Sunday, December 30, 2018

Genea-Journal - Sunday, 30 December 2018

This was a light genealogy day because of church and football.  It's been colder overnight here, down in the high 30s and low 40s and my Chargers blanket has been put to good use.  Daytime has been in the 60s so almost not jacket weather.  It may rain New Years Eve.  Weather report over!

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and left for church at 9:45 a.m.  Home by 11:35 a.m.

*  Transcribed the deed and wrote the Amanuensis Monday post.  Noted that Ten of Randy's Best Research Discoveries of 2018 posted.  

*  Went in at 12:30 p.m. for lunch, watched football, and read the paper.  Chargers/Broncos started at 1:25 and my Bolts won 23-9, but it was a sloppy game.

*  Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 23 to 29 December 2018 posted.  Answered email.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner and watch TV news.  Washed dishes.  

*  Online at 5:50 p.m. to read, did some online searching for an email question, and then added a bunch of Seaver folks to the database.  Checked Facebook, answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 29 December 2018

This was another all-genealogy day.  Didn't go anywhere, and watched only one hour of football.  No newspaper came today - a computer virus.  My dear friend and Holocaust survivor Ruthie Sax died today at age 90.  Heartbroken.

*  Online at 8 as.m., read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Surname Saturday -- EATON (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Wrote   Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make One Genealogy-Related Resolution/Goal for 2019 and set it for later.

*  Updated the Amanuensis Monday page, then wrote the FamilySearch post.  Wrote the Best Discoveries post for Sunday instead of a worthless Ancestry post.  Had lunch 

*  Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching persons to FamilySearch Family Tree, and sharing content between them.   Got word that Ruthie died, and put info on Facebook for my friends.  Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the Alabama/Oklahome game, made the bed, and did the dishes.  Read my Family Tree Magazine.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then worked in Ancestry Hints - resolved about 200 of them adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.  Noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 23 to 29 December 2018 posted.

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

Friday, December 28, 2018

Genea-Journal - Friday, 28 December 2018

This was such a busy day on the computer that I didn't get dressed (well, had my PJs on) and didn't get a nap.   TMI?

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 258: #401 Marie (Saeger) Spengler (1670-????) of Baden, Germany posted.  

*  Added to my Presentations Made page and 52 Ancestors page, and still need to do the Amanuensis Monday page.  It took an hour to add 52 entries to the 52 Ancestors page.  Took down the Christmas tree decorations and got them back up in the garage.

*  Worked on Randy's "Best" Genea-Musings Posts for 2018 and posted it.  That took about two hours.

*  Had lunch, then added to the Best Of post, and worked on Genealogy News Bytes - 28 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Answered email.

*  Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching and sharing data with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, finish the laundry and wash dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Surname Saturday post, and worked on random profiles in RootsMagic finding names and content and adding sources.  Then I TreeShared 110 profiles to get me up to date with the Ancestry tree.

*  Emailed to CVGS President, checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 27 December 2018

Four more days in 2018.  I had hoped to write 1,000 posts on Genea-Musings for 2018, but I'm going to fall about 8 short.  Oh well.  I've been slacking off a bit due to the holidays and life.

*  Online at 7:45 a.m., read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Thursday - 1810 U.S. Census for Rudolph Spangler in York, Pennsylvania posted.  

*  Worked a bit in Geni adding family members to siblings of Linda's ancestors.

*  We left at 10:30 a.m. for shopping at Costco, got out around $50, so had lunch with a hot dog and a churro.  Home by 11:45 a.m.

*  Wrote Seavers in the News - LeGrand Seaver Dies in 1953 in New York.  

*  Worked on the blog post Using SmartCopy Chrome Extension to Add Families to the Geni World Tree and then checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and thought about the 52 Ancestors post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to write the 52 Ancestors post, then worked in Geni adding family members to Linda's ancestors' siblings - usually just spouse and children for one generation.  There are a lot more families, of course.  

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

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 26 December 2018

This was a very different genealogy day.  I spent a lot of time on Geni trying to add families to their world Family Tree, and succeeded!

