Wednesday, October 31, 2012

My Genealogy Wednesday - 31 October 2012

It's only 8:15 PM and I'm nodding off at the keyboard.  I'm tired...not sleeping well.  And now we head off to Topeka on Thursday for a wedding on Saturday, so blogging may be light, depending on Internet access and interest in writing.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 229: 1960 Hallowe'en Costumes.  Gathered my electronics and wires, and put them near the laptop bag.  Made my maps and reservation lists too.

*  Noted that Hallowe'en Name Whacking posted.  Packed up the laptop and off to lunch at 11 AM at McDonalds, and to the library by 11:20 AM.

*  Library auditorium was in a Hallowe'en them, lots of blinking lights, a graveyard on the stage, pretty cool.  Got the laptop set up, had some snacks, and talked to people.  Several guests were there.  Had a good crowd - about 40 to 45.

*  Gary started at about 12:15 PM, and I was up at about 1 PM.  I went for a good 70 minutes on Jane's Roots, then talked to several attendees at length.

*  Stopped by the Bank and was home at 3 p.m.  Wandered around different websites looking for action, checked Facebook and wrote the SNGF post for Saturday.

*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., watched TV game shows, read the paper, put out the trash, watered the front plants, and gave out Hallowe'en candy to one group of teenagers.  We have lots left!

*  Online at 7 p.m. to answer email, look for new databases on Ancestry and FamilySearch.  Found Linda's grandmother's death certificate in SF Funeral Home Records.  Cool - no surprises.

*  Decided to add to the Best Of post and write this post and see if it's time to go to bed!

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

End of October statistics (with changes from 30 September in parentheses):

* 1,046 Feedburner subs for Genea-Musings (email) readers (+16)
*  37 Feedburner subs for The Geneaholic
* 1,438 Google Reader readers for Genea-Musings (+0)
*  Genea-Musings traffic rank:  worldwide: 202,561; US:  67,925 (Alexa)
* 61,765 page views (1,992 per day, Blogger Stats, -6)
* 24,036 web page visits (775 per day, Site-meter) (+10)
* 42,041 page views (1,356 per day, Site-meter) (-43)

End-of-October statistics for RootsMagic database (with change from September in parentheses):

* 41,344 persons (+36)
* 16,493 families (+21)
* 116,070 events (+906)
* 5,841 places (+116)
* 811 sources (+15)
* 32,268 citations (+1371)
*  To-do Tasks: 51
*  Multimedia items: 236
*  Multimedia links: 674

 I'm up to 27.80% (+1.02%) for citations/events and 78.05% (+3.25%) for citations/persons.


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

My genealogy day - 30 October 2012

One more day, and I got some tasks finished...good thing, too, because they're due tomorrow!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out Iowa Record Collections on FamilySearch and then Winner of Second Genea-Musings Ancestry Membership Contest.

*  Went off at 10:30 a.m. to the dental hygienist...

*  Home by 12:15 p.m. to have lunch, then worked on the Jane's Roots presentation a bit, got it on the laptop, and wrote Dear Randy: How Do You Craft a World War Draft Registration Citation.

*  Went out and mowed the front lawn.  In at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, do the laundry, wash the dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, work on a query in GenealogyBank, then did 20 entries in the SSDI and 10 in Find-A-Grave using the MyHeritage list, adding content and source citations as I go.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Monday, October 29, 2012

My genealogy Monday - 29 October 2012

Only two more days left in October...it's been a beautiful week here in San Diego, but the East Coast is getting smashed by Hurricane Sandy.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Will of Edward Larkin (1611-1652) of Charlestown, Mass. and then worked in New York Probates for awhile searching for Vaux, Underhill, Putman and Rolfe records.  Found James Vaux, but I already had his!  No Amos Underhill or Mary Vaux or Victor Putman.  

*  Printed off the CVGS Bylaws material for the meeting, then wrote Ancestry.com has General Land Office Record Collection.

*  Left at 12:45 p.m. for the Good Feet store to get orthotics put into new shoes, then to Glen Abbey to find that one grave I missed two weeks ago - found it, but shadows were terrible.  Then to Bonita library to waste an hour on my iPhone, and to Olive's for the CVGS Bylaws meeting.

*  Home at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch football and news, read the paper, wash the dishes, water the front plants.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, write two posts for the next week, then worked in SSDI (did 20) and Find-A-Grave (did 8 plus more) on MyHeritage list.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours

Sunday, October 28, 2012

My genealogy Sunday - 28 October 2012


Not much of a genealogy day, and not a good Chargers football day either.

