It was a decent genealogy Sunday - did more than usual because there was no Chargers game or Padres game on TV.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter before getting cleaned up. Chronicling Jeremiah and Rosalie - Part 2 (written last night) posted before we went to church. Before we went to church, searched the treasure box for photos that need to be scanned, and took a three-inch stack out of the box.
* Home from church at 11:20 a.m., and joined the Scanfest in progress. Could never get the CoverItLive producer thing to work, so used Miriam's blog to enter my chat comments. Worked the scanner while chatting and finding YouTube videos of 50s-60s rock music, had a great time. Got about 100 photos scanned in 65 TIFF files (440 mb total) - need to separate them and crop them and name them appropriately. Scanfest was over at 2 p.m., but I scanned until 2:30.
* While in Scanfest chat, Best of the Genea-Blogs - January 24-30, 2010 posted (written last night, edited this morning).
* Edited my OASIS "Beginning Computer Genealogy" handout and presentation, and printed sufficient copies for the class which starts on Monday. Checked in on Facebook.
* Tami came, and we left at 4:45 p.m. to go to dinner at Rubio's. Michelle and Randy have had the grandgirls for two days, so they met us and we had an hour with Lolo and Audrey. They ate well, and were happy to see us. Tami took the girls home and we were home by 6:30 p.m. Watched some of the Pro Bowl game while Linda was on computer.
* Back online at 7:30 p.m., read everything, transferred data to two flash drives for the OASIS class. Wrote two posts for Monday, since I have to leave by 9 a.m. to the car dealer and then OASIS classroom. Wrote this post, and just realized I missed Desperate Housewives again. Drat.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, and 1.0 hour working on OASIS class stuff.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 30 January 2010
Stayed home today and got some genealogy tasks, and some family tasks, completed. Then blogged the night away!
* We left at 6:50 a.m. for breakfast with Linda's swim club at Carrows - we were home by 8:30 a.m.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, and noted that Surname Saturday - KNAPP had posted.
* Decided to work on planning my next research tasks for the Devier Smith and Samuel Vaux problems. Made a to-do list for both families, and collected FHLC entries for the counties they lived in.
* Ate lunch at home, then balanced the checkbook and got the 2009 financial stuff in file folders and sorted out in MS Money. While I did this, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make a Calendar! posted.
* Back to genealogy work at 2:30 p.m. - wrote El Cajon Cemetery Listings Online and then worked in database checking names, dates, places and sources from the Marston Watson book on Thomas Dudley descendants. Checked in on Facebook, and then transcribed will of John Kenyon (died 1831 in Sterling CT) into database - not quite finished.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch news, read paper, eat dinner, wash dishes, etc. Back online at 7:15 p.m. to read everything.
* Wrote SNGF - Creating Ancestral Birthday Calendars, then Best of Genea-blogs post set for Sunday noon, then the next Chronicling post set for Sunday morning, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 0.5 hour reading Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours planning research, 2.5 hours working in database, and 2.5 hours writing blog posts.
* We left at 6:50 a.m. for breakfast with Linda's swim club at Carrows - we were home by 8:30 a.m.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, and noted that Surname Saturday - KNAPP had posted.
* Decided to work on planning my next research tasks for the Devier Smith and Samuel Vaux problems. Made a to-do list for both families, and collected FHLC entries for the counties they lived in.
* Ate lunch at home, then balanced the checkbook and got the 2009 financial stuff in file folders and sorted out in MS Money. While I did this, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make a Calendar! posted.
* Back to genealogy work at 2:30 p.m. - wrote El Cajon Cemetery Listings Online and then worked in database checking names, dates, places and sources from the Marston Watson book on Thomas Dudley descendants. Checked in on Facebook, and then transcribed will of John Kenyon (died 1831 in Sterling CT) into database - not quite finished.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch news, read paper, eat dinner, wash dishes, etc. Back online at 7:15 p.m. to read everything.
