39th Carnival of Genealogy

Jasia at CreativeGene has posted the 39th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. As genealogy bloggers weigh in on their New Years Resolutions, the C0G is now officially older than I am. While I will turn 39 in a few weeks, the CoG will turn 40 one week beforehand, and after that, I'll be left in the dust fairly quickly.

Though only actively researching for about 9 months, I think I may have something to say on the topic for #40, and look forward to gathering and organizing my thoughts:

Living-relative connections made during your research processes and/or blog. Who found you or how did you find them? Were they helpful or did they send you on a wild goose chase for further information? How much and what kind of information did they share with you? What did you share with them? What kinds of contacts have you had... in person, via phone, online chat, email, snail mail, web casts? (If you're not comfortable using their real names you might want to consider using pseudonyms.)