Sunday, April 25, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 25 April 2010

This is the last day before our trip to Salt Lake City, and I frittered most of it away. Have a serious case of senioritis, I guess!

* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then finished the Best of the Genea-Blogs post before getting cleaned up and going to church. Have you registered for Jamboree yet? posted before we left.

* Home from church at 11:40 a.m., quickly logged into Ancestories and got into Scanfest. Scanned about 20 images as TIFF files from my certificates notebook - finished all but the big one - 14 x 26 marriage certificate. Chatted until almost 2 PM when the computer really slowed down, so went in to watch TV.

* Easily fell asleep after the strenuous chat session, and was back on computer at 3 PM. Have no clue what was on TV. Checked Facebook, answered email, put electronics into the laptop case, got RottsMagic-To-Go updated on flash drive. CVGS Program on Wednesday, 28 April - Myrna Goodwin on Land Research posted.

* Went out at 5 PM to cut front lawn, water front plants, fill the bird feeder (will be gone in three days), had dinner, read paper, watched news, packed suitcase, etc.

* Back online at 7 p.m., read everything, packed laptop case then put paper stacks in suitcase instead. Got boarding passes, called for airport shuttle pickup, I think we're as ready as can be. Read Facebook some more, went in at 9 PM to watch History Channel for America: The Story of Us. Watched until 10 PM, came in to write this post and will go back to see the rest of it.

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, and 1.5 hours preparing for trip.

This blog will go dark for several days because of the Salt Lake City trip. Watch for daily summaries on Genea-Musings.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 24 April 2010

One more day to do anything useful before NGS - I'm procrastinating, I guess. Will have all of Mother's Day Weekend to finish everything up, God willing.

* We left before 7 a.m. for the swim club breakfast, was home by 8:30 a.m. Read email, blogs and Twitter, wrote Surname Saturday - UNDERHILL (MA > NH > NY), then Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - FREE 1930 Census Data and A Conversation with David E. Rencher - Part 4. Set the last two to post later due to other time commitments.

* Got cleaned up, went in to have lunch and watched end of Padres game (Pads won 6-0, now 11-6, 8 straight wins). Gathered stuff up and went off to South CV Library for CVGS seminar.

* Got to library at 1:15 p.m., helped Gary with projector and Susi with loads, and talked to folks. Program started at 2 p.m. and was over by 3:30, and I was home by 4 p.m.

* Linda was on computer so went to my chair and napped for an hour. Watched TV, we had dinner and then back online.

* Read everything at 6:15 p.m., then wrote CVGS "Getting Started" Seminar Summary on CV GenCafe blog and another post, then wrote five posts for Sunday and Monday.

* Printed off several ancestral reports for FHL research, then went into FHLC and printed off resources to check for my Page/Suffolk, Martin/NJ and White/CT/RI lines. Mainly vitals, town, church , land and probate. Probably won't get to it all but it never hurts to be prepared!

* Wrote this post!

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hours on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours on CVGS seminar, 2.0 hours preparing for FHL, and 5.0 hours writing blog posts (11 total).

Friday, April 23, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 23 April 2010

Tick, tick, tick, another day that I didn't make any progress on the presentations...gotta buckle up and knuckle down or something like that!

* Read email, noted Bloglines was back but only with posts before Thursday, and Twitter before writing Follow Friday - the Ancestry.com Blog.

* Worked on A Conversation with David E. Rencher - Part 3 for over an hour, and set it to post late in the morning.

* Got cleaned up, checked on Facebook and Twitter, then had lunch at home and went off at 11:45 a.m. for my walk with George on the bayfront. Was home by 1 p.m.

* Read everything, then captured some census images and wrote Devier J. Smith in 1880 Agricultural Census. That took awhile too - 100 columns!

* Worked on family finances and balancing the checkbook for awhile, then went in and watched the Padres game. Quickly fell asleep for a short nap, read the paper and we had dinner watching my Padres beat the Reds 10-4 (Pads now 10-6 on year). Are they for real?

