Sunday, October 31, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 31 October 2010

Ten months down in 2010 - and two more busy months to go.  Only one more talk to prepare and give this month, but I will be away for at least one week on grandpa duty.

*  Read email and blogs before church, and noted that  Hallowe'en Names in the Records posted on schedule.

*  Home from church at 11:30 a.m., joined Scanfest in progress, and stuck with it until 1 p.m.  Scanned Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension File - only 16 pages, but some are on longer paper and I had to make two scans to get it all, and now need to find a way to stitch  them together. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 24-30 October 2010 posted soon after noon. 

*  Listened to Chargers football game (blacked out here), watched some football on TV, then came in and worked on my Online Graveyard Rabbit Journal article.  Chargers beat Tennessee, 33-25, but it was close. 

*  Went in at 4:30 to watch game highlights, then the start of the World Series game, ate dinner, watered the front plants, filled the bird feeder.  Back online to write 1733 Massachusetts Marriages on eBay and a future blog post, then back to watch end of baseball game and then Charger highlights.

*  Back online at 9 p.m. to write email about CVGS programs, another future blog post, checked Facebook and then wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours on Scanfest, 2.0 hours working on my OGYRJ article, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 30 October 2010

It was a stay-at-home day and I worked on genealogy things quite a bit, interspersed with football and baseball on TV.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Surname Saturday - MARTIN (England > NH > NJ) and already have a correction to it from Martin H.  Good!  Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Hallowe'en Personality

 and set it for after noon.

*  Answered some emails, then watched Aztecs game off and on - they beat Wyoming 48-38.  Lunch.

*  Worked in the database on place names and shorthand sources - through K's and L's - only about 50% done.  It's slower now because I'm adding counties to places that didn't have county names.  Finding lots of errors too - towns in wrong counties.  The mistakes I didn't know that I had! 

*  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to watch World Series game, read the paper, doze a bit, eat dinner. 

*  Back online at 7 p.m. after game, wrote two blog posts for Sunday and two for later in the week.  Found Isaac Seaver's Civil War pension file for Scanfest on Sunday, looked through old papers and stuff hiding in the file cabinet.  Cannot get to bottom drawer of 4-drawer, or to either drawer in 2-drawer.  Wonder what goodies they hold?  Found old San Diego High School yearbooks from 1906 to 1917 from my grandparents years.

*  Checked in on Facebook, wrote this post and I'm done. 

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 4.0 hours writing blog posts, 3.5 hours worknig in the database and 1.0 hour digging in file cabinets.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 29 October 2010

A pretty full genealogy day, highlighted by a trip to the San Diego Public Library on an IAOGK mission.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote FamilySearch Bloggers Day - Software Community. 

*  Had lunch at home, left at 12 noon for downtown San Diego on my Intentional Act of Genealogical Kindness (IAOGK).  Found a 2-hour parking place one block from library, and easily found my target newspaper article for Pat.  Copied the pages and enlarged the target articles, and was on my way home by 1:20 p.m. 

*  Home by 1:45 p.m., read everything, then scanned the copied pages and emailed them to Pat with explanation of process.  She wrote back and I put the pages in an envelope and put it in the outgoing mail.  Nice to complete a project quickly!  Pat appreciated it!

 *  Wrote and posted Genealogical Treats at FamilySearch Beta - New Collections.  Tried out some of them - no luck in Idaho Marriages for Grieser and Brocke.  Oh well.

*  Started in on Place names again - got through rest of the Hs, did Is, Js and Ks through King.  Using FTM 2010 to identify places with shorthand sources, also places without counties or with wrong counties.  Changing them one person at a time in FTM 16 (each person is identified with record types in a place).  Almost halfway done!

*  Went out to cut the front lawn at 5 p.m., back in for dinner at 5:45 p.m. and out again to sweep up at 6:15 p.m.  Done by 6:30 p.m.

*  Sent out surveys to CVGS members for their completion.  Shut everything down and installed the MacAfee Security Suite that comes free from Cox...I've been paying for MacAfee for six years.  Drat.  Took about 30 minutes, so got some paper piles organized a bit - sorted and in folders.

*  Decided to write some posts for next week while we're away - got two done on Whittles.  More to do using the record images obtained at FHL last week.

*  Went hunting for Jane Haslam's family in Lancashire and found them - got info on parents and siblings, assuming the info in FS Beta is correct.

*  Checked in on Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours today - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours on IAOGK task, 2.5 hours in database, 3.0 hours writing blog posts and 1.0 hour working in English parish records on FS Beta. 

