Greenspace Genealogy is
a
weekly
subscription-only
newsletter
focusing
on the genealogical
history of private property that is donated to become greenspace. The
newsletter is especially beneficial to land conservation and
preservation agencies hoping to inspire donors, as well as genealogists
who are researching families who lived, loved, worked and played in the
greenspace.
For FREE information
about
greenspace genealogy, you'll want to visit our blog. There is no
cost for information we share there.
Greenspace
Genealogy received a
small grant from Megan Smolenyak
Smolenyak's "Honoring
Our
Ancestors" to defray a
portion of the distribution cost.
Professional genealogist Judy
Rosella Edwards, is creating GEDCOM
files of the family who donated each property. These files can be
downloaded into genealogy software. The GEDCOM files include cited
sources.
Judy
is
a
long-time
columnist
for
GenWeekly,
published by Genealogy Today. She is also the publisher of Greenspace
Genealogy. "I started
this project
years ago and tried to sell the idea to book publishers," Judy says.
"But the publishing houses told me they didn't know how to market the
concept. They were concerned bookstores wouldn't know where to shelve
such books. Are they genealogy? Are they ecology? Are they history? Are
they botany? Are they outdoor recreation? Are they travel?"
Greenspace
Genealogy is all of
those things. But, Judy was encouraged by one thing. One publisher took
the time to write a personal note saying that, if Greenspace
Genealogy were ever
published, she would read it.
"I admit it was
frustrating," Judy says. "If she would have published it she could have
read it sooner!"
Now Greenspace
Genealogy is available
via a weekly newsletter that takes the reader inside the history,
genealogy, and ecology of a greenspace where the donor once lived,
laughed, worked and played. Join us!