Online Genealogy Project Offers Relief for Those Bitten by Genealogy Bug

Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) March 3, 2006

With over twenty-three million genealogy web sites, Genealogy Journeys is introduced with a twist to integrate history, education, and collaboration among genealogy and history buffs of all skill levels. Participants can voluntarily research the lives of selected groups of people that were at one time united in history by a common bond. Individual results are posted via a forum for discussion of proper documentation and debate of theories and technique used for tracking down elusive facts.

Developed for family history enthusiasts, Genealogy Journeys presents a monthly selection of people, chosen around a historical or noted theme, for anyone to research. On the web at http://www.genealogyjourneys.com, interested genealogists, beginners and professionals alike, can participate by picking a name from the list and trying their hand at developing a life story for “someone’s child.” After free registration in the forum, results can be compared with others who have researched the same person. It is designed to promote collaboration and refinement of research technique through debate of differing results. Participants can add to the work of others to further expand each life story using resources that may be local to some and unknown to others. Bringing together professional genealogists to promote time honored technique, niche historians with enlightening tidbits to broaden a search range, and family historians with access to local resources will provide an interactive avenue that benefits the online genealogical community.

Once the genealogy bug bites you, it often becomes a lifelong passion. When you find yourself between ancestors or waiting for documents in the mail, the ongoing projects at Genealogy Journeys is a productive way to scratch the must-hunt-ancestors itch. An added bonus to the fun and learning will be the informal compiling of everyone’s research in the forum. This will create an online database of sources and perhaps a starting point for someone just bitten.

Genealogy Journeys, at http://www.genealogyjourneys.com, launched its first project “Luck O’ the Irish” this month and is centered around Irish immigrants who reached American shores on St. Patrick’s Day in 1828. April will gallop in with a focus on the Pony Express.

There is no cost to participate.

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