Monday, January 30, 2012

My genealogy day - 30 January 2012

Hectic!  I think I'm ready to go to SLC and RootsTech.  We'll see!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote and posted Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Reuben Waite (1656-1707) of Dartmouth, Mass.  Wrote Win an iPad2 in the RootsMagic Treasure Hunt! and set it for later in the morning.


*  Wrote the Tuesday's Tip and Wordless Wednesday posts for the week.  Wrote Questions for brightsolid at RootsTech 2012 and set it for early afternoon.


*  Left at 10 a.m. to go to the foot store and get my orthotics.  Pricy!


*  Home by 11:30, Worked a bit in CensusRecords and put together First Look at CensusRecords.com Results - Post 1: Searches and Transcriptions and set it for mid-afternoon.  


*  Got the electronics together, and the cables, couldn't find the iPhone charger...yikes!  Tami had used it and left it in the kitchen.  Whew!  Went out and cut the front lawn to Linda's surprise.  


*  Noted that the The iGene Awards for 2011 for Genea-Musings Posts posted.  Answered some emails, checked Facebook, helped Linda with the tablet.


*  We ate at 5 p.m. and was online at 6 p.m. to research a bit and write another CensusRecords post for Tuesday on Wild Cards.  Answered and sent more emails.  


*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook again (no one ever comments on my blog posts...), and wrote this post.  8 blog posts today.


Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.


I'm going to do my stats tonight because we'll be away on 1/31:


End of January (30 days) Genea-Musings statistics:

* 951 Feedburner readers (+50)
* 1,157 Google Reader readers (+23)
* 24,213 web page visits (807 per day, Site-meter) (+53)
* 39,829 page views (1,328 per day, Site-meter) (+42)
Those are the best month statistics ever!

End-of-January statistics for RootsMagic database:

* 41,502 persons (+54)
* 16,460 families (+35)
* 109,108 events (+525)
* 4,982 places (+50)
* 733 sources (+17)
* 25,771 citations (+1,159)

 I'm up to 23.6% for citations/events and 62.1% for citations/persons.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

My genealogy days - 28 and 29 January 2012

Two more get-ups until we're off to Salt Lake City...Linda's packing.

1)  Saturday, 28 January:

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - WAITE (England to Rhode Island) posted.


*  Read about CensusRecords.com, so wrote Is CensusRecords.com the new brightsolid USA Venture?   This had a decent scoop in it, and was highlighted on Twitter for awhile by genealogy folks.  


*  Started to listen to the FGS Radio show, but we left at 11:15 a.m. for Lolita's to meet Tami and the girls for lunch.  Then home to get Audrey, Tami and Randy a nap while Linda took Lauren swimming at the Y.  


*  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Maternal Grandfather's Paternal Line posted.
Watched Aztecs basketball and Torrey Pines Golf, took my nap.  Audrey up at 2 p.m. to watch Disney TV.


*  Steph and Mary and Steph's little ones came before 3 to visit, and we played the whole time.  Not many pictures taken.  


*  We went to Panera for dinner, and See's afterwards.  Got Audrey bathed and read to, then she was up and down for over two hours.  Wrote Rock Star Genealogist Results.  Spent most of the time reading, adding to the Best Of post, and printing off material for the trip.


Genealogy on Saturday was 5.0 hours.


2)  Sunday, 29 January:


*  Up late because Audrey woke up at 3:30... got Audrey's breakfast and mine, did Linda's letters, and barely read email before Tami and girls left for home and we went off to church.


*  Home at 11:30 a.m. to read, then finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 22 to 28 January 2012 post.  Tuned into Scanfest and chatted until 2 p.m.  Found two photo stitching programs and tried them out.


*  Wrote Ancestry.com to LiveStream Sessions at RootsTech 2012.  


*  Wrote January 25th CVGS Program Review - "Genealogy Is Fun! Seriously!" and RootsTech 2012 Conference - LiveStreamed Sessions  plus one more.  Emailed board members my board report and members about RootsTech, respectively..

*  Went in for dinner at 5, watched TV and Pro Bowl until 7.

