Tuesday, April 30, 2013

My Genealogy Tuesday - 30 April 2013

Four months gone in 2013, eight more months to go.  The baseball season is young, and hope springs eternal.  The NGS and SCGS conferences are looming, and our Legacy cruise in September sounds like a lot of fun.  The genealogy work is not done...but I keep pecking away at it.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Stephen and Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter in Woodbridge, New Jersey, then wrote NGS 2013 Conference News - Syllabus is Available to Download, and set it for later.

*  Spent several hours reading the syllabus.  Lots of methodology talks by very experienced lecturers.  Should have spent some time working on my two May presentations!

*  After lunch and a mile walk, worked a bit in MyHeritage Photos and syncing and think I figured it out.  Wrote Family Tree Builder 7.0 Software Synchronization with MyHeritage Family Tree - Post 3.

*  Did 20 matches in Michigan Death Index, 1921-1952 for Seaver folks, adding content and sources.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Padres game, eat dinner, read the paper, and read my Lee Child book.  Pads won 13-6 over Cubs in 3.5 hours...best game of the year!  Now 10-16.

*  Online again at 8:40 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked in NewspaperARCHIVE on MyHeritage confirming and rejecting matches.  Added several obituaries to the database notes.  

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 30 April (with increases in the numbers from 31 March 2013 in parentheses):

* 41,634 persons (+51)
* 16,610 families  (+22)
* 120,703 events  (+682)
* 6,363 places  (+65)
* 894 sources (+10)
* 40,841 citations (+1,224)

*  407 Multi-media Items (+ 4)

*  1,291 Multimedia links (+ 13)

 I'm up to 33.84% (+0.83%) for citations/events and 98.10% (+2.83%) for citations/persons.

Genea-Musings statistics for March as of 30 April  (compared to March stats as of 31 March 2013):

* 1,166 Feedburner subs for Genea-Musings (email) readers (+52)
*  39 Feedburner subs for The Geneaholic (email) readers (-1)

* 1,687 Google Reader readers for Genea-Musings (+39)
*  Genea-Musings traffic rank:  Worldwide: 287,402; US:  79,072 (Alexa)
* 111,855 page views (3,728 per day, Blogger Stats, +699)
* 23,990 web page visits (800 per day, Site-meter) (-50)
* 39,851 42,256 page views (1,328 per day, Site-meter) (-35)

Monday, April 29, 2013

My Genealogy Monday - 29 April 2013

One more day left in April.  Did quite a bit today...but the Padres lost.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Joseph Ladd (ca 1613-1683) of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

*  Joined the Mondays with Myrt Hangout on Air, but didn't contribute much this week.

*  Researched and wrote Family Tree Builder 7.0 Software Synchronization with MyHeritage Family Tree - Post 2.  Uploaded more photos and they seemed to go onto the site, but they are gone later.

*  Had lunch, then went to the library to get more books. 

*  Home by 1:15 p.m. to read, check Facebook, then wrote Working With My Research Logs in RootsMagic 6.

*  Found the list of burials in the Presbyterian Churchyard in Woodbridge NJ online, and added data and sources for Cutter and Fitz Randolph people in my database.  Checked for Piscataway also, and found some lists and added data.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper and my book, and did chores.  Pads lost 5-3 to the Cubs to break their winning streak.

*  Online at 8:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and then worked in MyHeritage Record Matches - finished up the Interment.net matches, and the Texas Marriages and divorces matches, and found a few useful NewspaperARCHIVE articles and added them to the database.  

*  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.  




Sunday, April 28, 2013

My Genealogy Sunday - 28 April 2013

I did some useful work today - scanning, organizing, and entering content and sources.  And my Padres won, so I'm right with the world!

*  Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 21 to 27 April 2013 and got it set for after noon.

*  We went off to church at 9:25 a.m., had great talk with George about genealogy and DNA after the service.  

*  Home by 11:30 a.m. to get into Miriam's Scanfest.  Got my pile of documents scanned - did the Smith deeds, Richman/Rich marriage, the William Knapp 1856 death, the Jonathan White 1850 probate record pages, and several pictures. Need to name them appropriately, and get them into ancestral file folders.  Chatted with the group too.