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 28 October 2010

Reading, blogging, emailing, that's about it today.

*  Read email and blogs then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Betty Carringer's Birth Record.  Worked on FamilySearch Bloggers Day - FamilySearch Indexing and set it for later in the morning.  Got cleaned up.

*  Checked out ordering online documents on NARA site.  Had lunch, and left at 11:30 for my walk on the bayfront with George.

*  Home at 1 p.m., read everything, wrote three posts for the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, including CVGS Program Review - Alfredo Pena's "Exodus" and two future posts. 

*  We left at 3 p.m. for our financial advisor's office-warming party in her side yard.  Got to talk to staff and old friends, and enjoyed watching and talking to Kim's little girls.  I ate snacks, Linda had little there.

*  Home at 7 p.m., Linda had some soup, we watched end of world Series Game 2.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m., read everything, wrote email to CVGS Board about newsletter.  Check in on Facebook, wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing emails, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour checking out websites, and 3.5 hours researching and writing blog posts.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 27 October 2010

Did some blogging and went to the CVGS meeting, and tried to create source citations for the English parish records I found for Whittles. 

*  Read my email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 126: What is Betty Eating?  Researched and wrote FamilySearch Blogger Day - The Current and Next FamilySearch Site and set it for later in the morning.



.*  Got cleaned up, waited for Linda to check her Facebook (I knew this would be a problem...), then ate lunch and packed up for the CVGS meeting.
*  Got to meeting at 11:50 a.m., ate goodies, saw friends, settled in auditorium at 12:20 p.m. for the business meeting and then the program by Alfredo Pena on Exodus from Mexico to USA.  Some history, not much genealogy.  Too bad. 

*  Home by 2:30 p.m., read everything, researched and wrote Quickly Searching for FamilySearch Beta Historical Record Collections.  Have no clue what I messed around with for 90 minutes here... must have been important to world history!  Had a problem with my missing Google Toolbar...tried to figure out how to fix it.

*  Went in at 5:20  p.m. to watch the World Series game, eat dinner, put out the trash, and forgot to mow the lawn again.  Drat :)  Stayed with it until the 7th inning, then...

*  Made a flyer for the 18 November OASIS talk at Chula Vista library, sent it to Debbie for review. 

*  Worked in my database creating source citations for the English parish register entries I obtained images of in SLC.  Took an hour and a half for eight of them.  Argghh.  I'll have to show them off in a blog post.

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and I'm done!

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at CVGS meeting, 0.5 hour on OASIS flyer, and 1.5 hour on database sources.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 26 October 2010

A pretty full genealogy day - got some things done, got a lot of time in my database.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Read the USGenWeb.org and WorldGenWeb.org sites.  Got cleaned up.

*  Researched and wrote FamilySearch Blogger Day - Upcoming Collections.  Wrote email about additional questions to FamilySearch.  Wrote email about OASIS program at CVPL on 18 November.  all set!

*  Had lunch at home, posted Complimentary Q&A Web Chat with Sally J. for "Accidental Archivists," then went with Linda to Verizon store to clear up issues with her phone. 

*  Worked in database - got the G's done in the locality errors using FTM 2010 to find errors and FTM 16 to correct them.  Finding counties, fixing wrong counties, getting shorthand sources out of locality fields, etc. 

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

*  Back to work in database at 6:30 p.m., worked in H's up to Hilperton (lots of shorthand sources in Hilperton, not to mention duplicate facts).  Whew.  Hope I don't have to do another one like that. 

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and done.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours - 1.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, and 6.0 hours working in the database.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 25 October 2010

It was a full genealogy day since there was no baseball game to watch. 

*  Read my email and blogs, and noted that FamilySearch Blogger Day - FamilySearch Family Tree posted.  Got cleaned up.  Edited the post a bit too.

*  Got my presentation and handout on flash drives, gathered the handouts and laptop and off to the OASIS class in the mist and fog - freeway was busy today.  Got set up, class started at 10:15 and ended at 12:15 p.m.  The students are still enthusiastic as I sent them off into the genealogy wilds to find their ancestors.

*  Stopped at McDonalds for lunch, then the library for awhile, and home by 1:45 p.m.  Read everything, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Samuel Graves (1655-1723) of Lynn MA posted.

*  Tried to organize my CVGS mess of papers, and got it stacked neatly, but didn't find the obituary paper I need to respond to a query.  Drat.  Have several more piles to straighten up and separate wheat from chaff. 