*  Online to read, start Best Of post, wrote the iGene Awards post for Monday, checked Facebook, answered email, worked for awhile in GenealogyBank.  They've added more San Diego newspaper years.  Found up to 1970.  Wrote this post.  That makes 8 blog posts today.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Friday, January 27, 2012

My genealogy day - 27 January 2012

Four more get-ups until we go off to Salt Lake City.  I actually made some progress toward the goal today!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Follow Friday - This Weekend's Genealogy Radio Shows and then RootsTech 2012 - Livestreaming Schedule.

*  Worked on the reference book, periodical and FHL microfilm lists, got them into PDFs, loaded onto Dropbox and Evernote, and they should be accessible when I want them wherever I am.  Also created six ancestor reports (12 generations, no notes) and saved them as PDFs and put them on Dropbox (but not Evernote - would exceed my free storage).

*  Wrote Questions for FamilySearch at RootsTech and then Follow-Up Friday - a Potpourri of Comments that need reading.  Wrote two Surname Saturday posts for the next two weeks.

*  Answered some email, checked Facebook, checked checked the Dropbox and Evernote apps on the tablet, and the saved data is there and readable.  Posted Questions for Ancestry.com at RootsTech 2012.

*  Signed into Geneabloggers Radio at 6, and went in at 6:15 p.m. for dinner.  Back online at 6:30 for the show, then to Outloud.fm for the music fest.  Left that to upload my music to Google Music (it's still uploading two hours later).

*  Wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, then added to the Best Of post, worked for awhile in Find-a-Grave without finding much randomly, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

My genealogy day - 26 January 2012

Only five more get-ups until we leave for RootsTech on Tuesday.  I'm still behind schedule...and didn't do much today to help myself.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Affidavits of Tabitha Cutter in Revolutionary War Pension Files and then Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 on Ancestry.com.

*  Added several apps to the Galaxy tablet so I can use it in SLC - Google Reader, Google Plus, Twitter, and several more.  Revised many of the PDF syllabus article names so I know whose talk they belong to, then added the folder to Dropbox.

*  Noted that RootsTech 2012 Presentations - 1:45 p.m., Saturday, 4 February posted, and answered a few emails.


*  Wrote a Treasure Chest Thursday post for next week, and started a post about questions to be answered at RootsTech.  Thought about working on the column article...but didn't.


*  Found that Ancestry had changed the Learning Center, so gathered some screens and wrote Ancestry.com Revamps Their Learning Center.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the debate on CNN - terrible questions and moderating.  Ate dinner, read the paper, and back to work at 7 p.m.

*  Worked on the CVGS Newsletter for over an hour, got caught up, just need content now - hope I don't have to provide all of it!  Watched Marian's Massachusetts webinar - very well done.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

My genealogy day - 25 January 2012

Five more days before flying off to SLC and I am even more not ready!  Did complete a major task today.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 189: Fred Shaw of Leominster, Mass. 


*  Put the presentation on the flash drive, added the files to the laptop, made sure it worked.  Checked that the song was on the iPhone.  Put the handouts in the laptop case.  Ready to go!


*  Wrote The Genealogy Bucket List Meme (Courtesy of Geniaus) and set it for mid-afternoon.


*  Left at 10:30 a.m. for lunch with Janice and Olive (their treat, thank you, ladies!), and then to the library by 11:40 a.m. to get set up for the "Genealogy is Fun! Seriously!" presentation.  Got the iPhone hooked into the house mike, the laptop up and running, and all set.  Meeting started at 12:20, I was on at 12:45 or so.  The audience of 40 or so had Genealogy Bingo cards - whenever I said a word, or they saw the word on the screen, they crossed it off.  Got no totally filled cards, but it was close.


*  Home by 2:30 to read, pondered writing something, but too sleepy so went in at 4:30 to take a nap.  We ate dinner, watched TV and read the paper, I took out the trash.


*  Online by 6:30 p.m. to read, write RootsTech 2012 Syllabus articles are online... and proceed to download many of the syllabus articles to my RootsTech 2012 file.  


*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  


Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My genealogy day - 24 January 2012

One more week before we fly off to Salt Lake City.  I am so not ready...