*  Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 21-27 October 2012 post and set it for after noon.

*  Stayed home from church to watch the Chargers game.  Very frustrating - lost 7-6 to the Cleveland Browns...neither team deserved this...Bolts now 3-4 and play Thursday night against the Chiefs.  Arrggghhhhhh.

*  Calmed down a bit and worked on genealogy for several hours.  Got the two "Ancestor Detective" talks/handouts edited and saved, and the Ancestry talk handout updated.  Put it all on Dropbox.

*  Posted CVGS Program on 31 October: "Discovering Jane's Roots..." and then worked on a post for next week while we're gone.  Answered several emails too.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the World Series, eat dinner and read the paper and then my book.  Giants won 4-3 in 10 innings to win the Series.  I'm glad it's over - won't have to watch it this next week and can get more done!

*  Copied files from desktop to flash drive to laptop while getting ready to go away next weekend.  Will run the backups starting tonight too.

*  Worked in the database a bit, adding content and sources.  Started the next Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

My genealogy Saturday - 27 October 2012

A rare stay-at-home Saturday, and I got some things done.  also found an error in my database and fixed it.  Probably not the only one!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Surname Saturday - BLODGETT (England > Massachusetts) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Music Generator and set it for early afternoon.

*  Wrote several more blog posts for next weekend when we'll be gone.  Checked Facebook too.

*  Worked in the database for quite awhile.  Uncovered that Edith Kemp did not marry Leo Niemeyer as I had (same mother's maiden name, right age, right place...), and figured out that it was Edith Drumm who did (not mine, but after working on them for over an hour I left them in the database).  I wonder if Edith Kemp lived to 1930 or ever married?  Did lots of searching in SSDI and GenealogyBank for Kemp cousins.  Found death dates/spouses/children for quite a few!

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the baseball game, eat dinner, read the paper and read my book.  Giants won 2-0 to take a 3-0 lead in the Series.

*  Online at 8:45 p.m. to find the computer unresponsive...finally rebooted and it worked.  Hmmm.  Several error messages which I looked at and tried to accommodate.  

*  Read, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and worked in Find-A-Grave adding content and sources.  Down to 1038 matches on MyHeritage.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Friday, October 26, 2012

My genealogy Friday - 26 October 2012

It was a stay-at-home Friday, except for the two times I went out.  Got a lot done today!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments.

*  Worked on the OASIS course syllabus and presentations - got them updated, and the master syllabus copy printed.  

*  Worked in the database some - added some content and sources, and searched for some of my "problem children" in online trees and search engines.  Not much new was found.  Wrote Two More Days for Second Genea-Musings Ancestry Contest and set it for later.

*  Left at 1 p.m. for the library to get books, the bank for money, and the UPS Store to copy the syllabus. 5 cents a page on Fridays right now!

*  Home by 2:10 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and work in the database some more.  Got the laptop up and running, put the OASIS files on Dropbox.  

*  We left after 5 p.m. for Panera for dinner, then to Coldstone for dessert.  Still good!

*  Home by 7 to read the paper and watch TV, and came in at 7:30 p.m. to do some Find-A-Grave work, adding content and citations to the database.  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

My genealogy day - 25 October 2012

I tried something new and different today - not sure it went well.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1900 U.S. Census Record for Henry Carringer Family and then Trying Out the RootsSearch Chrome Extension - Part 2.

*  Reviewed my script and presentation for the MyHeritage webinar, and even practiced it.  Found all kinds of traps I didn't know about.  Drat, I hate to be unprepared.

*  Had lunch, then logged into the webinar at 12:30 p.m. and got educated on the process of handing off, etc.  Everything seemed fine.  Webinar started at 1 p.m., and my turn was about 1:20 p.m. or so.  Started off well, but got confused by the webinar Dashboard when I was full screen...it hid many of the links and buttons I wanted.  Had to reload the browser once when I went too fast shutting things down.  Fell into several traps, hope I didn't curse out loud.  Embarrassing, to me, at least.  

*  Wrote two posts on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe, then researched and wrote Ancestry.com Chart and Report Print Options.

*  went in at 5 p.m. to watch the World Series, took a short nap, ate dinner, read the paper, washed the dishes and finished my Jack Higgins book.  Giants won 2-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to read, check Facebook, add to the Best Of post, then tried to find info for several Sarahs without a surname in my database.  Didn't add much, but had a good time seeing all of the probable errors in other family trees.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

My genealogy day - 24 October 2012

One more week left in October...time sure flies when you do genealogy all day long.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 228: Gerry, Ed and Ruth in 1982 and Reader Resources Used in First Genea-Musings Contest.