*  Sent CVGS survey off to Gary for copying.  Sent meeting notice to CVGS email list.  Researched and wrote Genealogy Blogging over 25 days.

*  Worked in my database getting sources out of place names - finished the Es and Fs using FTM 2010 to find the errors and FTM 16 to correct them.

*  Dinner at 6 p.m., and watched first half of Giants/Cowboys game.  Then back to computer at 7:30 p.m. to work on fixing source citations corrupted by the GEDCOM fiasco.  Got A through E done.  Lots more to do!

*  Answered several emails, read everything, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.5 hours working on OASIS class, 1.0 hour working on CVGS things, 1.0 hour writing blog posts and 4.5 hours working in the database. 

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 24 October 2010

Church, football and genealogy.  Eating too. 

*  Read my email and blogs, then worked on the Best of blogs posts until time to get cleaned up for church.  We left at 9:30 a.m.

*  Home at 11:45 a.m., wrapped up and posted Best of the Genea-Blogs - 17-23 October 2010. 

*  Went in to have lunch and watch the end of the first games, then watched the Chargers-Patriots game.  A close game, the Chargers lost 23-20 after four first-half turnovers (two of them brain-fart inexcusable)  and came back from 20-3 to come close.  Drat, now 2-5.

*  Read everything, checked Facebook, and collected my Twitter feeds from the Bloggers Day in an MSWord file.  Now what to do with them, they're in reverse order (last tweet is first), and there are 190 of them!

*  Went in for dinner at 6 p.m. and watched football game.

*  Back online at 7:30 p.m. - printed off my OASIS handouts for Monday.  Answered some of the emails sent in by readers. Wrote the Amanuensis Monday post, then a Bloggers Day post - both for Monday posting.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on OASIS class, and 3.5 hours writing genealogy blog posts.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 19 October 2010

The last day writing this for awhile - maybe back on Saturday.  Rainy day here in San Diego -would have been the first home game for the Padres in NLCS - probably would have been rained out.  We had tickets!

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Tuesday's Tip - Use Message Boards to Find Distant Cousins posted. 

*  Worked in FTM16, FTM2010, RM4 and LFT7 to create source citation images for a future blog post.  Found out later I was inconsistent.  Drat. 

*  Wrote More thoughts about Ancestry.com Person View  and set it for later in the morning. 

*  Got into the FHL Catalog (the old one!) and printed off pages that might be helpful at the FHL on Friday.  Printed off all of the directions and reservations stuff too.

*  Went off to the bank in the rain - used the drive-by ATM.  Back home soon for lunch. 

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post and worked in software again - made a new GEDCOM and imported into the other three programs.  Then made inconsistent screen shots again.  Gotta think this through.

*  Wrote I'm off to Salt Lake City for Blogger Day at FamilySearch, and more! and answered some email.  Watched some of the ball game, then took a short nap before dinner and start of the second game.

*  Came in after dinner to read everything, then wrote the Software post for Friday.   Had to revisit each program and capture screens to get it right.  Went in to watch end of Yankees game.

*  After the game, packed the suitcase and packed the laptop case and the FHL case.  Checked in on Facebook, and wrote this post.  I'm good to go, I think! 

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours researching and writing blog posts, 1.5 hours doing software things, and 1.0 working in the FHL catalog.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 18 October 2010

Genealogy and baseball - not a bad combination!

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Will of Crispus Richards (1681-1763) of Lynn, Massachusetts posted.  Set the Ancestry.com post for 1:43 PM in hopes that the A.com blog post would be up by then.

*  Got cleaned up, and gathered my OASIS material and left by 9:10 a.m.  Got to Mission Valley by 9:30 a.m. and got set up - presentation, Legacy, Ancestry, Rootsweb and GenForum on the computer.  Had more time today to do some searching on the screen to demonstrate narrowing the search, and also demonstrated Person View.  Used two guinea pigs - both worked! 

*  Left at 12:20 p.m., stopped at McDonalds for lunch, then the library for meeting with Gary, and rushed home to see if A.com blog post was up yet.  It wasn't.  It was 1:44 p.m. and my blog had posted.  I hurriedly took it down, but it made Google Reader!  Posted The WikiTree is Growing instead.

*  Worked on future blog posts and then at 3:30 p.m. noted that the Ancestry.com blog had the Person View post up and I published mine - Ancestry Labs and Person View - a first look!