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out the FamilySearch TechTips Blog for Technology Topics and then worked on the last three RootsTech presentation posts.


*  Saw that the RootsTech app available, so I downloaded it to my iPhone and went through all of the screens.  Added some preferred presentations to the My Events list.  


*  Where did the time go?  The Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 9:45 a.m. Saturday, 4 February post went up, and I went back to the RootsTech app.  


*  Wrote RootsTech 2012 App Available for Download to iOS and Android Units and started trying to Friend people on Twitter and Facebook.  That doesn't work well.   Tried to find a picture of me for the app, finally put the ice cream pic into Dropbox and then into Photos and then the app.  Seemed like I wasted quite a bit of time today!


*  Updated my Google Calendar data.  Answered some email.  Finally got around to adding some names, dates, pl aces and sources for my Ayres line from the Freeman book.


*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner, and watch the Obama speech.


*  Back online after 7:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, work a bit in Find-a-Grave, search for more genealogy humor on the internet, go over the presentation one more time, and write this post.


Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Monday, January 23, 2012

My genealogy day - 23 January 2012

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Nathaniel Wade (1709-1754) of Scituate RI.  Wrote VOTE NOW on Genealogy Rock Stars.  

*  Wrote Do you have Loyalist Ancestors? Check out the UELAC Site and set it for later.


*  Worked a bit on the Genealogy is Fun presentation, and sent the handout off to be copied.  


*  Worked in the database a bit, adding sources and content for the Pike and Bloomfield families from the Freeman book.  Answered some emails too.


*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m, then watched TV until 6:30 p.m.  Read everything, then downloaded Janet's book, read it, and wrote "The Chart Chick's Quick Insider's Guide to Salt Lake City" book is out!

*  Edited content on my Google Calendar to get through RootsTech.  Fired up Find-a-Grave and worked into the 5th page of Seaver entries.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

My genealogy day - 21 January 2012

It was a pretty typical Saturday - out early to a genealogy meeting, home to write and blog.  even took my wife out to dinner.

*  Read email and blogs in a hurry, noted that Surname Saturday - ALLEN (England > Massachusetts) posted.

*  Left at 8:15 a.m. for the CGSSD meeting in the rain.  got there in time, and joined the FTM User Group meeting with Ken moderating.  We investigated several things.  I downloaded the latest update too.

*  After the refreshment break, Denise got there and set up for her talk on Dropbox.  That went well with lots of audience interaction and questions.  I downloaded Dropbox to my laptop during the talk.

*  Headed for home at 12 noon, stopped at the pharmacy and got home and had lunch.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Do Some Random Research posted.


*  Added Dropbox to the Galaxy tablet also.  Made sure the laptop Dropbox sync had completed.  


*  Worked in the database for awhile adding Pike data from the Freeman book (obtained at ACPL).  


*  We left for dinner at Outback at 4:30 p.m., had to wait until 5:15 to get seated.  Decent dinner - blew my calories though, I'm too weak - can't resist french fries.  


*  Home at 6:30 to watch TV news and read the paper, then online at 7:15 to read, note that Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 1:45 p.m. Friday, 3 February posted.


*  Messed around with Web Search in FTM 2012, and found a death record for Amy White!  Added it and sourced it (FamilySearch).  Looked for more unseen matches for my folks, but none popped up.  Worked for about an hour in Find-a-Grave, got through about 140 of the Seavers now - up to Charles.  


*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.  


Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Friday, January 20, 2012

My genealogy day - 20 January 2012

A stay-at-home day filled with writing and not much researching for some reason.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Follow Friday - This Weekend's Genealogy Radio Shows.  Moved the RootsTech post up to late morning.


*  Sent my syllabus material off to the Family History Fair folks.  Answered some email.  Put my breakfast calories into the counter app.  Wrote Follow-Up Friday - in which I Confess to Using Derivative Sources and set it for early afternoon.


*  Started on my FORUM column about mobile devices for genealogy.  I feel dangerous writing about this because I have one month experience.  


*  Added more data to the Counter app about lunch.  Worked on the tablet a bit trying to figure things out better.  Downloaded several apps also.  Wrote the Surname Saturday post.