*  Went in at 1:20 p.m. to watch the Padres game, and read the paper.  Had a nap too.v  Pads won 6-4, for a series sweep of the Giants.  Pads now have won 4 straight, are 9-15, 5-7 at home, 4-8 on the road.  

*  Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook, answer email, and did a little research for a correspondent.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news.  Back online at 6:30 p.m. to mess with my template, then transferred a bunch of photos from Pictures to ancestor files and renamed them in Ancestor Files.  Hundreds!

*  Opened up MyHeritage and started on the Interment.net Record Matches.  Got 36 of 59 done, actually did more because I found other family members - I wonder why those weren't on the list?  Added almost 100 source citations too.

*  Stated the next Best Of post, read blogs, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

My Genealogy Saturday - 27 April 2013

Three more days left in April...then we're off to NGS in May, SCGS Jamboree in June, and I have several presentations coming up each month.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Surname Saturday - BARRON (Ireland > colonial Massachusetts) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - A Research Problem and Lessons Learned and set it for after noon.

*  Left at 10:30 a.m. for the SDGS Library to look at their books for sale - too expensive for me, and nothing I had to have (although Bond's Watertown would have been nice, but $60).  Sat in on the last half of Chris's RootsMagic monthly class, and helped Miriam fix her database.  

*  Home by 12:30 p.m. to eat lunch, then worked on the New England presentation to be given at NSDCGS on 28 May.  Got it done, but it needs more pictures and fewer words.  Also updated the syllabus. 

*  Went in at 4 p.m. to watch TV, and take a nap.  Briefly only at 5 p.m. to read, then back in recliner to eat dinner, watch the Padres game, read the paper, read my book, check stuff on the iPhone, water the plants, get Ruth's mail, and do the dishes during commercials.  Pads fell behind 5-0 in the 2nd, went ahead 6-5 in the 4th, behind 7-6 in the 5th, tied it in the 7th, and won it 8-7 in the 12th.  Pads now have won 3 straight, are 8-15 on the season, 4-7 at home, 4-8 on the road.

*  Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write thisp ost.  

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours, of which 0 was research.

Friday, April 26, 2013

My Genealogy Friday - 26 April 2013

I stayed home again and worked on genealogy, and my Padres won their second straight game.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Follow-Up Friday - Interesting and Helpful Reader Comments.

*  Worked in Family Tree Builder 7 and MyHeritage for awhile, made some screens, and eventually wrote Family Tree Builder 7.0 Software Synchronization with MyHeritage Family Tree - Post 1.  Checked out Record Matches from within FTB also.

*  Updated the checkbook and balanced the accounts with MSMoney.

*  Answered some email, checked Facebook, checked Google Plus, just sort of messed around.  Then went in for dinner at 5 p.m.

*  Back online at 6 p.m. to work in the database for awhile, adding content and sources.  Into the Corn* names now.

*  Went in at 7 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper, and read my book.  Pads won 2-1, so now 7-15, 3-7 at home, 4-8 on the road.  

*  Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the best Of post, and write this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.  I guess I slacked off today!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

My genealogy Thursday - 25 April 2013

It was almost an all genealogy day - had a doctor's appointment in the morning and watched some of the first round of the draft after dinner tonight.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1880 U.S. Census Record for Henry White Family.  Had to download JPGs of the 1850 to 1880 census records to post on Blogger.  

*  Wrote Response from Ancestry.com on my Wild Card Search Frustrations and set it for later in the morning.

*  Left at 9:50 a.m. for the doctor's office.  Out by 11 a.m. and stopped at the pharmacy to pick up prescriptions, and home by 11:30 (had to wait for one).

*  Added some FamilySearch sources to My FamilySearch Source Box, then attached them to persons in the Family Tree.  I need to do more of this, and more non-FS sources too.

*  Used RootsMagic 6 to add Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux data to the existing Family tree persons, and then wrote about it in Modifying Data in FamilySearch Family Tree Using RootsMagic 6.

*  Went in at 3:15 p.m. to watch TV and take a nap.  Back online at 4:15 p.m. to check Twitter and Facebook.

*  Linda had dinner ready early so we ate, she left with Dahlia to visit Delia, and I watched the NFL Draft and read my book, at least through the Chargers' pick #11.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked in the database adding content and sources.  Got through the Corey persons in my database.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

My Genealogy Wednesday - 24 april 2013

It was a full genealogy day, but not the night...not in baseball season.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 253: Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith of Concordia, Kansas and then Geni.com adds Record Matches and Smart Matches and set it for later.