*  Online after 8 a.m. to read email and lbogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Randy Riding his Horse Trike in About 1945 -- Post 546 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Got into Geni.com and added Linda's ancestors one at a time back through the 16 great-great-grandparents.  Took some time at 11 a.m. to go to the store for groceries, and home by 11:45.  Back into Geni to start putting together a blog post.

*  Wrote Adding Family Data to the Geni.com World Family Tree and added to the Best Of post.  Finally had lunch at 2 p.m.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Answered several emails, even researched one John Smith family line on WikiTree.  Figured it out, I think, and modified my RootsMagic database.

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

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, then started in on the SmartCopy Chrome extension to add content to Geni profiles using my MyHeritage  tree data.  It works really great.  Updated my blog post!  

*  Wrote the Treasure Chest post, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Genea-Journal - Christmas Day 2018

It was a pretty quiet day in the genea-home, since all of the family are at their homes doing family things.  Lori and her boys had dinner with friends, and Tami and her family went to Disneyland.  It rained quite a bit today here, and I figured out what was banging in the backyard.  Duh - the gate latch is missing and the wind was doing it.

*  We did Christmas after breakfast, turned the tree on, opened gifts, and done.  I got 4 more boxes of See's candy.  Linda got earrings and three tops.  

*  Online at 8:30 a.m., read email and blogs, noted that Merry Christmas to All! posted and wrote On Christmas Day...My Ancestors That Had a Special Event.  Decided that was enough blogging for the day.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, checked Facebook, and took a short nap.

*  Had lunch, online to resolved about 450 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to RootsMagic as needed.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  We left at 3:20 p.m. for dinner at Cafe Lamaze, Black Angus, In n Out, and Filippis (all were closed!) and finally Marie Callenders.  I had the turkey dinner and Linda had the salad bar.  Posted photos on Facebook.  We looked at Christmas lights on the way home.

*  Home by 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news and read the paper.  

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, talked to Lori, TreeShared 160 profiles (about 60 to go), wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Monday, December 24, 2018

Genea-Journal - Monday, 24 December 2018

Geneaholic went dark on Thursday due to Christmas.  Daughter Lori and her boys came on Thursday night, we went shopping on Friday and out to dinner, Tami cand family came down on Saturday and we had the gift exchange, went out to lunch, went to Jump Around, and they went home and I watched the Chargers game.  On Sunday, Lori went home and I watched football.  I did keep up with blogging by catching time here and there.  But no research.

Today:

*  Online at 7:340 a.m. to read email and blogs, add to the Best Of post, and noted that   Amanuensis Monday - 1832 Deed of Solomon Green et al to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.  

*  Got 11 months of one bank statements into MS Money.

*  Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree adding Seevers folks - matched with RootsMagic database.  Had lunch.  Went off shopping for Christmas for Linda.  Home by 2 p.m.

*  Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 24 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Had a short nap.  Wrote a Christmas post for Tuesday.

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

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, noted that 'Twas the Night Before a Genealogist's Christmas ... posted, add to the Best Of post, and then resolved about 250 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic database. 

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Well, our Christmas season starts tomorrow with the arrival of one daughter and two grandboys.  I'm trying to prepare blogs ahead of time but am failing!  It didn't help tonight that I watched the dismal Frisco Bowl with SDSU losing to Ohio 27-0 and it wasn't that close.  

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that Randy Riding his Horse Trike in About 1945 -- Post 545 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.  Wrote Family History Fanatics Presents a 2019 Winter DNA eConference (26 January 2019) and set it for later.  

*  Worked on AncestryDNA matches for awhile adding notes.  Went in at 11 a.m. and had lunch, then gathered my stuff and left at 11:20 a.m. for the library.

*  Got set up and we had only 13 for the CVGS DNA group.  I went through the DNA-Central news and also MyHeritageDNA features.  

*  Home by 2:30 p.m., and noted that Historical Records of an American Santa Claus posted.  Added to the Best Of post, and checked Twitter and Facebook.  Took an hour nap.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Aztecs bowl game and had to prepare most of the dinner - mac and meat and cheese under directions of a masterful cook.  Finally ate after 5:30 and watched the game, read the paper, and washed dishes.  