*  Called for dinner at 5:30, then watched TV news and read the paper, forgetting about Geneabloggers Radio.  Tuned in at 7 p.m. and then spent an hour afterwards on Outloud.fm.  Good folks there!


*  Read everything, researched and wrote the SNGF post, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

My genealogy day - 19 January 2012

The morning was a pretty complete loss of genealogy time.  The afternoon and evening were better.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Kemp/Wilson Marriage Record.  Wrote Who are the Genealogy Rock Stars? Nominate your Favorites and set it for later.


*  Left at 9 a.m. for my doctor's appointment.  Had to wait 45 minutes, so checked out medical apps on my iphone.  Got into the office and he suggested another one - a calorie counter.  Ouch.  Got X-rays on my feet, then hurried off for the 11 a.m. lunch at Jimmy's with the Rohr retiree group.  Fun.  Had a Cobb salad...


*  Home by 1 p.m. to read, then wrote Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 9:45 a.m. Friday, 3 February and wrote three more like it for the next few days.


*  Forgot that I had real work to do, and got caught up in finding Richmond graves and census records on Ancestry.com and Find-a-Grave.  Added quite a few notes and events and sources to my Richmond families.  


*  Called in for dinner at 5:30 p.m., read the paper afterwards, and did the laundry.  Back online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the Genealogy Bingo cards for my talk next week (heh heh) - surprise CVGS!  


*  Got a set of 50 made, then went back to the Richmond data for awhile and added more events and sources.  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

My genealogy day - 18 January 2012

One week until my CVGS presentation, and two weeks until researching at the FHL.  Time's flying fast now...

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 188: Henry Pickford (ca 1920s).  Worked on the Fun presentation some more.  


*  Posted Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 4:15 p.m. Thursday, 2 February.  Listened in for awhile to Marian's webinar.  


*  Went off to lunch at Mcdonalds and then to the library for the CVGS Computer Group meeting.  Stopped for my RootsTech haircut on the way home.


*  Home by 2 p.m. to find Tami here, read everything, noted that CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 21 January Features Denise Spurlock posted.


*  Answered some email, and then worked in Ancestry (census) and Find-a-Grave (graves) to find information on the Pickfords of Leominster and Clinton. 


* Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m., watched TV for awhile, took out the trash and did the dishes.  Moved the power recliner into the family room for Linda.


*  Online again at 7 p.m. to read, post WikiTree Becomes Invitation Only Family Tree Database and continue working on the Pickford family.   Found quite a bit, and managed to flesh out the families for 3 or 4 generations.  Looked on GenealogyBank and Ancestry newspapers for these Pickfords without much success.  Added quite a few BMDs and burials to the database with sources for the Pickford family.  


*  Added to the Best Of post, checked in on Facebook, and wrote this post.


Genealogy today 10.5 hours.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My genealogy day - 17 January 2012

Another all-day stay-at-home genealogy work day.  I wish I was making more progress!


*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Use the Collections Search on FamilySearch and then wrote RootsTech 2012 Presentations - 3:00 p.m. Thursday, 2 February and set it for late morning, then edited the last one, and wrote the next one.


*  Worked on the Genealogy Fun presentation and handout one more time.  


*  After lunch, checked out the Ancestry profile page that the reader found, and wrote What is this Ancestry.com Feature Called?  And more questions... 


*  After the Galaxy charged, I worked with it a bit trying to understand navigation and the wireless/tether/hotspot settings.  Pretty easy.  Listened to one of Lisa's podcasts too.  worked in the database for awhile - added text to the Arnold and Hawkins families.


*  Answered some emails, then went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner.  Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then work on the Galaxy a bit more, work in the database, finally went to Find-a-grave and completed page 4 of the Seavers.


*  Added to the best of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.

Monday, January 16, 2012

My genealogy day - 16 January 2012

It was a stay-at-home genealogy day, and I actually got quite a bit done on several projects, but finished none of them.

*  Read emails and blogs, then wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Walter Allen (1601-1681) of Charlestown, Massachusetts and then Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 1:45 p.m. Thursday, 2 February and set it for later in the morning.  


