My Genealogy Sunday - 31 January 2016

Blogging, and more blogging, with a bit of FSFT in the evening.  One more getup.  Rainy all day and windy in the afternoon.

*  Read email and blogs on my phone, then updated the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 to 30 January 2016 post.  We went off to church at 9:30 a.m., home by 11:15 a.m.  Packed - got it all stuffed in one suitcase.  We added a small one later.

*  Read, and wrote a blog post for next week.  Watched the Golf tournament in my recliner, ate lunch, took a nap, and the golf tournament was postponed at 3 p.m. due to weather.

*  Wrote Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 23 to 29 January 2016 and two more posts for next week.

*  Went in for dinner, watch TV news and Pro Bowl game, and washed dishes.  Online at 7 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and work a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree and Ancestry on Gates descendants.  Lots of them!  

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 31 January (with increases in the numbers from 31 December in parentheses):

* 45,516 persons (+ 129)
* 18,225 families  (+ 56)
* 145,291 events  (+ 676)
* 8,924  places  (+ 65)
* 1,329 sources (+ 17)
* 69,110 citations (+ 827)
*  1,124 Multi-media Items (+ 0)
*  3,047 Multimedia links (+ 48)
*  10,215 matched to FSFT (+ 382)

 I'm up to 47.57%  (+0.35%) for citations/events and 151.84% (+1.39%) for citations/persons.

Genea-Musings statistics for January (compared to stats for December):

*  147,526 94,903  page views (4,759 per day, Blogger Stats, + 1,698)

*  45,114 page views ( 1,455 per day, Statcounter, +17)

*  31,878 unique visitors (1,032 per day, Statcounter, -96)

*  >1,200 readers on Feedly (+??)

*  1,933 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 95)

Selected Genealogy Website Traffic Rankings for January (Alexa):

*  Ancestry.com:  512 (Global); 109 (USA)
*  FindAGrave.com:  2,914 (Global); 629 (USA)
*  FamilySearch.org:  3,044 (Global); 828 (USA)
*  MyHeritage.com:  4,589 (Global); 1,587 (USA)
*  Geni.com:  6,400 (Global); 2,792 (USA)*  23andme.com:  7,335 (Global); 1,903 (USA)

*  Geneanet.org:  7,503 (Global); 321 (France)
*  Newspapers.com:  11,800 (Global); 2,207 (USA)
*  FamilyTreeDNA.com:  16,352 (Global); 4,739 (USA)
*  MooseRoots.com:  18,188 (Global); 4,858 (USA)
*  Archives.com:  19,250 (Global); 3,655 (USA)
*  WikiTree.com:  20,498 (Global); 5,385 (USA)

*  GenealogyBank.com:  28,060 (Global); 5,456 (USA)
*  Fold3.com:  28,209 (Global); 5,152 (USA)
*  FamilyTreeNow.com:  29,338 (Global); 5,217 (USA)
*  Findmypast.com:  41,942 (Global); 9,131 (USA)
*  Mocavo.com:  56,689 (Global);  14,855 (USA)
*  NewspaperARCHIVE.com:  56,916 (Global); 14,194 (USA)

*  BillionGraves.com:  67,569 (Global); 19,573 (USA)
*  Cyndi's List:  75,289 (Global); 13,956 (USA)*  AmericanAncestors.org:  103,112 (Global); 15,106 (USA)
*  LegacyFamilyTree.com:  115,015 (Global); 28,527 (USA)
*  RootsMagic.com:  116,080 (Global); 21,766 (USA)
*  GenealogyInTime.com:  119,856 (Global); 77,384 (USA)

*  RootsWeb.com:  137,476 (Global); 26,497 (USA)
*  WorldVitalRecords.com:  144,181 (Global); 39,455 (USA)
*  FamilyTreeMaker.com:  218,784 (Global); 58,984 (USA)

Selected Blog Website Traffic Rankings for December (Alexa):

*  Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:  97,485 (Global); 28,366 (USA)
*  LegalGenealogist.com:  188,467 (Global); 37,772 (USA)
*  DNA-eXplained.com:  216,708 (Global); 47,783 (USA)
*  Geneabloggers.com:  230,458 (Global); 55,674 (USA)
*  LisaLouiseCooke.com:  252,496 (Global); 66,464 (USA)
*  Genea-Musings: 303,506 (Global); 63,160 (USA)

