Thanks for your comments on my Ives Family History blog and pointing me to this post. I like your review of possible blog content. I plan to try most, if not all, of your topics. I also have some old family letters that I have transcribed that I may include. I think that starting wiht a plan and an outline is especially good advice for genealogy blog. Any blog needs a plan but since a genealogy blog often tells a story over time, an outline is also useful. Pictures of changes over time is a great idea. I recently did this with my other family history blog on the Sharp Family in North Carolina - here is Harrellesville, NC in 2204 - http://billives.typepad.com/sharp_family_in_nc/2007/03/harrellsville_2.html and the same street in 1905 - http://billives.typepad.com/sharp_family_in_nc/2007/03/harrellsville_1.html However, I did not take the new picture form the same spot as the old one. I have some other new ones that match locations with old ones and I am going to try placing them together. Your advice has both helped better conceive some ideas I had and openned up some new possibilities.

Bill Ives