*  Worked on the MyHeritage presentation and script for Thursday.  Ready (I think!).

*  Had lunch, went off to the pharmacy, and back by 1:15 p.m. to research and write Trying Out the RootsSearch Chrome Extension - Part 1.  Worked in the 1000Memories Shoebox - added captions for 87 photos in one set.

*  Wrote up my Newsletter Editor procedure for CVGS, checked Facebook, then wrote APG Professional Management Conference in March 2013 Announced.

*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., talked to the neighbor, got Ruth's mail, put out the trash, watched the World Series game, read the paper, watered the front plants, washed the dishes, and then my book.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to read, answer some email, add to the Best Of post, work in the database adding content and sources, and wrote this post.  

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

My genealogy day - 23 October 2012

69 today.  Oh well...the sands of time are dribbling through the hourglass...I guess it's better to have them dribble than gush!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out FamilySearch Wiki State Digital Collections PagesWinner of First Genea-Musings Ancestry Membership Contest, and Enter Second Genea-Musings Contest to Win a 3-Month Ancestry World Explorer Membership.

*  Worked in the database a bit adding sources and content.  Wrote I'm on MyHeritage Webinar about "Record Matches" on Thursday, 25 October and set it for later.

*  Added sources and content from several TAG and NEHGS articles to the database. Checked Facebook.

*  We left after 4 p.m. to visit Ruthie at the home, then to dinner at Outback to celebrate my birthday.  Had salad, filet mignon, Aussie fries, and ice cream sundae with a candle.  Wished for ... um, better not say!

*  Home by 7 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, and online at 8 p.m. to read, then worked in the database some more adding content and sources.  Got several families straightened out.

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

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Database numbers:

*  People = 41,341
*  Families = 16,492
*  Events = 115,800
*  Places = 5,816
*  Sources = 810
*  Citations = 31,886
*  Multi-media Items = 236
*  Multi-media Links = 674

Monday, October 22, 2012

My genealogy today - 22 October 2012

I recovered from Sunday...and had an all genealogy day, until dinner time.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Will of John Smith (1600-1669) of Lancaster, Mass.  Looked for more things to write about, finally settled on Genealogy Stack Exchange Q&A Site is Up and Doing Well!  Read quite a few threads on the site, and even commented once to get some points.

*  Answered some email, then cleaned out the 300-odd messages in the Sent Mail box and put the messages in appropriate folders.

*  Wrote My Ancestor Family File Folders and File Naming Convention.  Spent some time creating more ancestral family folders.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the baseball game, ate dinner, watched the debate, and washed the dishes.  

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and created more ancestral family file folders.  Transferred many probate files from the Locality folder to the family folders and renamed the files.  Got quite a bit done.  Found that I've transcribed all of those, whew!  There's lots more - I need to figure out if I've transcribed them or not.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

My non-genealogy weekend - 20 and 21 October 2012

I had high hopes of doing some good genealogy work this weekend - before we scheduled the Sunday trip to Disneyland (note the Chargers had a bye week, mercifully).

1)  Saturday, 20 October:

*  I had planned to go to the CGSSD meeting on Saturday morning, but decided to go to the men's Bible study breakfast at Jimmy's at 8 a.m.

*  Home by 9:30 a.m., I read email and blogs, and noted that Surname Saturday - CLARK (England > Massachusetts) posted.

*  Updated my Discovering Jane's Roots presentation for CVGS in two weeks, and got the handout updated too.  Started on the MyHeritage webinar presentation too.

*  Worked in the database a bit - got some of the transcriptions in blog posts into RootsMagic 5, and also added several sources.  Still have LOTS more to do!  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -Make Funny Genealogy Posters posted.  

*  Went in and watched football, read the paper and took a nap.

*  Online at about 4 p.m. to read, then worked in the database some more.  Added sources from several genealogy articles from TAG and NEHGS for my ancestral families.  I have a lot more of these to do too.

*  We ate dinner, and then I finished up the Best Of post for Sunday.

*  Watched the SDSU/Nevada game - Aztecs won in overtime 39-38 on a two-point conversion, at 11:15 p.m.  Then got dental flosser stuck in my teeth (between new crown and tooth forward of it.  Linda finally cut it).  Didn't get to sleep until 1 a.m.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.

