Monday, March 31, 2014

My Geneaholic Monday - 31 March 2014

This was an interesting day!  After virtually no genealogy work on Sunday (church, basketball games and then baseball game in the evening), I spent most of the day on the computer.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post 212: 1881 Deed of David J. and Rebecca Carringer to Mary and Louisa M. Carringer in Louisa County, Iowa posted.

*  Got onto the panel of Mondays with Myrt and that went until about 10:45 a.m.  Started the next Best Of post and added content to it.  Spent some time in the front yard figuring out why the 2nd sprinkler set doesn't work.  The lawn's been turning yellow for weeks now...finally figured out that the solenoid has probably quit working.  Got the sprinkler head from the back and watered the north part of the front lawn.  If I do this for a week or two, the grass should turn green.  Right?

*  Had lunch, and wrote Family Tree Issues Discussed on Mondays With Myrt for 31 March.  Answered email and wrote "Shaking the Family Tree" Community Family History Fair on 12 April in Chula Vista.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV news, and we had dinner.  Washed the dishes and filled the bird feeder.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked in the FamilySearch Family Tree on a Hildreth family.

*  Worked in Ancestry finding content and sources for some of the K surnames.  Got stuck on the Jonathan Lewis and Ann (Edwards) (Wheeler) Kelsey problem.  Which Jonathan did she marry?

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 31 March (with increases in the numbers from 28 February 2014 in parentheses):

* 42,737 persons (+ 52)
* 17,088 families  (+ 22)
* 129,574 events  (+ 596)
* 7,099 places  (+ 48)

* 1025 sources (+ 7)
* 50,861 citations (+ 623)
*  769 Multi-media Items (+ 50)

*  2,177 Multimedia links (+ 104)

 I'm up to 39.25% (+0.30%) for citations/events and 119.01% (+1.32%) for citations/persons.

Genea-Musings statistics for 31 March  (compared to stats as of 27 February 2014):


*  Genea-Musings traffic rank:  Worldwide: 194,271; US: 89,520 (Alexa)

*  154,608 page views (4,987 per day, Blogger Stats, +336)
* 30,703 web page visits (990 per day, Site-meter) (-77)
* 44,148 page views (1,424 per day, Site-meter) (- 190)
*  >1,000 readers on Feedly (+??)
*  1,348 readers via email (Feedburner) (-63)

Saturday, March 29, 2014

My Geneaholic Saturday - 29 March 2014

This was a pretty full genealogy day, spent at the golf course at the CVGS seminar.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - WHITE (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.

*  Left at 8:30 a.m. for Bonita, got there at 8:45 a.m. and found a seat with Paul and Jane.  Heard 4 talks by Jean Hibben.  The lunch was OK.  I won a drawing for next year's CVGS seminar.  

*  Home after 4 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - If You Could Take It with You posted.  Checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 4:45 p.m. to watch basketball and take a nap.  Linda came home around 5:30 and we ate dinner.  I read the paper, watched basketball, watered the front plants and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and answer email.  Worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree adding and merging persons and adding/matching content for several of the York PA families.  Did about 31 MyHeritage record matches in Find A Grave - down to 89 to go.  Added sources and content.  Up to 50,855 sources.

*  Found another generation in James' ancestry, back into England in the 1800s.  Added them to the database.  Need to get into English records for more.  

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.


Friday, March 28, 2014

My Geneaholic Friday - 28 March 2014

It was a full day here in the genealogy cave - with few distractions.  I got a lot done!

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that 52 Ancestors, Week 13: #20 James Richman/Richmond (1821-1912) of Putnam, Conn. posted.

*  Answered email, worked on the investigator's problem for about two hours, and eventually wrote Helping Out the Police Investigator.

*  Wrote the SNGF post.  Downloaded the Providence RI books and put them in a file folder in the Localities file folder.  Moved other downloaded files to surname folders and renamed them.  

*  Looked all over for where I got the Henry Arnold White middle name.  Couldn't find it in any of the records I have, the White notebook, etc.  It may be in a paper stack.  Searched on Mocavo and found it!

*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., and we watched basketball, and read the paper, then washed the dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote Now Where Did I Get That Name? I Got Lucky! Mocavo Helped.  