* Came in to computer at 6:30, and read everything (more blogs up now), checked Facebook again, printed off more syllabus articles for NGS next week. Went in to watch Susan Sarandon episode of WDYTYA?

* Back online at 9 p.m. after WDYTYA?, checked on Facebook, downloaded more Agricultural Census records for Smith and Carringer, wrote the Surname Saturday post for the morning, and then this post.

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 3.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 1.0 hour in Ancestry.com, 0.5 hour printing NGS articles, 1.0 hour watching WDYTYA?

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 22 April 2010

Another full genealogy day - one more task completed, many more to do. Tick ... tick ... tick - only four more get-ups before flying off to Salt Lake City. Lots still to do!

* Read my email and Twitter - Bloglines was down all day, hope it's back on Friday. Wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Julia White's Death Record and then worked on transcribing A Conversation with David E. Rencher - Part 2 and set it to post later in the morning. Transferred my big (10 gb) Genealogy folder contents from desktop to laptop using flash drive. Now the laptop is almost as fresh as the desktop!

* Got cleaned up, then checked out the laptop and projector in the spare bedroom. Made everything work, including the clicker/pointer. Packed everything up.

* Wrote New Ancestry.com Filters are Working! and posted it. Ate lunch at home.

* We left at 12:15 p.m. for the University City library, got there at 12:45 and was set up for lecture by 1:10 p.m. Had to put laptop on cart with projector, and put podium in the corner of the room so I could click the slides and see the screen. It all worked, but glad I had the clicker! Started at 1:30 and finished right at 3 p.m. Lots of questions... these were mainly novices but some folks with some experience.

* We stopped at Pollo Loco for dinner, and were home at 4:45 p.m. Watched TV while Linda checked her email. Finally online at 5:15 p.m. and read everything. Facebook not permitting TinyURLs to go through for some reason - that's frustrating! Still no Bloglines.

* Thought about working on class presentations but felt sluggish. Need some research to do - Barbara sent email with a problem so I tackled that and solved it quickly.

* Opened up NGS syllabus PDF file and started printing out selected articles - the ones I'm interested in and the ones I might attend. Got through Friday by 9:45 when I stopped. Checked in on Facebook all night...

* Wrote this post, and I'm almost done for the night.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 0.5 hour preparing hardware for talk, 3.0 hours for library talk, 1.0 hour doing online research, and 3.0 hours printing off NGS syllabus articles.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 21 April 2010

A busy genealogy day - all day! Got the Thursday talk and handout finished, the Rencher interview completed and partially transcribed, the second class presentation finished and the third class presentation started. Even captured some non-population census images!

* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then planned questions for David. Wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 100: Lyle, Rex and Tom and then SFGenealogy.net Databases (scheduled it later in morning). Got cleaned up.

* Came back and checked out FamilySearch sites and FHFair syllabus for info about NewFS - found quite a bit and reviewed it.

* Left at 11:10 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch and then to the library for Computer Group. Was home by 1:30 p.m. Brought projector home for Thursday talk.

* Read everything. Set up laptop to copy latest files. Prepped more for the Rencher telecon - tested audio recorder - works fine (but battery low!). Downloaded last two NEHGR numbers.

* Called David Rencher at 3 p.m. for 30-minute interview. Interesting subjects - will do a serial transcription because I think it's interesting.

* Wrote New FamilySearch Record Search Release coming and CVGS Seminar on Saturday, 24 April before starting transcription of interview. Got about 10 minutes transcribed before dinner.

* Went in at 6 p.m. to have dinner, watch TV, read the paper, and back online before 7 p.m.

* Edited A Conversation with David E. Rencher - Part 1 and some of Part 2, and posted Part 1.

* Edited handout for last time, printed 60 copies. Saved handout and presentation to flash drive . Edited Class 2 presentation more - added SSDI and homework. Started Class 3 presentation. Searched 1850-1880 Non-pop census records for families.

* Read everything, checked Facebook, wrote this post. Whew!