* Wrote SNGF - Creating Ancestral Birthday Calendars, then Best of Genea-blogs post set for Sunday noon, then the next Chronicling post set for Sunday morning, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 0.5 hour reading Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours planning research, 2.5 hours working in database, and 2.5 hours writing blog posts.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 29 January 2010
Some blogging, some walking, some database entry, some researching, a minor emergency, dinner out, and rest and relaxatiuon made for a decent genealogy day here at the Genealogy Cave.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then wrote Follow Friday - ThinkGenealogy and Scott Brown a distant cousin of Barack Obama too! Did some research to see if I'm related to Scott Brown - of ocurse I am, we're New England distant cousins several times over. Did some online research on the Staten Island French families - found some transcribed wills and other data.
* Got cleaned up, and left for lunch at Costco and a walk with George on the bayfront - nice day - about 65 F with no wind, and we watched a loud cigar boat on the bay go about 30 knots. Was home by 1 p.m.
* Read everything, then wrote Using the Library of Congress "Chronicling America" Site and did some research in newspapers, census records and city directories to see if I could find more info about Jeremiah and Rosalie McKnew. I did.
* Linda came home, turned on the washing machine and we had water all over the garage floor. Checked the hoses and they were OK, and water came from under the machine. Called repair shop, they came within one hour and had it fixed in 20 minutes - a broken pump. Pretty efficient, but costly.
* Worked in database to try to sort out the blended family of John and Elizabeth Pers of Watertown. When I combined databases, the children of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of Woburn got put into John Pierce's family because they both had a child named Robert Pierce married to a Mary Knight, and with the same death date. That wasn't right, and I needed to separate them. Got out my Pierce papers and figured out who belonged where, detached some folks, attached others, deleted some, and finally got them right - at least that Robert Pierce doesn't have two sets of parents now!
* Went out to Rubios for dinner. Saw the girls 6th grade teacher and showed her their wedding and kids pictures. Need to update my wallet pix!!!
* Back home at 6:30 p.m., and finished up the Pierce problem, read everything, then wrote Chronicling Rosalie and Jeremiah - Part 1. Wrote two blog posts for Saturday, then wrote thisp ost, and will check Facebook posthaste.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours doing online research, 0.5 hour doing software things, 2.0 hours working in the database, and 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then wrote Follow Friday - ThinkGenealogy and Scott Brown a distant cousin of Barack Obama too! Did some research to see if I'm related to Scott Brown - of ocurse I am, we're New England distant cousins several times over. Did some online research on the Staten Island French families - found some transcribed wills and other data.
* Got cleaned up, and left for lunch at Costco and a walk with George on the bayfront - nice day - about 65 F with no wind, and we watched a loud cigar boat on the bay go about 30 knots. Was home by 1 p.m.
* Read everything, then wrote Using the Library of Congress "Chronicling America" Site and did some research in newspapers, census records and city directories to see if I could find more info about Jeremiah and Rosalie McKnew. I did.
* Linda came home, turned on the washing machine and we had water all over the garage floor. Checked the hoses and they were OK, and water came from under the machine. Called repair shop, they came within one hour and had it fixed in 20 minutes - a broken pump. Pretty efficient, but costly.
* Worked in database to try to sort out the blended family of John and Elizabeth Pers of Watertown. When I combined databases, the children of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of Woburn got put into John Pierce's family because they both had a child named Robert Pierce married to a Mary Knight, and with the same death date. That wasn't right, and I needed to separate them. Got out my Pierce papers and figured out who belonged where, detached some folks, attached others, deleted some, and finally got them right - at least that Robert Pierce doesn't have two sets of parents now!
* Went out to Rubios for dinner. Saw the girls 6th grade teacher and showed her their wedding and kids pictures. Need to update my wallet pix!!!
* Back home at 6:30 p.m., and finished up the Pierce problem, read everything, then wrote Chronicling Rosalie and Jeremiah - Part 1. Wrote two blog posts for Saturday, then wrote thisp ost, and will check Facebook posthaste.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours doing online research, 0.5 hour doing software things, 2.0 hours working in the database, and 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 28 January 2010
A pretty good genealogy day - blogged a bit, worked in the database a lot, reduced my "to enter" file by about a half inch, and found some interesting items in newspapers.
