Well, this is it for 2017. An interesting year in many ways. Genealogy wise - it was a year of no major ancestral discoveries, but a lot of little ones. This was not a big genealogy day.
* Read email and blogs while watching Meet the Depressed. They were. Went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and home by 11:20.
* Transcribed the two probate record pages for Amanuensis Monday. Noted that Randy's Best Genea-Musings Posts for 2017 posted.
* Went in at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, and watched football, and read the paper. Watched the Chargers game - they beat Oakland 30-10 in hopes of a playoff berth - they finished 9-7. However, none of the three things that had to happen did, so they didn't make the playoffs. Oh well.
* Online at 4:45 to read, and proofread the transcription. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 to 30 December 2017 posted.
* Went in at 5:15 to watch TV news, finish up cooking and eat dinner, then washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 24 to 30 December 2017 posted, then wrote the Happy New Year post and the Amanuensis Monday post.
* Went in at 8:15 to watch the ball drop at 9 p.m. and read my book. Boring - the ball drop, not the Patterson book.
* Online at 9:05 p.m. to check Facebook, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 31 December (with increases in the numbers from 30 November in parentheses):
* 49,315 persons (+ 153)
* 19,847 families (+ 76)
* 159,661 events (+ 504)
* 4,470 Alternate Names (+ 119)
* 10,329 places (+ 72)
* 1,603 sources (+ 10)
* 91,058 citations (+ 694)
* 1,162 Multi-media Items (+ 4)
* 3,177 Multimedia links (+ 16)
* 21,404 matched to FSFT (+ 819)
I'm up to 57.03% (+0.25%) for citations/events and 184.65% (+0.84%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for December (compared to stats for November):
* 103,807 page views (3,349 per day, Blogger Stats, + 122)
* 27,489 8,396 page views ( 887 per day, Statcounter, - 60)
* 21,011 sessions (678 per day, Statcounter, - 34)
* >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)
* 3,425 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 146)
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Saturday, December 30, 2017
My Genealogy Saturday - 30 December 2017
It has been a quiet week for us - I've hidden out in the genea-cave every day since Wednesday, only coming out for lunch and dinner and my nap, and have gone with sock feet almost all the time. We went to dinner and the store today.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Top 40 Most Viewed Posts in 2017 on Genea-Musings posted, and wrote the SNGF post and set it for later. Added to the Best Of post.
* Worked on the last two posts for the 2017 summations for the rest of the morning and afternoon.
* Had lunch at 12:30, watched some football, and then back at it. Wrote the FamilySearch post, and noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make ONE Resolution/Goal for 2018 posted. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* We left after 5 p.m. for Lolita's for dinner, then the grocery store, and home by 6:40 p.m.
* Online to read, added to the Best Of post, and worked on Ancestry Hints for awhile, resolving over 100 of them, and adding content and sources to RootsMagic.
* Answered email, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Top 40 Most Viewed Posts in 2017 on Genea-Musings posted, and wrote the SNGF post and set it for later. Added to the Best Of post.
* Worked on the last two posts for the 2017 summations for the rest of the morning and afternoon.
* Had lunch at 12:30, watched some football, and then back at it. Wrote the FamilySearch post, and noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make ONE Resolution/Goal for 2018 posted. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* We left after 5 p.m. for Lolita's for dinner, then the grocery store, and home by 6:40 p.m.
* Online to read, added to the Best Of post, and worked on Ancestry Hints for awhile, resolving over 100 of them, and adding content and sources to RootsMagic.
* Answered email, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Friday, December 29, 2017
My Genealogy Friday - 29 December 2017
Two more days left in 2017. I better get my end-of-year blog posts done.
* Online at 7:30 a.m., read email and blogs, and added to the Best Of post. Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 207: #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted.
* Wrote Dear Randy - You Really Should Check the Probate Record Indexes! and set it for later.
* Worked more on the Page view post and finished it to post on Saturday. Took my nap. Had lunch.
* Online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 29 December 2017.
* Started the industry benchmark post and finished it later. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered email.
* Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., read the paper, watched TV news and then football, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to finish up the benchmark post, then started two others. One more to go. Added to the Best Of post.
* TreeShared 35 profiles, then worked a bit in RootsMagic with Family Tree matching profiles and sharing data both ways as needed.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Online at 7:30 a.m., read email and blogs, and added to the Best Of post. Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 207: #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted.
* Wrote Dear Randy - You Really Should Check the Probate Record Indexes! and set it for later.
* Worked more on the Page view post and finished it to post on Saturday. Took my nap. Had lunch.
* Online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 29 December 2017.
* Started the industry benchmark post and finished it later. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered email.
* Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., read the paper, watched TV news and then football, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to finish up the benchmark post, then started two others. One more to go. Added to the Best Of post.
* TreeShared 35 profiles, then worked a bit in RootsMagic with Family Tree matching profiles and sharing data both ways as needed.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday - 28 December 2017
This was almost an all genealogy day. A little nap, some food, a pickup at the train station interfered, but that's OK.
* Online at 7:30 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that 1961 San Diego High School Yearbooks Entry for Randall Seaver - Post 396 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted.
* Wrote Family History Fanatics eConference - 19 January 2018 and set it for later. Worked on the Top 40 post for Saturday.
* Took my nap, then had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to answer email, and write the Seavers in the News - 12 Year Old Genevieve Seaver Dies in 1905 post.
* Worked on the 52 Ancestors profile for Friday. Got it finished, and the blog post written, and found I was missing some probate records. Found them, summarized them, and inserted them into the profile. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, then watched the Holiday Bowl. We left at 6:45 p.m. to pick up Barbara at the train station. Home by 8 p.m.
* Online to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked in several Dill families with FamilySearch Family Tree sharing info with RootsMagic.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
* Online at 7:30 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that 1961 San Diego High School Yearbooks Entry for Randall Seaver - Post 396 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted.
* Wrote Family History Fanatics eConference - 19 January 2018 and set it for later. Worked on the Top 40 post for Saturday.
* Took my nap, then had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to answer email, and write the Seavers in the News - 12 Year Old Genevieve Seaver Dies in 1905 post.
* Worked on the 52 Ancestors profile for Friday. Got it finished, and the blog post written, and found I was missing some probate records. Found them, summarized them, and inserted them into the profile. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, then watched the Holiday Bowl. We left at 6:45 p.m. to pick up Barbara at the train station. Home by 8 p.m.
* Online to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked in several Dill families with FamilySearch Family Tree sharing info with RootsMagic.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 27 December 2017
We got back from Christmas in Huntington Beach with the grandkids on Tuesday at noon. All I did on Sunday and Monday was read on the new laptop - the posts were scheduled.
* Home on Tuesday to read, nap, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 26 December 2017, checked Twitter and Facebook and wrote the Wordless Wednesday post after dinner. Added to the Best Of post throughout the day.
* Today, online at 8 a.m. because I didn't take Linda to the Y, so stayed in pajamas until noon. Noted that Randy with his Granddaughters in 2012 -- Post 496 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Wrote MyHeritage Posted Review of 2017 Activities Plus Two Scoops.
* Worked on the Jane's Roots presentation for mid-January. Took an eye rest. Had lunch.
* Online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then updated the Pages for Presentations and Amanuensis Monday. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered more email, and wrote Dear Randy - I Took an AncestryDNA Test, Now What Should I Do?
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV, put out the trash and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Treasure Chest post, and paged through the SDHS 1961 yearbook on MyHeritage for over an hour. Fun.
* TreeShared 117 entries. Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Home on Tuesday to read, nap, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 26 December 2017, checked Twitter and Facebook and wrote the Wordless Wednesday post after dinner. Added to the Best Of post throughout the day.
* Today, online at 8 a.m. because I didn't take Linda to the Y, so stayed in pajamas until noon. Noted that Randy with his Granddaughters in 2012 -- Post 496 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Wrote MyHeritage Posted Review of 2017 Activities Plus Two Scoops.
* Worked on the Jane's Roots presentation for mid-January. Took an eye rest. Had lunch.
* Online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then updated the Pages for Presentations and Amanuensis Monday. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered more email, and wrote Dear Randy - I Took an AncestryDNA Test, Now What Should I Do?
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV, put out the trash and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Treasure Chest post, and paged through the SDHS 1961 yearbook on MyHeritage for over an hour. Fun.
* TreeShared 117 entries. Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
My Genealogy Saturday - 23 December 2017
Two more getups, but I got my wrapping done!
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her yup, and home by 9:15 a.m. Noted that Surname Saturday -- FLINT (England to colonial New England) posted, and TreeShared, worked awhile on matching RootsMagic profiles to Family Tree profiles, and sharing information.