*  Packed up the laptop and the flash drive and left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, and then the library for the CVGS program.  I was the speaker, so was set up by 11:45 a.m. and talked to people.  We had about 45 attendees for my "Searching Ancestry.com Effectively."  It went 90 minutes, with many questions and comments.  

*  Home by 2:15 p.m. to read, answer some emails and write Sorting Out Ancestry Global Search Matches.  Read Google Plus notes and comments, and Facebook, and checked out Mass VR books on FindMyPast.

*  Went in to atch TV news at 5 p.;m., we ate dinner and I put out the trash.  

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, then work in the database for awhile adding sources and content using Ancestry and AmericanAncestors.

*  Went in at 7:10 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper and read my book.  Pads won 2-1 finally, now 6-15, 2-7 at home, and 4-8 on the road. 

*  Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


Tuesday, April 23, 2013

My Genealogy Tuesday - 23 April 2013

It was another stay-at-home genealogy day, until the Padres game on TV in the evening.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Kurt Sax (1922-2012), Rest in Peace, and then SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Early Bird Registration Deadline is 30 April and set it for later.

*  Copied the CVGS presentation to the laptop and the flash drive, then worked on the Blogging presentation for May.  Lots of changes to do!  Checked into Feedly also - I'm not impressed yet.

*  Researched and wrote Ancestry.com Home Page Changes and Wild Card Search Frustrations and then Great Charts at TreeSeek (uses FamilySearch Family Tree) and set them for afternoon.

*  Worked in the database for several hours, adding content and sources mainly from Mass VRs on AmericanAncestors  and Ancestry databases..  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner.  Back online at 6:15 p.m. to check Facebook, add to the Best Of post, and do more content and sourcing.  

*  Went in at 7 p.m. to watch the Padres game against the Brewers.  Ended up a 6-3 loss - now 5-15 and lost 5 in a row.  Drat.  

*  Online at 10:15 to read, then write this post.

Monday, April 22, 2013

My genealogy Monday - 22 April 2013

A little blogging, a little talking, some editing, a little research, a decent genealogy day.  Then we went to the Padres game...crap.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote  Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Nathaniel Potter (1637-1704) of Dartmouth, Mass.

*  Joined the Mondays with Myrt and got to expound a bit on Best Of the Genea-Blogs and on FamilySearch.

*  Wrote CVGS Meeting on Wednesday, 24 April: Randy Seaver Presents "Searching Ancestry.com Effectively" and then Free WikiTree Worldwide Family Tree Reaches 5 Million Profiles.

*  Edited my Ancestry presentation and the handout, and sent the handout to the CVGS Program guy.  Emailed Joan the CVGS activities for the next two months.  Emailed the CVGS membership about the Wednesday program.  Emailing done!

*  Wrote FamilySearch Improves Record Sourcing and Linking.

*  Worked in the database hunting and adding content and sources for some of the Seaver/Sever folks.  Added to the Best Of post and checked Facebook.

*  We left at 4:30 p.m. for the trolley, ate at the Tin Fish, bought Joe's CD of Baseball Songs, and made it into Petco (no additional security) by 6:15 p.m.  Had my ice cream, read the paper, and the Pads were behind 5-0 by the end of the top of the first inning.  It didn't get any better, lost 7-1.  We left after 6 because Linda was sick, cold and tired, and were home by 10 p.m.  

*  Read email and blogs, wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.  

Sunday, April 21, 2013

My genealogy Sunday - 21 April 2013

This was a different spring Sunday - church, a visit to a cemetery and a reception, and then research.

*  Read email and blogs, got Best of the Genea-Blogs - 14 to 20 April 2013 ready to post.

*  Off to church at 9:25 a.m., talked to John a bit, and home by 11:30 a.m.  Ate lunch, watched TV, and read blogs/email until 1:20 p.m.

*  We left for the Home of Peace Cemetery in San Diego.  I Googled it and made a map - it's on the south side of Mt. Hope, with the entrance off of Imperial.  We attended the unveiling of the gravestone of our dear neighbor, Kurt Sax, who died a year ago.  He was buried next to his in-laws.    Then we went to the Temple for a reception and sat with Larry and Eva, and talked about genealogy a bit also.  