*  GenealogyTipOfTheDay.com:  391,031 (Global); 66,503 (USA)
*  DearMyrtle.com:  448,375 (Global); 50,102 (USA)
*  Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections (.ca): 545,580 (Global); 24,221 (Canada)
*  AncestryInsider.org:  635,469 (Global); 108,616 (USA)
*  GenealogyBlog.com:  735,057 (Global); 201,606 (USA)
*  OliveTreeGenealogy Blog:  1,362,261 (Global); 209,070 (USA)*  Genealogy's Star:  1,546,682 (Global); 331,257 (USA)

My Genealogy Saturday - 30 January 2016

This was a mixed day - some blogging, a memorial service, and more blogging!

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday -- ROLFE (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted, and wrote the SNGF post.

*  We left at 9:45 a.m. for Costco, then to Denny's memorial service at church.  Home by 1:30 p.m.

*  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your #GenealogySelfie Photo posted, and watched golf then took a nap in the recliner.

*  Online at 3:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, then wrote MyHeritage Adds Audio Recordings to Their Mobile App.  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, and watch the Aztecs game.  Aztecs beat UNLV.

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, and wrote several more blog posts for the week. Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

My Genealogy Friday - 29 January 2016

Only three more getups before we go off to Salt Lake City.  Linda has started packing.  I'll do it Sunday night.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote 52 Ancestors - Week 109: #132 Simon Gates (1739-1803) and one for next Friday too.  

*  Tested many of the apps on the tablet and iPhone.  Had to delete and then upload the Ancestry app to the phone.  The mobiles are ready to go.  Got almost 200 photos off the phone too to make room for FHL and RootsTech photos.  

*  Went through Geni looking for famous people I'm related to.  Found a bunch and saved them.  Answered email and added to the Best Of post.

*  Wrote Geni.com Tells Me I'm Related to Some Interesting Authors and took my nap.  

*  Checked Facebook, answered more email, and wrote the Surname Saturday post for this week and next.  

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, and read the paper.  We left at 6:10 to take bottles to Virgil, and home by 6:45 p.m.  Washed the dishes.  Helped Linda sort shoes.

*  Online at 7:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS newsletter.  It's about 90% done now.  Checked new Ancestry Hints but didn't do anything with them.  I'm tired.  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and I'm done.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.  

My Genealogy Wednesday and Thursday - 27-28 January 2016

I didn't have time on Wednesday to journal, so I'm trying to remember two days worth of genealogy activity.

1)  Wednesday, 27 January 2016:

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote NGS 2010 Conference in Salt Lake City (Part 1) -- Post 397 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and another post for next week. Then wrote Lisa Louise Cooke is Featured Speaker at Orange County, California Genealogical Society BASH on 5 March 2016 and set it for later.  Took a short nap.

*  Left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, then to the bank, and then to Bonita library to help set up for the CVGS program.  Talked to Gena for awhile, then enjoyed her presentation.  

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, work on the Simon Gates biography, then researched and wrote Standardized Historical and Current Place Names - Post 2: Two Potential RootsMagic Solutions.

*  Found out that the streaming classes and syllabus from RootsTech were available, so wrote RootsTech 2016 Streaming Video Class Schedule and RootsTech 2016 Class Syllabus Available.

*  Went in at 5:45 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner and read the paper, and put the trash out.  

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS newsletter for February, since I'm going to be gone all of next week.  

*  Checked Facebook, and discovered Ancestry Hint changes.  Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.  Genealogy this day was 10.0 hours.

2)  Thursday, 28 January 2016:

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday Post 298: 1766 Marriage Record of Simon Gates and Susanna Reed in Marlborough, Mass. and another for next week.

*  Worked on reading and printing syllabus articles.  Has a printer problem - the black ink stopped working.  After a brief Facebook discussion, a "Printhead Clean" worked.  

*  Researched and wrote Ancestry.com Revises "People With Hints" Presentation and then took my nap.

*  Back online at 3 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote Standardized Historical and Current Place Names - Post 3: An Elegant Solution.  Checked Facebook, answered email, and read more syllabus articles.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper and then watched the debate.

*  Online at 8 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter, and I'm done.  Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.

