Gosh, Linda Stufflebean, your challenge is a familiar one. I think that for the long-term health of this growing genealogy community needs a few solutions.

I’ve already followed you from both my WordPress account and Feedly, but I don’t think that’s enough. Ideas would include cross-platform roundups fed back over here.

In January, Jennifer Jones and Jane Chapman collaborated on a program for Projectkin titled “The Push & Pull of Platforms.” At the time we were looking at WordPress and WeAre .xyz.

Since then though, DearMYRTLE, GeneaBloggers, Michael’s Genealogy Tip of the Day and others have complemented Robin Stewart’s weekly roundups. Maybe there’s an automated way to bounce your roundups over into Substack. I’m not sure. I’m personally committed to platform independence. I want to be sure everyone learns about best practices for:

• Protecting your subscriber lists

• Backing up your posts

• Search engine optimization to be sure your work can be found.

If folks think it might be helpful, I’d be delighted to host a conversation about approaches and best practices, perhaps even a clearing house of roundups. I have an incentive in both platform independence and seeing our community grow here.

Thoughts? Interested in a Zoom event with a panel discussion perhaps for early 2026? … (it’s a busy winter already…) comment 👇 or reach out to me in a DM!