*  Worked on the presentation handout for my blogging presentation at the Family History Fair.  got it pretty much done - need to do updated screen shots.


*  Researched and wrote GenealogyToday gets "A Haircut and a Shave" and then Michael LeClerc was hired by Mocavo.  Wrote article for CVGS on my summer vacation.  Answered several emails, and did a little investigation work on two of them.

*  Decided I should work in my database for awhile.  Added content and sources from the Thomas Arnold book that I found at ACPL in September.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and have dinner, then watched TV until almost 8 p.m.

*  Back online to read, check Facebook, and worked in Find-a-Grave for awhile -- got through Bert Seaver on 4th page of results.

*  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

My genealogy day -15 January 2012

It wasn't much of a genealogy day for me, although I got one more task completed.

*  Read email and blogs and finished off the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 8 to 14 January 2012 post.  Set it for after noon.


*  Off to church at 9:30 a.m. and home by 11:30 a.m.  Watched NFL football, and read the paper. 


*  Between games, came in and wrote SDGS Seminar Review - Four Thomas W. Jones Presentations and set it for later in the afternoon.  Went back and watched the second half of the Packers/Giants game, took a nap, and checked my readings on the iPhone.


*  We had dinner, and I came online at 6 p.m. to read, answer several emails, and write up my SDGS column and send it off on deadline.  


*  Worked on Chris's research problem and found some UK census records and a marriage record.  Checked in on Facebook.  Corrected some census citations in notes and added sources in my database.  Plenty more to do - like hundreds!  


*  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.  Slacker!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

My genealogy day -14 January 2012

It was a great genealogy day.

*  Quickly read email and blogs,checked that Surname Saturday -- TUCKER (England to Massachusetts) posted,  then got ready to go to the SDGS seminar.

*  got there by 8 a.m., talked to Tom Jones for awhile, then looked for CVGS members in the crowd of 200.

*  SDGS Seminar started at 9, gave my spiel about the CVGS seminar, and Tom gave his first two talks.  Had lunch with several CVGS colleagues, then back for Tom's last two talks.

*  Home by 3:30 to watch the end of the 49ers game, checked that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Make Your Own Genealogy Creation posted, then ate dinner, and watched first half of the Broncos/Patriots game.  Read everything on my iPhone while watching.

* Online at 7:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answered some email, checked Facebook, edited some content and added sources in the database, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Friday, January 13, 2012

My genealogy day - 13 January 2012

It was Friday the 13th, but I bravely went out twice on errands today.  Otherwise, it was genealogy work.

*  Left early to go have my lab tests done at SRS.  Home by 8 a.m.  Ate breakfast and then read email and blogs, and posted Follow Friday - Have Some Weekend Genealogy Fun!


*  Wrote FamilySearch Historical Collections Update - A Quandary and then did my DNA test scrapes.  Put the material in the envelope. Wrote January 2012 CVGS Newsletter Available Online.  Wrote the Research Group review too.


*  Had lunch, and left for the FedEx store, then the bank, the library and the gas station.  Home by 1:15 p.m.


*  Worked  on the handout for the Genealogy Blogs talk.  Wrote the Surname Saturday post.  In the process, I wrote Genealogy Idol Contestants Named!  

*  Answered some emails, worked on a correspondent research problem, and went in to watch TV and eat dinner at 5 p.m.

*  Back online at 6 p.m. to catch the Geneabloggers Radio show, and hung out for 30 minutes at the after party on Outloud.fm.

*  Wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, added to the Best Of post, and did a little online mining for information about two Tucker ancestral families.   The available information is confusing - it's best not to make guesses!  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

My genealogy day - 12 January 2012

It was a full stay-at-home genealogy day, and I made some progress on several fronts.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of James A. Kemp.  


*   Exported Genea-Musings blog to save it as an XML file - 51 mb!  Took over one minute, which is why IE9 was timing out - it had a 10 second setting.  Did some bookmark managing in Google Chrome too.


*  Wrote My Family Finder Autosomal DNA Tests - Post 3 and answered some email.  


*  Worked on the handout and the presentation for the Wiki talk at the Family History Fair.  Need to do screen captures too, but got the handout in order.