Genealogy today was 12.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours at CVGS, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.0 hours checking FamilySearch and Rencher interview, 1.5 hours on OASIS library talk, 1.5 hours on CVGS Gen101 classes, 0.5 hour on Ancestry.com, and 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 20 April 2010

A pretty full genealogy day - got quite a bit done, but lots more to do. Tick..tick..tick - 6 days until the SLC trip.

* Up early and online early - read email, blogs and Twitter, then wrote English Parish Record data and Forrest Gump. Wrote NARA List of Records Digitized by Partners for later posting, and got cleaned up.

* Worked on the second class presentation for Genealogy 101 - Education, Vital Records and Census Records. Got it almost done... didn't do much else all afternoon - oh, did search for Carringer census records on Ancestry for presentation - to show how names are misspelled in enumerations/indexing.

* Went out at 5 p.m. to mow the back yard weed forest, and then trim around the edges. Finished at 6:20 just as the rain started to fall. Came in really dirty due to long grass and weed-whacker debris. Had dinner.

* Jumped online at 6:40 p.m., read everything, watched video, wrote San Francisco April 1906 - A ride down Market Street and went in to watch the Padres game.

* Watched Padres game (a 1-0 win over Giants, 5th straight win, Pads tied for first at 8-6 with Giants) and read George Morgan's book while watching. Also transferred genealogy and picture files to 16gb flash drive for transfer to laptop.

* Back online at 9:45 p.m., read everything, checked in on Facebook, wrote this post. done!

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour watching video, 0.5 hour on Facebook/Twitter, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, and 6.0 hours working on Gen101 class 2 presentation.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 19 April 2010

It was a decent genealogy day, but limited in the evening by Padres game and 24.

* Read email, blogs and Twitter, and wrote Anne Bradshaw wants your "miracle"stories and Amanuensis Monday - Guardianship of Humphrey White's children before getting cleaned up.

* Researched and wrote Who were parents of Susanna Page (ca1611-1691)? and tweeted about it too. Had lunch, gathered bookbag and went off to the library.

* Table Talk with John and Ruth. Checked out some of the books on the shelf and found George Morgan's How to Do Everything in Genealogy book on the circulation shelf, so checked it out - haven't read it before.

* Home by 1:30 p.m., read everything, and took Linda down to station to retrieve the car (needed a thermostat and routine maintenance), and looked for her lost keys - never found them. Finally started work on Gen101 Class 2 presentation - education, vital records and census records. Got the education stuff done.

* Went in at 5:30 to watch news, read the paper, and we had dinner. Back online at 6:30 and hurriedly wrote CGSSD Meeting Review - Del Ritchhart's Trips, then went in to watch the Padres-Giants game. Read Morgan's book during the game - saw several errors and inconsistencies - but a lot of good information too. Switched between 24 and Padres game - Pads won it 3-2 in the 10th on Eckstein walkoff homer.

* Back online to read everything, write this post and check Facebook.

Genealogy today was 7.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 2.0 hours working on Gen101 class presentation, and 1.5 hours at library.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 18 April 2010

Even the best laid plans sometimes get changed...got some unanticipated, and enjoyable, time with the grandgirls today!

* Read email, blogs and twitter before going off to church at 9:30 a.m., but didn't start writing.

* Home from church at 11:40 a.m., wrote Best of the Genea-Blogs - April 11-17, 2010. Was almost done when the phone rang - Tami says "What are you doing?" "Writing..." I said.

* Lolo's friend, Abigail, was really sick and in the Sharp ER a mile away, and Tami needed me to go get Lolo and Audrey so that Michelle could concentrate on Abigail. Got the car seats, jumped in the car, rushed up there, got the girls, came home, we fed the birds out back, got Audrey down for a nap, and took a nap myself while watching the Padres game. Lolo entertained herself with drawings and playing by herself. She was hungry after I woke up, so got her strawberries, grapes and blackberries. While I watched Padres and read newspaper, she mushed them up and had it on her face, her clothes, the furniture, etc. (but not the floor!). It tasted pretty good - she polished it off. Got her cleaned up a bit and Linda came home very surprised to find the girls there. Explained situation, and Linda got Lolo's clothes off her and spotted and into the wash. Audrey woke up, and Tami came. Padres won, 5-3 in comeback win (now 6-6 on year). Tami found out Abigail was home - apparently OK but with new medication. Tami went to pick up their stuff, and we took girls to Rubio's for dinner. Tami took them home tonight after dinner. A fun and hectic 5 hours!