*  Online at 8 p.m. to read, then checked out the 52 Ancestor profile and it needs lots of work.  I started the notes on it.  Then wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Checked email, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Another nice genealogy day - outside and inside.  Interrupted by a road trip.  Slept well last night so no nap today.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1880 Declaration of Intention for Elling Erikson Natvik in Dane County, Wisconsin posted.

*  Wrote several Christmas blog posts, including Twelve Days of a Genealogy Christmas - Randy's Version and set it for later.

*  Answered email, and then went in and decorated the fake tree and the TV hutch.  It almost feels Christmasy now.  Wrapping is tomorrow!

*  Had lunch.  We left at 12:30 for Linda's teeth cleaning.  She needs a crown.  Spent 45 minutes at the library.  Good to walk a little bit.  We went to the 99 Cent store for wrapping paper, lots of cans and other needed stuff.  Home before 3 p.m.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 18 December 2018.   Added to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post and TreeShared 67 profiles.  All caught up ... but then did some random Family Tree matching.  Worked on the MyHeritageDNA presentation for Wednesday at the CVGS DNA group.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Monday, December 17, 2018

Randy's Genea-Journal - Monday, 17 December 2018

Only 8 more getups until Christmas, and our plans have firmed up a bit.  More later.  This was a fairly full genealogy day with a shopping trip in the middle of it.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1828 Bond of Stow and Levi Hildreth with Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.

*  Joined Mondays with Myrt in the green room, and we talked about a lot of topics - see the Genea-Pourri post.  

*  Took an hour long rest and nap.  Had lunch, then left for the post office to mail cards, to the gas station to fill up, and to the grocery store for food.  Home by 1:45 p.m.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 17 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, read the paper and do dishes.  Watched a bit of WDYTYA? but Linda didn't care. 

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the Treasure Chest post.  Emailed the Christmas letter to friends.  Lori called about Christmas.

*  TreeShared 60 profiles, and have about 80 more to do.  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Genea-Journal - Sunday, 16 December 2018

This was not much of a genealogy day with church and football, but I made some progress.  And even got out the Christmas tree and put it up after about five years in the garage.  We still need to decorate it, and 20% of the lights don't work.  It's the spirit that counts, right?

*  Read email and blogs and finished up the Best Of post.  We left for church at 9:40 a.m. and learned that the pastor was leaving.  

*  Home by 11:20 a.m., noted that Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 December 2018 posted, and transcribed the deed and wrote the Amanuensis post.  

*  Went in at 12:30 to have lunch, then watched football and read the paper, and even got a 45 minute nap.  Got the fake tree out of the garage, and cleaned it up a bit, and set it up in the living room.  Some of the lights don't work, and it needs some decorations and we'll do that this week.  Watched more football until 4:15.

*  Online to read, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 10 to 16 December 2018 posted.  Worked some on random profiles in the database trying to add content and sources to the tree.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the late game, and wash dishes.  Got the last of the cards finished too.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, matched some profiles with Family Tree in James' line and added some of his ancestors to my tree.  Then resolved about 90 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.

*  Went in to watch Football Night in San Diego at 8:45, and online at 9:30 to check Facebook and write this post.  Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 15 December 2018

This was a different Saturday - had my men's breakfast meeting, then home to find RootsMagic was honked up, I think by Ancestry.  That got fixed in the late afternoon.  Whew!  Got all the Christmas cards done, except we need more cards.

*  Read email and blogs on my phone, and we left at 7:30 a.m. for Marie Callenders for breakfast with my men's Bible Study group.  Had a nice time.  Home by 9:45 a.m.

\*  Online to read blogs, noted that Surname Saturday -- BOYLSTON (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  

*  Tried to use RootsMagic and received an SQLite error.  Shut down RootsMagic, tried again, couldn't sign into Ancestry using TreeShare or WebHints.  Rebooted the computer and still the problem.  Went to Facebook and many users had the problem, and found out that Ancestry had implemented their Two-Step Verification scheme for security, and that messed up the API that RootsMagic and Family Tree Maker use to sync with Ancestry Member Trees and provide WebHints.  Bruce Buzbee fixed it in the afternoon, and it works now.  He probably talked them into letting us bypass the Two-Step scheme until it can be implemented with a new API and RM release.

