My genealogy days - 11 and 12 March 2012

We're only two months away from our Legacy cruise now.

1)  Sunday, 11 March:

*  Read email and blogs, finished up the Best Of post.  Went off to church at 9:30.

*  Home by 11:30 a.m. to read, add more to Best of the Genea-Blogs - 4 to 10 March 2012, and then had lunch.


*  Added the finishing touches to the CVGS Newsletter, and printed it out ready to print off on Monday.  Edited the OASIS handout and printed off the corrections.  Reviewed the presentation and practiced a bit on the Learn Web Skills site.


*  Got into the database and found more persons with no info, so wandered through WorldConnect, Google and AMTs to find info on them.  Probably added content for 50 persons.


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


*  Online again at 6:30 p.m. to read, start the new Best Of post, check Facebook, write two blog posts for Monday, do a batch on FS Indexing, and didn't write a post for here.


Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


2)  Monday, 12 March:


*  Read email and blogs, then packed up and headed off to OASIS class at 9:15 a.m.  Noted that 

Amanuensis Monday - Administration Papers for Alpheus B. Smith Estate posted.

*  Got to OASIS at 9:40, got set up, and class started at 10:15 with all 10 eager students.  Showed them how to input data to RootsMagic, how to use Learn Web Skills site, talked about online data by topic, commercial database sites, and some search tips for census records.  Two hours non-stop.  

*  Stopped at McDonalds for lunch on the way home, stopped at the library for awhile to see the CVGS team, and then to the UPS Store to publish and mail the CVGS Newsletter.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, note that Ten Reasons Why I Use a Genealogy Software Program posted.  

*  Wrote What I learned about the 1940 U.S. Census. 

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, take a nap, and watch TV news.  We ate dinner, then watched more TV news.

*  Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, email the CVGS newsletter to the members, check Facebook, did Seaver in the SSDI with birth years of 1905 and 1906 (only about 10 of 51 in my database), did a batch of 1871 UK Census for Wales (the place names are tough...), updated the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

My genealogy day - 10 March 2012

What a busy Saturday with two genealogy talks and no blogging (except for this post).

*  Got email and blogs read, noted that Surname Saturday - GRAY (England > Massachusetts) posted.
*  Left at 8:50 a.m. for the SDGS meeting on Lake Murray Blvd.  got there by 9:15 a.m. and talked to Joel and others.  Joel gave two superb talks on the 1940 Census - first about the census itself, and then the methods to find EDs so that you can browse the images.

*  Left at 12:30 p.m. to go to the CVGS meeting in Bonita.  Myrna Goodwin gave an engaging and info-filled talk on Maximizing Ancestry.com.  She highlighted the sync with FTM, using newspapers, directories and maps, and collaboration tools in her talk.  Got my email read, Ancestry app demonstrated, FTM 2012 updated, and stuff tweeted while there.

*  Home by 3:30 p.m. to read, note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Surnames? posted, then watched the Aztecs lose the Mountain West championship to New Mexico.  Read the paper and ate dinner.


*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to try to finish up the CVGS Newsletter.  Got all but about 4 inches of space filled up.  


*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, got a page of indexing done, set the clocks ahead an hour, and wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

My genealogy day - 9 March 2012

Another stay-at-home, don't put shoes on, day, and I spent quite a bit of time on genealogy things (did you expect anything less?).

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Follow Friday - This Weekend's Genealogy TV/Radio Shows.  Unfortunately, I could find nothing about the FGS - My Society show for Saturday.

*  Worked for awhile on a new presentation about sources and citations.  Then got into the Legacy Family Tree webinar about the new Census Tools, and more.  Learned also how to tag people during the show.

*  Wrote Follow-Up Friday - the Weekly Potpourri and then answered some email and wrote the Surname Saturday post.  Worked in the database for awhile trying to add content and sources.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, then watched TV until 6 p.m. and came in to listen to Geneabloggers Radio show.  Went to Outloud.fm for a short while and played three songs.

*  Went in to watch the last 5 minutes of the Aztecs basketball game, and then watched WDYTYA?

*  Back online at 9 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check a Geni merge request, write the SNGF post, and write this post.

Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.  Whew!

My genealogy day - 8 March 2012

It was a stay-at-home day, and I got some things accomplished, not all of them genealogy!

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Della Carringer's Obituary.  


*  Saw Geoff's post about the Census Tools, so tried it in Legacy and wrote Legacy Family Tree 7.5 Adds Census Year Reports.  Watched the Legacy Webinar on the 1940 Census.