*  We were home by 4:30 p.m., and I watched TV and took a nap, we ate dinner watching the news, and I did the dishes and watered the front plants.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, checked Facebook and Google Plus, then finished up the last 45 Record Matches on MyHeritage for Find A Grave.  Also found some obituaries and other info for some of the persons.  Added lots of content and about 150 sources.  

*  Started the next Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.  

Saturday, April 20, 2013

My genealogy Saturday - 20 April 2013

NGS in Las Vegas is coming up in two and a half weeks.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - WHEELER (England > Colonial Massachusetts) posted, and left at 8:10 a.m. for UCSD in La Jolla for the CGSSD meeting.

*  Sat in on the RootsMagic user group, and learned very little.  Then Gary did his Cloud Genealogy talk - I helped some with FamilySearch changes.

*  Home by 12:45 p.m to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Tell Us a Childhood Memory posted.  Read email and blogs, checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch TV sports, take a nap.  Good one!

*  Online again at 3 p.m. to read, then worked in my files trying to get as much of the scanned documents into the right Ancestral folders.  I need to copy some of the transcriptions into the database events, and attach images.  Found lots of goodies!  Next is organizing the photos before I put them on the FS Family Tree.

*  Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m., watched the news, then the Padres/Giants game, read the paper, finished my book, worked on the iPhone a bit too.  Pads lost 2-0.

*  Online at 9 p.m. to work in the Find A Grave matches on MyHeritage, confirmed 32 more, only 45 left to do!

*  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Friday, April 19, 2013

My genealogy Friday - 19 April 2013

I was up early with the Boston manhunt and left the TV on all day, drifting by occasionally while I was in the genea-cave.  Also had the radio on all day.

*  Read email and blogs, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - Interesting and Helpful Reader Comments and then FamilySearch Research Wiki, Videos, Getting Started Just Two Clicks Away Now.

*  Decided to write more about how I search on FamilySearch, so spun out How I Search on FamilySearch - Post 1: Global SearchesHow I Search on FamilySearch - Post 2: Searching a Specific Indexed Record Collection and How I search on FamilySearch - Post 3: Browsing a Specific Record Collection over the next three hours or so.

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post, and went in at about 4 to watch the end of the manhunt.  We went to Lolita's for dinner, and were back before 6 to see that he had been captured.  

*  Worked on the SNGF post, answered some emails, and checked Facebook too.

*  Went in at 7 p.m. to watch the Padres/Giants game.  Read the new Family Tree Magazine and my book.  Pads lost 3-2 in the 9th.  Rats.  Now 5-11.

*  Online at 10:20 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post and write this post.  8 blog posts today!

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours (with no online research to speak of).

Thursday, April 18, 2013

My genealogy Thursday - 18 April 2013

This was not a total genealogy day, but the best one since the season started.

*  I was up early and out to the clinic to get my blood work done at 7 a.m.  Home by 7:30 to eat breakfast, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1850 U.S. Census for Samuel Vaux Family.

*  Worked in the Ontario marriages on Ancestry to capture data and sources for Kemp (not many) and Sovereign, (quite a few) marriages.  So that's done.  Worked in the Research Log for Richman and Vaux.

*  Wrote Is FamilySearch De-emphasizing Genealogical Research? before leaving at 1:30 p.m. for Liz's office for our financial review.  2012 was a pretty good year!   Drove home through San Diego, past 30th Street house.  Home by 4 p.m. to read, then went in at 4:15 to watch the news and take a nap.  Ate dinner, read the paper and watched more news.

*  Online at 6 p.m., and wrote Donna Moughty's Ireland Research Trip in October 2013.  Then edited the Ancestry presentation for CVGS next week.  Checked Facebook, and added some Research Log data in RootsMagic.

*  Confirmed 36 more Find A Grave matches using MyHeritage Record Matches, only 77 left to do!  Added some content and many sources.

*  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

My genealogy Wednesday - 17 April 2013

This was a decent genealogy day, and then my Padres won again.  Cool!

*  Read email and blogs - wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 252: Devier David Carringer in 1889 and then First Look at FamilySearch Family Tree Stories and set it for later.  Got the MyHeritage news and posted MyHeritage Releases Family Tree Builder 7.0 - New Features are Sync System and Record Matches immediately.  Then wrote CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 20 April on Cloud Computing and set it for mid-afternoon.  Writing over...