*  Created and printed off some ancestor reports to help me in SLC on Friday.  FTM 16 is so easy and consistent!  Wrote more future blog posts.  Copied more files to USB drives.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch baseball game, read the paper, eat dinner, and reading my John Sandford book.  Rangers won. 

*  Back online at 8 p.m. - read everything, answered some email, wrote two future posts for Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe, checked Facebook, watched the San Francisco clip from 60 Minutes, and wrote this post. 
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Genealogy today was 8.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at OASIS class, 0.5 hour at library on CVGS, 1.0 hour printing reports.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 17 October 2010

What a crappy day - the damn Chargers lost and that ruined the whole day.  Got some genealogy chores done, though.

*  Read email and blogs, then played hooky from church to watch the Chargers game.  Bad decision...they lost 20-17 to St. Louis and are now 2-4.  High hopes smashed by poor decisions and poor play. 

*  Noted that Best of the Genea-blogs - 10-16 October 2010 posted after noon, and finally came in at 1:30 p.m. to read everything, and print out my OASIS class handouts.  Then compacted my FTM file and made a GEDCOM of it.

*  Wrote several posts for next week and also Served up at the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe.  Answered some email, checked Facebook, and back to the TV at 4:30 to watch football highlights, then baseball and had dinner. 

*  Copied new files to flash drives and then to laptop, installed RootsMagic-To-Go on new flash drive and tested it. 

*  Went in to watch Charger lowlights, then back to read everything and write this post.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.5 hour dealing with software and files, and 0.5 hour working on OASIS class.
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Down to two days to get things ready for the SLC trip.  Need to write some blog posts for the days I'm gone, print off the microfilm info for the research tasks I want to do at the FHL, pack papers and electronics.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 16 October 2010

A society meeting, some database work, some baseball and football, and a little blogging. 

*  Read email and blogs, then packed up and went to the CGSSD meeting in La Jolla.  Noted that Surname Saturday - DAFOE (Switzerland > NewYork > Ontario) posted.

*  Attended the talk about naturalization experiences and being an American by Del's friend, Aidan Barrett.  Too short, would have liked to have heard more.  Talked to Gary at the break about FamilySearch.  Attended Del's talk on things to do to attract relatives to do genealogy.  Good ideas.  Was home by 11:45 a.m.

*  Read everything, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Who's to Blame? posted and went in to have lunch and watch football.  Back after awhile to work in the database.  got the Cs and Ds done in removing the shorthand source data from the place names. 

*  Went in at 3 p.m. to watch AL baseball game, read the paper, take a nap.  Watched NL game then, ate dinner, and watched Aztecs game too.  Was in and out several times checking blogs and email, and edited some sketches in my database too.

*  After my Aztecs won 27-25 over Air Force, did more work in the database then wrote the Best Of post for Sunday and this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at CGSSD mering, 1.0 hour doing online searching, and 2.5 hours working in my database on places, sources, etc. 

Friday, October 15, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 15 October 2010

October is half gone now, time sure flies when you're having fun!  Quite a bit of genealogy work today, but not exciting.

*  Read email and blogs, and wondered what to blog about.  Finally wrote Why I use several software programs after working through all four of them!  Did more research on how sources came across and am displeased!   

*  Worked in FTM 2010 checking out sources and places.  Practiced resolving place names.  Had lunch, then walked on bayfront with George, got a haircut and home by 1:30 p.m. but Linda on computer until 2:30 p.m.

*  Worked in database correcting place names with source information in them.  Used FTM 2010 place list to find them and modified them in FTM 16.  Got the As and Bs done.  another significant project, but one that has to be done before I resolve all place names. 

*  Blogger's block again, finally wrote Off to Salt Lake City next week - what should I do?  Went in to watch Rangers/Yankees game at 5:15 p.m., ate dinner, read the paper.

*  Back online at 7 p.m. to write two blog posts for Saturday and watched end of ball game.  Then checked Facebook, worked in database on Hilperton sources, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, and 4.0 hours working in the database.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 14 October 2010

Another all-genealogy day, with less of a break for dinner, since there was no baseball.  Even got to the FHC for the second time in a month (and this year!).  Month sounded better...

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - U.S. Navy Discharge Certificate and researched and wrote Family Tree Tab on FamilySearch Beta - Historical Records.  Learned something there - FamilySearch has indexed more than name, place and date in MA VRs!  They indexed parents too.

*  Got cleaned up, gathered my Whittle papers, and went off to the FHC at 10:30 a.m.  Worked there on two microfilms of English parish records until 12:30 then home by 1 p.m.