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post, and added to the Best Of post.  Answered more email, checked in on Facebook and Google+.  

*  Worked in RootsMagic adding persons and data to the FamilySearch Family Tree in the Metcalf line.  Did several families.  Still need to go through all of the children to square them up a bit.  

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

My Geneaholic Thursday - 27 March 2014

Only four more days in March...and then baseball season begins!  Actually, baseball begins this Sunday here in San Diego.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 207: Birth and Baptism Record for Hannah Rich (1824-1911) in Hilperton, Wiltshire.

*  Checked out some of the Ancestry Stories in my Hints.  Wrote "Postcard Collections and Genealogy" Program Review and one more post on the Genealogy Cafe blog.  

*  Had lunch, then wrote Should I Add My Own Family Stories to my Ancestry Member Tree?  

*  Worked on the taxes and got them done...yikes!  It was a good year on the market, I think.  

*  Wrote Mocavo Celebrates New Features and 300,000 Databases.  Answered emails and did some research to help correspondents.  Even added some sources to the database when I found some Find A Grave items for folks in my database.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch basketball and eat dinner.  Online at 5:30 to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote the 52 Ancestors post for Friday. 

*  Back in the recliner at 7 p.m. to watch the Aztecs basketball game against Arizona.  We lost 70-64 but it was close except the last 4 minutes.  Drat.  

*  Online at 9:45 p.m. to read, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.



Wednesday, March 26, 2014

My Geneaholic Wednesday - 26 March 2014

This was a pretty full day of writing, the CVGS program meeting, researching, some more writing, and more searching.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote The Lyle and Emily Carringer House in Point Loma - Post 300 for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday.  300 posts on that theme - almost 6 years worth!

*  Wrote New Videos on Ancestry.com YouTube Channel and watched two of them.

*  Left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, the bank for yenom, and the library for the CVGS program meeting.  Snacked and heard Carol Baird give a great presentation on postcards and genealogy.

*  Home by 2:15 p.m. to read, work on the Knapp problem - downloaded the Beekman Patent pages, and wrote William Knapp Entries in The Settlers of Beekman Patent (Dutchess County, N.Y.).

*  Checked Facebook, answered email.  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner, feed the birds, put out the trash and was the dishes.  Did some things for Linda.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, and then worked in the database in the Fr surnames - got through the Fri names adding content and sources.  

*  Checked Facebook, email, blogs and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

My Geneaholic Tuesday - 25 March 2014

This was a full genealogy day, broken up by the tooth appointment and not much else.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip: Catch Up With Genealogy News on Geneatopia and then More on Norwegian Names, Church Records, and Sources and set it for later.

*  Worked in New York probates looking for Knapps in Dutchess County NY.  Found some, looked at 5 of the wills with no luck.  Need to do the rest.

*  Edited some of the Norwegian data to make it more uniform.  Answered some emails.  

*  Left at 3:30 p.m. for the dentist office for my teeth cleaning.  Home at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV and wash the dishes.

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read then wrote Knapp Entries in Probate Records for Dutchess County, New York - Post 1: Will Books.  

*  Answered more email, found George Olsen's family info, then worked in Ancestry in the K surnames - added content and sources for several families.  

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.





Monday, March 24, 2014

My Geneaholic Monday - 24 March 2014

Well, I'm back in the Geneaholic saddle again after four days of grandgirls.  They tired me out - I shut down the computer last night at 9 p.m. and went to bed.  Managed to write two CVGS posts and finish up the Best Of post on Sunday.

*  Today, I read email and blogs, then noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post 211: 1856 Deed of Land from Amos Underhill to Deloss Underhill in Aurora, Erie County, New York posted.

*  Left at 9:15 a.m. for Mission Valley to teach my OASIS class.  Got there and set up, class ended at 12:15 and was home by 12:45 p.m. to lunch.

*  Read, noted that CVGS Spring Seminar on Saturday, 29 March, Features Jean Wilcox Hibben - Register Now! posted and wrote Revisiting and Debating Ancestry.com's "Primary Search" Features.

*  Listened to some of Mondays With Myrt, checked Facebook and Google+, read blogs, etc.  Checked out new FindMyPast.com searches.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, water the front plants and wash the dishes.  

