Genealogy Journal - Tuesday, 12 January 2021

 Finally remembered to post a journal...first one in 2021.  Has anyone noticed?

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Exploring the New "Ancestor Discovery Pages" on FamilySearch posted.

*  Worked on AncestryDNA matches for awhile.  Answered email from Bob about Kemp matches - he may have a solution for the brick wall Kemp.  Very good work!

*  Added to the Best Of post, and had lunch.  Wrote Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 12 January 2021.

*  Checked and the FOREVER box with 29 home movies digitized was on the doorstep.  Got the files installed and watched about 15 of them.  Some priceless moments - I will try to get still shots of some of them (nobody stays still in these movies!  Posted on Facebook about the movies and blog posts.

*  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to start the meat in the oven.  We ate, watched TV news, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Wednesday morning post, and resolved 350 Ancestry Hints in RootsMagic, adding content and sources.  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 24 November 2020

hmmm, two weeks ago was my last post.  Did you miss me?  I've been busy and now it doesn't seem that important to journal every day.  It is what it is - late November, almost turkey day, and we are still here doing pretty much the same things day after day.  

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Review: "Genealogy at a Glance: War of 1812 Research - Updated Edition," by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL posted.  Checked AncestryDNA.

*  Packed and sealed and took my forever box to FedEx - hope to get it back by New Years.

*  Downloaded MyHeritageDNA spreadsheets hoping to get inspiration to do a DNA matches list.  Had lunch.

*  Wrote Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 24 November 2020 and found one of the Italian lines in a tree and added two families.  Fun!!

*  Checked Facebook and Twitter, then added to the Best Of post, and worked more in RootsMagic WebHints.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, talked to Lori on the phone, wrote the Wordless post, and resolved 215 Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to RootsMagic. 

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 11 May 2019

9 weeks until my SDGS talks, and I've just started the presentations.  Need to hurry more.

*  It rained this morning, so Linda didn't go to the Y.  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that Surname Saturday -- LUMPKIN (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Wrote the FamilySearch and Ancestry posts.

*  Left at 9:20 for the SDGS meeting, got there by 9:40 a.m. and talked to folks.  Anne T. gave the first talk, and the second session was round tables.  I moderated New England, with only 4 others in attendance.  Frustrating, 4 didn't show!  Had a nice handout.  Talked to Jenny afterward about Forever storage.

*  Home by 1 p.m. to read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Tell a Story About Your Mother posted.  Took a recliner nap.

*  Online at 3:30 p.m. to read, then signed up for a free Forever storage account, and uploaded about 20 photos into an album.  Lots more to do, but this seems like a great way to save stuff for posterity.  

*  Worked in WebHints and FamilySearch Family Tree in RootsMagic, solved several challenges to existing profiles.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched the Padres game, read the paper, did the dishes, and read my book.  Padres won 4-3 in the 9th inning over Rockies, so now 22-18 on the season.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, check email, and resolve 264 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic file.  I need to TreeShare.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 2 May 2019

This was almost an all genealogy day.  The Padres game interfered a bit but it was at nap time.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that   Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1856 Burial Record of William Knapp in Newton, New Jersey posted.

*  Picked her up, and we went grocery shopping.  Home by 9:40.  Watched the Padres game in Atlanta, had lunch, read the paper, checked my phone, and Padres won 11-2 as the bats finally broke out.  So now 18-14 and home for 3 games against the Dodgers and then the Mets.

*  Online at 12:15 to read, then wrote Seavers in the News - Mrs. D.F. Seaver Dies in Toledo, Ohio in 1921.  Wrote My FOREVER Home Movie Digitization Experience - Wonderful!

*  Worked a bit in GenealogyBank finding obituaries and adding them to the RootsMagic database.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked on the 52 Ancestor biography.  Worked in WebHints for RootsMagic profiles trying to find birth, marriage or death dates.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, we ate, I washed dishes and picked some weeds.  The neighbor came over to talk about the hillside.

*  Online at 6:30 to write the 52 Ancestors post, then got the CVGS Newsletter started and about 30% done.  TreeShared 144 RootsMagic profiles to the Ancestry tree.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Facebook, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 20 April 2019

It's Easter Eve, and I don't have any candy to hide.  Drat.  

*  Read email and blogs, dropped Linda at the Y, then home to gather my Bible study papers, and to Marie Callenders for breakfast before 8 a.m.  We had only 6 today, starting II Samuel study.

*  Picked Linda up at 9:45 and we went to the grocery store, then to the medical supply store for compression stockings for Linda - they were closed.  Drat.