* Home by 6:45 p.m., read everything, answered some email, checked in on Facebook, wrote New Content on Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.

* Worked on Class 1 presentation some more - added a few more charts and edited others. Need to start on Class 2 on Monday! Wrote this blog post.

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.5 hour on Gen101 classes.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 17 April 2010

Tick tick tick - going to Salt Lake City in 9 days, have first Gen101 class in 17 days. And two presentations in 28 days. Not ready for any of them. It looks like it will be an intensive week!

* Got cleaned up, then read email, blogs and Twitter before 8:15 a.m., and noted that Surname Saturday - KOENIG/KING (Germany > PA) posted.

* Left at 8:20 a.m. for UCSD for CGSSD meeting. Took box of SCGS Jamboree brochures to hand out. Sat in on RootsMagic class taught by Pam Journey - worked on Timelines for awhile, and that gave me the thought to use it for SNGF. Then talk at 10:30 by Del Ritchhart on his trips to ACPL and FHL. Nice talk - lots of pictures and useful info about the libraries.

* After the presentation, was invited to lunch with Pam and her friends. Had a nice bacon cheeseburger at TGIFridays. Was home by 1:30 p.m.

* Read everything, wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - a Family Timeline, made my timeline and posted it, and went in to take a short nap.

* Napped for about 20 minutes watching baseball game, then we suited up and went off to the Padres game on the trolley. Got to the Tin Fish for fish and chips dinner (not as good as in Australia!) at 4:15, and were inside Petco Park by 5 p.m for 5:35 p.m. game start. The Pads won 5-0 over Snakes, and we were home by 9:30 p.m. A long day!

* Read everything, then wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 4.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 0.5 hours writing blog posts, and 3.0 hours at CGSSD meeting.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 16 April 2010

Less than two weeks now until the NGS Conference. Got the first class material almost finished!

* Read email, blogs and Twitter, and posted Follow Friday - Genealogy Education and wrote SDGS Train Trip to SCGS Jamboree 2010.

* Answered some email and found Susanna Page's father's name in a GenForum message board post - Thomas Page wrote a will in 1637 that named Susanna and her husband. Cool.

* Had lunch, went for my walk on the bayfront with George, and was home by 1 p.m.

* Read everything, checked Archives.com, made some screens and wrote First Look at Archives.com - a Database Site?

* Worked on the Class 1 presentation some more - almost done now. I will have a time problem I fear... depends on how many questions they ask. Oh well.

* Went in at 5 p.m. to read paper, watch TV and have dinner. Back online at 6 p.m.

* Read everything, worked on 6 Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog posts, then went in to watch Padres game before 7.

* Watched Padres game, and got laptop updated (RootsMagic 4, Legacy 7.4), checked in on Facebook, did some MyHeritage browsing, and read TJ's posts and other stuff. Pads won 6-3 in 9th inning - walkoff homer by Headley. Pads now 4-6 on season.

* Wrote this post, will write two Saturday posts too.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 3.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour in Archives.com, 1.5 hours on CVGS class presentation.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 15 April 2010

Tax day - we sent it in earlier this week, even get money back for the first time since we retired.

* Had to mind the grandgirls from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., then read email and blogs. Tami took girls to the mall at 10 a.m., so I was able to write Treasure Chest Thursday - White-Richmond Marriage Record.

* Got cleaned up, and read the APG Quarterly sample issue, printed off two interesting articles. Sent off my SCGS registration to SDGS.

* Tami back with girls at 12 noon, played a bit before their nap. Wrote Genea-Musings is 4 years old today while they napped, then worked on the Gen101 class presentation, adding how-tos for websites.

* Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV and take a nap, Tami and girls came home and we had dinner.