*  Decided that I'd better get a start on the income taxes using TurboTax.  Installed it, and worked my way through everything.  Biggest problem was the large number of capital gains entries I had to input.  Watched a bit of the Aztecs basketball game too.  Finished up around 4 p.m.  We owe big time this year.


*  Wrote CVGS Workshop on Saturday, 10 March - "Maximizing Ancestry.com" and then worked for awhile adding content and sources to my Medfield families.  Almost done there!


*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, then read the paper and watched TV.  Online again at 6:30 p.m. to read and answer email.


*  Got started on the CVGS Newsletter.  Got about 70% of content in, now to wait for board members to submit their deathless prose.  


*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, did a batch on FamilySearch Indexing (Staffordshire in 1871, poor handwriting, interesting town names!).  Wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

My genealogy day - 7 March 2012

I was a bad boy today...but I had some genealogy fun.  I'll do better tomorrow.  Or not.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 195: The Seaver Boys in 1958.  Checked out new Ancestry and FamilySearch databases.  Worked awhile in New Jersey Archives/Wills, but didn't copy paste or type anything into the database yet.


*  Packed up and went off to the CVGS Board meeting in Bonita.  Had a decent lunch there, and the meeting was over by 2:30.  Stopped by the bank and the library too.


*  Home by 3 p.m. to read, noted that My Search Engine Shoot-Out and SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 10 March - Joel Weintraub posted.

*  Sleepy, but fought it off, and worked in the database some more to find BMDs for persons in my Medfield lines.  Found a maiden name for a Sarah NMN, so added her family - it connects to Rev John Eliot!  Cool.  Also saw one suspicious connection, will check it later.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to have dinner, read the paper, watch TV and put out the trash.

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, then check Facebook, found several articles on American Ancestors and printed them.  downloaded the January 2012 NEHGR also.  Couldn't print or save any of the pages/articles from before 2006.  Frustrating.  

*  Investigated the suspicious Mehitable, and decided that she was a Hartshorn, not a Farrington.  Disconnected her from the latter, added two generations of Hartshorn families from a sourced online tree.  Then found lots more living people in the English Vaux side, so deleted about 100 persons or more.  They don't have BMDs, and I don't need the potential hassle.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  I need to start in on the taxes on Thursday, and also get going on the CVGS Newsletter.  Scored two more library talks today, also, plus the two talks on the cruise.  Hmm, no indexing tonight -bad boy!

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

My genealogy day - 6 March 2012

Up early, and on the computer by 7:30 a.m.

*  Read email and blogs, and posted Tuesday's Tip - Historical Newspapers at Chronicling America.  


*  Took off at 9 a.m. for the health center - the line for lab tests was too long, so I went up for my foot doctor appointment (that went well...) and then did the lab test afterward (no waiting!).


*  Home by 11 a.m. to read, did more feeding of the database concentrating on Medfield MA families.  Noted that Feeding and Pruning my Genealogy Database posted after noon.  Continued feeding the database.


*  Checked FamilySearch and Ancestry for new databases, and fed the database some more.  I may have done something else but I can't remember!  Answered some emails.


*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner and read the paper.  Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote 

Individual RootsTech 2012 Videos Available Now.  Did a page of indexing for PA County Marriages.  Those will be great records!

*  Worked a bit with Charles Auble's data - added some census records, and sources for his census records, and then a City Directory source for the San Diego years.  Need to do City Directories for the Chicago years too.  

*  Checked in on Facebook, added to the Best Of post, wrote two posts for Wednesday, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My genealogy days - 4 and 5 March 2012

I was lazy last night and didn't write my journal...

Sunday, 4 March:

*  Linda was at camp, and I was tired after Saturday, so I didn't go to church.  Stayed home and read email and blogs, added several weeks of new blogs to the reader, changed my blog template again, and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 February to 3 March 2012 post.


*  Edited all of the OASIS presentations one more time and got everything on Dropbox and the flash drive, and then the laptop.  Took a nice nap while watching the golf tournament.


*    Linda came home at about 3 p.m., so talked to her and Ann for most of an hour.  We went to Lolita's for dinner.


*  Worked for several hours enriching the database with BMDs for people without them, did a page of indexing, and started the next Best Of post.  Wrote the Amanuensis Monday post.


Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


Monday, 5 March:


*  Woke up realizing that I had the dates wrong on the handouts for OASIS, so printed off the front pages and corrected the presentations.  Got it all on Dropbox and the flash drive.   Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Deed of Hinsdale Fisher to Lucy Butterfield in Medfield, Mass, 1841 posted.