*  Left at 11:10 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds, then the bank and to the library for the CVGS Computer Group meeting.  We had 11, and I used the projector to show some of the websites discussed.

*  Stopped to get a haircut, and home by 2:15 p.m.  Read, checked Facebook, then got into Pat's HOA on FamilySearch and demonstrated Photos and Stories.  Read Google Plus, and went in at 5 p.m. to put out the trash, watch TV news, read the paper, and eat dinner.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked in MyHeritage Record Matches some more - did the last 10 California Death Index matches and then worked though some of the 1940 US Census matches.

*  Went in after 7 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper, read my book, and check email and blogs on my iPhone.  Game over at 10:55 p.m. and Pads won 7-2 to sweep the Dodgers, now 5-10; hitting better, pitching well.  

*  Online to read, add to the Best Of post and write this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.  

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

My genealogy Tuesday - 16 April 2013

It was another genealogy day, but without the interruption of horror on the streets, and another Padres win tonight.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Ancestry International Marriage Records are Free from April 16 to 21.  

*  Noted that FamilySearch format had changed, so explored, made screen captures, and wrote FamilySearch Unveils Their New Website Design.  Captured more screens for the Stories feature which i'll write about on Wednesday.  Added captions to the rest of the Photos too.

*  Answered some email, messed around in RootsMagic a bit, had lunch, and wrote Family Tree Magazine's 40 Best Genealogy Blogs for 2013.

*  Worked in the database, using the MyHeritage Record Matches for the California Death Index.  Managed to confirm or reject the last 120, and added content and sources to the database.  Also added some spouses for some of those folks.

*  Went in at 3:15 p.m. to watch the news, read the paper and take a nap.  Back online at 4:45 p.m. to work more in the California Death Index matches.  Then called for dinner at 5:45, and back online at 6:15 to  finish off the California Death Index matches.

*  Went in at 7:10 p.m. to watch the Padres/Dodgers game, read the paper, then the San Diego Journal of History issues I got last week, and check email/blogs/FB on the iPhone.  Padres beat Dodgers 9-2, now 4-10 on the season, 3-2 against Dodgers.  

*  Online at 10:20 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post and write this post.

Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

Monday, April 15, 2013

My genealogy Monday - 15 April 2013

Tax day, blogiversary day, Monday, horrible day...Boston happened.  We'll see who did it eventually - my money's on Jihadis.

Saturday was a short genealogy day - I went to the SDGS meeting to hear Nancy Loe speak, and then we took off for Huntington Beach to spend time with Tami and the grandgirls, had dinner at Ruby's on the pier,  and then overnight in the motel.

 Sunday we slept in a bit, had a lazy morning, then drove to Santa Ana for lunch with Linda's friend, Carolyn, and she stayed with Carolyn while I went off to Burbank to the Immigrant genealogy society and a talk to their Pommern SIG on Ancestry.com.  Elyse came too!  Afterwards, I got lost finding I-5, and finally got to Santa Ana at 5 p.m., we stopped at Carrow's in San Clemente for dinner, and were home by 7:30 p.m.  I read, and wrote a post.

*  Today, read email and blogs, noted that Genea-Musings is 7 years old today posted, and wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Henry Tucker (1619-1694) of Dartmouth, Mass. and set it for later.

*  Joined my first Hangout on air on Mondays With Myrt, but my webcam wasn't working until I did something wrong, and then it worked.  Then did more reading while checking on the Twitter chat with Josh Taylor.

*  Wrote The Samuel Vaux Death Date Evidence Conflict - is it Resolved? and set it for later, and had lunch.

*  Worked in FamilySearch Photos for awhile, then wrote FamilySearch Photos Is Open.

*  worked in the database for awhile adding content and sources, but got sleepy and went in to watch the Boston news and took a nap.  Read the paper, and we ate dinner.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to watch the Hangout with Gena, and then watched the Padres/Dodgers game while reading my books and occasionally checking mail, blogs and Facebook on my iPhone.  Pads won 6-3 (now 3-10 on the year).  

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

Genealogy on Monday was 8.5 hours.