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, listened to rest of Mondays with Myrt, and researched in the P surnames until 10 p.m., adding content and sources from Ancestry, Find A Grave, AmericanAncestors, etc.  Sources up to 50719.

*  Added to the Best Of post, wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

My Genealogy Wednesday - 19 March 2014

This was another full genealogy day.  The heater guy didn't come to fix the heater.  Drat.  Day 9 without a heater.  At least it's not burning gas or electricity right now.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that The Lyle Carringer Family Home on Fern Street in San Diego - Post 299 for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Researched and wrote New Databases at AmericanAncestors.org, and More! and set it for later. Went down to Don's to pick up my car and drop the Lincoln for the door window electric problem.  They couldn't fix it.

*  Left at 11:15 a.m. for the library, looked in on John's class, and got into the Computer Lab to set up.  The projector was weak, and then had no view at all.  The Lamp button was blinking red.  Got out the laptop and set it up and the tablet wouldn't stay connected to the cell tower.  Used one of the library machines.  Got everyone started in the FamilySearch Wiki and then into FamilySearch records and they worked on their own.  Helped newcomer Jane with her father's family - found three generations back in census records and trees, plus other records.  

*  Home by 2:15 p.m. to read, then wrote Dear Randy: Why Don't You Attach All Pertinent Records to Your Ancestry Member Tree?  Wandered around some, but got sleepy so went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper and take a nap.  Linda came home at 5:30 and we had dinner.  I put out the trash and washed dishes, then took a walk around the mile track.  

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, then wrote three posts for the weekend while the girls are here.  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.


Tuesday, March 18, 2014

My Geneaholic Tuesday - 18 March 2014

This was a pretty full genealogy day at home.  It was cooler still today, the high at the Seaver Chalet was 72F.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Tuesday's Tip: Check Out Missouri Records on FamilySearch.org.

*  Tuned in to Mondays With Myrt and joined the green room at 8:45 a.m., and we went live at 9 a.m.  Got to talk a bit about my OASIS class, and also about online probate records on FamilySearch.  Good discussion about a number of subjects.  Watch it at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP4p1Xv-B-A.

*  Answered email, checked Facebook, had lunch, talked to my daughter, and researched and wrote Crafting a Norway Church Record Digital Image Source Citation in Family Tree Maker 2014.  Found out afterwards that I'd done a similar post two months ago.  Oh well!  

*  Took a UPS envelope down to the store, then dropped the car at Don's for repairs, and walked home.  Whew...less than a mile, but lots of it uphill.  

*  Captured some Woburn, Mass. vital record book pages for the Sawtells, and added citation details to three Sawtell families in my database.  Will attach the page images later.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news.  The heater guy came to fix the wiring, but the thermostat was gone so he couldn't test it.  A new guy.  So he left for some reason.  No heat, but we don't need it this week.  We ate dinner, read the paper and I did the dishes.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote Who Else is Related to Simon Bradstreet, Colonial Massachusetts Governor?  

*  Worked in MyHeritage record matches in Find A Grave - confirmed 21 more matches, only 100 left to go!  Sources up to 50657.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, wrote a post for Wednesday, answered some email, checked several websites, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.




Monday, March 17, 2014

My Geneaholic Monday - 17 March 2014

The weather cooled off - only 74F for the high today in Casa Seaver.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Census Whacking on St. Patrick's Day! and  Happy St. Patrick's Day - I Didn't Know I Was Irish Until My DNA Told Me So! posted.

*  Tuned in to the green room for Mondays With Myrt but ducked out just as the show was supposed to start.  It never started due to Google problems.  Gathered up my OASIS stuff and the laptop and off to Mission Valley for my class.

*  Got there before 9:30 a.m. and got set up, and the students came at 10 a.m.  Had a good class, lots of questions, some online work to find records, etc.  

*  Left at 12:30 and stopped at McDonalds for lunch, then to the library for a book, and home by 1:30 p.m.  

*  Read email and blogs and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post 210: 1860 Deed of Land from Amos Underhill to Delos Underhill in Aurora, Erie County, New York posted.  Answered some email.

*  Researched and wrote Mining the Ancestry.com "Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" Collection.  Checked Facebook.