* Online at 6:30 p.m. to catch last half of the TGSG chat. Helped clean up house and pack up for Tami - girls and Tami left at 8:30 p.m. Sad to see them go - really fun and happy and smart little ones.

* Read everything. Checked out Steve Morse site and Ancestry Jewish collection for awhile. Found neighbors' passenger list record - printed off a copy for them! Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 2.0 hours working on presentation, 0.5 hour on TGSG chat, and 1.5 hours working in Ancestry and Morse.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 14 April 2010

NGS Conference starts in two weeks...and my Gen101 class in three. Yikes.

* Read email, blogs and Twitter and posted (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 99: The Russ Mill in San Diego and wrote CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 17 April features Del Ritchhart to post later in the morning.

* Got cleaned up, printed off NGS Conference program, captured the syllabus, downloaded several years of NGSQ, and gathered stuff for the CVGS Research Group.

* Left at 11:15 a.m., lunch at McDonalds, then to library for CVGS Research Group. We had 12, but not many questions or problems - more rehashing of previous months. Stayed for the seminar planning meeting. Home by 3 p.m.

* Read everything, worked on Genealogy 101 class presentation for awhile, posted Genealogy Merit Badge - Boy Scout Requirements and answered some email.

* Left at 5:30 p.m. for Rubios - met Tami and grandgirls there for dinner, then to our house. Watched Padres game, played with and read to girls, game over at 10 p.m. (Pads lost to Atlanta, now 3-5 on the year).

* Read everything, wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 0.5 hour on NGS things, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours on CVGS activities, and 1.0 hour on class presentation.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 13 April 2010

A pretty full genealogy day - finally got a start on the Genealogy 101 course.

* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Interesting Memorials and New Roots Television Videos after watching several videos.

* Got cleaned up, put tax returns in envelopes and down to the post office. Was home by 11:30.

* Started in on Genealogy 101 class presentation. Have first class almost completed, four to do in all! Time flew by ... stopped at 5 p.m.

* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, take a nap and have dinner. Back to computer at 7:15 p.m. after watering plants and washing dishes.

* Read everything, answered some emails, then found more D.J. Smith references in the McCook NE newspaper on Chronicling America site. Copied and saved them to files. Wrote More Devier J. Smith tidbits in McCook NE Newspapers and then wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 1.5 hour writing blog posts, 0.5 hour on Facebook/Twitter, 1.0 hour watching RootsTV videos, 2.0 hours working in Chronicling America, and 5.5 hours doing CVGS class work.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 12 April 2010

This was a pretty weak genealogy day - some thinking, but not much doing. But the Padres won!

* Read blogs, email and Twitter and wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Jonathan White (1806-1850) and Online Historical Newspapers and Directories sites.

* Got cleaned up, had a little lunch, took off for Chula Vista library at 11 a.m. for Table Talk, then to Subway for dinner sandwiches and Sears for a watch battery. Home by 12:40 p.m., gathered Padres stuff for bag.

* Linda and I left at 1:15 p.m. for the trolley station - got to Petco Park by 2 p.m., got tickets from Will Call and were in our seats soon after...the game started at 3:35 p.m. Walked around a bit - saw old friends, and enjoyed the game. Pads broke it open with 10 runs in the 4th and it ended up 17-2 (Pads now 3-4). On trolley by 7:15, home by 8 p.m.

* Read everything, checked Facebook, went in to watch 24, and back at 10 p.m. to write this post.

Genealogy today was 4.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.5 hour writing blog posts, and 1.0 hour at CV Library.

Thought more about the beginners class - need to start putting it together. Have less than two weeks now to do that and two presentations for mid-May. Tick...tick...tick...

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 11 April 2010

Finished two more tasks on this "not really a genealogy day." Now the decks are clear for the three presentations due in May!

* Read email and blogs and Twitter, then wrote Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of April 4-10, 2010 and set it for noon time.

* Got cleaned up and went off to church. Home at 11:30 p.m. Ate lunch, checked email, tweeted the Best of post, gathered up the CVGS Newsletter stuff and off to the UPS Store to publish and mail the newsletter. Home by 12:45 p.m.

