Happy Birthday to Ancestrally Challenged: Year 1 in Review

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When I started Ancestrally Challenged a year ago, I was just looking for a place to put down the history of my family. I never could have imagined how much I'd enjoy it or how much the genealogy community would come to mean to me. You have shared my disappointments and triumphs and offered encouragement for my goals and advice for my brick walls. For that, I thank you.

Top Posts
I have written about a little bit of everything in the past year from random thoughts to my research problems. Some posts were widely read, others only had a few readers. Regardless, I've enjoyed every minute.
The top ten posts ranked by views were:

1. 100 Signs You're Addicted to Genealogy
2. How to Rock as a Genealogy Lecturer
3. Genealogy and Kids: I Start Them Early
4. Getting Organized
5. Pocahontas was my Grandma, Part 1
6. December Genealogy Goals
7. 2011 Genealogy Goals
8. Book Review: Virginia Genealogical Research
9. Comfort Food
10. Why Facebook Rocks for Genealogy

Top Searches
It's always interesting seeing what search terms led people to my blog. For those searching James Thomas Hayes, he was my maternal 2nd great grandfather and I'd love to talk to you. In order from most searches, the top ten searches were:

1. Pocahontas
2. ancestrallychallenged.blogspot.com
3. james thomas hayes
4. ancestrally challenged
5. confederate deserter
6. family tree col. robert bolling pocahontas
7. genealogy
8. "james thomas hayes"
9. confederate deserters 1865
10. dangerous genealogy assumptions

Where You're From
As part of my stats, I get information on where my readers live. It's completely anonymous. Unless you tell me, I don't know who you are or where you live. Visitors came from:

1. United States
2. Russia
3. United Kingdom
4. Netherlands
5. Germany
6. Canada
7. Ireland
8. France
9. Australia
10. Israel