*  Called the heater company office and got my contact to call me back.  He sent a guy at 7 p.m. to install a thermostat.  But the wires were messed up in the heater...so he'll be back in the morning (maybe).

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, watch the food cook, and read the paper.  Linda got home at 6 and we ate dinner.  I watered front plants and did the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, interrupted by heater guy off and on, so worked through another two branches of the AMT to resolve Hints and capture Mass. vital record data.  Got about 20 more.

*  Worked on the Fr surnames - got a few resolved well, including the Frances LNU ladies...at least got birth years.  Added content and sources when possible.  

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

My Geneaholic Sunday - 16 March 2014

Warm day today - up to 90 F here - clear as a bell too with high pressure over the Great Basin.

I guess that I'll wear some green on the morrow - since AncestryDNA says I'm 18% Irish ancestry.  I haven't claimed Irish ancestry before, but now I'm all in.

*  Read email and blogs and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 9 to 15 March 2014 post.

*  We went off to church at 9:20 AM and were home by 11:30.

*  Managed to get my syllabus finished for next month, and my work for Tami's house.  Added the Mass. vital record images and sources that I collected from the Buck line yesterday into the database.

*  Was going to work on the taxes, but was sleepy, so went in to watch the NCAA bracket announcement and read the paper and take a nap.  We had dinner, and I washed the dishes.  Took a short walk too.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer email, and wrote three blog posts for Monday.  Checked in on Facebook too.  Where did the time go?  Having too much fun I think.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

My Geneaholic Saturday - 15 March 2014

I survived the Ides of March with no disaster befalling me...but then I'm not a ruler of anything besides this computer.

*  Read email and blogs in a hurry, then off to the CGSSD meeting at UCSD.  Sat in the RootsMagic class, not much new or interesting.  Then the talk by Alice wasn't overly exciting either.  Kind of a wasted morning.

*  Home by 12:30 to eat lunch and noted that Surname Saturday - BARTLETT (England > New England) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - March Madness! posted.

*  Worked on finding the banking stuff I need to send to Tami.  Found it, and found that I had deleted my Downloads folder from the Favorites somehow.  Recalled that they had gone to Dropbox somehow yesterday, and then deleted it, so found it in the Recycle Bin and restored it to Dropbox and eventually was able to copy it to Favorites again.  Deleted it from Dropbox again.  Whew.

*  Went in at 3 p.m. to watch basketball.  Aztecs came came on at 3:30 midway in first half.  They lost to New Mexico 64-58.  Ate dinner, read the paper and several genealogy magazines too.  Watered the front plants and washed the dishes and fed the birds - got new bird feeders.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked in Ancestry capturing Mass Town and VR records for ancestors of Sophia Buck.  Got about 20, renamed them, put them in surname folders ready to add to the database.  Another branch done.

*  Worked in MyHeritage record matches - confirmed 20 more so down to 140 to go.  Added sources and content to the database.  Finally, worked in Ancestry in the Fo's - got down to Fox adding content and sources.  Up to 50,600 sources.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Friday, March 14, 2014

My Geneaholic Friday - 14 March 2014

This was a fairly normal Friday, except for the memorial service we went to at church.  The heater guy hasn't come back since Tuesday to finish the job, either.  Doesn't answer his phone or call back...frustrating because the blower goes all night long every 5 minutes or so.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that 52 Ancestors, Week 11: #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) posted.  Got on the laptop to see if Dropbox synced and it had not.  Back on the desktop, found that I had added too much, by mistake, two days ago and there wasn't room.  Deleted the 2 gb folder that wasn't supposed to be there and it synced.  Checked the laptop later, and it worked.

*  We left at 10:40 a.m. for church to go to Nita's service.  She was in one of my OASIS classes and on one of my committees too.  I mentioned that to one of her daughters and she said "she loved genealogy!"  Had a good lunch too at the reception, lots of desserts!

*  Home by 1:15 p.m. to read, then wrote More Quirks with Ancestry.com Sliders and Record Counts.

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post, and answered email, and added to the Best Of post.  