* Read everything, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Kemp Bible typescript 1 and got cleaned up. Researched and wrote Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net then had lunch at home. Thought about going for a walk...
* Worked in the database all afternoon, burning down by "to be entered" file by about 0.5 inch, plus adding source citations, getting sources out of locality fields and eliminating duplicate people. Added some of the LaTourette/Poillon/Crocheron people from early NYC to the database using a WorldConnect sourced database. Need to find the sources, of course! Pretty soon it was 5 p.m.
* Watched TV, read the paper, ate dinner. Back online at 6:30 p.m.
* Read everything, browsed Chronicling America and found a Devier J. Smith delinquent tax notice so blogged about it in My Smiths owed tax money! Browsed some more for McKnew in Washington DC and found three articles about death of Rosalie McKnew, 3rd wife of Jeremiah McKnew. She had 4 kids by Jeremiah, which was news to me. Found 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1900 census entries for these folks (no 1880, wonder where they are?) and entered them into the database.
* Checked in on Facebook, Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 2.0 hours doing online research, and 5.0 hours working in the database.
My right upper arm hurts again - not bad, but a warning that I'm mousing too much. Probably ap inched nerve in shoulder. That's what it was last time. Need to exercise more and mouse/key less.
* Read everything, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Kemp Bible typescript 1 and got cleaned up. Researched and wrote Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net then had lunch at home. Thought about going for a walk...
* Worked in the database all afternoon, burning down by "to be entered" file by about 0.5 inch, plus adding source citations, getting sources out of locality fields and eliminating duplicate people. Added some of the LaTourette/Poillon/Crocheron people from early NYC to the database using a WorldConnect sourced database. Need to find the sources, of course! Pretty soon it was 5 p.m.
* Watched TV, read the paper, ate dinner. Back online at 6:30 p.m.
* Read everything, browsed Chronicling America and found a Devier J. Smith delinquent tax notice so blogged about it in My Smiths owed tax money! Browsed some more for McKnew in Washington DC and found three articles about death of Rosalie McKnew, 3rd wife of Jeremiah McKnew. She had 4 kids by Jeremiah, which was news to me. Found 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1900 census entries for these folks (no 1880, wonder where they are?) and entered them into the database.
* Checked in on Facebook, Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 2.0 hours doing online research, and 5.0 hours working in the database.
My right upper arm hurts again - not bad, but a warning that I'm mousing too much. Probably ap inched nerve in shoulder. That's what it was last time. Need to exercise more and mouse/key less.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 27 January 2010
Not a great genealogy day - some blogging, no research, no database, CVGS program, some reading, that's it in a nutshell.
* Read everything and posted a cute picture in (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 88: Randy Smiling, then wrote Using the Rootsweb Surname List before getting cleaned up.
* Checked out Ancestry databases, copied Family History Fair forms, packed up my bag and left at 11 a.m. for lunch. Off to McDonalds, the post office and then the library.
* CVGS Program Meeting started at 12 noon, had 32 there, had long business meeting then Susi gave her talk. Over after 2:15, finally home at 3 p.m. Posted "Faces of America" on PBS starting 10 February and wrote another for posting later.
* Read everything, then read new Internet Genealogy magazine in PDF format, and posted Escondido Family History Fair on March 6.
* In to watch news, read paper, have dinner, then watched Obama State of the Union speech. Ho hum. oh well. More of the same - all talk, little action.
* Back to work at 7:30 p.m., read everything, checked Facebook, then wrote "Searching the Past, Looking to the Future" Program Summary, washed dishes, and then this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours at CVGS meeting, 1.0 hour reading magazine, and 4.0 hours writing blog posts.
* Read everything and posted a cute picture in (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 88: Randy Smiling, then wrote Using the Rootsweb Surname List before getting cleaned up.
* Checked out Ancestry databases, copied Family History Fair forms, packed up my bag and left at 11 a.m. for lunch. Off to McDonalds, the post office and then the library.
