A bit like the lyrics of that old jazz standard song, written by Benton
Overstreet and Billy Higgins in 1921, and first recorded by Ethel Waters (listen
to her here), there’ll
be some changes made to my blogs here.
That song was produced in different version over 400 times. (While you
are reading this post, listen to a few interpretations on YouTube by Chet
Atkins here, Matty
Matlock here or Benny
Goodman here). Family
historians might even find some of the lyrics (reproduced below) have some
application to their ancestors.
Blogsite
There will be a few adjustments to the blogsite. I thought about
switching to a different format and host, but I am happy with Blogger so will
be staying with it. You may see a few new links to different websites, blogs,
publications, photos, etc. I will still use the site to tell stories about my
family, and interesting experiences of families of others.
I don’t anticipate we’ll make that many alterations, but readers should
be aware of a few.
Subscriptions
The decision to change has been prompted by a notice
from Feedburner through which blog subscriptions have been managed and
emails sent out: “Recently, the Feedburner team released a system update
announcement, that the email subscription service will be discontinued in July
2021. After July 2021, your feed will still continue to work, but the
automated emails to your subscribers will no longer be supported. If you’d like
to continue sending emails, you can download your subscriber contacts.”
New Post Announcements
In a couple of weeks, I will switch over to sending email announcements
through MailChimp. The email will look different, with only teasers included
rather than the entire new post. You will have to click on the link to the
blogsite to read entire posts. Subscribers may also click on links to change
their preferences or unsubscribe (I hope you won’t do that).
Mother Nature’s Tests
One major change is that I will not be posting blogs on this separate
blogsite anymore. All posts related to Mother Nature or natural phenomena will
go back to being posted on Discover Genealogy. It was hard enough getting
around to finding new ideas for my main blog without having a second one, too.
Some of the posts published on Mother Nature’s Tests will be reprised on
Discover Genealogy for those who had not seen them. The separate email lists
for the two blogs will be merged and all future posts will go subscribers of
both blogs.
Stay Tuned
I hope you will continue to find an interest in what you read here. For
my part, I will continue to look for material that is of value to genealogists
in their quest to find more about their ancestors.
There’ll
Be Some Changes Made (Lyrics)
Ethel
Waters & Her Jazz Masters
They say
don't change the old for the new;
But I've
found out that this will never do;
When you
grow old, you don't last long,
You're just
here, my honey, then you're gone;
I loved a
man for many years gone by,
I thought
his love for me would never die;
He made a
change and said I would not do,
So now I'm
going to make some changes, too.
Why,
there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now
on there'll be a change in me,
My walk
will be different, my talk, and my name,
Nothing
about me's going to be the same;
I'm gonna
change my long tall one for a little short 'n fat,
I'm gonna
change my number that I'm living at;
Because
nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's
gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be
some changes made.
Why,
there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now
on there'll be a change in me,
Why, my
walk will be different, and my talk, and my name,
Nothing
about me gonna be the same;
I'm gonna
change my way of living, and that ain't no shock,
Why, I'm
thinking of changin' the way I gotta set my clock,
Because
nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's
gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be
some changes made.