*  Took some time to look for my Richman notebook and I didn't find it until after dinner - right on top of the printer where I put it so I wouldn't lose it.  Drat.  Went through the desktop paper stacks too, and found several items that I added to the database.


*  Wrote Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 11 a.m. Thursday, 2 February   and then went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m..  


*  Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked in the database adding content and sources from three articles copied at ACPL.  Also worked trying to figure out some of the Richman relationships, and added some sources and deleted some extraneous facts. 


*  Checked Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus, then added to the Best Of post, and changed the Genea-Musings template a bit.  Wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

My genealogy day - 11 January 2012

It was a very full, and pretty fun, day doing genealogy.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-187.html and then worked on http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/finding-us-vital-records-on-archivescom.html and set it for 11 a.m.

*  Printed out material, and gathered up my stuff for the research group, and went off to Mcdonalds for lunch at 11 a.m. and then to the library for CVGS Research Group at 12 noon.

*  We had 18 at the Research Group with great sharing.  Went around the table sharing goals, then questions and answers, and finally successes and challenges.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then put genealogy dates on my iPhone Calendar, and had to copy pages for Tami before we went out to Lolita's at 4:30 p.m.

*  Home by 5 p.m. to watch TV news and read the paper, then online at 6 p.m.  Wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/more-goodies-from-san-diego-newspapers.html.

*  Went mining in GenealogyBank for two hours - Carringer, Smith, Blanchard, Seaver, Kemp, DeFrance, etc.  Found a bunch of articles.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook.  Frustrated by IE9, downloaded Chrome to use as a browser.  Imported and managed Bookmarks, wonder how I'll like it.  Already found out it won't copy my blog titles to this post - it adds the box around it too.  Will experiment.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

My genealogy day - 10 January 2012

This was a fun day because I found the historic San Diego newspapers on GenealogyBank.  I wonder when they were added?  I should pay closer attention to the GenealogyBank announcements that come by email.

*  Read email and blogs, then saw Denise's mention of the SD newspapers and quickly wrote Tuesday's Tip - San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank.  Wrote FREE Webinar Series from APG and set it for later.

*  Answered some email, and added some correspondent data to my database.  Worked some more in FamilyTreeDNA and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 2.

*  Dug out my Genealogy is Fun talk that had 69 slides.  Modified the handout first by checking links, and then adding some to it.  Then went through the talk and now have 100 slides since I have so much new material.  Will winnow it down a bit I think - the goal is 80 now.  I can do that in an hour, I think.

*  Succumbed to temptation and went back into GenealogyBank to find more Carringer/Auble data in San Diego newspapers.  Started in on the San Diego Union and saved some screen shots.  Wrote The Carringer Gardens in 1935.

*  Went in for dinner, watched the news and read the paper.  Online at 7 p.m. to do more GenealogyBank mining, and ended up with 24 screen shots.  There were lots of land transactions. 

*  Finally decided that I'd better write my GYR Journal article due on Wednesday.  Did that and sent it off.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and Google Plus, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Monday, January 9, 2012

My genealogy day - 9 January 2012

Some blogging, a quick library trip, the rotten BCS game, and some Find-a-Grave for therapy.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the will of Robert Gifford (1660-1730) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and then researched and wrote Finding U.K. Vital Records on Archives.com.

*  Answered some emails, sent the CVGS newsletter to the members, and had lunch.

*  Left after noon for the library to return the overdue book, looked for more but they've really cut back their holdings.  Home by 1:15 p.m.

*  Read everything, checked Facebook, researched and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 1.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch news, then ate dinner and watched the BCS game.  What a terribly boring game.  Played on the iPhone for the whole second half - got my reading done!

*  Back online at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and worked in Find-a-Grave looking for Horton, White, Wade, Hawkins in Rhode Island.  found a bunch!  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

My genealogy day - 8 January 2012

It was not much of a genealogy day at all.  I find that Sundays are usually my day of genea-rest.

*  Read email and blogs, put finishing touches on Best of the Genea-Blogs - 1 January to 7 January 2012 and set it for after noon.

*  Went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and talked a bit to John about CVGS.  We stopped at the store afterwards, home by 12 noon.