* CVGS Program Meeting started at 12 noon, had 32 there, had long business meeting then Susi gave her talk. Over after 2:15, finally home at 3 p.m. Posted "Faces of America" on PBS starting 10 February and wrote another for posting later.
* Read everything, then read new Internet Genealogy magazine in PDF format, and posted Escondido Family History Fair on March 6.
* In to watch news, read paper, have dinner, then watched Obama State of the Union speech. Ho hum. oh well. More of the same - all talk, little action.
* Back to work at 7:30 p.m., read everything, checked Facebook, then wrote "Searching the Past, Looking to the Future" Program Summary, washed dishes, and then this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours at CVGS meeting, 1.0 hour reading magazine, and 4.0 hours writing blog posts.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 26 January 2010
An interesting day - stayed home and played genealogy most of the day. Got a lot done in my database, but still lots more to do!
* Read email, blogs and Twitter then researched and wrote Tombstone Tuesday - John Cooke (1607?-1695) - Mayflower Passenger. Wrote FGS FORUM Magazine - Winter 2009 Issue - and a Discount Deal and set it to post at noon. Got cleaned up.
* Worked on database checking data against Sam's data for the common families, and adding sources and revising notes as I went. Lots of English baptisms and burials in the immigrant families need to be "fixed" - the baptisms don't show up in the Born spot unless you put them in, same with Burials and Died spot - so double entered with a source citation so that they show up in lists and charts. Worked right through lunch...
* Had quick lunch, continued database work. Probably added 300 sources or more today. Checked in on Facebook, saw that Ancestry might have moved historical books around, but didn't see that they had. Searched in the Books, and found The Great Migration Begins. Wow - all of the sketches. Wrote "The Great Migration Begins" is on Ancestry.com. Compacted the FTM 16 database. Did a source report too - 342 pages.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read paper, watch TV, eat dinner, and we delivered dinner to the Trevinos tonight. Home by 7:30. Read everything. Checked online databases at Access Genealogy and Family Tree Legends. Tested family tree and social network sites - some have gone under, others have not added much since last check in mid 2009. Frustrating. There are no "wonderful" family tree sites that do everything I want, and do it quickly.
* Wrote this post and done for the night.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour in online databases, 1.5 hours in social networks, and 5.0 hours working in the database.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter then researched and wrote Tombstone Tuesday - John Cooke (1607?-1695) - Mayflower Passenger. Wrote FGS FORUM Magazine - Winter 2009 Issue - and a Discount Deal and set it to post at noon. Got cleaned up.
* Worked on database checking data against Sam's data for the common families, and adding sources and revising notes as I went. Lots of English baptisms and burials in the immigrant families need to be "fixed" - the baptisms don't show up in the Born spot unless you put them in, same with Burials and Died spot - so double entered with a source citation so that they show up in lists and charts. Worked right through lunch...
* Had quick lunch, continued database work. Probably added 300 sources or more today. Checked in on Facebook, saw that Ancestry might have moved historical books around, but didn't see that they had. Searched in the Books, and found The Great Migration Begins. Wow - all of the sketches. Wrote "The Great Migration Begins" is on Ancestry.com. Compacted the FTM 16 database. Did a source report too - 342 pages.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read paper, watch TV, eat dinner, and we delivered dinner to the Trevinos tonight. Home by 7:30. Read everything. Checked online databases at Access Genealogy and Family Tree Legends. Tested family tree and social network sites - some have gone under, others have not added much since last check in mid 2009. Frustrating. There are no "wonderful" family tree sites that do everything I want, and do it quickly.
* Wrote this post and done for the night.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour in online databases, 1.5 hours in social networks, and 5.0 hours working in the database.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 25 January 2010
Finally a decent genealogy day with few distractions. Wonder where the time went? Not sure how much time I wasted...more than I know, probably! A fun day.
* Read everything then posted Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Ruth (Hawkins) (Wade) Hopkins. Wrote Five Fascinating Interviews and set it for noon. Funny, RE posted about latter today too - coincidence?