*  Worked on the taxes for an hour, then went in for dinner, watch TV and read the paper.  Watched the first half of the Aztecs game, then the second half.  Aztecs won 59-51 against UNLV to get into MWC championship game.  Washed the dishes.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to write the SNGF post for Saturday.  Checked laptop and loaded latest RootsMagic file into RM and resolved media links.  Tomorrow is CGSSD.

*  Back on desktop, read blogs, checked email, checked Facebook and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.


Thursday, March 13, 2014

My Geneaholic Thursday - 13 March 2014

What a frustrating day...but it ended up OK.  Nothing broken or lost.  Whew.

*  Read email and blogs, but computer was really slow.  Wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 205: Death Record for Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785).

*  Decided to reboot, what could go wrong?  Well, the Windows updates started up and promptly hung up on installing Update 1 of 7.  How long should I wait?  I fired up the laptop and checked for the answer, and it was "wait hours" otherwise bad things might happen.  

*  Wrote Mocavo.com Announces Free Access Weekend Through Sunday, 16 March and Free Weekend in Swedish Archives Site ArkivDigital - March 15/16 and set them for later on the laptop.

*  Took the laptop into the family room and watched TV while reading blogs, adding to the Best Of post, answering emails, and checking Facebook frequently.  Wrote the 52 Ancestors post also for Friday.

*(  What a boring day!  I was going to work on the New England handout.  Someday I need to get the taxes done too, but couldn't use the desktop.

*  Ate dinner, watched TV, and read the paper.  Finally at 5:30 p.m. I turned the desktop off (still stuck on Update 1 of 7) and rebooted, and it worked after confirming the updates.  It must have been stuck in a loop.  Whew!

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. on the desktop to read, answer more email, then saved stuff to Dropbox and copy.  Added some of the saved Mass. VR data to surname folders, then added sources and media for those.  Worked in Ancestry Mass. Town Records collection saving vital records for ancestors in my tree - got the Knowlton branch pretty well done.  Saved them to the Downloads folder, renamed them, moved them to surname folders, and updated the sources, and attached to persons in the Ancestry Member Tree.  Will attach to persons in my tree soon.

*  Checked Facebook, made my Facebook movie, then did 20 more MyHeritage record matches in Find A Grave.  Have 161 left to do.  Added content and sources to the database.

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was maybe 9 hours of useful time.

Need to save stuff to the external drive and the cloud drives.


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

My Geneaholic Wednesday - 12 March 2014

This was a different genealogy Wednesday - I stayed home and waited for the heater guys who never came.  fortunately, the CV library was closed so we had no Research Group today.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote The Austin Carringer House in 1929 - Post 298 for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and then Alice Volkert Speaks on "Yours, Mine and Ours" at CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 15 March and set it for later.

*  Worked on the New England presentation for 14 April in Temecula.  Got it edited, need another pass, and the handout, but it's almost up-to-date.  Now need to do one for New York.

*  Read, answered email, and then managed to log in and download our Padres tickets for March and April.  What a hassle.  

*  Saw Tanner's post, and researched and wrote Creating a "Facts Without Sources" List in RootsMagic 6.

*  Checked Facebook, worked in email, added to the Best Of post.  Read the latest NEHGR, and printed off the Gleason article.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner, wash dishes, and put out the trash.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then added content and sources to the Gleason/Page family using the Gleason article.  Got started in the G's and added content for several families.  Found Jeremiah Knowlton's death record, saved it, attached it, and his second marriage record also.  

*  Worked on CVGS email list some more, answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

My Geneaholic Day - 11 March 2014

It's been a long day with the heater guys here and the heating ducts replaced in the attic.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out New Hampshire Resources on FamilySearch and wrote MyHeritage Team Photographs Israeli Cemetery and Saves it to BillionGraves and set it for later.

*  Heater/duct guys came and started work.  Took out metal ducts in the crawl space and installed flexible ducts.  Got that done by 4 p.m.  Had to wait for the heater guy to come to supervise maintenance.

*  Got the CVGS email list into Gmail, which was a major undertaking.  Now I can send email easily to the list.  Wrote An Ancestry.com Search Quirk, and Slider Numbers and set it for later.

*  Answered more email.  Checked Facebook.  Created a report for Kathy and sent it to her.  Wrote Another Ancestry.com Slider Quirk - Orpha Hildreth and set it for later.