*  Copied scanned images to computer from USB drive, then edited the file names.  Worked on my OASIS Class 3 and class 4 presentations and handouts - moved one module from 4 to 3 to even out the time a bit. 

*  Found some Mass VRs on AmericanAncestors to get source data, and started working back on my Massachusetts lines to find marriages and deaths in the 1841-1910 VRs on AA and adding them to the database.  Kinda clunky interface, but manageable. 

*  Wrote Whittle/Mansley/Morley Baptisms in Parish Register Records to show my finds for the day, worked more in Mass VRs to put data into database.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch news, read the paper, ate dinner and back  online by 6 p.m. 

*  Read everything, checked Facebook, worked in the database on Hilperton folks for several hours getting sources right, eliminating duplicates.  Added some Marshman and Rich data too from my Hilperton extractions. 

*  10 p.m., wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 12.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 2.5 hours researching and writing blog posts, 2.0 hours at FHC, 1.5 hours working on OASIS class, 2.0 hours working in Mass VRs and database, and 3.0 hours working on Hilperton PRs and database. 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 13 October 2010

A decent genealogy day - no distractions except for dinner.  No baseball.  Got to the library, blogged a bit, finished another task, worked in the database doing sources.  Cool.

*  Watched Leslie's segment on ABCs Good Morning America at 7:45 a.m., then read email and blogs, and posted (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 124: Lyle Carringer at age 3.

*  Researched and wrote   Obama, Palin, Limbaugh, Reid, Coulter, oh my... and then CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 16 October set it for noon time.  Got cleaned up. 

*  Printed out some of the Whittle stuff, went to McDonalds for lunch at 11 a.m., then to library.  Talked to John for awhile, then set up room for CVGS Research Group meeting.  Meeting was from 12 noon to 2 p.m., then finished a query on the microfilm machine.

*  Home by 3 p.m., read everything, and wrote SDGS 9 October Seminar - Part 2: Footnote.com.  Wrote Thomas MacEntee Joins 2010 Salt Lake Christmas Tour too.

*  Checked in on Facebook, then edited the SDGS seminar summary down to 800 words and sent to SDGS newsletter editor. 

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, take a nap, read the paper, kill ants in the kitchen, put the trash out and eat dinner. 

*  Back online at 7 p.m., read everything, wrote CVGS Newsletter for October 2010  and CVGS Research Group Summary - 13 October 2010  plus two other posts on Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog. 

*  Opened database and started working on getting good sources in for my Richman/Rich/Marshman families in Hilperton in Wiltshire.  Found quite a few duplicate entries (due to combining two databases last year) and some "orphans" with no children, spouse or parents, which I deleted. 

*  Wrote this post, and I'm done. 

Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 4.5 hours researching and writing 10 blog posts, 2.5 hours for CVGS at library, 1.0 hour working on seminar report, and 2.0 hours working in the database.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 12 October 2010

Genealogy work almost all day, but had breaks in late morning and late afternoon.

*  Read email and blogs, then posted Tuesday's Tip - It Isn't All on the Internet!  Worked more on my SDGS seminar summary.  Got cleaned up.

*  Printed out the CVGS Newsletter to publish, and the mailing list.  Wrote FamilySearch Beta has a new look - Post 3: Getting Started.

*  Left at 10:45 a.m. for my eye doctor appointment, carrying my CVGS Newsletter publishing kit.  Eye exam turned out OK, still not using my "new" one-year old glasses, but they seem to be better than before. 

*  Got to UPS Store, copied, labelled, stamped, folded and taped the 31 copies in 30 minutes.  Mr. Efficiency!  Home for lunch at 1 p.m.

*  Answered several emails to empty the Inbox.  Read everything.  Wrote and posted SDGS 9 October Seminar Summary - Part 1: National Archives

*  Went in at 5 pm. to watch the baseball game, take a short nap, read the paper, eat dinner, and back online by 7 p.m.

*  Read everything, posted Leslie Albrecht Huber is on Good Morning, America (ABC) on Wednesday, and worked in database adding source citations to Fitz Randolph family.  Also checked for information on several ancestral families - in many case I'm the only one researching them!

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, good night!

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours - 1.5 hours doing email, 0.5 hours reading blogs, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 0.5 hour working on seminar summary, 1.0 hour on CVGS Newsletter, and 2.5 hours working in my database.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Randy's Family History Days - 10-11 October 2010

Not much genealogy on Sunday, but lots of family history!  Some genealogy efforts on Monday, but no research.