*  Had lunch, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make a Surname Christmas Tree posted.  Wrote the FamilySearch and Ancestry update posts.  Checked Facebook regularly.

*  Went in at 2 p.m. to watch TV and try to nap in the recliner.  Partial success.  Felt crappy - I think it's the breakfast.

*  Online at 3:30 p.m. to read, checked Twitter and Facebook, and we did the rest of the Christmas cards.  We need another box of cards to finish off the last 5 envelopes.  Tomorrow?

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, and then watched football and did the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 9 to 15 December 2018 posted, and then worked in RootsMagic finding random Seaver profiles not in FamilySearch Family Tree.  Matched many profiles and added content both ways as required.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Facebook.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.


Friday, December 14, 2018

Genea-Journal - Friday, 14 December 2018

Whew, a busy day.  Done with shopping...got the cards almost finished, wrote six blog posts...only 11 more getups before Santa arrives.

*  Online at 7:45 a.m., noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 256: #381 Anna (Barber) Kenyon (1717-after 1800) of Rhode Island and Connecticut posted, read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post.

*  Wrote New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 14 December 2018 and RootsTech 2019 Announces FREE Live Stream Presentation Schedule and set them for later.

*  Left at 11:15 a.m. and went to the library to get books.  Home by 12 noon.  Had lunch.  Read blogs.  Answered email.  Tried to nap.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to work on Genealogy News Bytes - 14 December 2018, then checked Twitter and Facebook.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts.  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, water the front plants, read the paper and wash dishes.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, folded about 40 letters and stuffed envelopes with Linda.  Printed off the second side of the other 40 letters done a week ago before the printer problem.  Almost done - have to fold and stuff the letter in the card in the envelope and lick the seal (will someone save my DNA on the Christmas card envelope?).

*  TreeShared 75 profiles, resolved 250 Ancestry Hints, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.


Thursday, December 13, 2018

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 13 December 2018

Almost done with shopping now.  We went to Costco and I bought a printer ($$) and more ink ($$$).  The Chargers won.  I blogged a bit.

*  Online at 8 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that 1748 Guardianship of Christopher Kenyon -- Post 440 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted.  

*  Wrote the Seavers in the News - William K. Seaver Dies in 1951 in Utah post and set it for later.

*  We left at 11 a.m. for Costco, and got my printer (an HP 6958 for $89, they had only two models) and extra ink ($140), plus other things we needed.  Had lunch there.  Home by 1 p.m.

*  Set up the printer.  The CD didn't work, so I used the website to install software.  The wireless didn't work because it couldn't find my IP address and SSID (whatever that is), so I hooked it up by USB.  Tested it out and it works fine.  Printed off 40 Christmas letters two sided - about one per minute on average.  Multi-tasked with email and blog reading while it worked.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked on the 52 Ancestor subject and got the blog post started.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Chargers game, ate dinner, read the paper, and more of my book.  Chargers were behind by 14 three times and came back to win 29-28 on a two point conversion with 4 seconds left.  Whew!  So tied with KC at 11-3 now, but still a wild card team at this time.

*  Online at 8:45 p.m. to write the 52 Ancestors post, answered email, checked Facebook, and added to the Best Of post.  Genealogy today (not counting the printer installation) was 4.5 hours.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 12 December 2018

This was almost an all genealogy day.  I did some shopping, and we went to the CVGS luncheon.  Tried to fix the printer again.

*  Online at 7:30 a.m., read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Randy and Grandpa Having Fun in 1945 -- Post 544 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Did some shopping for Linda and failed again.  JC Penneys is the only outlet for one beautiful item in the right color and no other store sells it.  They're out of it - returned my money.  Crap.

*  We wrapped two packages, and got the cranberry sauce in a dish and some cans to donate, and off to the CVGS luncheon.  The food was OK, but the program was too long.  Gary played Victor Borge videos that weren't loud enough and weren't that funny.  We picked two packages in the gift exchange with candles.  Crap.  We will regift them next year if we can find where I hid them.

