Happy Birthday, Blog!

Today is Our Casbon Journey’s first birthday! The first post, “Welcome to ‘Our Casbon Journey’” was published on September 7, 2016.

I want to share some of the blog’s statistics from its first year.

Blog posts: 75	Likes: 136
Visitors: 1,659	Comments: 127
Views: 3,838

That averages out to about 22 visitors per post and 51 views per post. That’s not many in the blogging world, but there aren’t that many of us out there, so I don’t expect large numbers. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of followers who aren’t related at all – they are generally fellow bloggers with an interest in genealogy (thanks for your support!).

Views by country:

Country	Views	Country	Views	Country	Views
United States	2,836	France	6	Hong Kong	3
United Kingdom	1,659	Netherlands	6	South Korea	2
Australia	153	Denmark	5	Pakistan	2
South Africa	36	Ireland	5	Mexico	1
Canada	27	Germany	4	Bangladesh	1
New Zealand	27	Sweden	4	Israel	1
Philippines	9	India	3	Portugal	1

The top three countries roughly reflect the distribution of Casbons in the world and the major migrations from England. The next three are all British Commonwealth countries, and may be the location of later migrations.

Some of the most popular posts:

Post	Date	Views
“The old cow got round it”	7 Oct 2016	88
“The Collage Explained”	14 Sep 2016	62
“How doth your garden grow? Part 1”	22 Sep 2016	60
“’Rags’ to Riches”	13 Jun 2017	51
“Friday Fun: 1968 Casben Shorts Ad”	23 Sep 2016	50
“Welcome to Our Casbon Journey”	7 Sep 2016	49
“The Amos Casbon Farm, Boone, Grove, Indiana”	22 Aug 2017	47
“From England to Indiana, Part 3”	21 Oct 2016	43
“Cousins”	13 Apr 2017	43
“Give me an ‘a’”	25 Nov 2016	43
“From England to Indiana, Part 1”	10 Oct 2016	42

Casbon Family Reunion at home of Hiram (“Hida”) Church, Valparaiso, Indiana, October, 1901 (Click on image to enlarge)

Thanks to all my readers for your support and encouragement. Let me assure you, I still have plenty of material, so Our Casbon Journey is far from over! I encourage family members to share their stories and old family photos, so our history can be shared, celebrated and preserved.