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Jen's personal retirement blog captures the quiet rhythms of life after losing her husband Maurice, moving to Busselton, and navigating grief, friendship, and faith. The writing is warm and candid, offering an intimate look at how one woman rebuilds her daily life in her later years.

Malcolm Austen, an IT staff member at Oxford University, dedicates a significant portion of his homepage to his deep involvement in genealogy, including maintaining GenUKI pages for Kent and Oxfordshire and serving in leadership roles for multiple family history societies. His interests extend to Scottish dancing, Morris dancing, and amateur radio, but genealogy clearly dominates the page with extensive links to societies and resources.

Part of the USGenWeb project, this page preserves rare historical photographs of American Falls, Idaho as it appeared in 1925 before three-quarters of the town was relocated to higher ground due to dam construction. The collection includes over 30 labeled images of churches, hotels, schools, bridges, and business blocks, offering a vivid visual record of a community lost to relocation.

The USGenWeb Project is a massive volunteer-driven initiative providing free genealogy research resources organized by US state and county, covering everything from immigration records to historical naming conventions and document care. Researchers tracing American family history will find practical guides on handwriting, spelling variations, legal terms, occupational records, and state-specific genealogical databases all in one coordinated network.

Part of the NJGenWeb project, this page focuses on genealogical resources for Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, including cemetery listings, historical newspapers, church records, and local history collections. Volunteer coordinator Leilani Cummings maintains this community hub for researchers tracing family roots in the Plainfield area.

TransylvanianDutch is a deeply researched genealogy blog tracing the family history of Transylvanian and Eastern European Jewish ancestors, with a focus on St. Louis connections and original document transcriptions. The creator regularly publishes transcribed newspaper articles, census records, tombstone photographs, and family letters through recurring features like Amanuensis Monday and Tombstone Tuesday.

The MAGenWeb Project is the official USGenWeb resource for genealogical research in Massachusetts, covering all counties with links to vital records, probates, deeds, cemetery records, and colonial documents. Coordinated by Dale H. Cook, this hub connects volunteer county coordinators and researchers tracing Massachusetts family histories across centuries.

WYGenWeb is a free genealogy research hub for Wyoming family history, organized by county and listing records, histories, and resources to help researchers trace their Wyoming ancestors. Part of the larger USGenWeb Project, the site covers all Wyoming counties with county seats, establishment dates, and volunteer coordinators contributing transcribed records and cemetery data.

The Iroquois County Genealogical Society maintains this indexed collection of historical Bible records from families who settled in Iroquois County, Illinois, organized alphabetically by surname. Researchers tracing Illinois family histories will find hundreds of family names linking to transcribed Bible entries documenting births, marriages, and deaths from the region.

Johnson County KSGenWeb is a free genealogy and history resource for Johnson County, Kansas, offering hundreds of pages of county records including births, deaths, marriages, court records, census data, biographies, and cemetery gravestone photos. Part of the USGenWeb Project and maintained by volunteers since 1995, this site is an invaluable archive for anyone tracing family roots in the Olathe, Kansas area.