* Took a 30 minute rest, then had lunch, and watched the Azrtecs bowl game. This was a good game. Aztecs lead 35-28 with 20 seconds to go, but Army scored a touchdown and got the 2 point conversion. Aztecs tried a razzle dazzle and it got intercepted, and Army won 42-35. No complaints - talk about an old school smash mouth game.
* Online at 4 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun-- My Santa Claus Memories posted. Added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news and wash dishes. At 6 p.m., went in and wrapped Linda's gifts. Only took 30 minutes or so. Done!!!! Yea me.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the Tuesday post, and wrote My Dear Genea-Santa Letter for 2017.
* Worked more in RootsMagic matching profiles with Family Tree, and sharing information. Worked through two Seaver branches.
* Red, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her yup, and home by 9:15 a.m. Noted that Surname Saturday -- FLINT (England to colonial New England) posted, and TreeShared, worked awhile on matching RootsMagic profiles to Family Tree profiles, and sharing information.
* Took a 30 minute rest, then had lunch, and watched the Azrtecs bowl game. This was a good game. Aztecs lead 35-28 with 20 seconds to go, but Army scored a touchdown and got the 2 point conversion. Aztecs tried a razzle dazzle and it got intercepted, and Army won 42-35. No complaints - talk about an old school smash mouth game.
* Online at 4 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun-- My Santa Claus Memories posted. Added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news and wash dishes. At 6 p.m., went in and wrapped Linda's gifts. Only took 30 minutes or so. Done!!!! Yea me.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the Tuesday post, and wrote My Dear Genea-Santa Letter for 2017.
* Worked more in RootsMagic matching profiles with Family Tree, and sharing information. Worked through two Seaver branches.
* Red, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
Friday, December 22, 2017
My Genealogy Friday - 22 December 2017
Only three more getups until we slide up to HB. I still have to wrap gifts...
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 206: #285 Hannah (Atwood) Horton (1686-1771) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, then wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 22 December 2017.
* Rested my eyes for 30 minutes, added to the Best Of post, and left at 11:20 for the library and the barber. Home by 12:30 with less hair and had lunch.
* Online ay 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 22 December 2017. Sleepy, so went in and had a recliner nap.
* Online at 3:15 p.m. to read, and wrote the Surname Saturday post. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered some email.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, tried to TreeShare but too slow, so worked in Ancestry Hints for awhile, resolving about 150 of them. The computer was slow tonight, maybe I'll reboot. Got the big flash drive data (Genealogy and Genealogy-2 files) into the new laptop.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 206: #285 Hannah (Atwood) Horton (1686-1771) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, then wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 22 December 2017.
* Rested my eyes for 30 minutes, added to the Best Of post, and left at 11:20 for the library and the barber. Home by 12:30 with less hair and had lunch.
* Online ay 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 22 December 2017. Sleepy, so went in and had a recliner nap.
* Online at 3:15 p.m. to read, and wrote the Surname Saturday post. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered some email.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, tried to TreeShare but too slow, so worked in Ancestry Hints for awhile, resolving about 150 of them. The computer was slow tonight, maybe I'll reboot. Got the big flash drive data (Genealogy and Genealogy-2 files) into the new laptop.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday - 21 December 2017
The first day of winter...and we had our first measurable rain since like June last night. A whopping 0.03 of an inch. But it washed the car a bit!
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up at 9:30 a.m. and we went to Costco. Had a Polish dog and home by 10:40.
* Noted that 1702 Birth Record of Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) of Eastham, Mass.. --- Post 395 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Wrote Seavers in the News - Rev. W.R. Seaver Returns Home to St. Joseph, Missouri post. couldn't find anything with Seaver and Christmas or Santa on GenealogyBank. Drat.
* Took a nap, and online at 1:40 p.m. to read, checked Twitter and Facebook, and worked on the 62 Ancestors profile. An easy one today. Worked some on FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for the Eastham folks, and also on the Roberts profiles. Got a hotel room for 12/25.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, and wash dishes. Online at 6:15 to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestors post. Noted that Blog Caroling - "Angels We Have Heard On High" posted.
* Went in at 7 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game with Gonzaga. Read my CJ Box book, almost done now. Aztecs won 72-70 over a ranked team, so now 8-3 on the season.
* Online at 9:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post. Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up at 9:30 a.m. and we went to Costco. Had a Polish dog and home by 10:40.
* Noted that 1702 Birth Record of Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) of Eastham, Mass.. --- Post 395 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Wrote Seavers in the News - Rev. W.R. Seaver Returns Home to St. Joseph, Missouri post. couldn't find anything with Seaver and Christmas or Santa on GenealogyBank. Drat.
* Took a nap, and online at 1:40 p.m. to read, checked Twitter and Facebook, and worked on the 62 Ancestors profile. An easy one today. Worked some on FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for the Eastham folks, and also on the Roberts profiles. Got a hotel room for 12/25.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, and wash dishes. Online at 6:15 to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestors post. Noted that Blog Caroling - "Angels We Have Heard On High" posted.
* Went in at 7 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game with Gonzaga. Read my CJ Box book, almost done now. Aztecs won 72-70 over a ranked team, so now 8-3 on the season.
* Online at 9:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post. Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 20 December 2017
5 more getups before Christmas, 12 before New Years Day. This was a stay-at home day for me.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Randy Visits Santa Claus -- Post 495 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to the Best Of post, and worked for two hours on the Potter family. Found English records that defined Nathaniel's family fairly well, and added it to the database.
* Linda went to lunch with friends, so I took a nap, had lunch and online at 12:45 p.m.
* Noted that Historical Records of an American Santa Claus posted. Worked some more in the RootsMagic database with FamilySearch Family Tree, adding content both ways.
* Watched the Finding Your Roots episode 10, and wrote Finding Your Roots Season 4 is Over. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, write the Treasure Chest post, TreeShare, do a Photo Discovery on MyHeritage, and looked through FSFT matches on MyHeritage for data to add to the database.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Randy Visits Santa Claus -- Post 495 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to the Best Of post, and worked for two hours on the Potter family. Found English records that defined Nathaniel's family fairly well, and added it to the database.
* Linda went to lunch with friends, so I took a nap, had lunch and online at 12:45 p.m.
* Noted that Historical Records of an American Santa Claus posted. Worked some more in the RootsMagic database with FamilySearch Family Tree, adding content both ways.
* Watched the Finding Your Roots episode 10, and wrote Finding Your Roots Season 4 is Over. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, write the Treasure Chest post, TreeShare, do a Photo Discovery on MyHeritage, and looked through FSFT matches on MyHeritage for data to add to the database.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
My Genealogy Tuesday - 19 December 2017
This was a stay-at-home Tuesday, with quite a bit of genealogy done, plus some blogging.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read emails and blogs, picked her up, and went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1850 U.S. Census Record for Jeremiah McNew Household in Washington DC posted, then worked in RootsMagic matching folks with FamilySearch Family Tree in a Vaux line, and adding information to both trees as necessary.
* Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and did a MyHeritage Photo Discovery. Took a nap. Had lunch.
* Online at 1 p.m. to read, then wrote the Genealogy News Bytes - 19 December 2017 post. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrote several posts with Christmas themes from earlier years. Did more in RootsMagic and FSFT.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, read the paper, and wash dishes. Online at 6:45 p.m. to do the Wordless Wednesday post, add to the Best Of post, and do more in RootsMagic and FSFT on the Buck line.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read emails and blogs, picked her up, and went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1850 U.S. Census Record for Jeremiah McNew Household in Washington DC posted, then worked in RootsMagic matching folks with FamilySearch Family Tree in a Vaux line, and adding information to both trees as necessary.
* Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and did a MyHeritage Photo Discovery. Took a nap. Had lunch.
* Online at 1 p.m. to read, then wrote the Genealogy News Bytes - 19 December 2017 post. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrote several posts with Christmas themes from earlier years. Did more in RootsMagic and FSFT.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, read the paper, and wash dishes. Online at 6:45 p.m. to do the Wordless Wednesday post, add to the Best Of post, and do more in RootsMagic and FSFT on the Buck line.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Monday, December 18, 2017
My Genealogy Monday - 18 December 2017
Seven more days - I gotta look for my Christmas oriented posts.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1775 Will of Samuel Haughton (1686-1778) of Eastham, Mass. posted and wrote Ancestry Member Trees, Indexing Rules, Cousin Bait, Source Citations and Me.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and worked a bit in RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree in a Seaver line.
* Linda went out to lunch and shopping, so I took a nap, had lunch, and was online again at 1 p.m.
* Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 18 December 2017 and added a Photo discovery to MyHeritage, and worked some more in FSFT and RootsMagic, adding content and sources.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and did more in FSFT and RM.