2)  Sunday, 21 October 2012:

*  I slept in until 7:10 a.m.  We left at 8 a.m. for Disneyland, got there and in the park by 10 a.m.  Went to California Adventure, met Tami and her family.  Rode Soaring over California, Luigi's Air Tires, the new Cars Racing ( excellent!), and had lunch.  Then over to Disneyland and small world and Alice in wonderland.  Big crowds.  I did check my email on my cell phone, and football scores.  The girls were animated and really fun - happy to see us!  T&J helped push Linda in the wheelchair and found muscles they didn't know they had.  The ones I knew I had are sore too.  We left at 4 p.m. and went to Huntington Beach for dinner and dessert at the Cheesecake Factory, celebrating Tami's and my birthdays.  Lauren shared my chocolate mousse cheesecake and loved it.  The girls played Flood-It and Paper Toss on my cell phone while waiting for dinner.  

*  I drove home - we left at 7 p.m. and were home by 8:30 p.m. with no problems.  

*  Read email and blogs (188 of them), and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 14 to 20 October 2012 posted.  Tweeted and G+ed it.

*  Started a new Best of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today:  1.5 hours


Friday, October 19, 2012

My genealogy Friday - 19 October 2012

It was a stay-at-home Friday, and all I did was genealogy.  Yippee!

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - Useful Reader Comments and then Adding Source Notes in FamilySearch Family Tree and set it for later.

*  Answered some email, checked Facebook, than worked in the database adding content and sources for awhile.  Found some intriguing info, so wrote It's a Puzzle: Did Ralph really have a child at age 11?  Then back to the database for more searching.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, watch baseball, and read the paper, then SCGS and NGSQ journals.

*  Online again at 7 p.m. to read, then write Two More Days for Genea-Musings Ancestry Contest.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Worked some more in the database, got wrapped around a Sarah with three husbands and put her straight (I hope!).  Completely forgot about Surname Saturday and SNGF posts - need to do those tonight.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.




Thursday, October 18, 2012

My Genealogy Thursday - 18 October 2012

It was really not much of one - it was a dentist day, though!

*  Didn't sleep well (awake 2:30 to 4:30 a.m.), so up late at 7:30 a.m. and onlnie to read blogs and email at 8 a.m.   WrotTreasure Chest Thursday - 1910 U.S. Census Record for Henry A. Carringer Family.

*  Left at 9:15 a.m. for the dentist to fix a cavity and install the crown that I was fitted for two weeks ago.  That went fairly well, but I left at 10:45 with a numb right-side of my face, an eye that didn't tear or close, and went to the library.

*  Grabbed a snack, read a magazine, checked my email, and waited for the CVGS computer group at 12 noon.  Shirley came to lead it, and I headed home at 1 p.m.

*  Had a little lunch, then wrote Dear Ruth: One Tree.  Puttered around for awhile but was sleepy.

*  Went in at 2:30 p.m. to read the paper, watch baseball, and took a nap - almost two hours!  We had dinner and watched more baseball.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to try to do something useful - worked in the database for several hours adding content and sources.  Down to BRigham in my database.  This is a really long slog...

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, answered some emails, and wrote this post.  Probably go to bed early to regain lost sleep.  My mouth still hurts.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

My genealogy Wednesday - 17 October 2012

This was a different third Wednesday - I stayed home because the CVGS Computer Group is on Thursday this month.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 227: Randy's High School Graduation PictureCGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 20 October 2012, and Ancestry Matches Death, Burial, Cemetery, Obituary Records with Family Tree People, Except it Doesn't and set it for early afternoon.  There - blogging done by 11 a.m.!

*  Watched Marian Pierre-Louis' webinar on Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers.  

*  Ate lunch, then worked in Plymouth County Mass. Probate Records on Family Search for almost two hours.  Downloaded a bunch of images, still more to do for Sever and my ancestral families.

*  Checked in on Facebook, then worked in the database for about two hours, adding content and sources using Ancestry VRs and census, AmericanAncestors VRs, and FamilySearch VRs.

*  Linda came home at 5:30, I put out the trash, and we left for dinner out at Lolita's at 6:15 p.m.

*  Home by 7 p.m. to watch the end of the Giants-Cards game, read the paper, and then went online for more database work.

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

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

My genealogy Tuesday - 16 October 2012

It was a stay-at-home day, full of blogging, webinars, the debate and some database work.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - FamilySearch Family Tree Learning Tools and How Many Seaver Death Records Are There on Ancestry.com? and Enter Genea-Musings Contest to Win a 3-Month Ancestry World Explorer Membership and set it for early afternoon.