Sunday, 10 October:

*  Up early, got email read but that's all - we left at 8 a.m. for disneyland.  Got there by 9:30, in the gates at 10, did Pirates then met Tami at 11 at Buzz Lightyear.  did that.  Tami and I went off to Splash Mountain, Linda and Lolo to Small World.  They took the train over to New Orleans Square and we ate lunch there.  Then down to Main Street for shopping (I used my $75 birthday Disney money I got last year) and ice cream, then the parade, which was a dance show.  Lolo got to be in it a bit.  It was warm all day - about 90 F, and we sat in the shade for an hour.  Then over to California Adventure.  Linda and Tami went on the Grizzly Gulch rafts, Lolo and I explored the Campground - she rode the zip line and had fun while I watched in the shade.  We stood in line for 45 minutes to do Soaring over California, then left the park to go to El Pollo Loco for dinner nearby.  Left at 8 p.m., home by 9:30 p.m.

*  Read email and blogs, noted Best of the Genea-Blogs - 3-9 October 2010 posted.  Checked Facebook and done!

Genealogy on Sunday was 1.0 hour - 0.5 hour doing email and 0.5 hour reading blogs.

Monday, 11 October:

*  Read email and blogs, posted Amanuensis Monday - Will of Joseph Richards (1703-1748) of Southborough MA.  Copied OASIS files to flash drives.  Got cleaned up.

*  Left at 9:15 a.m. for OASIS class, there by 9:45, got setup, taught my class until 12:30, and home for lunch.

*  Read everything, wrote FamilySearch Beta has a new look - Part 2: Learning Resources, then edited CVGS newsletter and sent PDF to the membership.  Will take it to copy and mail on Tuesday.

*  Answered some email, especially speaker and consulting contracts.  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to watch baseball game, take a nap, read the paper, watering front plants, and watched to the end of the game.

*  Back online at 7:30 p.m., wrote up the SDGS Seminar for SDGS Newsletter.  Checked Facebook, wrote "Becoming an Excellent Genealogist" - ICAPGEN Conference 22-23 October 2010 and wrote this post.

Genealogy on Monday was 9.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at OASIS, 1.0 hour on CVGS Newsletter, and 2.0 hours writing SDGS article. 

Saturday, October 9, 2010

My Genealogy Day - 9 October 2010

This was a big genealogy day - little blogging, no researching, but I did attend the SDGS seminar.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - FITZ RANDOLPH (England > NJ) posted.

*  Left at 8 a.m. for the SDGS seminar in Mission Valley.  Got a front row end seat right near the podium, but the speakers worked from the laptop in the center of the room.  About 110 in attendance.  Kerry Bartels of NARA-Riverside gave the morning talks, then a nice lunch, and Peter Drinkwater of Footnote.com gave the afternoon talks.

*  Home by 3:30 p.m., read everything, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - "I Like To Do It" posted.  Tired, so went in to watch football and take a nap.

*  Left at 5:15 p.m. for The Butcher Shop to meet Ron and Kathy for dinner.  Home by 7:30 p.m.

*  Read everything, worked on CVGS Newsletter for awhile, then wrote the Best of post for Sunday since we probably won't be here.  Checked Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on CVGS newsletter, 1.0 hour writing blog posts and 7.0 hours at SDGS seminar. 

Friday, October 8, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 8 October 2010

Another decent genealogy day, at least until dinner time.  Then not so much!

*  Read email and blogs, and had to write Intentional Acts of Genealogical Terrorism in response to Ruth's blog post.  A good question for the genealogy community.

*  Researched and wrote FamilySearch Beta has a New Look - Part 1 and set it for later in the morning.

*  Worked in my four software programs and wrote Can Genealogy Software Do This? - Relationship to Root Person and set it for early afternoon. 

*  Edited my handout for the OASIS Class 2 on Monday, and it's ready to print tonight.

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post too.  Checked Facebook, answered some emails, and have no clue what I did in the late afternoon!  Printed my OASIS handout.  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch baseball, eat dinner and watch more baseball.

*  Linda finally was off the computer at 7:30 p.m., and I read everything, worked on the CVGS Newsletter for awhile and got it wrapped up, then wrote the SNGF post and went back to watch baseball and read my book.  After the game, wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 4.0 hours researching and writing blog posts, 1.0 hour in genealogy software, 1.5 hour working on OASIS handout, and 1.0 hour working on CVGS Newsletter. 