* Went in at 4:45 to have dinner, watched TV news , read the paper, and did the dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post for Tuesday, and checked out the McKnew and Pickrell lines on Ancestry and FamilySearch. No one has added much to the FSFT on them.
* Added to the Best Of post, Treeshared the RootsMagic file (over 90 persons), checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1775 Will of Samuel Haughton (1686-1778) of Eastham, Mass. posted and wrote Ancestry Member Trees, Indexing Rules, Cousin Bait, Source Citations and Me.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and worked a bit in RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree in a Seaver line.
* Linda went out to lunch and shopping, so I took a nap, had lunch, and was online again at 1 p.m.
* Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 18 December 2017 and added a Photo discovery to MyHeritage, and worked some more in FSFT and RootsMagic, adding content and sources.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and did more in FSFT and RM.
* Went in at 4:45 to have dinner, watched TV news , read the paper, and did the dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post for Tuesday, and checked out the McKnew and Pickrell lines on Ancestry and FamilySearch. No one has added much to the FSFT on them.
* Added to the Best Of post, Treeshared the RootsMagic file (over 90 persons), checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Sunday, December 17, 2017
My Genealogy Sunday - 17 December 2017
The sands in the hour glass creep slowly toward Christmas...just saying. Linda is going shopping for me on Monday. I really want See's candy (dark chocolate peppermint patties) and M&Ms, in case she asks you.
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best Of post, and then off to church at 9:30 a.m. They celebrated December birthdays after the service, and Linda was honored. She couldn't eat the bake and that was all they had to eat. Home by 12:15 p.m.
* Transcribed the Horton probate record, and went in to watch football at 1:50 p.m. New England squeezed by Pittsburgh 27-24 in a good game. I napped in the recliner through the second quarter, then read the paper.
* Online at 4:15 to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 10 to 16 December 2017 posted, then wrote the Amanuensis post for Monday.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and wash dishes. Online at 6 p.m. to read, then wrote next week's Amanuensis post, since it will be Christmas day and I might be busy and not here. Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 10 to 16 December 2017 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 10 to 16 December 2017 posted.
* TreeShared, then resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to the RootsMagic database.
* Added to the Best Of post, and checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best Of post, and then off to church at 9:30 a.m. They celebrated December birthdays after the service, and Linda was honored. She couldn't eat the bake and that was all they had to eat. Home by 12:15 p.m.
* Transcribed the Horton probate record, and went in to watch football at 1:50 p.m. New England squeezed by Pittsburgh 27-24 in a good game. I napped in the recliner through the second quarter, then read the paper.
* Online at 4:15 to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 10 to 16 December 2017 posted, then wrote the Amanuensis post for Monday.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and wash dishes. Online at 6 p.m. to read, then wrote next week's Amanuensis post, since it will be Christmas day and I might be busy and not here. Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 10 to 16 December 2017 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 10 to 16 December 2017 posted.
* TreeShared, then resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to the RootsMagic database.
* Added to the Best Of post, and checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
Saturday, December 16, 2017
My Genealogy Saturday - 16 December 2017
Only 9 more days until Santa comes. Genea-Santa is almost ready. The days pass swiftly at this time of the year.
* Dropped Linda off, went to the men's group breakfast and led the Bible Study. Picked up Linda at 9:45, and we stopped at the grocery store. Home by 10:20 a.m.
* Online to read, noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Mary, wife of John Woodin- England to New England) posted, and added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, then watched football, read the paper, and took a nap in the recliner.
* Online at 2:15 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Pauleen's Christmas Meme posted, wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree on several Seaver families, sharing information with RootsMagic.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the Chargers game, wash dishes, and finish one book and start another. Chargers lost to Chiefs 30-13. Drat, no 7-7 and probably out of the playoffs.
* Online at 8:40 p.m. to finish up the FSFT work, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, and write this post. Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, went to the men's group breakfast and led the Bible Study. Picked up Linda at 9:45, and we stopped at the grocery store. Home by 10:20 a.m.
* Online to read, noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Mary, wife of John Woodin- England to New England) posted, and added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, then watched football, read the paper, and took a nap in the recliner.
* Online at 2:15 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Pauleen's Christmas Meme posted, wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree on several Seaver families, sharing information with RootsMagic.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the Chargers game, wash dishes, and finish one book and start another. Chargers lost to Chiefs 30-13. Drat, no 7-7 and probably out of the playoffs.
* Online at 8:40 p.m. to finish up the FSFT work, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, and write this post. Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
Friday, December 15, 2017
My Genealogy Friday - 15 December 2017
This was a stay at home day for me...but I got no real research done - too lazy.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m. Online to note that 52 Ancestors - Week 205: #284 Samuel Horton (1686-1778) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted. Wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 15 December 2017 and set it for later.
* Added to the Best Of post, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree sharing content with Horton folks in RootsMagic. Fixed Samuel's family.
* The solar guy came and I watched him for 30 minutes - everything looks OK. They took photos og all the appliances and then measured the roof. Took my nap, then had lunch.
* Online at 1 p.m. to read, then worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 15 December 2017 post.
* Worked in FSFT on one of the Seaver lines matching folks with RootsMagic and adding content in both places. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Rested my eyes for 30 minutes and took headache meds. Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the two Saturday posts. Checked Facebook again.
* TreeShared, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m. Online to note that 52 Ancestors - Week 205: #284 Samuel Horton (1686-1778) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted. Wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 15 December 2017 and set it for later.
* Added to the Best Of post, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree sharing content with Horton folks in RootsMagic. Fixed Samuel's family.
* The solar guy came and I watched him for 30 minutes - everything looks OK. They took photos og all the appliances and then measured the roof. Took my nap, then had lunch.
* Online at 1 p.m. to read, then worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 15 December 2017 post.
* Worked in FSFT on one of the Seaver lines matching folks with RootsMagic and adding content in both places. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Rested my eyes for 30 minutes and took headache meds. Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the two Saturday posts. Checked Facebook again.
* TreeShared, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
Thursday, December 14, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday - 14 December 2017
This was not much of a genealogy day. Only two blog posts for the 4th day in a row. I wonder if anybody cares? It's given me more time to do what I need to do. We finished the Christmas card flurry today.
* Dropped Linda at the Y at 7:30, home to read email and blogs, picked her up at 9, home at 9:15, and we left at 9:40 for her neuro appointment. The doc says she has not lost much since last time. It's hard to tell. She almost aced the memory test. She still can't get the three words mentioned a minute before. We dropped the first 50 cards at the post office, and stopped at the 99 Cent store to get more cards, wrapping paper, canned vegetables and more.
* Home by 11 a.m. and noted that 1760 Death Records of Jabez and Elizabeth Snow in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 394 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Took a nap.
* Had lunch, then online at 1 p.m to write Seavers in the News - William H. Seaver Dies in 1896 in Allston, Mass.
* Printed off more Christmas letters and folded them. Linda finished the list this afternoon and evening. 30 more cards to mail on Friday. I did some shopping - she found a catalog and checked some clothes that she liked.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and forgot to look at the 52 Ancestors guy for records. Oops.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watched TV news, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then worked on the 52 Ancestors profile. Found I had not added probate records to the profile, so found them and extracted information for the profile. I will transcribe the probate records for Monday, then add them to the profile later.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda at the Y at 7:30, home to read email and blogs, picked her up at 9, home at 9:15, and we left at 9:40 for her neuro appointment. The doc says she has not lost much since last time. It's hard to tell. She almost aced the memory test. She still can't get the three words mentioned a minute before. We dropped the first 50 cards at the post office, and stopped at the 99 Cent store to get more cards, wrapping paper, canned vegetables and more.
* Home by 11 a.m. and noted that 1760 Death Records of Jabez and Elizabeth Snow in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 394 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Took a nap.
* Had lunch, then online at 1 p.m to write Seavers in the News - William H. Seaver Dies in 1896 in Allston, Mass.
* Printed off more Christmas letters and folded them. Linda finished the list this afternoon and evening. 30 more cards to mail on Friday. I did some shopping - she found a catalog and checked some clothes that she liked.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and forgot to look at the 52 Ancestors guy for records. Oops.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watched TV news, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then worked on the 52 Ancestors profile. Found I had not added probate records to the profile, so found them and extracted information for the profile. I will transcribe the probate records for Monday, then add them to the profile later.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 13 December 2017
12 more days until Christmas. I still have shopping to do. Linda does too.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and went to the grocery store to get rolls for the CVGS luncheon. Home by 9:45 a.m.
* Noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 3 -- Post 494 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, and added to the Best Of post. I took a short eyerest, not a nap.