* Checked databases in WorldVitalRecords for Seaver facts, and added some NH records and sources where I needed to.. Just scratched the surface, however. There are thousands of matches to put in the database on WVR, Footnote, Ancestry, etc. A monumental task and one that will just get larger over time if I don't start whittling the mountain of data.
* Got cleaned up, ate lunch, went off to the library for CVGS Table Talk at noon. Home by 1:45 p.m.
* Posted 27 January Program Features Susi Pentico Talk on Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, then checked Gmail there and on Genea-Musings. Sent the program notice to email list, and posted it on Genea-Musings too. Checked Facebook. Checked OGF documents that Claire sent me.
* Dug out my pile of "to be entered into database" material and got five Great Migration sketches checked and noted into the database. Had some errors in my family data - nice to have them fixed.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, read paper and eat dinner. Was back online at 6:30.
* Read everything, answered some emails, went back into database to work on notes and sources some more. Have no clue how to figure out what I haven't done - with 38,000 persons them ind can't keep it all straight. I tend to randomly pick a family line then work down it, then the spousal lines, etc. But there are whole sections of my database that have the shorthand sources and sparse notes (or no notes, even for ancestral families). Need to identify those and find the supporting papers in the notebooks.
* Went in at 9 p.m. to watch 24, back online at 10:15, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 1.5 hours on CVGS, 0.5 hour looking at OGF, 1.0 hour in WVR, and 4.0 hours working in my database.
* Read everything then posted Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Ruth (Hawkins) (Wade) Hopkins. Wrote Five Fascinating Interviews and set it for noon. Funny, RE posted about latter today too - coincidence?
* Checked databases in WorldVitalRecords for Seaver facts, and added some NH records and sources where I needed to.. Just scratched the surface, however. There are thousands of matches to put in the database on WVR, Footnote, Ancestry, etc. A monumental task and one that will just get larger over time if I don't start whittling the mountain of data.
* Got cleaned up, ate lunch, went off to the library for CVGS Table Talk at noon. Home by 1:45 p.m.
* Posted 27 January Program Features Susi Pentico Talk on Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, then checked Gmail there and on Genea-Musings. Sent the program notice to email list, and posted it on Genea-Musings too. Checked Facebook. Checked OGF documents that Claire sent me.
* Dug out my pile of "to be entered into database" material and got five Great Migration sketches checked and noted into the database. Had some errors in my family data - nice to have them fixed.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, read paper and eat dinner. Was back online at 6:30.
* Read everything, answered some emails, went back into database to work on notes and sources some more. Have no clue how to figure out what I haven't done - with 38,000 persons them ind can't keep it all straight. I tend to randomly pick a family line then work down it, then the spousal lines, etc. But there are whole sections of my database that have the shorthand sources and sparse notes (or no notes, even for ancestral families). Need to identify those and find the supporting papers in the notebooks.
* Went in at 9 p.m. to watch 24, back online at 10:15, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 1.5 hours on CVGS, 0.5 hour looking at OGF, 1.0 hour in WVR, and 4.0 hours working in my database.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 24 January 2010
Not really a genealogy day - no blogging, no research, but lots of reading and football.
* Read email and blogs before church. Got home at 12:30 and watched Colts/Jets football game. Best of the Genea-Blogs - January 17-23, 2010 posted. Checked new issue of FORUM at halftime.
* Checked everything including Twitter at end of first game, went out and pulled weeds for awhile and cleaned up storm debris. Back in for Vikings/Saints game, but managed to nap during some of it.
* Had dinner in front of TV, glad Saints won, a good game. Back to computer at 7:30, read everything, checked Facebook, added new blogs to Bloglines, answered some emails, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 4.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading/adding blogs, 0.5 hour reading FORUM, 0.5 hour writing blog posts, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook.
* Read email and blogs before church. Got home at 12:30 and watched Colts/Jets football game. Best of the Genea-Blogs - January 17-23, 2010 posted. Checked new issue of FORUM at halftime.
* Checked everything including Twitter at end of first game, went out and pulled weeds for awhile and cleaned up storm debris. Back in for Vikings/Saints game, but managed to nap during some of it.
