Mightier Acorns

“Hello, world,” is so 2003…

Welcome to the third incarnation of “Mightier Acorns.”

My name is Tad Callin, and I started blogging in 2003. In 2007, I started a genealogy blog just for a specific group of cousins called “Mighty Acorns” (more about that on the About page), and in 2009, I started an open-to-anyone genealogy blog I called “Mightier Acorns.” That incarnation lived on Blogger for about ten years.

Two years ago, I moved to Substack, mainly so I could take advantage of the community-building features. I like the other genealogy ‘Stacks and found some kind and encouraging friends there. Unfortunately, Substack’s founders have decided that are okay running “a Nazi bar.” After two years of thinking they might change their minds when they see the damage done by welcoming and profiting from the worst of humanity…they have not.

I can’t do much to influence a corporation that does not care about my concerns, so, here I am, on WordPress. Starting over… sort of.

If you’re just stumbling across Mightier Acorns for the first time, Welcome, cousin! (We’re all cousins if you go back far enough.)

I like to post twice a week, and I try to keep my posts between 500 and 1500 words. My hope is that by rotating through the different branches of my children’s extended family tree (writing about my ancestors and my wife’s ancestors) there will be something interesting for a broad spectrum of genealogists of all skill levels no matter how distantly related we might be.

Since Substack doesn’t do Tags or Categories in the same way WordPress does, I’ll be going back through my imported archive to add them to older posts. Meanwhile, I find the “Sixteen” pages are a good staring point if you just want to look around:

My Sixteen

Her Sixteen

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