* We left at 10:45 for the CVGS luncheon at the South library. Had about 30, several were sick. I ate a lot. We got home by 2 p.m.
* Read, then took a recliner nap. Online at 3:15 p.m. to read, then wrote "I Understand You Do Genealogy Research" and checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Worked on the Christmas letter printing - got the second page of the 55 I did yesterday, and printed off about 30 more of the first page, I'll do the second page tomorrow (the ink has to dry). Linda started labeling, stamping, and signing last night, and I folded the first batch of letters - we did about 40 cards tonight.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, put out the trash, and wash dishes. Online at 7 p.m. to read, write the Treasure Chest post, and work on the cards.
* TreeShared, then resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints off and on adding content and sources to the RootsMagic profiles.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and went to the grocery store to get rolls for the CVGS luncheon. Home by 9:45 a.m.
* Noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 3 -- Post 494 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, and added to the Best Of post. I took a short eyerest, not a nap.
* We left at 10:45 for the CVGS luncheon at the South library. Had about 30, several were sick. I ate a lot. We got home by 2 p.m.
* Read, then took a recliner nap. Online at 3:15 p.m. to read, then wrote "I Understand You Do Genealogy Research" and checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Worked on the Christmas letter printing - got the second page of the 55 I did yesterday, and printed off about 30 more of the first page, I'll do the second page tomorrow (the ink has to dry). Linda started labeling, stamping, and signing last night, and I folded the first batch of letters - we did about 40 cards tonight.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, put out the trash, and wash dishes. Online at 7 p.m. to read, write the Treasure Chest post, and work on the cards.
* TreeShared, then resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints off and on adding content and sources to the RootsMagic profiles.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
My Genealogy Tuesday - 12 December 2017
This was not much of a genealogy day - life events took over the day. But I made some progress on them.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m. Added to the Best Of post and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1841 Bounty Immigrant Arrival in New South Wales Card for Alexander Whittell posted.
* We left a 9:45 a.m. for Linda's 10 a.m. hygienist appointment. Then we went to In 'n' Out for lunch, and home by 12 noon.
* Answered email, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 12 December 2017.
* Started on the Christmas letter and the labels. Linda checked the addresses, and I made some Facebook contacts for some of them. Sent the girls their paragraphs and they edited them tonight. Had a struggle to find good photos of family groups - I did a poor job this year of getting grandkid photos. Drat. Linda got some of the envelopes stamped and labeled and is waiting for letters and labels.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, but did nothing genealogy wise.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and did the dishes. Finished the laundry too.
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote the Wordless post. Edited the letter, and started printing off the first page, but the printer ink had to be replaced, the print heads cleaned, etc. Ended up with about 50 of the first page. They need to dry out overnight.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 4.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m. Added to the Best Of post and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1841 Bounty Immigrant Arrival in New South Wales Card for Alexander Whittell posted.
* We left a 9:45 a.m. for Linda's 10 a.m. hygienist appointment. Then we went to In 'n' Out for lunch, and home by 12 noon.
* Answered email, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 12 December 2017.
* Started on the Christmas letter and the labels. Linda checked the addresses, and I made some Facebook contacts for some of them. Sent the girls their paragraphs and they edited them tonight. Had a struggle to find good photos of family groups - I did a poor job this year of getting grandkid photos. Drat. Linda got some of the envelopes stamped and labeled and is waiting for letters and labels.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, but did nothing genealogy wise.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and did the dishes. Finished the laundry too.
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote the Wordless post. Edited the letter, and started printing off the first page, but the printer ink had to be replaced, the print heads cleaned, etc. Ended up with about 50 of the first page. They need to dry out overnight.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 4.5 hours.
Monday, December 11, 2017
My Genealogy Monday - 11 December 2017
It was an 81F day here, clear and sunny. Should be down in the 40s tonight. It's almost winter, and two weeks until Christmas. I keep reminding myself to shop. Only 20 more days until 2018.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y by 7:30, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and we were home by 9 a.m.
* Got onto Mondays With Myrt and didn't pontificate much - a bit on the fires, a bit on Tony's program, and that was it. Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1749 Guardianship of Isaac Brown and John Brown in Eastham, Massachusetts posted. Took my nap.
* Had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to print off the newsletter master and the labels. Added to the Best of post, and answered email. Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 11 December 2017.
* Linda went with me to the UPS Store, but got her nails done down the mall. I finished up my CVGS newsletter printing and mailing, and had an ice cream cone at McDonalds while I waited.
* Home by 3 p.m. to read, then checked Twitter and Facebook, and worked on Lauretta's question. Got it done, and called her, she was happy. She'll be surprised by the package I'm sending.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post for Tuesday, and did more shopping for Linda. Got her a couple of things on amazon, but the really pretty teal top eludes me. She does have a closet full of them. Maybe I'll just wrap one of them up... More packages for the kids and Linda came today.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y by 7:30, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and we were home by 9 a.m.
* Got onto Mondays With Myrt and didn't pontificate much - a bit on the fires, a bit on Tony's program, and that was it. Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1749 Guardianship of Isaac Brown and John Brown in Eastham, Massachusetts posted. Took my nap.
* Had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to print off the newsletter master and the labels. Added to the Best of post, and answered email. Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 11 December 2017.
* Linda went with me to the UPS Store, but got her nails done down the mall. I finished up my CVGS newsletter printing and mailing, and had an ice cream cone at McDonalds while I waited.
* Home by 3 p.m. to read, then checked Twitter and Facebook, and worked on Lauretta's question. Got it done, and called her, she was happy. She'll be surprised by the package I'm sending.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post for Tuesday, and did more shopping for Linda. Got her a couple of things on amazon, but the really pretty teal top eludes me. She does have a closet full of them. Maybe I'll just wrap one of them up... More packages for the kids and Linda came today.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 9 and 10 December 2017
I didn't accomplish much in genealogy this weekend. I didn't go to the i4GG Conference either. Haven't started the Christmas cards and letters yet. I still need to do some shopping (online). It was warm this weekend. The Chargers won.
1) Saturday, 9 December 2017:
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:45 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, and noted that Surname Saturday - SCRUGGS (England to colonial New England) posted.
* Talked to the solar guys again, and that is on track. We left at noon for Linda's haircut, then to Costco for lunch (I had pepperoni pizza), and home by 1 p.m.
* I watched the Army-Navy game in my recliner and dozed a bit after the pizza slice.
* Online at 3 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Have You Visited an Ancestral Town? posted. Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts. Checked Facebook. Went out in the front yard and trimmed the roses.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and do dishes. Barbara came at 6:30 to pick up Linda for the church play.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the CVGS Newsletter and sent it off to the reviewers. Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching FSFT profiles with the RM profiles and sharing info to both. Answered more email. Genealogy this day was maybe 5 hours.
2) Sunday, 10 December 2017:
* Read email and blogs, then off to church at 9:30 a.m. Home by 11:30. Read a bit online, then went in and watched football, dozed a bit, read the paper, and ate lunch. Watched the Chargers game - they beat Redskins 30-13, so now 7-6 on the season.
* Online for awhile at 4:15 to transcribe the probate record. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 3 to 9 December 2017 posted, and also Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 3 to 9 December 2017.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, and wash dishes. Online at 6 p.m. to read, note that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 3 to 9 December 2017 posted, and write the Amanuensis Monday post.
* Finished up the edits on the CVGS Newsletter, and emailed it out to the Members. TreeShared over 100 profiles from the last three days of changes. Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was maybe 4.0 hours.
1) Saturday, 9 December 2017:
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:45 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, and noted that Surname Saturday - SCRUGGS (England to colonial New England) posted.
* Talked to the solar guys again, and that is on track. We left at noon for Linda's haircut, then to Costco for lunch (I had pepperoni pizza), and home by 1 p.m.
* I watched the Army-Navy game in my recliner and dozed a bit after the pizza slice.
* Online at 3 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Have You Visited an Ancestral Town? posted. Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts. Checked Facebook. Went out in the front yard and trimmed the roses.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and do dishes. Barbara came at 6:30 to pick up Linda for the church play.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the CVGS Newsletter and sent it off to the reviewers. Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching FSFT profiles with the RM profiles and sharing info to both. Answered more email. Genealogy this day was maybe 5 hours.
2) Sunday, 10 December 2017:
* Read email and blogs, then off to church at 9:30 a.m. Home by 11:30. Read a bit online, then went in and watched football, dozed a bit, read the paper, and ate lunch. Watched the Chargers game - they beat Redskins 30-13, so now 7-6 on the season.