*  Watched both football games, we ate dinner afterwards.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, then check in on Facebook, answer some emails, add to the Best Of post, and work in Find-a-Grave for awhile, adding dates and sources to the database.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

My genealogy day - 7 January 2012

Another significant task completed today...many more to come!

*  Read email and blogs before going off to the Men's study breakfast at Jimmy's at the Park.  Home by 9:30 a.m.

*  Noted that Surname Saturday - THURSTON (England > Rhode Island > Massachusetts) posted, and wrote Top 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites - Genea-Musings is #90!

*  Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Very Best 2011 Research Adventure and set it for early afternoon.

*  Edited the CVGS Newsletter one more time (amazing how many errors and editing glitches you can find when you read carefully!) and printed it out.  Printed out the labels too.  I was going to take it down at 12:30 p.m. to copy it, but Susi didn't get the seminar flyer to me - it had an omission. 

*  Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the NFL game, took a nap, and finally left at 3 p.m. to copy the CVGS Newsletter.  Copied, stamped, labelled, sealed, and delivered to the Post Office, and home by 4 p.m.  Watched the end of the game.

*  Answered email, then watched the second NFL game, ate dinner, read the paper, etc. 

*  Online at 8 p.m. to read everything, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, work for an hour putting Find-a-Grave entries for Seaver (up to the 120-160 page now) into the database along with dates, places and sources.  It's amazing how much information is on Find-a-Grave.  While it's not complete, it's a wonderful resource.  Wrote this post!

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Friday, January 6, 2012

My genealogy day - 6 January 2012

Some blogging, some online searching, some newsletter editing, and some walking - a full day!

*  Read email and blogs - wrote Follow Friday - Have Genealogy Fun This Weekend and then RootsTech 2012 Speaker Schedule is Available.  Wrote "Beginning Genealogy" Presentations and set it for later in the morning.

*  Left at 11 a.m. for the pharmacy, then Costco for lunch, picked up George for our walk on the bayfront, stopped at the library for a book, and was home by 1 p.m.

*  Read everything, a big brouhaha on Facebook, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - You Comment, I Respond.  Looked in Ancestry.com for funny names in the census, and funny occupations too, for my Fun talk in three weeks.  It needs major editing and new blood.

*  Wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - January 2012 and CVGS Spring Seminar is Saturday, 31 March 2012.  Added the last bits to the CVGS Newsletter.  Still need to edit it one more time on Saturday.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper and watch TV news.

*  Back online at 6 p.m. to listen to Geneabloggers Radio - an excellent show this week.

*  Looked at the CVGS Newsletter again, did more editing, added one last piece.  Wrote the Surname Saturday post.  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

My genealogy day - 5 January 2012

Did my first presentation of the year today at the DAR Chapter meeting - went well!  Lots more to do this year!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of Mary Jane Kemp (1841-1874) and then worked in Archives.com and wrote Finding U.K. Census Records on Archives.com and set it for late morning.

*  Gathered my stuff for the DAR talk, checked the email for directions (glad I checked, thought it was somewhere else!), made a map, and left at 11 a.m..

*  Got to the place at 11:30 a.m., met by Mary Lou, sat with Sandy and PJ, had a nice lunch, then did my presentation in 60 minutes.  Left at 2 p.m., and home by 2:30 p.m.

*  Read email and blogs, looked at my Family Finder DNA results again, and decided to take a nap.  Watched TV news, games, then we had dinner, and watched news until 6:30 p.m.

*  Read everything, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  It's about 90% done - two things to add for a Saturday publication.

*  Checked in on Facebook, added to the Best Of post, then looked through English parish register data on FamilySearch for Richman, Rich, Hill, Warren, etc.  Found some Hill data and added it to the database, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

My genealogy day - 4 January 2012

It was another full genealogy day with lots of issues bubbling up.  One task ends, another starts, no rest for the genea-pooped!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) wordless Wednesday - Post 186: James Richmond and then watched several of the ICAPGEN videos (speed-read through the slides) ICAPGEN Mentoring Classes on Video and set it for later.