*  Home by 2 p.m. to read, and wrote Dear Randy - Why Do You Write the 52 Ancestors Friday Posts?  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Worked with the printer by turning all text into green and red.  That worked for the text, but the photos came out screwy.  Changed all the cartridges and they're still screwy.  I think the black print head or the cartridge exit is clogged.  Will try again, but I think I'm getting a new printer for Christmas!

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, put out the trash, watched TV news, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and then TreeShared 120 profiles in RootsMagic.  About 60 left now.  Did Amazon gift card shopping.  Only Linda left now!

*  Checked Facebook, answered email, added to the Best Of post, and done.  Genealogy today was 10 hours.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Two weeks until Christmas now.  I still need to do some shopping.

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1934 Obituary of Paul F. Schaffner (1879-1934) in San Francisco, Calif. posted.  Wrote Name of the Year - 2018 Winner is ... and set it for later.

*  We left at 10:15 for the Sharp clinic for Linda's neuro appointment, and then to the store, and home by 11:45 a.m.

*  Had lunch, added to the Best Of post, and printed off the mail labels for the Christmas cards, and then finished up the Christmas letter.  got a bunch of photos into it.  Linda got started on the envelopes with labels, stamps and return labels.  I printed off 40 copies of the first page.

*  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 11 December 2018, then checked Twitter and Facebook.  Took a nap.  Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, then the printer stopped printing - no black ink.  Crap.  Tried to clean the printheads many times.  Changed the ink cartridge.  Nothing worked.

*  Went in at 5:15 to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and do the dishes.  Got the laundry finished too.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, tried to get the printer to print (it's old, an HP 6350).  It may be best to buy a new printer but I have several sets of color ink that I won't be able to use.  Crap.  Should I go buy a new one at Costco tomorrow?  Or should I go to the UPS Store and print out 180 color pages (probably about $90).  That would be easier!  

*  Wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, then resolved almost 300 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the database.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Monday, December 10, 2018

Genea-Journal - Monday, 10 December 2018

Pretty much an all genealogy day.  Only 14 shopping days left!  Got a little done.  One of Linda's gifts was cancelled - drat!

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read email and blogs, add to the Best Of post, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1828 Deed of Stow and Levi Hildreth to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.

*  Got into Mondays with Myrt at 8:45 a.m. and participated - got to talk about the Genea-Santa letter.  Did some online shopping without much success.

*  Wrote Google Maps with complete county lines and ZIP Codes; now also search using your current location.  Had lunch.  Shopped some more somewhere else.

*  Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 10 December 2018.  Answered email.  Checked Facebook and Twitter.  Took a nice nap.

*  Added to the Best Of post.  Went in at 5:30 to eat dinner, watch TV, read the paper and wash dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, talked to Lori, worked on the Treasure Chest post, worked in RootsMagic deleting unused places, standardizing place names, and matched some profiles with Family Tree.

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

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Genea-Journal - Sunday, 9 December 2018

This was not a big genealogy day because of church and football.  Daughter Lori bought a car to replace the breaking down one she had.  It was a sunny day in Chula Vista, and I didn't have a nap.

*  Read email and blogs, finished up the Best Of post, and we left for church at 9:45 a.m.  Missed the congregational meeting which we forgot about.  Oh well.  Home by 11:20 a.m.

*  Transcribed the deed and wrote the Amanuensis Monday post.  Noted that Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 December 2018 posted (hint:  NONE again) and then Best of the Genea-Blogs - 2 to 8 December 2018 posted.

*  Went in at 12:45 p.m. to eat lunch, tread the paper, and watched the Chargers game.  They won 26-21 over the Bengals, so they're now 10-3 on the season.  Watched the postgame, and we ate dinner (spaghetti, yum!).

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the new Best Of post, and resolved over 300 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to many profiles.  Answered email.  Checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 8:30 p.m. to watch the end of the Rams game and the Channel 39 Chargers report.

*  Online at 9:15 p.m. to write this post.  Genealogy today was 4.5 hours.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 8 December 2018

I got some tasks done, did a little shopping, and did quite a bit in the RootsMagic tree.  Didn't sleep well last night.

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Surname Saturday -- DAMMANT (England to colonial New England) posted.