* Online for awhile at 4:15 to transcribe the probate record. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 3 to 9 December 2017 posted, and also Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 3 to 9 December 2017.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, and wash dishes. Online at 6 p.m. to read, note that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 3 to 9 December 2017 posted, and write the Amanuensis Monday post.
* Finished up the edits on the CVGS Newsletter, and emailed it out to the Members. TreeShared over 100 profiles from the last three days of changes. Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was maybe 4.0 hours.
Friday, December 8, 2017
My Genealogy Friday - 8 December 2017
Well, I'm almost done with my Christmas shopping, but I'm behind on the Christmas letter and cards. Not a whole lot of genealogy progress today.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 204: #283 Ruth (Young) Brown (1688-1768) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 8 December 2017. Added to the Best Of post.
* Tried to nap and failed, Linda went to lunch with Barbara and Carolyn, and I had lunch. Online at 1 p.m. to read, then worked on Genealogy News Bytes - 8 December 2017. Caught a BSO with Rhode Island Seaver marriages and added several, with sources, to the RootsMagic database.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, did a Photo Discovery on MyHeritage, checked Ancestry and FamilySearch databases, shopped online and answered email. Made a report for the Jeff who called several nights ago. Took a short nap.
* Went in at 5:30 to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner, and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, wrote the two Saturday posts, and then worked on the CVGS Newsletter. About 85% done - need to fill one more page then do the TOC.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 204: #283 Ruth (Young) Brown (1688-1768) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 8 December 2017. Added to the Best Of post.
* Tried to nap and failed, Linda went to lunch with Barbara and Carolyn, and I had lunch. Online at 1 p.m. to read, then worked on Genealogy News Bytes - 8 December 2017. Caught a BSO with Rhode Island Seaver marriages and added several, with sources, to the RootsMagic database.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, did a Photo Discovery on MyHeritage, checked Ancestry and FamilySearch databases, shopped online and answered email. Made a report for the Jeff who called several nights ago. Took a short nap.
* Went in at 5:30 to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner, and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, wrote the two Saturday posts, and then worked on the CVGS Newsletter. About 85% done - need to fill one more page then do the TOC.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday - 7 December 2017
Pearl Harbor Day 76 years ago. I always wonder what my parents and grandparents were thinking when that happened. The wind came up around noontime, lots of leaves blowing and trash cans rolling. No fire nearby, but a big one up east of Oceanside.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 1720 Marriage Record of Jabez Snow and Elisabeth Paine in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 393 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, added to the Best Of post, then wrote Dear Randy - How Did You Find That 1840 Lancashire Marriage Record?
* Sleepy, so took my nap. Had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to look for a juicy newspaper story. Didn't find any - so wrote Seavers in the News - John W. Seaver Dies in Cleveland instead.
* Answered email,. added to the Best Of post, and checked Twitter and Facebook. Looked for the death of Samuel Horton some more. No luck. Got the CVGS newsletter started - maybe 70% done. Will need a lot of filler this month.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watched fire news on TV, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then put together the 52 Ancestors post. Did a little more research on her.
* Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, but added nothing new to the RM database. Fixed one family in FSFT.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 1720 Marriage Record of Jabez Snow and Elisabeth Paine in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 393 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, added to the Best Of post, then wrote Dear Randy - How Did You Find That 1840 Lancashire Marriage Record?
* Sleepy, so took my nap. Had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to look for a juicy newspaper story. Didn't find any - so wrote Seavers in the News - John W. Seaver Dies in Cleveland instead.
* Answered email,. added to the Best Of post, and checked Twitter and Facebook. Looked for the death of Samuel Horton some more. No luck. Got the CVGS newsletter started - maybe 70% done. Will need a lot of filler this month.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watched fire news on TV, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then put together the 52 Ancestors post. Did a little more research on her.
* Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, but added nothing new to the RM database. Fixed one family in FSFT.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 6 December 2017
This was not a wonderful day - didn't sleep well again, headache off and on, couldn't nap, tired all day.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 2 -- Post 493 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Printed the CVGS Board stuff out. Tried to nap and failed.
* Up at 11 to go to lunch at McDonalds, then to the CVGS Bored meeting. No fun. Bored. Got a book to read. Home by 2 p.m.
* Tried to nap again and failed with reflux. Drat. Online to read, wrote Am I Related to Winston Churchill? and forgot to post it. The solar guy came to the door.
We may do it.
* Back to the computer, and posted the blog post. Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, put out the trash, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, but messed up the schedule time. Oh well. Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic. Talked to Lori and got Christmas figured out.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:40 a.m.
* Noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 2 -- Post 493 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted. Added to the Best Of post. Printed the CVGS Board stuff out. Tried to nap and failed.
* Up at 11 to go to lunch at McDonalds, then to the CVGS Bored meeting. No fun. Bored. Got a book to read. Home by 2 p.m.
* Tried to nap again and failed with reflux. Drat. Online to read, wrote Am I Related to Winston Churchill? and forgot to post it. The solar guy came to the door.
We may do it.
* Back to the computer, and posted the blog post. Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, put out the trash, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, but messed up the schedule time. Oh well. Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic. Talked to Lori and got Christmas figured out.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
My Genealogy Tuesday - 5 December 2017
This was a stay-at-home genealogy day - cool and dry today here, winds coming soon. Haven't started the Christmas letter or cards ordeal yet. Drat.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1839 Baptism of Elizabeth Morley in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, added to the Best Of post. Couldn't think of anything to write about, so worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree matching folks with RootsMagic. Also worked in Geni adding content to one of the royal lines in RootsMagic.
* Took my nap, had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Genealogy News Bytes - 5 December 2017 post.
* did some Amazon Christmas shopping for Linda, then checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered email. Added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and wash dishes. Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and TreeShared 85 persons in RootsMagic. Worked with Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to RootsMagic - resolved about 230 Hints. Even shopped some more.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1839 Baptism of Elizabeth Morley in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, added to the Best Of post. Couldn't think of anything to write about, so worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree matching folks with RootsMagic. Also worked in Geni adding content to one of the royal lines in RootsMagic.
* Took my nap, had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Genealogy News Bytes - 5 December 2017 post.
* did some Amazon Christmas shopping for Linda, then checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered email. Added to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and wash dishes. Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and TreeShared 85 persons in RootsMagic. Worked with Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to RootsMagic - resolved about 230 Hints. Even shopped some more.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Monday, December 4, 2017
My Genealogy Sunday and Monday - 3-4 December 2017
1) Sun day, 3 December:
* This was Linda's birthday, so there wasn't much genealogy done today.
* Read email and blogs watching Meet the Depressed, off to church at 9:30 a.m. and home by 11:30.
* Watched football, ate lunch, dozed a bit, and watched the Chargers game. They beat Browns 19-10, so now 6-6 on the season and tied for first in the AFC West. Quite a turnaround, 6-2 in the last 8 games.
* Online at 4 p.m. to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 November to 2 December 2017, Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 26 November to 2 December 2017 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 26 November to 2 December 2017 posted.
* We left at 5:15 for dinner at Black Angus, and that was OK, home by 8 p.m. Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Facebook. I didn't journal here. Genealogy today was 2.5 hours.
2) Monday, 4 December 2017:
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m. Got into Mondays With Myrt on the second try, and had little to say except about my relationship to Shakespeare.
* Read email,. noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 6 posted, and wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 4 December 2017.
* Took my nap, up at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, online to read, worked on a FamilySearch Family Tree problem, then on several WikiTree problems. Checked MyHeritage, added some photo discoveries, and wrote Added or Updated Record Collections on MyHeritage - October and November 2017.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, then answered email. Went out and captured more tumbleweeds and put them in the green waste can.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and do the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, then wrote the Treasure Chest post. Got a phone call from a distant Seaver cousin (found me on the Scribd reports) and talked about his line and mine.
* Worked on Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the database. Resolved about 200 of them. Wrote this post. Genealgoy today was 10.0 hours.
* This was Linda's birthday, so there wasn't much genealogy done today.
* Read email and blogs watching Meet the Depressed, off to church at 9:30 a.m. and home by 11:30.
* Watched football, ate lunch, dozed a bit, and watched the Chargers game. They beat Browns 19-10, so now 6-6 on the season and tied for first in the AFC West. Quite a turnaround, 6-2 in the last 8 games.
* Online at 4 p.m. to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 November to 2 December 2017, Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 26 November to 2 December 2017 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 26 November to 2 December 2017 posted.
* We left at 5:15 for dinner at Black Angus, and that was OK, home by 8 p.m. Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Facebook. I didn't journal here. Genealogy today was 2.5 hours.
2) Monday, 4 December 2017:
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m. Got into Mondays With Myrt on the second try, and had little to say except about my relationship to Shakespeare.
* Read email,. noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 6 posted, and wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 4 December 2017.