*  Watched Crista's Ancestry How-To on Death Certificates, and the James Tanner/Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage webinar on MyHeritage Record Search.

*  Wrote my Graveyard Rabbit article and sent it to Robin.

*  Worked in the database some trying to create source citations for the Canadian census records on Ancestry.com.  Had success!

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, eat dinner, watch TV news and then the debate, and a bit of the post-debate too.

*  Online at 8 p.m. to answer mail, check Facebook, then worked in the database adding Find-A-Grave content and sources using MyHeritage (down to 1087 FAG matches to do!  But added about 30 total), added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Monday, October 15, 2012

My genealogy day - 15 October 2012

Today was my father's 101st birthday.  I was going to repost my biography of him which I couldn't find on Genea-Musings.  I wonder where it went?  Drat.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, PennsylvaniaAncestry.com Death Records Contest - Research, Enter and Win and Finding Daniel Spangler's Probate Records on FamilySearch - the Russell Index System and set it for early afternoon.

*  Printed off the CVGS Bylaw material.  Gathered up my Glen Abbey photo lists and left at 1:15 p.m. for the cemetery.  Found 3 of the 5 graves.  Took pictures.  Went to the office to see about the other two.  They had one, and not the other.  Went looking for the one and couldn't find it.  

*  Got to Olive's house at 2:30 p.m. for the CVGS Bylaws meeting.  Went OK...

*  Home by 5 p.m. to read, then went in at 5:20 p.m. to watch the Chargers game on ESPN.  Great first half (24-0), terrible second half (0-35) - lost to Broncos 35-24.  Very strange game!  Frustrating.

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, check Facebook, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.


Sunday, October 14, 2012

My genealogy Sunday - 14 October 2012

I actually did some research today because there was no Charger game...

*  Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 7-13 October 2012 post.

*  We went off to church at 9:30 a.m.  Talked to John F before service about our Saturdays, and to John C. afterwards about his grandfather's line.  

*  Home by 11:30 a.m. to read, then watched football and ate lunch until 1 p.m.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to read, tweet the Best Of post, and wrote my SDGS newsletter article.  Transcribed the Daniel Spangler probate record too.  Found the Martin Carringer probate record and saved it.

*  Went in at 3:30 p.m. to watch football, read the paper and take a nap.  Watered the front plants, we ate dinner, and watched the Giants game.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, then did some research looking for the Spangler girls to add to my database.  didn't find much in census records or available PA VRs.  Looked in Sussex County NJ Probate Records for Knapp and Able/Auble records - found some Auble but the records aren't available on FamilySearch.   Saved pages to files.

*  Found some Auble stuff on GenealogyBank in San Diego, and wrote Sunday Night Fun Doing Online Searches.  Saved pages to files.

*  Checked Facebook, started the new Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

My genealogy day - 13 October 2012

I actually did some research tonight...very frustrating!  But fun none-the-less, since I found something.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Surname Saturday - BENJAMIN (England > Massachusetts) posted.

*  Left at 9 a.m. for Lake Murray and the SDGS program meeting.  Talked to presenter Denise Spurlock before the meeting, and SDGS folks too.  Denise gave two excellent talks.

*  Home by 1 p.m. to read, note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Longest Gravestone Line and went in at 2 p.m. to take a nap, watch football and read the paper.

*  Online again at 4 p.m. to work in the database - added content and sources from databases.  Checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch football and news, then baseball.

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to work in Find-A-Grave using the MyHeritage record matches.  Now only 1097 matches to confirm or reject in FAG.

*  Decided to look for probate records in Pennsylvania on FamilySearch.  Selected first target of Daniel Spangler in Mercer County, who died in 1851.  Found entry in Estate Index, and Proceedings index, and two pages in Orphans Court records which name all of the children.  Copied it all.  Then looked for records for Cornelius Feather who died in 1852.  No luck in Estate Index.  Did cold searching in Orphans court records in 1852 with no success.

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

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Friday, October 12, 2012

My genealogy days - 11 and 12 October 2012

I had two fairly full days of genealogy, but neglected to journal last night.

1)  Thursday, 11 October 2012:

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1920 U.S. Census Record for Lyle L. Carringer Family and Web Searching Using Legacy Family Tree 7.5.

*  Took the car down to Don's for overdue repairs.  Told him about knocking under the hood, brake light on, hard starting cold, etc.  Walked the one mile back ... I need to walk more.  Tough going up the hill from L to Moss!  

