Thomas MacEntee's Geneabloggers web site lists almost 3,000 genealogy blogs, from personal musings to professional insights, and everything in between. On the web site, you'll find a list of Massachusetts-centric blogs. Here are some of my recommendations:
- In the process of researching a yet unfinished novel, J.L. Bell began his Boston 1775 blog featuring “history, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in Massachusetts.”
- Ryan W. Owen's Forgotten New England explores the area's history from the 1850s onward, with a special focus on Lowell.
- Professional genealogist and house historian Marian Pierre-Louis has several projects of interest, including Marian's Roots and Rambles and the New England House Historian.
- If you have Mayflower families and/or other settlers from Plymouth and Barnstable county, check out Chris’ Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog.
- Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings is jam-packed with “genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories.” Although Randy lives in Chula Vista, California, he has New England roots. You'll often find record transcriptions (census records, vital records, wills, etc.), lineages, stories, and photos about his Massachusetts folks.
- Although Heather Rojo's family is not from Nutfield (an area now known as Londonderry, Derry, and Windham, New Hampshire), she used the name for her blog, Nutfield Genealogy, to designate where she now lives. She often writes about her Massachusetts roots. Pay particular attention to Tombstone Tuesday and Surname Saturday posts.
Many historical and genealogical societies have blogs, such as the Massachusetts State Library. Follow the societies you belong to and check out other societies’ blog as well.
In case you want to delve into blogging yourself, Geneabloggers also includes blog resources and daily blogging prompts.
If you have Massachusetts blogs to suggest, please let me know.
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