* Took my nap, up at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, online to read, worked on a FamilySearch Family Tree problem, then on several WikiTree problems. Checked MyHeritage, added some photo discoveries, and wrote Added or Updated Record Collections on MyHeritage - October and November 2017.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, then answered email. Went out and captured more tumbleweeds and put them in the green waste can.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and do the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, then wrote the Treasure Chest post. Got a phone call from a distant Seaver cousin (found me on the Scribd reports) and talked about his line and mine.
* Worked on Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the database. Resolved about 200 of them. Wrote this post. Genealgoy today was 10.0 hours.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
My Genealogy Saturday - 2 December 2017
Tomorrow is my Angel Linda's 75th birthday. There is no surprise party this year unless I don't know about it!
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, then went directly to the Bible Study at Marie Calendar's. We had a spirited discussion about God's plan for His creation. Picked Linda up, and to the grocery store, and home by 10:30 a.m.
* Online ti read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Elizabeth who married John Goodrich (England to colonial New England) posted. Took my nap since I didn't sleep well last night.
* Online at 12:30 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Genealogy Database Problem Report posted, and had lunch and watched football for awhile.
* Finally fired up the new HP Envy two-in-one laptop, got it set up, and started transferring genealogy files to my flash drive to go on the new laptop. This is still ongoing!
* Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts. Answered some email. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Watched more football.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch football, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the Amanuensis post. Watched more football. Downloaded Chrome, RootsMagic and LibreOffice to the new laptop. I need to make a list of programs to install on the laptop.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6 hours.
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* Dropped Linda off at the Y, then went directly to the Bible Study at Marie Calendar's. We had a spirited discussion about God's plan for His creation. Picked Linda up, and to the grocery store, and home by 10:30 a.m.
* Online ti read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Elizabeth who married John Goodrich (England to colonial New England) posted. Took my nap since I didn't sleep well last night.
* Online at 12:30 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Genealogy Database Problem Report posted, and had lunch and watched football for awhile.
* Finally fired up the new HP Envy two-in-one laptop, got it set up, and started transferring genealogy files to my flash drive to go on the new laptop. This is still ongoing!
* Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts. Answered some email. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Watched more football.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch football, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the Amanuensis post. Watched more football. Downloaded Chrome, RootsMagic and LibreOffice to the new laptop. I need to make a list of programs to install on the laptop.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6 hours.
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Friday, December 1, 2017
My Genealogy Friday - 1 December 2017
It was a stay-at-home genealogy day today, and I didn't advance the genea-ball very much.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 203: #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, and added to the Best Of post. Wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 December 2017 and set it for later. Answered email.
* Looked for Samuel horton's death on American Ancestors without any luck. Drat. Bored, so took my nap.
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* Online at 12:15, had lunch, then worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 1 December 2017 post. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrked on the Bible study for two hours.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, and do the dishes. Online at 6:30 p.m. to write the two Saturday posts. Added to the Best Of post.
* Ran through the Problems in RootsMagic and edited data. Some obvious errors, some estimates were adjusted. TreeShared all of that. Wrote this post. genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:10 a.m.
* Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 203: #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, and added to the Best Of post. Wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 December 2017 and set it for later. Answered email.
* Looked for Samuel horton's death on American Ancestors without any luck. Drat. Bored, so took my nap.
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* Online at 12:15, had lunch, then worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 1 December 2017 post. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrked on the Bible study for two hours.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, and do the dishes. Online at 6:30 p.m. to write the two Saturday posts. Added to the Best Of post.
* Ran through the Problems in RootsMagic and edited data. Some obvious errors, some estimates were adjusted. TreeShared all of that. Wrote this post. genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday - 30 November 2017
This was not an all-genealogy day, and I made no real progress except adding some sources and content to my RootsMagic database.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, noted that 1696 Birth Record of Jabez Snow in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 392 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, and wrote Am I Related to William Shakespeare?
* Picked up Linda, and we went to Costco, had a Polish dog, and home by 10:40 a.m.
* Online to read, added to the Best Of post, answered email, and wrote Seavers in the News - Mary (Parker) Seaver Dies After 1919 Auto Accident.
* Took my nap. Online at 2:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the Bible study for two hours. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the 52 Ancestors post. Tried to put the family into the FamilySearch Family Tree, but the FSFT is really messed up for Ruth Young - wrong parents, and none of the kids. Then found I had not copied probate records into Brown and Young profiles so I did that in RootsMagic and added sources.
* Added to the Best Of post, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 30 November (with increases in the numbers from 1 November in parentheses):
* 49,162 persons (+ 270)
* 19,771 families (+ 131)
* 159,157 events (+ 882)
* 4,351 Alternate Names (+ 164)
* 10,257 places (- 57)
* 1,593 sources (+ 12)
* 90,364 citations (+ 938)
* 1,158 Multi-media Items (+ 4)
* 3,161 Multimedia links (+ 11)
* 20,585 matched to FSFT (+ 1227)
I'm up to 56.78% (+0.28%) for citations/events and 183.81% (+0.90%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for November (compared to stats for October):
* 96,805 page views (3,227 per day, Blogger Stats, + 266)
* 28,396 page views ( 947 per day, Statcounter, - 44)
* 21,362 sessions (712 per day, Statcounter, - 52)
* >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)
* 3,279 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 197)
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, noted that 1696 Birth Record of Jabez Snow in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 392 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, and wrote Am I Related to William Shakespeare?
* Picked up Linda, and we went to Costco, had a Polish dog, and home by 10:40 a.m.
* Online to read, added to the Best Of post, answered email, and wrote Seavers in the News - Mary (Parker) Seaver Dies After 1919 Auto Accident.
* Took my nap. Online at 2:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the Bible study for two hours. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, and wash dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the 52 Ancestors post. Tried to put the family into the FamilySearch Family Tree, but the FSFT is really messed up for Ruth Young - wrong parents, and none of the kids. Then found I had not copied probate records into Brown and Young profiles so I did that in RootsMagic and added sources.
* Added to the Best Of post, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 30 November (with increases in the numbers from 1 November in parentheses):
* 49,162 persons (+ 270)
* 19,771 families (+ 131)
* 159,157 events (+ 882)
* 4,351 Alternate Names (+ 164)
* 10,257 places (- 57)
* 1,593 sources (+ 12)
* 90,364 citations (+ 938)
* 1,158 Multi-media Items (+ 4)
* 3,161 Multimedia links (+ 11)
* 20,585 matched to FSFT (+ 1227)
I'm up to 56.78% (+0.28%) for citations/events and 183.81% (+0.90%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for November (compared to stats for October):
* 96,805 page views (3,227 per day, Blogger Stats, + 266)
* 28,396 page views ( 947 per day, Statcounter, - 44)
* 21,362 sessions (712 per day, Statcounter, - 52)
* >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)
* 3,279 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 197)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 29 November 2017
This was an all genealogy day, but it was somewhat frustrating. I didn't do the Bible study work, and I spun my wheels tonight trying to find a record on FamilySearch. Drat.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store.
* Home by 9:40 a.m., online to add to the Best Of post, noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 1 -- Post 492 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, then wrote Blaine Bettinger Headlines SDGS Annual Meeting and Seminar - Saturday, 13 January 2018. Rested my eyes a bit.
* Collected the artwork, and left at 11 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds (had to go to three of them due to construction), and then to the library for the CVGS program meeting. Got things set up. Gave my 5 minute spiel about my mother's copper enamel artwork, and took notes on the rest of them. Home by 2 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, went in to the recliner for a 30 minute nap, then online to add to the Best Of post, and wrote Well, Good. Ancestry Explains the Lack of Changes to Number of Collections. Worked a bit in Geni and FamilySearch Family Tree figuring out my relationship to William Shakespeare. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 for dinner, watch TV, put out the trash, read the paper and do dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then spent two hours trying to find the death record of Samuel Horton (1686-1778) in Eastham, Mass. on FamilySearch and Ancestry. not in either index list, but my notes say it was on a FHL microfilm. Checked many pages and indexes on that digital film, and no luck. Time ran out to check every one of about 400 images. Drat.
* Wrote the Treasure Chest post for Thursday, and wrote this post. I may go search some more, or not! Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store.
* Home by 9:40 a.m., online to add to the Best Of post, noted that Photos from the 2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Part 1 -- Post 492 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, then wrote Blaine Bettinger Headlines SDGS Annual Meeting and Seminar - Saturday, 13 January 2018. Rested my eyes a bit.