* Had dinner in front of TV, glad Saints won, a good game. Back to computer at 7:30, read everything, checked Facebook, added new blogs to Bloglines, answered some emails, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 4.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading/adding blogs, 0.5 hour reading FORUM, 0.5 hour writing blog posts, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Days - 22-23 January 2010
Keeping two active little girls inside and entertained is a major struggle for us old folks - but the rain finally stopped after five straight days and our little darlings went home today with their mother.
Friday - 22 January:
* Managed to read email and Twitter but then had to feed and play with the grandgirls until Linda came home. Follow Friday - Elyse's Genealogy Blog posted while we were playing with blocks on the floor.
* Ventured out in the rain to get gas and go to the bank, came home for lunch and read blogs while the girls napped. Ancestry.com Financial and Subscriber Information posted. Then I napped too.
* Worked with the girls, occasionally came in to read email and blogs and Twitter, checked Facebook, etc. did nothing really useful, except print out my handout for the Saturday talk at EGS.
* Went to dinner at Chick-fil-A. The girls like the food, the indoor playground is pretty good, and we share a chocolate milk shake - making family history!
* Home by 7 p.m., got girls bathed and jammied and put to bed. Audrey went easily at 8, Lolo fought sleep until after 10:30. No wonder she's cranky some days.
* Read everything, wrote two posts for Saturday. Copied files for Saturday presentation to flash drive and laptop. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 4.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.0 hour on presentation, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts for Saturday.
Saturday - 23 January:
* Audrey up early, Lolo slept late. Got them fed and entertained. Read email and Twitter but nothing else this morning. Surname Saturday - VAUX posted. Got them dressed, packed their suitcases, and loaded into car by 9 a.m.
* Got to Escondido by 9:45 a.m., Linda dropped me at library and went to shopping center. Tami came down and met them at lunch time and took them home.
* Met Ray before library opened, got laptop and projector set up in meeting room, and EGS meeting started at 10:20 a.m. Presented "Genealogy Blogging" talk. Ray took me down to the shopping center afterwards. Was sorry to miss the lunch with the EGS folks. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Interests? posted.
* Grabbed a Subway sandwich, we headed for home, back by 1:15 p.m. Read email and blogs, and went in to take my well-deserved nap.
* Back online at 3 p.m., answered several emails requesting information. Added and edited sources and notes for some of my CT/RI ancestral families. That was fun.
* Took Linda out to dinner as reward for being such a good grandma...went to Black Angus for filet mignon dinner - she had a $10 coupon and a gift card - cost us only $20 cash! Home by 7:15 p.m.
* Read everything, then read several online articles, and wrote Best of Genea-blogs post for Sunday. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours working on databases notes and sources, 2.0 hours at EGS meeting, 0.5 hour researching correspondent question, and 1.5 hour writing blog posts.
Friday - 22 January:
* Managed to read email and Twitter but then had to feed and play with the grandgirls until Linda came home. Follow Friday - Elyse's Genealogy Blog posted while we were playing with blocks on the floor.
* Ventured out in the rain to get gas and go to the bank, came home for lunch and read blogs while the girls napped. Ancestry.com Financial and Subscriber Information posted. Then I napped too.
* Worked with the girls, occasionally came in to read email and blogs and Twitter, checked Facebook, etc. did nothing really useful, except print out my handout for the Saturday talk at EGS.
* Went to dinner at Chick-fil-A. The girls like the food, the indoor playground is pretty good, and we share a chocolate milk shake - making family history!
* Home by 7 p.m., got girls bathed and jammied and put to bed. Audrey went easily at 8, Lolo fought sleep until after 10:30. No wonder she's cranky some days.
* Read everything, wrote two posts for Saturday. Copied files for Saturday presentation to flash drive and laptop. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 4.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.0 hour on presentation, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts for Saturday.
Saturday - 23 January:
* Audrey up early, Lolo slept late. Got them fed and entertained. Read email and Twitter but nothing else this morning. Surname Saturday - VAUX posted. Got them dressed, packed their suitcases, and loaded into car by 9 a.m.