My Semi-Genealogy Tuesday - 26 January 2016

Well, I jumped the gun on the Selfie day...thought it was today!  didn't read the headline or text, I guess. Oh well, I can do it on 1 February too.

*  Read email and blogs, noted that ConferenceKeeper & Geneabloggers Proclaim February 1 as #GenealogySelfie Day posted, then wrote My RootsTech 2016 Class Selections.

*  Decided to work ahead a bit on the 52 Ancestors post because RootsTech is next week, and got this week's biography ready to go.  

*  Had lunch, then we left at 12:45 p.m. for the financial advisor meeting.  On the way back, we drove through North Park past the old house and church and school, then to Barbara's center to take her mail, then to El Pollo Loco for dinner, and home by 5:30 p./m.  

*  Watched news and read the paper, had dessert, and online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write Standardized Historical and Current Place Names - Post 1.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, answered email, and then watched Finding Your Roots and the SDSU basketball game.  We won 57-54 over Nevada but it was hard.

*  Online at 10:15 p.m. to read, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

My Genealogy Sunday and Monday - 24-25 January 2016

Not much and then all day!  Only 7 more days until we leave for RootsTech.

1)  Sunday, 24 January:

*  Read email and blogs while watching TV before going to church, and home by 11:30 a.m.  Watched football, but took my nap in the recliner from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

*  Online between games to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 17 to 23 January 2016 posted and to write Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 16 to 22 January 2016.

*  Watched second game, ate dinner, and online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote two posts for Monday, after transcribing a will for amanuensis Monday.

*  Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree a bit - straightening out Seaver families.  Checked Facebook, and didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was about 4.0 hours.
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2)  Monday, 25 January:

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that Gena Philibert-Ortega is Speaker for CVGS Program on Wednesday, 27 January and Amanuensis Monday - Post #304: 1715 Will of Jediah Higgins (1657-1715) of Somerset County, N.J. posted.

*  Joined Mondays With Myrt and discussed my posts about preparing for the FHL, my descendants research plan and the RootsMagic sources series.  

*  Watched the RootsTech Ambassador webinar and added the RootsTech app to the tablet.  The iPhone app is so small, the tablet app looks good and is readable.  I guess that's the winner this time!

*  Had lunch, then added to the Best Of post.  Noted that New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - January 17 to 23, 2016 posted.  Took my nap.

*  Online at 2 p.m. to write Dear Randy: Does RootsMagic Communicate with Ancestry?  Worked awhile on getting my Google Drive files down - was at 12.4 gb now 10.5 gb after deleting items in google Drive Trash.  Who knew that was there?  Read the last 3 NGS mags online and downloaded them and the last 2 NEHGR issues too.  No useful family data.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, and wash dishes.  Online at 7 p.m. to add to the Best Of post.  Transcribed a probate record for next Monday and wrote the post, and a post for Tuesday morning.  I need to write a post each day for the RootsTech week.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

My Genealogy Saturday - 23 January 2016

This was a different genealogy Saturday from most...but I made some progress!

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday -- LEARNED (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted and wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Two Degrees of Separation and set it for later.

*  Left at 9:30 a.m. for the Mission Valley FamilySearch Center to teach the SDGS RootsMagic User Group class.  Grabbed the wrong flash drive so had to downoad my RootsMagic database from Google Drive.  We had 19, and quite a few were FTM refugees.  Lots of questions, and hopefully some answers.  Lots of demonstrations.  

*  Home by 1:30 p.m. to read, eat lunch and then took my nap.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to read and add to the Best Of post.  We left after 4 p.m. to go to Barbara's house and then visit her in the rehab center.  Went to dinner at Marie Callenders, and home with a pie at 7:45 p.m.

*  Online at 8 p.m. to read, then did 20 1920 US Census Hints in the database, adding content and sources.  

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

My Genealogy Friday - 22 January 2016

This was another stay-at-home genealogy day, and I actually got quite a bit of research done.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote 52 Ancestors - Week 108: #131 Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney (1720-1783).

*  Looked through the White ancestors for probate records that I know are available but I don't have, and created a list to add to the To-Do list.  Came up with about 10 of them.

*  Checked AmericanAncestors for the ones in Barnstable county, Mass., and found two of them, then found 7 more, downloaded them, renamed them and filed them.  Only looked through the first two volumes, probably two more to review.

*  Wrote Found Barnstable County (Massachusetts) Probate Records on AmericanAncestors.org, then took a nap.

