do…

Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote just for the sake of posting content and maintaining an audience,  even when inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity.

I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur.

My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right.

My intentions for my blog are to write about topics that feel meaningful to me and that intersect with genealogy, such as ethics and philosophy, as well as share my findings in genealogy research.

This should give you a clear understanding of what is happening going forward on here, and you can choose whether or not it feels best to continue further.

Thank you for being here.

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