*  Researched a bit on Archives.com and wrote Finding Census Records on Archives.com - Last Name Variations and set it for early afternoon.

*  Left at 10:50 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, then the post office to mail the photo frames to Paul, then the bank, and finally the library for the CVGS Board meeting.  Meeting lasted until almost 3 p.m.

*  Home to read email and blogs, then edited the handout for the talk to DAR on Thursday.   Printed off 50 copies.

*  Went in for dinner at 5:30, then watched news and football game for awhile.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to edit the presentation (added some Isaac Buck RevWar pension file stuff and the DAR application) and save it as a PDF, put it on Dropbox, put it on the flash drive and thence to the laptop.  Put the handouts in my laptop case - I'm ready!

*  Started in on the CVGS Newsletter editing - got it set up and about 35% done.  Need a lot more content! 

*  Checked in on Facebook, added to the Best Of post, worked for awhile in the database doing random edits and sourcing, then wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

My genealogy day - 3 January 2012

It was pretty much an all-genealogy day here in the Genealogy Cave. 

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - City Directories on Fold3.com and SDGS Seminar on Saturday, 14 January Features Thomas W. Jones and set it for late morning.

*  Found my FHL To-Do list and added research tasks to it.  Then I found my Book and periodical list and added results from the ACPL  and CPL trips to it, and added several items more to it. 

*  Researched in Archives.com for awhile, and wrote Finding Census Records on Archives.com - General Search and set it for early afternoon.

*  Entered notes and source data for the Learned and Fisher sketches from the Eva Kempton book (Volume 4), completing the four volumes. 

*  Went in at 6 p.m. for dinner, then watched TV and read the paper until 7 p.m.

*  Answered some emails, then added content and sources from some of my Whittle/McKnew blog posts to the database. 

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.

Monday, January 2, 2012

My genealogy day - 2 January 2012

It felt strange having the Rose Bowl Parade and the BCS Bowl games on the day after 1 January.  On the other hand, it was a holiday and time for a party.

*  Read emails and blogs, then wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Thomas Graves (1620-1697) of Lynn, Massachusetts and Goals and Objectives for 2012.  Wrote GenSoftReviews 2011 User Choice Awards Announced and set it for after noon, and wrote Top 25 Posts in 2011 on Genea-Musings and set it for mid-afternoon.

*  blogging over for the day, I went in and had a snack and watched the football game for awhile, even took a short nap.

*  We left at 1 p.m. for the New Year's Day party at Ann's, and had a good time.  Myrna and I compared iPhone apps (she's had hers longer, and has more memory, but I have the more recent iOS). 

*  We were home by 4 p.m. to watch the end of the Rose Bowl, and Kathleen came for dinner at 4:45 p.m.  We watched football, ate dinner, and watched more football.  I snuck in after dinner to read, then went back to watch the end of the Fiesta Bowl game. 

*  Revised my Genealogy- Be An Ancestor Detective presentation for Thursday.  Worked a bit in Archives.com trying to figure out their search scheme.  Guess I'll have to blog about it a bit.  Added to the Best Of post too.  Checked Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.  I feel like such a slacker!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

My genealogy day - 1 January 2012

Woke up early and sober - the result of not going out for New Year's Eve! 

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Happy New Year!!! did not post when I wanted it to, so posted it. 

*  Went to church at 9:30 a.m., home by 11:40 a.m. to read, then noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - for the year 2011 posted.

*  Worked on Benchmark Numbers for 1 January 2012 and set it for 4 p.m. Went in to watch the Chargers game.  Chargers beat the Raiders 38-26.

*  Answered email and went in at 5:30 to watch the news and eat dinner.  Linda did email afterwards, so watched the football game.

*  Online at 7:30 to read, noted that Benchmark didn't post, so did that, and wrote Tamura Jones Posts on Genealogy Blogs, Industry, Trends, and Awards.

*  Worked in the database a bit - added data from emails, then did some Find-a-Grave entries.  Through first 120 Seaver entries now.

*  Downloaded Behold 1.0 to see how it works.  Fast.  Lots of RootsMagic database errors - mainly double dates and lines too long for source citation details. 

*  Checked Facebook, then wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.