I hope this listing of the best personal history blogs of the year will become an annual event. Blogs are an important part of any marketing plan. If you don’t already have a blog, I would strongly urge you to start building one. Who knows, maybe you could be one of next year’s top five!
P.S. Because I’m doing the selecting, I’ve not included my own blog in the list. I thought it would look “cheesy”. 
If you know of a blog or you have a blog that you feel deserves mention, please let me know and I’ll consider it for next year’s list.
So in my opinion here are the top five, ranked in no particular order. Congratulations to everyone!
- The Heart and Craft of Life Writing. Owner Sharon Lippincott calls herself “…passionate about all forms of life writing, especially memoir and journaling.”
- Lifestorytriggers.com. Owner Hella Buchheim describes her blog as “helping those who want to write a life story.” She has tips on getting started, rules of life story writing, and useful writing prompts.
- Your Life is Your Story blog. Owner Tom Gilbert notes that his blog is a place for “… quality family history and life story news, views, methods, products, links, services…and whatever else catches our fancy.”
- Legacy Multimedia blog. Owner Stefani Twyford says that on her blog “you will read about my passion for personal history, filmmaking techniques, genealogy, and related topics. I will veer off onto other topics from time to time but always come back to the things that make my work and my life a joy.”
- Women’s Memoirs. Owners Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnet have put together a wealth of information that includes writing prompts, book reviews, and more. Women’s Memoirs is not strictly speaking a personal history site but there’s a lot of useful material here for anyone involved in personal histories.
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Rose Marie Morrell // December 18, 2009 at 5:13 pm |
Thanks, Dan. Again you have given us all more great resources to use as we individually grow in our own business.
Rose Marie
Dan Curtis // December 18, 2009 at 9:22 pm |
@Rose Marie Morrell. Thank you for you kind comments. Glad you like my posts.
Peg Thompson // December 18, 2009 at 5:27 pm |
I think your blog should be on the list. I enjoy it every week and almost always find something I can use.
You do a great job.
Dan Curtis // December 18, 2009 at 9:23 pm |
@Peg Thompson. Thanks, Peg. I’m happy that you find my blog useful.
hella // December 18, 2009 at 6:38 pm |
Thanks for the nice plug. I was very pleasently surprise to make the top five. I work very hard coming up with new materail that a board audience can really use. As I always say, my goal is to get as many people document their lives.
Dan Curtis // December 18, 2009 at 9:24 pm |
@hella. You’re welcome, Hella. I know how hard it is to keep generating solid material. You deserve to be on the list!
Jane // December 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm |
Dan,
Great list and keep up the good work on your blog.
Sad that I didn’t make it (http://yourstoryhere.blogspot.com/) – but maybe next year!
Dan Curtis // December 18, 2009 at 9:26 pm |
@Jane. Thanks, Jane. I’ll keep an eye on your blog. Who knows, maybe next year!
John McQuiston // December 19, 2009 at 12:18 am |
Hi Dan. Here’s one I hope you’ll keep an eye on for next year: http://video-biography-producer.blogspot.com/.
Dan Curtis // December 24, 2009 at 5:15 pm |
@ John McQuiston. Thanks for alerting me to your blog. I will keep an eye on it.
itsmylifedvds // February 7, 2010 at 10:33 am |
Hi Dan
I wanted to also say how useful I found this blog post – so much so that I just blogged about it on my own blog today. I hope that’s ok with you. I basically just did a short post and directed people to your post. I’m very new to blogging, but as a personal video biographer, I’m very passionate about that topic and plan to start an exclusive oral history-themed blog very soon. You never know, I might eventually make your list
Keep Smiling
Louise Hocking @itsmylifedvds (Australia)
Dan Curtis // February 7, 2010 at 5:52 pm |
@itsmylifedvds. Thanks for your comments, Louise. I’m very happy to have you mention my blog post and appreciate the acknowledgment. Good luck with your oral history blog. You’re right, you just might make my list.