Miriam Robbins Midkiff speaks, teaches, and blogs about genealogy from Spokane, WA. She considers three locations "home" and blogs about them at AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors:  Alaska (her birthplace and childhood home); Michigan (where most of her research takes place); and Eastern Washington (her residence since 1979).

Saturday 10:00 a.m. SA-034  Blogger Summit Part 1:  From Novice to Reader to Blogger in Sixty Minutes.  (Doerflinger, MacEntee, Midkiff, DearMYRTLE, Seaver).  Watch as the mystery of genealogy blogs is revealed before your very eyes.  You’ll learn what blogs are as well as how to read blogs to find genealogy research leads.  Finally, you’ll see how easy it is to create a blog in under 5 minutes!  [BI]