* Watched Padres game (lost 4-2 to Rockies), took a nap, read the paper, and came back to computer at 3:30 p.m.

* Wrote article for SDGS newsletter and sent it off to the editor. Read everything, wrote another small article and sent it off too.

* We left at 4:40 p.m. for the church dinner. Sat with the guys and shot the breeze for an hour. Decent potluck dinner, but killer desserts. Showed vacation pix to those interested.

* Home at 8 p.m. Read everything, posted Barbara Renick presentations at SDGS on Saturday and worked on the New Zealand album at Facebook. Success! Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour writing SDGS articles, 1.0 hour on CVGS newsletter, and 1.0 hour on Facebook/Twitter.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 10 April 2010

An interesting genealogy day... home, then SDGS, home and even my Padres won tonight.

* Read email and blogs and Twitter, posted Surname Saturday - FEATHER (NJ > PA) and wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Which Ancestor... and set it for early afternoon.

* Worked in Ancestry.com for awhile, got cleaned up and left at 11 a.m. for the SDGS meeting.

* Got to SDGS meeting at 11:30, networked with folks, and settled in my chair at 12 noon for announcements and Barbara Renick's program on Finding Newspapers. Then the break for a snack and Barb's talk on the Five C's for Genealogy Success. Was home by 3:30 p.m.

* Read everything, wondered what to write and post, but tweeted only SNGF and went in for my nap while watching TV. We had dinner in front of the Padres game (won in 14 innings 5-4 over the Rocks) - game ended after 9:30 p.m.

* Back to computer, and printedo ut the CVGS newsletter for publishing on Sunday. Then read everything and saw Paul Allen's kind words, so wrote and posted "FamilyLink is (or soon will be) for genealogists." IBIWISI? Then wrote this post and I'm done.

Genealogy was 6.5 hours today - 0.5 hour on email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 0.5 hour on CVGS newsletter, and 3.5 hours at SDGS meeting.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 9 April 2010

Completed another major task today - the CVGS Newsletter.

* Read email and blogs, then wrote and posted The Ancestor Approved Award.

* Got cleaned up, checked for new online databases looking for blog fodder, found very little! Ate lunch, left at 11:45 a.m. for walk on the bayfront with George, was home by 1 p.m.

* Watched Padres-Rockies game on TV, took a nap, read the paper, finished the JDRobb book. Pads lost 7-0 (now 1-3 on season). Argggh.

* Back on computer at 3:30, wrote and posted NGS Magazine - January-March 2010 Issue. Burned down my email Inbox by answering genealogy messages from March. Stopped at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news and have dinner.

* After dinner, read everything, then worked on CVGS Newsletter, juggling material to fit in space available.

* At 9:30, went to Facebook to caption Australia photos, and tried to add New Zealand photos but failed. Drat! Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour in online databases, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 3.0 hours on CVGS Newsletter, and 1.0 hour on Facebook/Twitter.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 8 April 2010

It was a busy stay-at-home day - actually got quite a bit done on my to-do list!

* Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - A Playbill and New "Digging for Answers" Column Posted.

* Got cleaned up, had my brain food, and started in on tax forms using TurboTax. Had to input each stock we sold by hand - took awhile! Had lunch, clicked on done and found that we get significant refunds due to lack of big dividends and capital gains. Cool! Considering we've owed lots of money over the past five years, I checked the numbers and found that this looked right and good. Very cool - now we can afford another good vacation. E-filed the federal and printed off the State to send off to them.

* Back to genealogy at 3 p.m. - read Spring 2010 FORUM magazine and wrote Spring 2010 Issue of FGS FORUM Magazine available. Read everything, added new blogs to my Bloglines list, wrote some CVGS emails, and went in to take a nap.

* We left at 5:20 p.m. to have dinner with Ruth and Kurt for their 61st anniversary. Went to Cafe Lamaze in National City. Had a good time, home at 7:45 p.m.

* Read everything, then worked on CVGS newsletter until 10 p.m. Have everything in pending two more reports and the computer stuff - Friday work!