*  Heater guy worked on it for an hour cleaning out the burner where lots of dirt/stuff accumulated as a result of someone leaving two of the metal ducts unattached to the vents in the wall.  We've been heating the crawl space well for years...and getting fiberglass into the heater burner in the process.  Tried to light the pilot and failed miserably.  Called for help.

*  Went in for dinner, watched news, read the paper and did the dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and work in Ancestry for awhile adding content and sources.  

*  Heater lighter guy and inspector finally came at 9:15 p.m. to do their job...and are still here at 9:30 p.m.  Heater needs more cleanup and wiring apparently.

*  Wrote this post.  genealogy today was maybe 9.0 hours.

Monday, March 10, 2014

My Geneaholic Monday - 10 March 2014

This was a frustrating day, but I also finished some tasks.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Where Did My Ancestry.com Sliders Go? How I Search Without Them posted.  Watched the start of Mondays With Myrt.

*  Left at 9:10 a.m. for the OASIS class, got there at 9:30, got set up, and started class at 10:15 a.m.  Left at 12:45 p.m. after 20 minutes or so helping a student.  

*  Home by 1:10 p.m. to eat lunch, then fixed the CVGS Newsletter and printed the masters out (having to change ink...) and then edited the mailing list for drops.  Went to the UPS Store and made the copies and mailed the 20 by mail.  

*  Home by 3 p.m. to read, note that Amanuensis Monday - Post 209: 1827 Deed of John Treat to Amos Underhill in Erie County, New York posted.  Watched some of the MwM Hangout.

*  Worked some more on Deb's problem, and found the answer on Find A Grave.  Last place I looked, and only after Googling the kids names.  

*  Researched and wrote My Ancestry.com Sliders Have Appeared - My First Look at Using Them and then went in for dinner, watch TV, read the paper and wash the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then check Facebook, and try to send the CVGS Newsletter via email in Thunderbird.  Had to edit the email list to drop folks.  After 90 minutes, I finally got it to go.  I need to move everything to Gmail.  

*  Worked a bit in MyHeritage Record Matches - did 20 Texas birth index confirms, and then about 12 Find A Grave confirms.  Able to add some content and sources.  

*  Added to the Best Of post and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

My Geneaholic Sunday - 9 March 2014

Baseball season starts soon, which means my Sundays will be different.

We got home Saturday night from Hemet, but I didn't journal because I didn't do much of anything but read and check Facebook.  I was pretty tired after four talks in Hemet in 6 hours, my arm was sore from holding the mic, my voice was hoarse and throat sore from talking too much, and my eyes were tired from driving home near sunset.

On Sunday, I:

*  Read email and blogs, and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 2 to 8 March 2014 post.

*  We went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and were home by 11:30 a.m. Read, checked Facebook, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  Sent some emails too.  

*  Transcribed a deed for Amanuensis Monday and wrote the post and st it for Monday morning.  Got a call from Kathy about a Seaver cousin and she emailed me info later.  I need to send her a report.  Added some data to the database from what Kathy told me on the phone.

Deb emailed me asking for help finding info on a person in one of her cases.  I worked for about an hour and sent an email.

*  Went in for dinner at 4:45 p.m., watched TV news, read the paper, watered the front plants and washed the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on Deb's challenge some more - found more and sent it.  Wrote another blog post for Monday about Ancestry.  I don't have sliders yet, but it really doesn't matter.  
*  Checked email, started the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

My Geneaholic Thursday - 6 March 2014

This day went fine until the evening, then it kablooied in my face...  Not sure that's a real word!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 204: Death Record for Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882) and Genea-Musings Flipboard Magazine Gets Noticed and set it for later.

*  Finished up the CVGS Newsletter, but the air duct guys came and worked for two hours, so my morning was shortened.  Will have to do the newsletter on Monday.

*  Edited the Genealogy Cloud presentation one last time, and made PDFs of all of them.  Then onto the flash drive and Dropbox.  all set, I think.  Need to make maps.

*  Wrote the two Saturday posts, answered email, checked Facebook, and researched and wrote  Finding My Richman Family in FindMyPast Searches.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, water the plants and wash the dishes.  Checked email, Feedly and Facebook on my phone until 7:30.