*  Online at 2:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, check Facebook, then added content to a Seaver descendancy line using FamilySearch Family Tree.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote the Surname Saturday post.  Then worked in the Ru surnames in the database and finished them up, adding content and sources to the database.  Sources up to 69,012!

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

My Genealogy Day - 21 January 2016

This was a stay-at-home genealogy day.  Because I got 8 hours of sleep last night, I didn't need a nap!  Cool.  Gotta get in shape for RootsTech.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday Post 297: 1720 Birth Record of Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783).  

*  worked on the To-Do list for the FHL for several hours today - in the morning, and in the afternoon.  Finally!  Reviewed what I did last year, and found some of the photos I took that I had not cataloged.  Oops.  Added info to the To-Do list and marked a bunch as completed.  Found more tasks that I needed a form for, so made the forms.

*  Wrote RootsTech Conference and the Family History Library - a Win-Win-Win-Win For Me.  Answered email, added to the Best Of list, and checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 5:40 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV news, eat dinner, and do the dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the Abigail Fletcher Whitney profile for 52 Ancestors.  Worked a bit in the surnames, got down into the Ru surnames, adding content and sources for folks with little content.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.

My Genealogy Wednesday - 20 January 2016

This was a pretty day outside, mostly sunny and up to 70F.  Genealogy was vut short in the afternoon.

*  Read email and blogs, then posted Findmypast Announces Free Weekend 22-25 January 2015 and Visiting Graceland -- Post 396 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday.  Wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 7: Copying a Source Citation to Another Name or Fact and set it for early afternoon.

*  Went off at 11:10 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, then the library for John's group and the CVGS Computer Group.  Home by 1:50 p.m.

*  Took my nap, and then online at 2:45 p.m. to add to the Best Of post.  We left at 3:30 p.m. to go to Barbara's house to pick stuff up, then visited her until 5:45 p.m. and to In 'n' Out for dinner.  Home by 7 p.m. to put out the trash.

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, check Facebook, answer email, and resolve about 70 Ancestry Hints.  Worked on Master Source Name standardizing too.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

My Genealogy Tuesday - 19 January 2016

I should be in the Family History Library two weeks from today!  I wonder what I will find?  I need to start planning that.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Findmypast and Sister Site Mocavo Come Together.  Wrote my article for the SDGS newsletter.

*  Researched and wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 6: Crafting a Source Citation for a Census Entry Using a Free-Form Source Template.  

*  Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.  Had lunch, then took my nap.

*  Online at 2:30 p.m. to read, then used the RootsTech app for awhile, and then selected more classes on the RootsTech website.  

*  Wrote Thinking About My Descendancy Research Plan and then checked Facebook, and added to the Best Of post.  Worked a bit in Ancestry on one of the Keyes families.

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

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to try to find families from my descendants list - didn't find any more children - several families didn't have them.

*  Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots, and then watched the Aztecs basketball game.  They beat Fresno 73-67 in overtime.  

*  Online at 10:20 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write his post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

My Genealogy Monday - 18 January 2016

This was an all-genealogy day, but I missed Mondays With Myrt.  I finished one significant task today.

*  Read email and blogs, then noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post #303: 1713 Will of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph (1642-1713) of Woodbridge, N.J. posted.

*  Added some Seaver obituaries from GenealogyBank to the database, then noted that New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - January 10 to 16, 2016 posted.  Sent my presentation to Aaron for review.

*  Worked on the "homework" for Lucas, and emailed it to him and Lori.  Got a phone call tonight thanking me, which was nice.  Took my nap.

*  Online at 2:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 5: Crafting a Source Citation for a Census Entry Using a Source Template.

*  Answered email, checked Facebook, and worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree matching people and sharing data. 

*  Went in to watch TV, eat dinner and read the paper at 5:15 p.m.  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, then worked in the database adding content and sources from the Richmond line.  Found English records to add BMD years for several families on Findmypast.  Then found records in New England for some Richmond cousins there.  Added some persons and content to FamilySearch Family Tree also.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 16-17 January 2016

Well, this was not a really big genealogy weekend - I did no research and did little writing.

1)  Saturday, 16 January 2016:

*  Read email on my phone, then left at 7:40 a.m. for the men's Bible Study breakfast at Marie Callenders.  Home by 9:40 a.m.