*  Got the CVGS Newsletter edited and the master and mail labels printed.  Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Had a one hour nap.  

*  Online at 11:15 a.m. answered email, looked at MyHeritage DNA matches, had lunch.  Worked in Ancestry Hints resolving them and adding sources and content to the RootsMagic tree.  Noted that   Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your 2018 Dear Genea-Santa Letter posted.

*  Did some online shopping for Linda, finally found something.  Left at 1:30 p.m. for the UPS Store to publish the CVGS Newsletter, and then to the grocery store to food shop.  Home by 3 p.m.

*  Checked Facebook, worked in the RootsMagic tree, added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 4:45 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watch TV sports.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, TreeShare the last 140 profiles, then matched more profiles to Family Tree, adding content and sources both ways.  Added another 50 Seaver profiles. 

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

Friday, December 7, 2018

Genea-Journal - Friday, 7 December 2018

The weeks are flying by now...and I still need to shop for Christmas for Linda.  Been trying, but nobody has tops and sweaters and swimsuits I like.  Rain is over - we had about 2.5 inches this week, so we have more this year (since October 1) than we had all last year.  Didn't sleep well last night. 

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 255: #380 Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800) of Rhode Island and Connecticut posted.  Worked on the Christmas mail list.

*  Found some Irish/English Seaver folks and added them to RootsMagic along with sources.  Wrote   New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 7 December 2018.

*  Had a nap.  Online at 11:40 to have lunch, work on the CVGS Newsletter, and sent it to the reviewers.  Worked some more on the Irish Seaver family.  Shopped a bit without success.

*  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 7 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Added a new background photo and my Santa photo to my FB page.  

*  Went in at 4:45 p.m. to help with dinner.  We ate, watched TV news, read the paper and washed dishes.  

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts.  Matched some profiles to Family Tree.  TreeShared 130 profiles, about 90 to go from this week's work.  Resolved about 120 Ancestry Hints on the very long list. 

*  Checked Facebook.  Answered email.  Added to the Best Of post.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.


Thursday, December 6, 2018

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 6 December 2018

It was a rainy day all day, with two major waves in the morning and evening.  Even lightning/thunder tonight as the low pressure system went through.  DirecTV doesn't work so well under those conditions.  

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that 1704 Marriage Record for John Kenyon and Elizabeth Remington -- Post 440 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted.

*  Wrote FamilyTreeWebinars.com Adds Captioning to Hundreds of Genealogy and DNA Education Classes and set it for later.  

*  Worked on the Christmas mail list and the letter.  Worked in Newspapers.com finding Seaver information, and added several death notices to the RootsMagic database.  Had lunch.

*  Wrote Seaver in the News - Mary Jane Seaver Dies in 1951 in Florida.  Then did some research on that family and added them to the database.

*  Had a short nap, then online to check Twitter and Facebook, answer email, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  About 95% done now.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the 52 Ancestors post.  Searched for town records to support the profile.  Added to the Best Of post.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 5 December 2018

This was pretty much an all genealogy day except for the usual breaks, and it rained.  I did very little useful research, though.

*  Online at 7:30 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and note that Randy and Lyle in the Corn Field in 1945 -- Post 543 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Worked a bit on some females with no surnames adding content and sources as found.  Wrote   Added or Updated Record Collections on MyHeritage - October and November 2018.

*  Had lunch, printed off the CVGS papers, and left for the library at 11:30 a.m.

*  Attended the CVGS Bored meeting and contributed very little.  Raining finally on the way home, home by 2 p.m.  Got the laundry done.

*  Read email and added to the Best Of post, did a bit more random nameless female searching, and sleepy so took a nap.  Online at 3:40 p.m. to check Twitter and Facebook, and did some more random female searches.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to write the Treasure Chest post, then got the CVGS Newsletter about 50% done. 

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

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 4 December 2018

This was a nice day here in Chula Vista, but it's going to rain tonight and tomorrow.  Forgot to work on the family letter and the CVGS newsletter.  Double drat.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1908 Death Notice for Mary Ann (Paul) Schaffner in San Francisco, California posted.  Added to the Best Of post.  

