Well,
the time has come. While I have tried to avoid this for as long as possible,
the time that it takes to maintain this blog and the resources that it requires
(and the simple fact that I am running out of free ideas) that I start a
fundraising campaign. I have also been asked about donating on a few occasions
so this also provides the means for me to now accept those generous offers. Actually,
because of the projects that I am working on, I am actually starting two fundraising
campaigns through Patreon and Kickstarter
respectively.
The Patreon
campaign is ongoing and is designed to help with the recurring costs of
maintaining this blog and raising the funds to take the blog to the next level.
To this point, I have funded all
research, travel, equipment, review products, and other expenses to maintain
the daily stream of content. Obviously, this has come on a pretty tight budget
and has hindered the growth of the blog which currently receives over 2,000
views per month. Patreon allows readers to donate monthly to the blog to
support these efforts. Additional details about the campaign as well as
incentives and ways the funds will be used can be found at https://www.patreon.com/SeanMT4D.
Understandably,
not everyone is able to contribute on a monthly basis and many readers have specifically
asked me about one topic in particular… genealogy. With those suggestions in
mind I have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 to really dig deep
into my family tree. I admit that it is a lofty goal but it is also one that
would allow me to expedite the process. The project is titled “Pruning The
Family Tree: Questioning Facts and Fiction” and will result in a book most
likely with the same title. Overall, the purpose of
this project is not only to find those elusive answers but also to give shape
and character to the lives of my ancestors and tell their stories, as eventful
or uneventful as they may be, to the world. Additional details about this
campaign, how the funds will be used (there is some overlap with the Patreon
campaign), as well as the incentives for these onetime donations can be found
at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1751333165/pruning-the-family-tree-questioning-facts-and-fict.
If you have the means to contribute I would greatly appreciate
your support with one or both of these campaigns. If your finances do not allow
for such an expense I completely understand. I never have and never will
maintain this blog solely for profit and to change that now would be disingenuous.
I appreciate all the support that I received in maintaining this blog and I
will continue to provide you with the free content that you have come to
expect. Thank you all for your support.
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