* Checked in on Facebook, captioned photos, then lost them due to stupidity...wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blog posts, 1.5 hour writing blog posts, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, and 2.5 hours on CVGS newsletter.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 7 April 2010

Genealogy and the Padres was the day - didn't get started on taxes.... tick tick tick. Or on presentations or newsletter... tick tick tick! drat!

* Read email and blogs and Twitter, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 98: A Picnic at La Jolla and after surfing a bit wrote Do I Need FamilyLink Plus?

* Got cleaned up, then wrote 374 Years Ago today... really? and set it for early afternoon. Printed off CVGS board notes and left at 11:15 for the library.

* Lunch at McDonalds, then the bank and the library. CVGS Board meeting until 2 p.m., and worked on query until 2:30, and home by 3 p.m.

* Posted Barbara Renick is SDGS Program Speaker on Saturday 10 April on Genea-Musings and wrote Hank Jones Program Summary - 24 March 2010 and Interested in Genealogy Research? CVGS Wants You! on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.

* Did chores, then took a nap watching TV, had dinner, pulled some weeds, checked email, and settled in for Padres game at 6:40 p.m.

* Read paper, then WDYTYA book and JDRobb book during game - Pads lost 5-3 (now 1-2 on season).

* Back online at 9:45 to read everything, check Facebook and write this post. Had email about La Jolla picture - La Jolla Light will print it, and they IDed the spot as Devil's Slide near Goldfish Point along current Coast Walk. Cool.

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 3.0 hours on CVGS activities, and 0.5 hour on social networks.

Need to start on CVGS newsletter and taxes on Thursday for sure!!!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 6 April 2010

A stay-at-home day...lots to do, and all of it didn't get done because priorities changed.

* Read email and blogs, then Twitter, and wrote GeneaBlogger Meetup in Sydney and FREE Census Records on Footnote.com through April.

* Worked on Graveyard Rabbit article and sent it to the editor. Checked Facebook. Got cleaned up and had lunch.

* Linda wanted vacation pictures in hard copy, so added photos from her camera, renamed all photos from both cameras, then created sheets of wallet photos for Cairns, Sydney, Christchurch, Queenstown, Auckland and Fiji. 8 pages in all. Took awhile.

* Captured screens and wrote Finding Wiltshire Historical Records then went out to mow the front lawn. Got it done, ate dinner and dessert while Linda at Girl's Night Out, and read everything ahead of Padres game.

* Watched Padres' game, read paper, finished NGS Mag, read book. Pads won 6-3 (1-1 on season). Over at 10 p.m.

* Read everything, wrote this post. Done.

Genealogy today was only 6.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing column, 1.5 hour writing blog posts, 1.0 hour doing online research, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook.

Need to go to CVGS board meeting on Wednesday and start on taxes too. Clock is ticking on new presentations...

Monday, April 5, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 5 April 2010

The earth shook only slightly today, at least when I had my feet on the ground and was awake. I guess that's progress! It was a different genealogy day...

* Read email, read blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Amy (Champlin) Oatley (1798-1865) and then 1880 US Census Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Schedule Data, and set it for later in the morning.

* Got cleaned up, worked in Ancestry 1880 DDD census for awhile - have no known DDDs, but there were some Seaver and Carringer folks.

* Ate lunch at home, gathered up papers and off to library for Table Talk with John and Gary. Talked about my trip, the April CVGS activities, and then tried to satisfy two queries. Found one of the two obituaries. Was home by 2:15 p.m.

* Watched Padres game, napped a bit, read the paper, started reading NGS Mag. Pads lost 6-3 to Snakes, drat (now 0-1).

* Back on desktop at 4:45 p.m., read everything, wrote Internet Genealogy Magazine TOC - April/May 2010 Issue, then dinner time.

* Back online after dinner. Checked in on Facebook. Wrote email to queryist providing negative results, but did some research and found other relatives, so may need to search for more obituaries on Wednesday.

* Back to TV at 8 p.m. for 24 and the NCAA game, and read more of NGS Mag.