Friday, April 12, 2013

My genealogy day - 12 April 2013

I stayed home again today and rested up for the weekend.  did some genealogy...and my Padres lost again.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Follow-Up Friday - Interesting and Helpful Reader Comments and Twitter Chat with D. Joshua Taylor on Monday, 15 April.

*  Added some Seaver data from email contacts to the tree, found some Minnesota marriages and births on FamilySearch and added sources for some entries.  Also found some California death entries and added those.  

*  Wrote the Surname Saturday post, then wrote Dear Randy - Why Do You Post Your Own Genealogy Stuff? 

*  Got the laptop and flash drive loaded with the presentation for Sunday, and printed off the maps and info.

*  Searched long and hard for an SNGF idea, ended up Googling some of the family names without much success - wasted this time, I fear.

*  Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m., and back online at 6:10 p.m.  Listened to last 15 minutes of Caroline's HOA, then decided on an SNGF topic and wrote the blog post.

*  Back to the family room to watch the Padres game, read the paper, and then my book.  Checked email, blogs, Facebook, Google+ around 9 p.m. and back to reading the book.  Pads lost 7-5 in the 9th inning (now 2-8).

*  Online at 10:20 p.m. to read, write this post.

Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

My genealogy funday - 11 April 2013

I did genealogy until the afternoon when we went to the Padres game and a brawl broke out on the field in the 6th inning.  Boring game other than that!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1870 U.S. Census Record for Samuel Vaux Family and then Finding Martin Carringer's Revolutionary War Rolls on Ancestry.com - Difficult! and set it for after noon.

*  Updated the Ancestry presentation for Sun day, and sent the handout to the program person.  Put it all on Dropbox and need to get it on a flash drive too and the laptop.

*  Wrote CVGS Research Group Summary - 10 April 2013 and another post on the CVGC blog.

*  Worked in the database, added some Jamestown RI vital records from the Arnold books to the Slocum family, plus some other additions.

*  We left at 4:15 p.m. to take Ruth her mail, then to the trolley to go to the Padres game.  Ate at the Tin Fish, heard Joe play for the first time this season.  Into Petco Park at 6 p.m. to read the paper, eat my ice cream, check my email, talk to the usher, and the game started at 7:10 p.m.  Padres lost to the Dodgers, 3-2.  Pads now 2-7, we're 1-1 in person.  

*  Home at 11:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post and write this post.

Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

My genealogy funday - 10 April 2013

Well, baseball sure cuts into the genealogy work...I got nothing done research-wise today.  I need to do research in the afternoon now instead of the evening.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 251: Austin and Della Carringer in 1939 and SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 13 April Features Nancy Loe and Barry Ewell's Family Treasures eBook is Available for FREE and set it for early afternoon.

*  Reviewed the RootsTech videos and decided on Jyl Pattee's Keynote for the Research Group.  Left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, then the bank and then the library.

*  Got set up in the auditorium by 11:50 a.m., and we had 16 for the CVGS Research Group.  Showed them the "Where I'm From" poem template, and my poem, and then the Tuesday's Tip and Anne's presentations.  Then showed them the Jyl Pattee Keynote.  Folks seemed to like it, and agreed that we each need to do something to save our family stories.  Then we did Q&A and problem solving and a little success sharing.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook, add to the Best Of post, doze off in my desk chair for a minute, and wrote United States Records Available on FindMyPast.com.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to put out the trash, watered and weeded the plants, and then we had dinner.  After dinner, went out and mowed the front lawn at Linda's insistence.

*  Back at 7:10 p.m. to watch the Padres-Dodgers game.  Read the paper, checked email, blogs, Facebook, Ancestry hints on the iPhone, then read my novel.  Padres lost 4-3 (now 2-6 on the season).

*  Online at 10:30 p.m.  to read, and write this post.

Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

My genealogy Funday - 9 April 2013

The baseball season started in earnest for me today -our first game at Petco Park.  Therefore, it wasn't much of a genealogy day!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out Ancestry Anne's Search Tip Presentations and FEEFHS Conference on Eastern European Research in Salt Lake City on August 6-10, 2013.

*  Watched Linda Geiger's webinar on Legacy Tree Webinars, but it stopped at about 30 minutes.  Frustrating.