Saturday is the SDGS Seminar, and Sunday we are off to Disneyland with the grandgirls, so it will be a busy weekend.  I hope to publish CVGS Newsletter on Monday after OASIS class, but who knows!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 7 October 2010

Almost a full genealogy day, save for watching a bit of baseball and mowing the front lawn.  Did not advance the research ball at all, and probably won't until next week!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Frederick W. Seaver's 1911 Birth Record. 

*  Finally read Shades Magazine,  and posted "Memento Mori" Issue of Shades, the Magazine about it.  How do they do this every month?

*  Worked on Current Red Star Collections on FamilySearch Record Search and set it for early afternoon.  Surprised that there's been nothing new for three weeks - they'll probably put a bunch of databases online tonight!

*  Had lunch at home, then worked on Class 2 of the OASIS series.  Moved one segment from Class 3 to Class 2 - the LearnWebSkills tutorial so they can practice on SSDI, WorldConnect and FHLC.  Got presentation and handout to match.  The time flew by!

*  Wrote CVGS Workshop on Saturday - 9 October 2010  on Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.  Converted some TIF picture files to JPG for posting.  Read everything, went in at 5 p.m. to watch baseball game, eat dinner and then mowed the front lawn.

*  Watched first two innings of Giants/Braves game, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  Got everything submitted in, but may not have enough room for what is still coming.  Late submissions get short shrift, I always say!

*  Watched San Francisco 1906 post-earthquake video - amazing stuff.  Then checked Facebook and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 0.5 hour reading Shades, 2.5 hours working on OASIS class material, 0.5 hour working on photos, and 2.5 hours working on CVGS newsletter. 

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 6 October 2010

A little blogging, a CVGS board meeting, and nothing more today for some reason.  Oh yeah, real life!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 123: George and Emily (Richmond) Taylor.  Had to shut down because electric guy came to install new meter.  Got cleaned up. 

*  Wrote Whittle Children Deaths in Australia and gathered my papers for the CVGS board meeting.  Had lunch at home.

*  Left at 11:15 a.m. for the library - sat in Table Talk for awhile, then to Board meeting which lasted a long time.  Tried to find obituary for a query without any luck.  Home by 3:30 p.m.  Linda sent me off to the store for Lasagna noodles...

*  Read everything, but went in to watch baseball and eat dinner (lasagna was great!).  Then Linda was on the computer, so I didn't get on until 7 p.m.

*  Worked on the CVGS newsletter - got everything that I have into it and enough space for almost anything else submitted.  Maybe!  Went in to watch end of Yankees-Twins game.

*  Read everything, answered some email, checked Facebook, wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 3.5 hours doing CVGS activities at library, and 2.0 hours working on CVGS newsletter. 

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 5 October 2010

Did some genealogy, went to the dentist, took my wife out for lunch, went to the library, did more genealogy, and worked on my database tonight.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Local Library Online Databases and then got cleaned up. 

*  Left at 9:45 a.m. for the dentist office for cleaning, then took Linda to Black Angus for lunch.

*  Got to the library at 12:30 p.m., read some books on the shelf (they have the 2nd and 3rd parts of the Richard Warren Mayflower books, but not the first part.  I have the first part, but not the other two).  Had meeting with Gary, Ruth and Art.  Home by 2:30 p.m.

*  Read everything, read several papers on the NJ State Archives site looking for William Hutchinson and Tabitha Cutter, didn't find anything - there is no index or search capability.  Wrote New Jersey State Library Digital Collections.

*  Went in at 4:30 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV news, take a nap, and eat dinner.

*  Back online at 6:30 p.m., read everything, answered some email, got Linda's reservation for Boise, and worked in the database for awhile putting sources in for descendants of Richard Warren on the Mayflower. 

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and I'm done!

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.5 hours at the library, 1.0 hour in NJ State Archives, and 2.0 hours working in my database.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 4 October 2010

Genealogy almost all day and night...had some fun!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Papers of Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781).  Got cleaned up to go out.

*  Left at 9:15 a.m. for Mission Valley with the laptop and flash drives.  Got the OASIS classroom set up and welcomed students at 10 a.m.  Presented first session of Beginning Computer Genealogy class until 12:30 p.m.

*  Stopped for lunch on way to library, nobody there, home by 1:45 p.m. 

*  Read everything, wrote The Children of Alexander and Rachel (Morley) Whittle - Jane. 