* Collected the artwork, and left at 11 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds (had to go to three of them due to construction), and then to the library for the CVGS program meeting. Got things set up. Gave my 5 minute spiel about my mother's copper enamel artwork, and took notes on the rest of them. Home by 2 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, went in to the recliner for a 30 minute nap, then online to add to the Best Of post, and wrote Well, Good. Ancestry Explains the Lack of Changes to Number of Collections. Worked a bit in Geni and FamilySearch Family Tree figuring out my relationship to William Shakespeare. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 for dinner, watch TV, put out the trash, read the paper and do dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then spent two hours trying to find the death record of Samuel Horton (1686-1778) in Eastham, Mass. on FamilySearch and Ancestry. not in either index list, but my notes say it was on a FHL microfilm. Checked many pages and indexes on that digital film, and no luck. Time ran out to check every one of about 400 images. Drat.
* Wrote the Treasure Chest post for Thursday, and wrote this post. I may go search some more, or not! Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
My Genealogy Tuesday - 28 November 2017
Another day, some more research and writing and thinking. I didn't sleep well last night - woke up with a leg cramp at 3 a.m. I hate it when that happens.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and lbogs, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1840 Marriage of Alexander Whittle and Rachel Morley in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, then wrote And the RootsTech 2018 Registration Contest Winner Is ... Roger Moffat, and set it for later.
* Went in at 10:30 a.m. to take my nap, and slept 90 minutes.
* Up at noon to read, then ate lunch, and online to add to the Best Of post, answer email, and started work on the Genealogy News Bytes - 28 November 2017 post.
* Worked for over an hour in RootsMagic matching profiles with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles in a Seaver line, and adding content to both programs. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, and read the paper, finished the laundry, then washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and searched for info about Ancestry criteria for indexing member trees. Didn't find much besides my two posts.
* Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots. I missed some of it while helping Linda.
* Onlined at 9 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, TreeShare, check Facebook, and write this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read email and lbogs, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1840 Marriage of Alexander Whittle and Rachel Morley in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, then wrote And the RootsTech 2018 Registration Contest Winner Is ... Roger Moffat, and set it for later.
* Went in at 10:30 a.m. to take my nap, and slept 90 minutes.
* Up at noon to read, then ate lunch, and online to add to the Best Of post, answer email, and started work on the Genealogy News Bytes - 28 November 2017 post.
* Worked for over an hour in RootsMagic matching profiles with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles in a Seaver line, and adding content to both programs. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV, and read the paper, finished the laundry, then washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and searched for info about Ancestry criteria for indexing member trees. Didn't find much besides my two posts.
* Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots. I missed some of it while helping Linda.
* Onlined at 9 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, TreeShare, check Facebook, and write this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Monday, November 27, 2017
My Genealogy Monday - 27 November 2017
This was pretty much an all-genealogy day except for eating, a little shopping, and a good deed. Cooler today, normal temps, almost rained.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m.
* Got onto Mondays With Myrt about 5 minutes in, and contributed a bit - told about the Cornelius Feather photo.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 5 posted. Answered email. Wrote Dear Randy - How Can I Combine Two Ancestry Trees Into One Ancestry Tree? Had lunch, no nap today.
* Went off to Costco and bought an HP Envy laptop to replace the old laptop which crapped out recently. It may end up being my desktop computer too. Home by 1:30 p.m.
* Worked on the Bible Study. Answered email on a Kenyon problem. Checked Facebook and Twitter. Wrote A Wonderful Autosomal DNA Relationship Chart From DNA Detectives.
* Went in at 5:45 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and wash dishes. We left at 6:45 p.m. to pick Barbara up at the train station, home by 7:45 p.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post.
* TreeShared the database, went through A and B names looking for errors, found some! Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m.
* Got onto Mondays With Myrt about 5 minutes in, and contributed a bit - told about the Cornelius Feather photo.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 5 posted. Answered email. Wrote Dear Randy - How Can I Combine Two Ancestry Trees Into One Ancestry Tree? Had lunch, no nap today.
* Went off to Costco and bought an HP Envy laptop to replace the old laptop which crapped out recently. It may end up being my desktop computer too. Home by 1:30 p.m.
* Worked on the Bible Study. Answered email on a Kenyon problem. Checked Facebook and Twitter. Wrote A Wonderful Autosomal DNA Relationship Chart From DNA Detectives.
* Went in at 5:45 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and wash dishes. We left at 6:45 p.m. to pick Barbara up at the train station, home by 7:45 p.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post.
* TreeShared the database, went through A and B names looking for errors, found some! Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Sunday, November 26, 2017
My Genealogy Sunday - 26 November 2017
It seems like I'm finding more ways to waste time rather than work on the Ancestry Hints data entry. I have over 49,000 of the darn things.
* Read email on my phone, and off to church at 8:20 a.m. Went to the store, and home by 10:20 a.m. Watched football, read the paper, read blogs on the tablet, ate lunch and took a nap, then watched more football.
* Online at 2 p.m. to read email and blogs, started the new Best Of post, and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs -- 19 to 25 November 2017 posted.
* Worked on the probate record transcription and wrote the Amanuensis Monday post. Checked Facebook, and did a MyHeritage photo discovery - I typically accept only person images or gravestone photos, no icons or emblems for me.
* Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the end of the Rams game, then outside to put one of the tumbleweeds in the trash can, and then online at 4:45 to note that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 19 to 25 November 2017 posted. Worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, and adding content and sources when needed.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and do the dishes. Online at 6:30 p.m. to note that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 19 to 25 November 2017 posted.
* Worked some more in FSFT matching profiles, adding content and sources. Worked on Ancestry Hints and resolved about 200 of them, adding content and osurces to RootsMagic profiles.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.
* Read email on my phone, and off to church at 8:20 a.m. Went to the store, and home by 10:20 a.m. Watched football, read the paper, read blogs on the tablet, ate lunch and took a nap, then watched more football.
* Online at 2 p.m. to read email and blogs, started the new Best Of post, and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs -- 19 to 25 November 2017 posted.
* Worked on the probate record transcription and wrote the Amanuensis Monday post. Checked Facebook, and did a MyHeritage photo discovery - I typically accept only person images or gravestone photos, no icons or emblems for me.
* Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the end of the Rams game, then outside to put one of the tumbleweeds in the trash can, and then online at 4:45 to note that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 19 to 25 November 2017 posted. Worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, and adding content and sources when needed.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and do the dishes. Online at 6:30 p.m. to note that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 19 to 25 November 2017 posted.
* Worked some more in FSFT matching profiles, adding content and sources. Worked on Ancestry Hints and resolved about 200 of them, adding content and osurces to RootsMagic profiles.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
My Genealogy Saturday - 25 November 2017
This was a stay-at-home Saturday with no genealogy meetings or Bible study. I feel like I didn't do a lot today.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Katherine who married Thomas Read, England to colonial New England) posted, then added to the Best Of post.
* Wrote the SNGF post and had fun doing it. Good memories. Tried matching RootsMagic profiles with FS Family Tree, and discovered a 16th century Bradstreet profile that is not in any book. He has the same name as his father, married a woman with the same first name, and it looks like he died the same day as his father in the same place. I think the son is a phantom.
* Went in at 11:30 to watch football, took a nap, ate lunch, watched more football, then online at 1 p.m. to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Drive Down Memory Lane: Family Cars posted.
* Wrote the Ancestry and FS posts, then back into the Bradstreet problem. After checking what I have, I worked most of the afternoon fixing him on FSFT, and checked WikiTree, Geni and Ancestry trees too, but didn't edit anything.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, talk about DNA with Diane on the phone, watched football ,read the paper, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and TreeShared after doing all of the Bradstreet work. Added content and sources from Ancestry Hints but RM stalled and I gave up on it.
* Checked Facebook, answered email, added Pins, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Katherine who married Thomas Read, England to colonial New England) posted, then added to the Best Of post.
* Wrote the SNGF post and had fun doing it. Good memories. Tried matching RootsMagic profiles with FS Family Tree, and discovered a 16th century Bradstreet profile that is not in any book. He has the same name as his father, married a woman with the same first name, and it looks like he died the same day as his father in the same place. I think the son is a phantom.
* Went in at 11:30 to watch football, took a nap, ate lunch, watched more football, then online at 1 p.m. to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Drive Down Memory Lane: Family Cars posted.
* Wrote the Ancestry and FS posts, then back into the Bradstreet problem. After checking what I have, I worked most of the afternoon fixing him on FSFT, and checked WikiTree, Geni and Ancestry trees too, but didn't edit anything.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, talk about DNA with Diane on the phone, watched football ,read the paper, and washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and TreeShared after doing all of the Bradstreet work. Added content and sources from Ancestry Hints but RM stalled and I gave up on it.