*  Online to make maps to Hemet, to Temecula, to Elsinore and back to Hemet for Linda.  Damn Google Maps and Bing Maps don't print out cleanly for some reason.  Major fail.  Finally took screen shots and put them in a document and printed them off.  Problem with the Padres tickets - they sent a card, but no tickets.  Stupid, they're somewhere on the Internet but no directions to find them or use them.  Wrote a nastygram to them about it demanding an answer.

*  Whined on Facebook about it all.  Wrote the 52 Ancestors post for Friday.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

My Geneaholic Day - 5 March 2014

This was a busy day with blogging, the CVGS Board meeting, and finishing the newsletter.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote The D.J. Carringer House in San Diego in 1900 -- Post 297 for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday, and SDGS Program Meeting on Saturday, 8 March Features Denise Levenick.

*  Answered email, made a list of seminar prizes I obtained, and packed up to go to the CVGS Board meeting.  

*  Left for lunch at McDonalds at 11 a.m., got to the library at 11:25, looked in at John's group, then the Bored meeting for two hours, yawn.  Passed the seminar prizes to Karen.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then checked FindMyPast a bit, and finally wrote Free Research Guides in Ancestry.com Learning Center.  Probably should have saved it for Tuesday.  Oh well.  

*  Went out and cut the front lawn, trimmed it, and picked grass up from the neighbors rocks.  Also weeded the rose beds a bit.  Put the trash cans out too.

*  In at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV, put out the trash, and do the dishes.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, update my presentation pages a bit, and finished up the CVGS Newsletter.  Need to proof it again, and publish on Thursday.

*  Worked in MyHeritage record matches - did another 20 Find A Grave matches, now down to 190.  Looked at some of the Newspaper matches too - transcribed one obit.

*  Checked Facebook, answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

My Geneaholic Tuesday - 4 March 2014

I stayed home today and worked on genealogy, except for the nice walk in the afternoon.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip: Check Out Tennessee Historical Record Collections on FamilySearch and then First Look at RootsMagic App on Android Device - Post 2 and set it for later.

*  Worked on the GPS/RES presentation for Hemet.  Got it done, I hope.  

*  Worked in CreateFan.com, and wrote FamilySearch Family Tree Census Source Tracker and set it for mid-afternoon.  

*  Worked on the Wiki and Fun presentations for Hemet, and got them done, I hope.  Took a 30 minute walk around the block, then watered the plants.

*  Answered email and checked Facebook.  Added some of the Mass VR images to the surname files, attached the media to the persons and added source citations as needed.  Did 10-15 of them.

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

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  got it about 80% complete.  Need to finish it up on Thursday if possible.

*  Worked in MyHeritage record matches on Find A Grave items - confirmed 26 more matches, now down to 210 to go.  Added content and sources to the database.  Prepared Lucretia Smith for her 52 Ancestor report on Friday.

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Monday, March 3, 2014

My Geneaholic Monday - 3 March 2014

We got back from Huntington Beach on Sunday morning.  My talks went well, the BASH was great.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post 208: 1836 Deed of Amos and Mary Underhill to Lorin Philips posted (scribed last night).

*  Gathered the laptop and flash drive and off to the OASIS class at 9:10 a.m.  Got there by 9:30, was set up and ready to go, and class started at 10:15 a.m.  Had 11 there.  Over at 12:15 p.m. on schedule.  Talked to Simona for awhile about education.  

*  Home by 1 p.m. to eat lunch, then  noted that First Look at RootsMagic App on Android Device - Post 1 posted (written on Sunday also).

*  Read email and blogs, found that the Find A Grave app had been released while I was at OASIS, so wrote New Find A Grave App from Ancestry Available in iTunes Store.  Downloaded some screen shots but didn't use them.

*  Edited the other three OASIS presentations and got them in Dropbox and on the flash drive.

*  Checked Facebook, checked Google+, answered email, added to the Best Of post.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to write Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - March 2014 and 

February Program Review - Ceasar Castro's "California in the Mexican-American War" and one more post.


*  Worked in MyHeritage record matches - confirmed another 20 Find A Grave matches, down to 236 now.  Worked in the database adding sources and content from Ancestry and AmericanAncestors.  Got through the Foster names.  

*  Read, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.