*  Read the latest Internet Genealogy magazine that came via email download today, but went in at 5 p.m. to watch television, eat dinner, and then watched football. 

*  Back online at 7 p.m., wrote Internet Genealogy Magazine Table of Contents - October/November 2010 Issue. 

*  Checked NewspaperARCHIVE on Carlsbad Library site for Whittle and McKnew data, and found none.  Checked the NewsBank Obituaries through San Diego County library system for Seaver obituaries, and found over 600.  Copied, cited and added info for maybe 40 or 50 persons from the obituaries to my database. 

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.5 hours writing blog posts, 3.0 hours at OASIS class, and 2.5 hours searching newspapers. 

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 3 October 2010

Not much of a genealogy day with baseball and football on.  A little blogging, no research, some editing.

*  Read email and blogs then got cleaned up and off to church. 

*  Home by 11:30 a.m., worked on Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 September to 2 October 2010 for over an hour, then went in to watch the Padres game.

*  Watched Padres game with mute on, and listened to Chargers games on the radio (games are blacked out here in San Diego).  Chargers beat Cardinals 41-10, but Padres lost to Giants 3-0.  Drat.  No playoffs again this year. 

*  Read everything, went back to watch football highlights - managed to miss Charger highlights all night.  Saw too many Padres lowlights.  Had dinner, cut some rose bushes back.

*  Back online at 7 p.m., edited the OASIS Class 1 handout and printed them out.  Inkjet cartridges ran out of ink - put new "refilled" ones in and blue was pink.  Drat.  Put old almost empty cartridges back in and they worked fine. 

*  Edited the OASIS Class 1 presentation, saved as PDF, copied to flash drives.  Talked to brother-in-law Paul on phone about the Whittle research - he may have Jane's death certificate. 

*  Answered some email, checked Facebook, wrote this post. 

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, and 2.5 hours doing OASIS class 1 handout and presentation. 

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 2 October 2010

It was a decent genealogy day - the CVGS seminar, then home to watch the Padres win again, and blogging in the evening.

*  Up early, read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - SMITH (NJ) posted.  Got cleaned up and ready to go out.

*  Got to Norman Park Senior Center at 8:30 a.m., helped get set up, it was a poor venue for our seminar IMHO.  50 people jammed into a relatively small room, thank goodness for AC.  Started a bit late, but caught up to schedule quickly.  Report to follow.

*  Over at 3:15 p.m., left quickly so I could get home to watch 9th inning of Padres game, we won 4-2 to set up a do-or-die on Sunday in SF.  Watched highlights, then on computer to read everything.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Best Genealogy Advice posted. 

*  Went in to watch football, take a nap, read the paper, have dinner, watch more football, wash the dishes.

*  Back online at 7 p.m. to read everything, then write CVGS Seminar Featured Jean Wilcox Hibben and Alfredo I. Pena and Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - October 2010.

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, done!

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 6.5 hours at CVGS seminar, 1.5 hours writing blog posts. 

Friday, October 1, 2010

Randy's Genealogy Day - 1 October 2010

Really not much of a genealogy day.  Stayed home until late afternoon, went visiting then out to dinner, and watched my Padres beat the Giants 6-4 to stay in playoff contention.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote "Information, Please" article about NewsBank operations.  Went looking on GenealogyBank for articles about Whittle, McKnew, Spencer, found only what I already had.

*  Wrote UVPAFUG Presentations, read several of them, and got cleaned up. 

*  Copied file directories from desktop computer to flash drive to laptop in order to update laptop.  Installed the McAfee Security Suite (comes with my Cox internet subscription - who knew?) on the laptop.  Updated software on the laptop and got latest GEDCOM into RM4 and LFT7.   Ate lunch at home.

*  Wrote CVGS Program Review - "What Was Great-Grandpa Really Like?" on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, and then on Genea-Musings.  

*  Revised my FORUM column a bit, and sent it off to the editor on deadline.  Wrote the Surname Saturday post for tomorrow.

*  We left at 4 PM to take food to church friends, then went to dinner at Oggi's Pizza out in Otay Ranch.  Home by 6:30 PM, and I read everything quickly.

*  Watched Padres game, read the paper, and checked TJ's site and Facebook on the laptop while watching the game. 

*  Came in after the game to write a post for Saturday and write this post. 

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing 7 blog posts, 1.0 hour on FORUM column, 2.0 hours doing file transfers.

Have the CVGS Fall Seminar on Saturday all day - will try to do some blogging tomorrow night.