*  Signed into the new Genetic Affairs and requested a chart for my AncestryDNA matches.  Haven't got it yet.

*  Received an email about a Samuel Seever will in 1877 in Ohio, so I investigated him, added him to the database, and added some ancestral families and descendants.  More to do with this one.  Wrote  Where Am I Saving My Digitized Family Photos?.  

*  We went to the grocery store at 11 a.m. and home by 11:40.  Took a nap.  Had lunch.

*  Worked some more on the Seever line, adding content and sources.  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 4 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to finish cooking dinner, we ate, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and reorganized the Old Pix file folders to get all the scanned images into family folders.  Still more to do.

*  Worked in the Ancestry Photo Hints and found some dates and marriages for some of the Seever folk.  Found a duplicate family too, so merged them.  

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


Monday, December 3, 2018

Genea-Journal - 2-3 December 2018

I was so happy after the Chargers game last night that I didn't journal.  

1)  Sunday, 2 December:

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 25 November to 1 December 2018 posted.

*  Went off to church at 9:30 a.m., we went to the birthday party at 11:30, and were home by 12:30 p.m. without having cake.  Lots of boring talk.  

*  Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 25 November to 1 December 2018 posted, then went in and watched football.  Read the paper, tried to nap.

*  Online at 2:30 p.m. to transcribe the deed and wrote the Amanuensis post.  Back to football.  Online again at 4:30 until dinner at 5, adding to the new Best Of post and answering email.

*  Had dinner, then watched the Chargers game.  A terrible first half, down 23-7 to Pittsburgh.  Better second half, with decent breaks, and won 33-30, so Chargers are 9-3 on the season. 

*  Online at 8:30 p.m. to read, TreeShared the last 45 profiles, and went in at 9:15 to watch the postgame analysis.  Went to bed at 10:15.  Genealogy this day was 2.5 hours.

2)  Monday, 3 December (Linda's birthday):

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1824 Deed of Samuel Stone Jr. to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.  

*  Joined Mondays With Myrt in green room, and contributed some to the discussion.  Afterwards, went off to Costco to buy flowers for Linda.  Home by 11:20 a.m. to present flowers and gifts and she opened them, plus the other gifts.  Had lunch.  Tried to nap, but refluxed so went in to the recliner and dozed a bit.  

*  Online at 2 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 3 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook, answered email. 

*  We left for dinner at Miguels at 4:45, and were home by 6:15 p.m.  Not wonderful.  Read the paper, watched TV and washed dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, talked to Lori on the phone, and wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Workled in AncestryDNA matches adding details to notes and added several shared ancestor lines to the database.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 1 December 2018

Slept OK, but felt poorly all day with minor headache and tired eyes.  Hmmm, maybe that's the result of 10 hours on the PC yesterday (and almost every day).  Tried to nap three times and failed.  Redeeming feature was we got to see Tami and two of the grandkids for dinner.

*  Linda's Y pool is closed now, so she didn't go today.  I read email and blogs before going off at 7:30 a.m. for the church men's group breakfast at Marie Callenders.  We had six and finished the Book of Judges.

*  Home by 10 a.m. to read, noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Margaret, wife of William Cheney, England to colonial New England) posted.  Wrote the FamilySearch and Ancestry posts.

*  Went in at 11:15 to watch football and try to nap.  Failed.  Had lunch, and tried again without success.  Online and noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Favorite Winter Activity Growing Up posted.  

*  Back to the recliner for more football, read the paper, and tried to nap again.  Nope.

*  We left at 3:30 for dinner in Carlsbad with Tami's family.  got there at 4:15 and only Audrey and Charlie came and they were carsick.  Lauren was sick so she didn't come, which was probably smart.  We ate at Ruby's and didn't get ice cream because the kids felt sick.  Home by 6:30 p.m.  Fun to see the kids, but it was too short.  Next chance is probably at Christmas.

*  Watched more football, read the paper, and then online at 7 p.m.  Noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 25 November to 1 December 2018 posted.  Answered email.  

*  Worked on random Seaver wives - some without any vital data at all, and found data for several of them and entered content and sources in RootsMagic.  TreeShared about 120 profiles, 40 left to do.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.