* Got to Escondido by 9:45 a.m., Linda dropped me at library and went to shopping center. Tami came down and met them at lunch time and took them home.
* Met Ray before library opened, got laptop and projector set up in meeting room, and EGS meeting started at 10:20 a.m. Presented "Genealogy Blogging" talk. Ray took me down to the shopping center afterwards. Was sorry to miss the lunch with the EGS folks. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Interests? posted.
* Grabbed a Subway sandwich, we headed for home, back by 1:15 p.m. Read email and blogs, and went in to take my well-deserved nap.
* Back online at 3 p.m., answered several emails requesting information. Added and edited sources and notes for some of my CT/RI ancestral families. That was fun.
* Took Linda out to dinner as reward for being such a good grandma...went to Black Angus for filet mignon dinner - she had a $10 coupon and a gift card - cost us only $20 cash! Home by 7:15 p.m.
* Read everything, then read several online articles, and wrote Best of Genea-blogs post for Sunday. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours working on databases notes and sources, 2.0 hours at EGS meeting, 0.5 hour researching correspondent question, and 1.5 hour writing blog posts.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 21 January 2010
It rained pretty much all day here, with thunder/lightning tonight. Hopefully, the storm will pass without more damage in California. It was not a big genealogy day for me because the grandgirls are still here and require constant attention, and Linda and I share the load.
* Managed to read half of my email before Lolo commandeered the computer at 8 a.m. Treaaure Chest Thursday - Austin Carringer's Fireman Certificate posted.
* Got cleaned up, and left at 9:15 a.m. with laptop, projector and GPS in hand to go speak to the PEO meeting in Eastlake on "Genealogy - Be An Ancestry Detective." Was set up and ready to go at 10 a.m., with about 30 women in attendance. Finished at 10:45 a.m., and they all seemed interested.
* Left quickly and went to the Rohr Engineers Retiree luncheon at Jimmy's Restaurant in Chula Vista. Was home by 12:45 p.m. to find the girls down for naps.
* Read rest of email, then blogs, checked Facebook, and noted that Exploring FamilyLink.com Trees - Big FAIL posted. Tired, so went in and took a nap.
* Lolo woke me up at 2:30, and we watched TV and played until 5, when Linda had dinner ready. Randy and Abigail came over at 6 p.m. to play until 7:15, and Linda went off to her GNO with church group. Got girls bathed, dressed, brushed, fed and put down easily. Had to miss TGSG chat tonight because of time conflicts.
* Back on computer at 8:30 p.m., read everything, then wrote two posts for Friday. I'm trying to stay ahead while the girls are here, and really have just the evening to do it. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours at PEO meeting and 1.5 hours writing blog posts.
* Managed to read half of my email before Lolo commandeered the computer at 8 a.m. Treaaure Chest Thursday - Austin Carringer's Fireman Certificate posted.
* Got cleaned up, and left at 9:15 a.m. with laptop, projector and GPS in hand to go speak to the PEO meeting in Eastlake on "Genealogy - Be An Ancestry Detective." Was set up and ready to go at 10 a.m., with about 30 women in attendance. Finished at 10:45 a.m., and they all seemed interested.
* Left quickly and went to the Rohr Engineers Retiree luncheon at Jimmy's Restaurant in Chula Vista. Was home by 12:45 p.m. to find the girls down for naps.
* Read rest of email, then blogs, checked Facebook, and noted that Exploring FamilyLink.com Trees - Big FAIL posted. Tired, so went in and took a nap.
* Lolo woke me up at 2:30, and we watched TV and played until 5, when Linda had dinner ready. Randy and Abigail came over at 6 p.m. to play until 7:15, and Linda went off to her GNO with church group. Got girls bathed, dressed, brushed, fed and put down easily. Had to miss TGSG chat tonight because of time conflicts.
* Back on computer at 8:30 p.m., read everything, then wrote two posts for Friday. I'm trying to stay ahead while the girls are here, and really have just the evening to do it. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours at PEO meeting and 1.5 hours writing blog posts.
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