* Back online at 10 p.m., read everything, wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 2.0 hours doing CVGS queries, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, and 2.0 hours working in online databases.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Randy's Shaky Genealogy Day - 4 April 2010

It was a pretty normal genealogy Sunday until the desk and monitor (and everything else) started shaking. Talk about disrupting a train of thought - I spent hours trying to get back on track.

* Read email and blogs before cleaning up and going to church at 9:30 a.m. We were home by 12 noon. Linda got on computer so I watched some of "A Night at the Opera" on PBS.

* Finally online at 1:10 p.m., read everything then wrote Best of the Genea-Blogs - next week! and worked on Happy Easter!!! Wanta Census-whack with me? Started in on Recent Additions to FamilySearch Record Search - March 2010 but then the house started shaking at 3:40 p.m.

* Earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit in northern Baja California about 110 miles east of Chula Vista. The shaking was pretty steady for about 30 seconds, and lasted longer - I counted 45 seconds off while holding onto the flat-screen monitor. I was afraid that the power would go off so I saved what I was working on during the shake. There was one crash in the other room - we found one of Linda's angels smashed on the floor - it had been on the China hutch sitting on the edge watching over us. I was on Twitter immediately and then Facebook too - and noted the aftershocks I could feel, providing links to USGS data sites, and then summarizing what I heard on the radio. It was widely felt from Malibu to Las Vegas to Phoenix, and probably further. I finally posted the FamilySearch article after the excitement died down.

* We had dinner at 6:45 p.m., and then I worked on my FORUM column and sent it off to the editor. Read everything online again, sent some emails, worked on some ideas, read Shades of the Departed magazine (until it shut down IE) and went in to wash dishes. Watched The Apprentice for a bit too, before writing this post.

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour working on census data, and 1.0 hour working on column. I don't count the earthquake stuff!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 3 April 2010

Another day slaving over the hot keyboard...more writing than reading today!

* Read my email and Bloglines before getting cleaned up and going off to my Men's Bible Study breakfast this morning. Was home by 9:30 pm.

* Worked through some of the stacked up emails - printed off the queries and Casefile Clues and several articles from Internet Genealogy magazine. Wrote Surname Saturday - CHAMPLIN (RI) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Degrees of Separation.

* Had lunch, read the latest Internet Genealogy magazine online, and checked out the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives (UK) site for Richman, Marshman and others without much success. But an interesting hour exploring the UK National Archives site.

* Watched the NCAA basketball game for awhile, then we went off to Maggie's 95th birthday party at the Elks Club. Drinks, Dinner (decent), dancing (not me), and cake (great) and we were home by 7:30 p.m. Watched end of NCAA game.

* Back online at 8:15 to read everything, work on the next FORUM column, check in on Facebook, and write this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hour writing blog posts, 1.5 hour working on FORUM column, 1.0 hour reading IG magazine, and 2.0 hours doing some online research.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 2 April 2010

We're back from our three week vacation in the South Pacific - Australia, New Zealand, Fiji. Interesting. Fun. Tiring. Not much genealogy! Got home last night at 6:30 and was asleep by 9:30, even with chills and fever (Fiji food? Dunno).

* Read email and started reading blogs, but decided to write some - wrote Bula! Randy's back - but snowed under... and Ellen DeGeneres has some notable cousins! The latter took awhile.

* Had lunch, started reading more blogs in Bloglines - over 1900 posts to read. Took most of the afternoon. Wrote Take the Casefile Clues Survey and Footnote User Survey. Continued reading blogs. Computer showed 100% use all afternoon. Finally figured out why - I scanned something and it hung up. Drat.

* Stopped for dinner at 6:15 p.m., then wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - April 2010 and checked the CVGS and my own email accounts. Time for WDYTYA? Decent - I gave it a B for entertainment value and a C for records. Anybody notice the sticky tape tab on the 17th century document?

* Back after the show - checked Facebook and Twitter, then wrote this post. Yawn.

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour watching WDYTYA and 6.0 hours reading blog posts.