*  Home by 10:40 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Noted that Surname Saturday -- HOPKINS (England to colonial New England) posted.  

*  Had lunch, and worked in Ancestry Hints, resolving 213 of them and adding content and sources to my RootsMagic tree.  Went in at 2:30 to watch TV and took a nap during the rugby game.

*  Online at 4 p.m. to answer email, and uploaded a video to my YouTube channel.   Took awhile - 16 minutes.  But it's there.  Posted a link to it on Facebook.  Asked for help on how to edit it and do a voiceover on it.  22 to go!  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Date Your Grandfather Was Born posted.

*  Went in at 5:10 p.m. to fix dinner, we ate, and then watched the Padres game.  Read the paper, read my book, watered the front plants and washed dishes.  Padres lost to Reds 4-2, so now 11-11 on the year, and lost 6 in a row.  Drat.

*  Leda called during the game and we talked about her Morandi line - I said I would look for her cousins in Utah.  After the game, I worked on Ancestry to find them and was pretty successful.  Found only one obituary though.  

*  Noted that Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 April 2019 posted, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Monday, 25 February 2019

This was a pretty busy genealogy day.  It was nice again today, high near 65F.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that   Amanuensis Monday - 1839 Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Aaron Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.

*  Picked up Linda, and home by 9 a.m,.  Got into Mondays With Myrt which was from the Family History Library.  I helped find URLs for Pat.

*  Added to the Best Of post, had lunch, worked in AncestryDNA adding lines to matches.  Wrote   Monday Genea-Pourri - 25 February 2019.

*  Taped up the Forever box, and went off to FedEx to send it off.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to check Twitter and Facebook, and added to the Best Of post.  Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching profiles to Family Tree.  Sleepy, so took a nice nap.

*  Online at 4:30 p.m. to work some more in RootsMagic matching Family Tree profiles.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the Treasure Chest post.  Resolved 137 Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to RootsMagic, then TreeShared 159 RootsMagic profiles to the Ancestry tree. 

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

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 23 February 2019

This was a fairly full genealogy day mainly because of the RootsMagic Users Group.  A clear and cool day, no rain until next week they say.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that   Surname Saturday -- DUNINGTON (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Printed off the RMUG notes.

*  Picked up Linda, and home by 9:15 a.m.  Read email, then left at 9:30 for the San Diego FamilySearch Library in Allied Gardens for the RMUG meeting.  We had 14, including several beginners.  Afterwards, I tried to find Vaux records on digital microfilm - found one but not others that should be there.  Needles in the haystack.  Saved it to the flash drive.

*  Home by 2 p.m. to have lunch, online to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Did You Get Started in Genealogy Research? posted, and went in to the recliner and napped for awhile.

*  Online at 3:30 p.m. to write the FamlySearch and Ancestry posts, added to the Best Of post.

*  Worked for over an hour getting the home movies cataloged and listed and labeled for the Forever box.  Put 23 movies in the box.  Looked more for the videotapes and still no luck.  I did find other stuff, mostly outdated and useless.  

*  Went in for dinner at 5:30, watched TV news, read the paper, and did the dishes.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 17 to 23 February 2019 posted.  

*  Resolved 350 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to RootsMagic, then TreeShared the last 96 profiles.  

*  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9/0 hours.

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 16 February 2019

11 more days until RootsTech starts, and I finally told them I wasn't going on the Facebook Ambassadors group.  It was partly cloudy today, but cool in the high 50s.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y at 7:40 a.m., then to the Mens breakfast at Marie Callenders.  Picked her up at 9:40 a.m. and home by 9:50.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, noted that Surname Saturday - LNU (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  

*  Downloaded the Wednesday RootsTech handouts from my iPhone to email to the PC to a RootsTech file folder.  Took two hours!  Had lunch.  Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.

*  Got started on the Forever box - found the Carringer films, the Fred films, the Randy films and the Randy slides.  Picked out 12, then got on Facebook and wrote something and Christine said I could put however many I want in the box.  Cool.  $$$$.  Messaged Forever to ask about it.  Couldn't find the videotapes from the 1980s-1990s.  Found two boxes of Linda's photos in a closet.

*  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Did Your Parents Meet? posted.  Worked in Ancestry Hints resolving 127 and adding content and sources to RootsMagic.  Added to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 10 to 16 February 2019 posted.  Answered email.  Worked on Ancestry Hints, resolving 302 more adding content and sources to the RootsMagic file.

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