*  Left at 9:15 a.m. for Mission Valley to teach my OASIS class.  Got set up, and welcomed the 10 students at 10 a.m.  The class was two hours and we got a lot done and discussed.  


*  Home by 12:45 p.m. to have lunch, then read blogs, and wrote 1940 United States Census Questions.


*  worked in the database for over three hours adding content and sources for randomly selected persons.  


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


*  Back online after 7 p.m. to read, answer email, add to the Best Of post, do a page of indexing, check Facebook, and check out Chronicling America pages.  Wrote a post for Tuesday.  Wrote this post.


Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My genealogy day - 3 March 2012

This was an all-day seminar day, so it was different from most.

*  Up early, read email but no blogs before going off to the parking garage.  Surname Saturday post went up in the morning.

*  Got to the CV parking garage by 7:15, and met the group of 11 for the car pool.  Rode with Sam and three others to Escondido for the Family History Fair.  We got there at 8 a.m., and I went in the presenters entrance and got my syllabus.  Found the CVGS booth in the exhibit hall and chatted with friends.  Lots of folks I know were there.

*  Went to Kendall Jefferson's talk on Ancestry.com and how we have done and will do genealogy yesterday, today and tomorrow.  Got to my room by 9:50 a.m. and got the laptop set up - the projector worked perfectly.  The Wikis for genealogy Collaboration was attended by 15 to 20 persons - seemed to be well accepted.  Then did the Genealogy blogging presentation from 11:20 to 12:20 with 15-20 different attendees - again went well.

*  Headed off for lunch at the presenters lounge, and we discussed Ancestry.com searches with Kendall among other things.  Went at 1 p.m. to hear Gena Ortega talk on RootsMagic 5.  Checked my email and Twitter too.

*  Spent the 2 p.m. hour at the CVGS booth with John and talked to Felix in the neighbor booth.  Went at 3:20 to hear Brenda Danielson do a wonderful talk on the Mysterious McGowans in costume and in character.

*  We packed up and were on the road by 4:30, and I was home by 5:15 p.m. Watched the end of the Aztrecs game (they beat TCU in overtime to win MWC title), had dinner, and read the paper.


*  On computer at 7 p.m. to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Genealogy Time Capsule Challenge posted.  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and worked in the database trying to find BMDs for persons who were spouses of Seaver and Dill persons.  Pruned a number of isolated Dill couples from the database also.  


*  Wrote this post, and I'm done.


Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

My genealogy day - 2 March 2012

It was a full genealogy day - a typical Friday with preparations for Saturday, the radio show and WDYTYA.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Follow Friday - This Weekends Genealogy Radio Shows.


*  Edited the handouts and presentations for my OASIS class, which starts on Friday.


*  Wrote Follow-Up Friday - Reader Comments on Evidence and Conclusions.

*  Worked some more on the OASIS stuff.  Printed out the syllabus, and went down to the UPS Store to make my copies for  Monday.  Fixed the sprinkler head too.

*  Home by 2:40 p.m. to write the Surname Saturday post, then worked in the database for awhile doing random corrections - looking for birth and death info on WorldConnect and AMTs for persons that I did not have information for.  I hate blank fields!

*  Went in at 5:30 to have dinner, and read the paper.  Back before 6 p.m. to tune into Geneabloggers Radio and the chat board.  Excellent show.  Checked Outloud.fm but no one else there.  Wrote the SNGF post and set it for Saturday.

*  Went in before 8 p.m. to watch WDYTYA.  At 9, came back to put OASIS and Family History Fair files on the flash drive, and then onto the laptop.  I think I'm all set for Saturday!

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

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My genealogy day - 1 March 2012

This will be a busy month here in the genealogy cave - the Family History Fair (two talks) on Saturday, the SDGS and CGSSD meetings, the CVGS meetings, the OASIS class (4 talks) and the CVGS Seminar.  No time to go anywhere.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - D.J. Carringer Talks! and then Dear AppleTree - Please Put in Privacy Controls and set it for later in the morning.

*  Answered some email, watched the LFT webinar, checked out Ancestry.com videos on YouTube, and had lunch, then weeded in the front for awhile.

*  Worked with the FBC in FTM2012 for awhile, then wrote Puzzling Over the Evidence-Conclusion Process.


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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, improve the Wiki presentation for Saturday, did one page of Cambridgeshire records in FSIndexing (decent handwriting), added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, did a bit in Find-a-Grave to the database, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.