*  Home by 11:30 a.m. to read, then wrote Denise Spurlock is SDGS Speaker on Saturday, 13 October and set it for later.

*  Created 8 generation descendant reports for the four sons of Robert Seaver and saved them for addition to my genealogy page and Scribd.  Watched Myrt's Monday webinar with Russ and Denise.

*  Wrote Workshop Review - CeCe Moore on "Starting Out with Genetic Genealogy" and October Research Group Summary on the CVGS blog.

*  Worked in the database a bit, doing Find-A-Grave out of MyHeritage.  Got 19 more entries confirmed, but lots more sources added.

*   Went in at 4:30 p.m. to read the paper, watch baseball, and we left after 5:30 p.m. for Coronado.  Ate at the pizza place, then waited until 7:30 p.m. for the play at Lamb's Players - Around the World in 80 Days.  

*  Home by 10 p.m. to watch debate summaries, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and done.

Genealogy this day was 8.0 hours.

2)  Friday, 12 October 2012:

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments and Who Knew? Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are Cousins!

*  Answered some email, then worked in the database for awhile.

*  Walked down to Don's at 1:30 to get the car - hills are hard.  Fixed some things - most important master brake cylinder leakage.  Sway bars and exhaust hangers need fixing too.

*  Home by 2:15 p.m. to read, work some more in the database using MA VRs and VT VRs, adding sources and content.  Edited some census sources, and added some to family members for several families.

*  Went in at 4:45 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, etc.

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, answer more email, then wrote the two Saturday blog posts.

*  Worked in MyHeritage and Find-A-Grave to add events and sources.  Got another 18 confirmed - down to 1113 now.  Where did the time go??

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

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Database stats:

*  Persons = 41,341
*  Families = 16,492
*  Events =  115,440
*  Places = 5,772
*  Sources = 796
*  Citations = 31,441
*  Multi-media Items = 228
*  Multi-media Links = 655.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

My genealogy day - 10 October 2012

This was pretty much an all genealogy day, including the CVGS Research Group.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 226: Swimsuits in 1923 and then Web Searching Using Family Tree Maker 2012.

*  Checked for new databases, then packed up the laptop and left for lunch at McDonalds at 11 a.m., and was at the library by 11:30 a.m.  Got set up with the laptop, the tablet hot spot, and couldn't get any websites to load for some reason.

*  The CVGS Research Group started at 12 noon, and we talked about DNA for the first hour.  The laptop worked and I showed my autosomal results on FTDNA and AncestryDNA, then showed my Y and mtDNA results too on Ancestry.  In the second hour, we went around the table discussing current activities.  It was a lively two-plus hours.

*  Was home by 2:45 p.m. to read, then wrote Dear Randy - What to Do With My Family Photo Albums?  Answered email and checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the baseball game, read the paper, and we had dinner.  Put the trash out  

*  Online after 6 p.m. to read, then worked in Find-A-Grave through MyHeritage and worked through 20 more matches.  Found many more through links on those - I wonder if MyHeritage has found them all?

*  Created reports for Seaver descendants from the 2nd generation - will put them on Scribd sometime soon.  

*  Karen gave me a neat link at http://www.americanjourneys.org/ and I read through several of the documents.  Fascinating stuff!

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

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

My genealogy day - 9 October 2012

It was a fun genealogy day...and I finally did a little more database work.

*  Read email and blogs in a hurry.  Packed up and left at 8:30 a.m. for Carlsbad.

*  Traffic was bad through NC, but smooth the rest of the way to Carlsbad.  Got there at 9:30 a.m., talked to Mary O for awhile, set up the computer, got introduced at about 10:15 and off I went on Jane's Roots.  It went well, they seemed to like it and lots of good research suggestions and questions.  Even met Jane who asked me before if it was going to be about her roots!

*  We went to lunch at Olive Garden, and home by 1:45 p.m. to note that Tuesday's Tip - New Jersey Records on FamilySearch and Web Searching in RootsMagic 5 posted.

*  Extremely sleepy after the day at Carlsbad and the drive home...went in to watch the baseball game, read the paper and take a nap.  

*  Came back online at 3:45 p.m. to read, hunt around on Ancestry trees for the Whittles in England, didn't find anything more - I thought I saw a gravestone photo some time ago for Alexander's father Alexander.  Didn't find it.  Also looked for 1841 and 1851 UK census for them on FMP, and they were in Chorley.