*  Wrote Using Ancestry.com Filters and set it for the early afternoon.  Did a little searching on Ancestry and American Ancestors for persons in my database.

*  We left at 1:20 p.m. for El Pollo Loco, the trolley station, and Petco Park for the Padres home opener.  Got there at about 2:45 p.m. and found our seats in 316 (upper level, about halfway down left field line).  Padres beat the Dodgers 9-3, best game of the year (they're now 2-5).  Took awhile to get home, finally by 8:30 p.m.

*  Checked email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, then worked in the database - added two families to the Lincoln side using VRs and AMTs.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Monday, April 8, 2013

My genealogy funday - 8 April 2013

I'm back in town, did you miss me?  I missed journaling.  I did post daily on Facebook, but while I was in Santa Cruz I did no genealogy work besides reading email and blogs, and finishing several blog posts.  Monday I was able to do pretty normal genealogy things, to wit:

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Mary (Thurston) Slocum (1657-1732).

*  Watched/listened to the Mondays With Myrt Hangout On Air (now on YouTube) and then wrote NGS Conference Mobile App available!  Made iPhone screen shots of the app, put them into Dropbox, copied them to the desktop, and wrote First Look at NGS 2013 Conference App.

*  Edited the CVGS Newsletter one last time, printed it off, saved it as a PDF, printed the mail list, and left at 1:30 p.m. for the UPS Store to copy/mail the newsletter.  Lots of copier problems today, home by 2:30 p.m.  

*  Checked Facebook, answered some email, and emailed the CVGS Newsletter to the CVGS members.  

*  Added content to the Ebenezer Slocum family, then edited the Amanuensis post.  Moved some download stuff to Ancestor Files.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV and eat dinner.  Came back at 6 p.m. to listen/watch/comment on the DearMYRTLE's anniversary bash Hangout on Air.  Had to delete 500 comments that went to email - easiest on the iPhone.  She lost her Internet at about 7:15, so joined Roger's Hangout for awhile - first one in about a year or more.

*  At 8 p.m., got off and checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, watched the last 10 minutes of the NCAA game, and worked in Find A Grave on MyHeritage Record Matches adding content and sources to the database.  Got over 40,000 sources now, and 113 FAG entries to confirm.  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.




Tuesday, April 2, 2013

My genealogy Funday - 2 April 2013

Another stay-at-home have fun doing genealogy day for me - that will change tomorrow!

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check out the Pennsylvania Collections on FamilySearch and then watched the last Mondays with Myrt before writing Are you watching DearMYRTLE's Hangouts on Air?

*  Puttered around in the Mass Town Records on Ancestry for awhile, didn't accomplish much.

*  Wrote a blog post for Friday, then got into Ysearch and mitoSearch - couldn't add my markers to mitoSearch for some reason.  

*  Wrote The 1940 U.S. Census Release - One Year Ago! then played in FamilySearch Family Tree for awhile without accomplishing anything.

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

*  Online again at 6:30 p.m. to read, then work on the CVGS Newsletter - got it 95% done.  

*  worked in the MyHeritage NewspaperARCHIVE record matches, found several useful obituaries, and wrote a blog post for Thursday on one of them.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and then worked in MyHeritage matches for Find A Grave.  Added 21 confirmed, with content and sources for about half of them.  Only 150 to go!  Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.


Monday, April 1, 2013

My genealogy funday - 1 April 2013

No April Fool this day - got a lot done!  Thought about trying to be funny, but decided to lie low and make sure nobody knows how not funny I am.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Job Card (1653-1739) of Charlestown, R.I.

*  Looked for the Mondays with Myrt and didn't find it, so wrote Breaking Down the Mary Smith Brickwall (or is she a Bell?).

*  Watched several innings of the Padres game, they lost 11-2 to the Mets.  Bad start to the season.  

*  Online to do something useful, found the Eastham VRs in an Ancestry database, so worked in that for several hours.  Wrote Eastham, Massachusetts Vital Records on Ancestry.com.  Worked some more in Eastham...

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner and watch TV, and did the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter (got it about 75% finished), and wrote Joan with CVGS events.

*  Added to the Best Of post, check Facebook, talk to Lori, and worked more in the Eastham records.  I really need to go through it page by page to find all of the bits.  I still have many events that are not in this work for some reason, and need to find where they are.   Wrote this post.

Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.