* Checked Facebook, answered email, added Pins, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Friday, November 24, 2017
My Genealogy Thursday and Friday - November 23-24, 2017
These were fairly lazy genealogy days with lots of sports on TV and little real genealogy research.
1) Thursday, 23 November 2017:
* Didn't take Linda to the Y. Read email and blogs, noted that Happy Thanksgiving!! and I Am Thankful for... and added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Noted that 1714 Marriage Record of Samuel Horton and Hannah Atwood in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 391 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted.
* Wrote Seavers in the News -- True W. Seaver Dies in 1884 and went through some of the Photo Hints on my Ancestry tree - some had good information so I added the content and source to my database.
* Had lunch, no nap, and watched football. Chargers beat the Cowboys 28-6. Cool!
* We left at 5 p.m. for dinner at Cafe Lamaze. It was OK for me, Linda complained it wasn't hot enough. Home by 7 p.m.
* Online to write the 52 Ancestors post, then TreeShared. Added to the Best Of post, and answered email. Checked Facebook. Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.
2) Friday, 24 November 2017:
* Dropped Linda off at 7:30, home to read, then picked Barbara up at 8:15 a.m. and took her to the train station in downtown San Diego. Picked up Linda at 9 a.m. and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Online to read, add to the Best Of post, note that 52 Ancestors - Week 202: #281 Mary (Pierce) Dill (1682-1713) of Medford, Massachusetts posted, wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 24 November 2017 and set it for later. Added to the Best Of post. Wrote most of the Genealogy News Bytes - 24 November 2017 post.
* Went in at 11:30 to take my nap, then watched SDSU football starting at 12:30. Aztecs beat New Mexico 35-10 to end up at 10-2 plus a bowl game.
* Online at 3:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook and add to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the SDSU basketball game against Georgia. Aztecs won 75-68. Now 5-1 on the season. We had dinner, and I washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Surname post, and work in Ancestry Hints. Resolved about 150, added content and sources to the RootsMagic database. Added to the Best of post.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
1) Thursday, 23 November 2017:
* Didn't take Linda to the Y. Read email and blogs, noted that Happy Thanksgiving!! and I Am Thankful for... and added to the Best Of post. Answered email. Noted that 1714 Marriage Record of Samuel Horton and Hannah Atwood in Eastham, Mass. --- Post 391 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted.
* Wrote Seavers in the News -- True W. Seaver Dies in 1884 and went through some of the Photo Hints on my Ancestry tree - some had good information so I added the content and source to my database.
* Had lunch, no nap, and watched football. Chargers beat the Cowboys 28-6. Cool!
* We left at 5 p.m. for dinner at Cafe Lamaze. It was OK for me, Linda complained it wasn't hot enough. Home by 7 p.m.
* Online to write the 52 Ancestors post, then TreeShared. Added to the Best Of post, and answered email. Checked Facebook. Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.
2) Friday, 24 November 2017:
* Dropped Linda off at 7:30, home to read, then picked Barbara up at 8:15 a.m. and took her to the train station in downtown San Diego. Picked up Linda at 9 a.m. and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Online to read, add to the Best Of post, note that 52 Ancestors - Week 202: #281 Mary (Pierce) Dill (1682-1713) of Medford, Massachusetts posted, wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 24 November 2017 and set it for later. Added to the Best Of post. Wrote most of the Genealogy News Bytes - 24 November 2017 post.
* Went in at 11:30 to take my nap, then watched SDSU football starting at 12:30. Aztecs beat New Mexico 35-10 to end up at 10-2 plus a bowl game.
* Online at 3:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook and add to the Best Of post.
* Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the SDSU basketball game against Georgia. Aztecs won 75-68. Now 5-1 on the season. We had dinner, and I washed dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Surname post, and work in Ancestry Hints. Resolved about 150, added content and sources to the RootsMagic database. Added to the Best of post.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
My Genealogy Wednesday - 22 November 2017
I do remember where I was 54 years ago, and what my father's reaction was when I got home from school. We watched TV all weekend. It was warm today here in CV - 92F officially, a record for the date.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and home by 9:14 a.m.
* Noted that 2013 NGS Conference Photos, Part 4 -- Post 491 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Finding the Right Grandfather Cornelius Feather. Took my nap.
* Up at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, went off to the library and bank, and home to read, answer email, and work in FamilySearch Family Tree matching one of the Seaver lines.
* Searched for and found the Richmond-White marriage, and wrote Finding the 1868 Richmond-White Marriage Record on FHL Digital Microfilm. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post, wrote two Thanksgiving posts, TreeShared over 70 folks, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching a Horton line, and added a few folks to the database.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and home by 9:14 a.m.
* Noted that 2013 NGS Conference Photos, Part 4 -- Post 491 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Finding the Right Grandfather Cornelius Feather. Took my nap.
* Up at 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, went off to the library and bank, and home to read, answer email, and work in FamilySearch Family Tree matching one of the Seaver lines.
* Searched for and found the Richmond-White marriage, and wrote Finding the 1868 Richmond-White Marriage Record on FHL Digital Microfilm. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post, wrote two Thanksgiving posts, TreeShared over 70 folks, and worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching a Horton line, and added a few folks to the database.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
My Genealogy Tuesday - 21 November 2017
It was a pretty full genealogy and family history day. I wish there had been more family history.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:50 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1806 Marriage Record of Thomas Morley and Jane Bury in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, and wrote MyHeritage Adds New York Newspapers and Marriage License Records. Rested my eyes for 30 minutes.
* We left at 11:15 a.m. for Carlsbad, and got to In 'n' Out by 12:05 p.m. Waited for Tami's family to get there around 12:30. Had lunch, talked to the kids some, and we left at 1:30 to head home. It's not enough time to spend quiet time with each of them, and listen to their life experiences. I wish we had gone up to Huntington Beach for the night. A lesson learned.
* We got home by 2:10 p.m., and I read, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 21 November 2017. Answered email, and dozed a bit in my computer chair.
* Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, then checked on Twitter and Facebook, and worked some in FamilySearch Family Tree. We had soup and fruit for dinner, watched TV news and read the paper.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and did more in FSFT matching people to my RootsMagic database and adding content to both. I usually add more to the FSFT profiles, but sometimes that has more info than my RM profiles.
* Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots. I really enjoyed it. The DNA findings were crucial, and fascinating. After the big ancestor chart reveal, I knew that I was a cousin to both Gaby Hoffmann and Tea Leoni. I share Henry II (my 23rd great-grandfather) with Gaby, and Charlemagne (my 39th great-grandfather) with Tea. They are both in my RootsMagic database along with my line from them. I told Linda that they were my cousins...and she said "wow, how do you know that?" I said "research over 30 years..." and "almost anyone with European ancestry is a descendant of Charlemagne, and almost anyone with English ancestry is a descendants of royals." I was disappointed that they didn't show Tea's Leoni (I assume Italian ) line. Not enough time. Oh well.
* Online at 9 p.m. to write something on Facebook, then write this post, and I will TreeShare. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:50 a.m.
* Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1806 Marriage Record of Thomas Morley and Jane Bury in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire posted, and wrote MyHeritage Adds New York Newspapers and Marriage License Records. Rested my eyes for 30 minutes.
* We left at 11:15 a.m. for Carlsbad, and got to In 'n' Out by 12:05 p.m. Waited for Tami's family to get there around 12:30. Had lunch, talked to the kids some, and we left at 1:30 to head home. It's not enough time to spend quiet time with each of them, and listen to their life experiences. I wish we had gone up to Huntington Beach for the night. A lesson learned.
* We got home by 2:10 p.m., and I read, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 21 November 2017. Answered email, and dozed a bit in my computer chair.
* Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, then checked on Twitter and Facebook, and worked some in FamilySearch Family Tree. We had soup and fruit for dinner, watched TV news and read the paper.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and did more in FSFT matching people to my RootsMagic database and adding content to both. I usually add more to the FSFT profiles, but sometimes that has more info than my RM profiles.
* Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots. I really enjoyed it. The DNA findings were crucial, and fascinating. After the big ancestor chart reveal, I knew that I was a cousin to both Gaby Hoffmann and Tea Leoni. I share Henry II (my 23rd great-grandfather) with Gaby, and Charlemagne (my 39th great-grandfather) with Tea. They are both in my RootsMagic database along with my line from them. I told Linda that they were my cousins...and she said "wow, how do you know that?" I said "research over 30 years..." and "almost anyone with European ancestry is a descendant of Charlemagne, and almost anyone with English ancestry is a descendants of royals." I was disappointed that they didn't show Tea's Leoni (I assume Italian ) line. Not enough time. Oh well.
* Online at 9 p.m. to write something on Facebook, then write this post, and I will TreeShare. Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
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