*  Watched more baseball, then went out at 4:45 p.m. to mow the front lawn.  Came in for dinner at 5:15 p.m. and watched the end of the Giants game, then finished up the front lawn and watered the plants.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer some email, add to the Best Of post, then did about 30 Find-A-Grave matches from the MyHeritage list.  

*  Read MJN's post on the LDS Research Guides and downloaded a bunch to a new file folder.  I will copy them to Dropbox so that I always have them on my phone or tablet.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  

Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Monday, October 8, 2012

My genealogy days - 6 to 8 October 2012

I missed journaling on Saturday and Sunday because there was very little research done and those were busy family history days.

1)  Saturday, 6 October:

*  We had the grandgirls, and I got them breakfast and then left for the Men's Bible Study breakfast at Jimmy's before 8 a.m.

*  Home by 9:30 a.m. to help with the girls - play, cuddle, teach, etc.  We had lunch at home, and I got some time online to note that Surname Saturday - SHEPARD (England > Massachusetts) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Image Caption Time! posted.

*  After the girls nap, and mine, we went swimming at Barbara's for an hour.  My little fishes can really go!  We came home, changed, and off to El Pollo Loco for dinner.  

*  Home by 7 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game, the baseball game, get the girls to bed, and I added to and finished up the Best Of post and checked Facebook.  

Genealogy this day was 3.5 hours.

2)  Sunday, 7 October:

*  Read email and blogs, got the Best Of post done, and thought I set it for 12:15 p.m.

*  We went off to church at 9 a.m., and after the children's show and the pancake breakfast, we were home by 12 noon.  

*  I packed up and left at 12:15 p.m. for the CVGS program at Bonita with CeCe Moore on Genetic Genealogy.  Excellent talk and Q&A.  

*  Home by 4 p.m. in time to go to dinner with Tami, Linda and the girls, and then Tami and the girls headed home.  We shopped quickly at Ralph's and were home by 5:30 p.m. in time for the Chargers game.  

*  I checked the email and blogs at halftime, and the Best Of post had not published.  I had left it open, so published it (Best of the Genea-Blogs - 30 September to 6 October 2012), tweeted it, and went back to the game.  Chargers lost 31-24 to New Orleans. Drat.

*  Online afterwards to read, start the next Best Of post, check Facebook, and done.

Genealogy this day was 4.0 hours

3)  Monday, 8 October:

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Joseph Foster (1650-1721) of Billerica, Mass. and then See "Discovering Jane's Roots..." at NSDCGS Meeting on Tuesday, 9 October and set it for later.

*  Printed off the CVGS Newsletter, and left at 9:45 a.m. for the UPS Store.  Got it published, and off to the library for the library meeting.  

*  Home at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, read, email the CVGS Newsletter, explored and then wrote about the FindTheBest Genealogy Software Comparisons and Ratings.

*  Edited the Jane's Roots talk one more time, practiced it again, and put it on Dropbox.  Fired up the laptop and installed it there.  

*  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to read the paper, watch the baseball game, take a nap, and when Linda came home we ate dinner.  

*  Back online at 7 p.m. to read, write two blog posts for Tuesday morning, check Facebook, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Friday, October 5, 2012

My genealogy day - 5 October 2012

I did absolutely no research today, and I even ventured out for awhile to get some death certificates.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Follow-Up Friday - Helpful Reader Comments.

*  Listened to the Legacy Family Tree 2013 Cruise webinar and heard my name mentioned.  Come on, folks, sign up for the cruise...

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post.  Printed off the query and went down to the County Clerk office in Chula Vista and requested the two death certs.  They weren't in the system - they must have died somewhere else!  I did get my own birth certificate, which I did not have before, and there are some surprises and some interesting facts. on it.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m., so wrote the SNGF post and then My Top 10 Genealogy Tools.

*  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to watch baseball playoffs, read the paper, and we ate dinner.  

*  Online for awhile to finish up the CVGS Newsletter.  Just when I was done, the grandgirls came and they occupied my time until bedtime.  We watched the game too, watched the girls dance and acrobat, and read books, then to bed.  

*  It's 9:30 and Audrey is still up, but I think Lauren is asleep.  I checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

My genealogy day - 4 October 2012

This was pretty much an all-genealogy day...and I got quite a bit done.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1930 U.S. Census Record for Lyle L. Carringer Family and "Getting Started in Genetic Genealogy" Workshop on Sunday, 7 October and WikiTree Reopens Member Registration and set the last one for later.