*  Noted that Surname Saturday - EGGLETON (England to colonial New England) posted, then added to the Best Of post, and wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your 2016 Genealogy Education Plans.

*  Had lunch, took a nap, watched football on TV, read the paper.  We left at 4 p.m. to visit Barbara, then went to dinner at Lolita's.

*  Home by 6:45 p.m. to watch football, then the Aztecs basketball game.  

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook.  Genealogy this day was all of 4.0 hours.

2)  Sunday, 17 January 2016:

*  Read email and blogs while watching Meet the Depressed, then off to church at 9:30 a.m.  Stopped by Barbara's house and then the store before getting home by 12:15 p.m.

*  Watched football, and took two naps, while reading the paper all afternoon.  Online at 5 p.m. to read, then noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 10 to 16 January 2016 posted and wrote Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 9 to 15 January 2016 after dinner.

*  Wrote the two Monday posts, checked Facebook, then worked on the answers for Lucas questions.  Answered email too.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy this day was  4.5 hours.

My Genealogy Friday - 15 January 2016

Well, January is half over, and it's only 2 weeks until RootsTech.  I'm not ready to go - I'll work on my To-do list next week, I think!

*  Read email and blogs, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 107: #130 Samuel Whitney (1719-1782) posted.

*  Left at 8:35 a.m. for the car dealer for scheduled maintenance on the Altima.  Only 1700 miles in 6 months.  Home by 10:15 a.m.

*  Researched and wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 4: Crafting a Source Citation for a Published Book Found Online.  Had lunch.  Added to the Best Of post.  Tried to nap but only rested.

*  Online at 2 p.m. to read, check Ancestry, and work on the memoirs for Lucas.  About 60% done.  Posted about questions on Facebook.

*  Researched and wrote My Relationships to U.S. Presidents - Post 8: Presidents 1-5.  Answered email.  

*  Went in at 5:10 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and eat dinner.

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, write the Surname Saturday post, and answer more email.

*  Worked in Ancestry Photo Hints looking at them - lots from some Leland and Vaux cousins.  

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

My Genealogy Thursday - 14 January 2016

This genealogy Thursday was interrupted inm id-afternoon by real life, so it wasn't as prolific as I planned.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday Post 296: 1741 Marriage Record of Samuel Whitney and Abigail Fletcher in Weston, Mass.

*  Finished the first draft of my MyHeritage presentation for RootsTech.  Now I need to practice it and proof it.

*  Researched and wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 3: Adding Master Text, Detail Text, Quality and Repository Information.

*  Had lunch, answered email, checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post and took a short nap.

*  Online at 2 p.m. and added content and sources to Samuel Whitney, my 52 Ancestors subject this week.  

*  Was going to write another blog post on something, but Linda said we had to go to Barbara's house and then to her rehab center to deliver stuff, so we did at 3:30 p.m. and stayed until 6 p.m.  Stopped at the Barbecue Pit for dinner.  Home by 7 p.m. to watch the second part of the debate.

*  Online at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the 52 Ancestors post for Friday.  

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was only 7.5 hours.

My Genealogy Wednesday - 13 January 2016

I finally had a decent genealogy day.  I wonder what I missed in real life?

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery -- Post 395 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and then 3rd Annual Heritage Books Genealogy Conference and Cruise in September 2016 and set it for later.

*  Was sleepy, so took a 30 minute nap, then left for lunch at McDonalds, the bank, and the library to drop in on John's group.  Got into the conference room at 11:45 a.m. and got set up for the CVGS Research Group.  We had 14 folks and it was lively.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, check Facebook and write Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 2: Adding Source Details to the Master Source.

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

*  Online at 6:50 p.m. to read, answer email, resolve about 153 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the database.  Sources up to 68,723.  Checked Facebook.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

My Semi-Genealogy Tuesday - 12 January 2016

This was another day without any research or genealogy education - just a bit of writing and some "life" tasks.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote RootsTech 2016 Innovator Showdown Semi-Finalists are Announced and Twile wins a place in the Innovator Showdown Semi-Finals at RootsTech 2016.

*  Worked a bit on my MyHeritage presentation, then hightailed it out for my ear doctor appointment at 11 a.m.  Home by noon to eat lunch and check email and blogs.