*  Researched and wrote FamilySearch Family Tree Introduces Merge Feature and set it for mid-afternoon.  Wrote two blog posts for the CVGS blog also.

*  Started in on the CVGS Newsletter - got it about 80% done today.  Great!

*  Watched the MacEntee webinar on Privacy.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, take a nap, read the paper, water the front plants, help Linda with the screen, and eat dinner, then wash the dishes while she did her email.  I checked out the Shoebox app on the iPhone.  works great!

*  Online at 7:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, add photos to 1000Memories, check Facebook, then did two pages of Sudbury MA sources for Births, and then spent awhile in Find-A-Grave using the MyHeritage Record Matches.  

*  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Database numbers:

*  Persons = 41,303
*  Families = 16,471
*  Events =  115,192
*  Places = 5,729
*  Sources = 796
*  Citations = 31,082
*  Multi-media Items = 228
*  Multi-media Links = 655.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

My genealogy day - 3 October 2012

It was an interesting day, capped off with a new app and photo saver site.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 225: Grandmother Bess Seaver in 1949 and then researched and wrote Creating a Specific Place List Report in Legacy Family Tree 7.5.

*  Packed up and went to Lunch at McDonalds, then the bank and to the CVGS Board meeting.  Three hours...a lot of wasted time.

*  Home by 3:15 p.m. to read, write 2013 Legacy Family Tree Cruise Webinar on Friday, 5 October and check on new databases.  

*  Updated my Jane's Roots talk for NSDCGS next week.

*  We left at 5:15 p.m. for dinner with Ruth and Sandy at Cheesecake Factory.  Missed the debate and Padres game.  Home by 7:45 p.m. to watch last two innings - Padres won 7-6 over Brewers to finish 76-86.  Watched debate summaries while Linda did her email and prayer chain.

*  Online at 9:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, and sign in to Shoebox.  Uploaded a bunch of family photos to private shoeboxes until I want to share them.

*  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

My genealogy Tuesday - 2 October 2012

This was a day at the dentist - see my rant below.  Not a whole lot of genealogy done.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Find United Kingdom/Ireland Information at GenUKI Site and then researched and wrote Creating a Specific Place List Report in Family Tree Maker 2012.

*  Left at 10 a.m. for the dentist for my appointment to get a new crown for tooth #3.  He replaced an old filling two years ago on this tooth with acryllic, and it never was right.  There was a food trap, which made me floss it every night.  But it was sensitive anytime anyone touched the gumline between #3 and #2.  At the last cleaning, he looked at it and recommended a crown for the tooth #3 to  get rid of the food trap and take care of a suspicious shadow between the teeth.  OK...today was the day.  After "reducing" #3 to a short stub near the gumline, he saw a small cavity at the gumline on tooth #2 which was hidden by tooth #3.  So we'll fix that next time.  They installed a temporary crown today, and I'll get the permanent crown for #3 and a filling for #2 in two weeks.  Two hours, $1,500, and frustration on my part.  Sorry for the rant...

*  Home by 12:45 p.m., read, got Ruthie's mail, then went to the UPS Store to print and mail the CVGS ByLaws mailer.

*  Home by 3 p.m. to read some more, then wrote "Who Do You Think You Are?" Program In Torrance a Smash Hit!

*  To reward my patience, worked in the database on sources for Sudbury MA entries - got about halfway through the Births for documented facts, proving the information and adding a better citation.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper, take a nap, eat dinner, and do a bunch of small chores.  Pads lost 4-3 to the Brewers (now 75-86).

*  Online again at 8:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, add some Find-A-Grave content using the MyHeritage links, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Monday, October 1, 2012

My genealogy Monday - 1 October 2012

The fourth quarter of the year starts...I stayed home and worked all day.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Amanuensis Monday - Will of George Lawrence (1637-1709) of Watertown, Mass.

*  Researched and wrote Creating a Specific Place List Report in RootsMagic 5.  Made a source usage report for California Death Index because I know I have many erroneous citation details that are wrong ... did that a long time ago and it's bothered me for a long time.  505 entries, about 150 with the error.  This was an all day project.

*  Researched and wrote Updating my Online Genealogy Ancestral Reports.  Updated my Genealogy page and added labels to the Scribd reports.  Worked some more on the California Death Index.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch the Padres game and eat dinner.  Pads lost to Brewers 5-3.  Washed the dishes.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and finish up the California death Index source citations.  Missed 3 in the first pass, made a new report and now those errors are gone!

*  Check Facebook, answered some email, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.