*  Left at 12:35 p.m. with Linda for her doctor's appointment, and we stopped at the grocery store and Barbara's on the way back, getting home at 2:15 p.m.  I took a nap right away.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and researched and wrote Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 1: New Master Source.  Checked Facebook.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV news, eat dinner, tread the paper, and watched the State of the union.  Watched the analysis shows, and then Finding Your Roots.

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, work on my interview questions, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

My Semi-Genealogy Monday - 11 January 2016

I say semi-genealogy because I didn't really do much real genealogy research today.  It was more like I did some genealogy things and real life interfered with doing more.

*  Read email and blogs, then joined the Mondays with Myrt BHOA for awhile.  My bit was about my post on the 10 biggest genealogy stories of 2015.

*  We left at 9:35 a.m. for the health center for Linda's eye appointment at 10.  Stopped by Ralphs afterward to pick up her prescription and some food.  Home by 12 noon.

*  Read, then noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post #302: 1717 Will of Jeffrey Jones (1635-1717) of Elizabethtown, N.J. and New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - January 3 to 9, 2016 posted.

*  Printed off the CVGS newsletter master and the mailing labels, and went to the UPS center to copy and mail the newsletter copies to those who don't have email.  Home by 2 p.m.

*  Read, answered some email, and emailed the newsletter to the email list.  Went in and took my nap.  

*  Online at 3:30 p.m. to read, answer more email, then wrote Dear Randy: How Do You Use Your Smartphone to Do Genealogy?

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, then the football game, eat dinner, wash dishes, read the paper and then my Lisa Scottoline book - Killer Smile.  Finished it right after Alabama won the game.

*  Online to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, and wrote this post.  See - not much real genealogy, eh?  Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.

My Semi-Genealogy Friday and Saturday - 8-9 January 2016

I  didn't get a lot done either day, but genealogy events dominated them!

1)  Friday, 8 January 2016:

*  Read email and blogs, wrote 52 Ancestors - Week 106: #129 Sarah (Read) Seaver (1736-1809) and then RootsTech 2016 Announces Keynote Speakers David Isay and Michael Leavitt and Musical Guests the Crescent Super Band, featuring Ryan Innes, and The Lower Lights.

*  Ate lunch, then spent an hour at Bed Bath and Beyond and Wal-Mart trying to find vacuum filters.  No luck.  Came home and ordered them online - shoulda done that last week!

*  Took my nap, then worked on the MyHeritage talk a bit, added some newer Record Matches to the database.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, and read the paper.  Online at 7 p.m. to finish up the CVGS Newsletter, then write the two Saturday posts, check Facebook, and answer email.  Genealogy this day was 8.5 hours.

2)  Saturday, 9 January 2016:

*  Read email but nothing else, left at 7:45 a.m. for the SDGS seminar with John Colletta on Mission Bay.  Four good talks, a box lunch, and a tired Randy.  Checked my email through the day, but not blogs.

*  Home by 4 p.m. to note that Surname Saturday -- WHIPPLE (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Ancestor Score for 2016 too.  Took a short nap watching football.

*  We left at 4:30 p.m. to take stuff to Barbara at the Rehab center.  Went to dinner at El Pollo Loco and home by 7:30 p.m.  Watched footbnall game, read the paper, and read blogs on my phone.

*  Online at 9 p.m. to add to the Best Of blog, finish up the CVGS Newsletter, answer emails, and check Facebook.  Genealogy this day was 8.0 hours.

My Geneaholic Thursday - 7 January 2016

Except for an hour this morning, I stayed home all day doing genealogy.  It rained off and on today again. Cool and cloudy.

*  Read email and blogs, then we went to Barbara's to get clothes for her to wear when she goes to the rehab facility.  Took them to her in the hospital

*  Home by 10 a.m., wrote Treasure Chest Thursday Post 295: Birth Record of Samuel Whitney (1719-1782) in Weston, Mass.and then rootstrust 1.0 to be launched February 2016 and set it for later.

*  Worked on the MyHeritage presentation for several hours.  Had lunch, then answered email, and had my nap.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to work on the NYPL maps, and wrote Public Domain Maps in New York Public Library Collection.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper.  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  Answered email, then worked on the 52 Ancestors sketch for Friday.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  9.0 hours.

My Geneaholic Wednesday - 6 January 2016

I feel like I wasted the day research-wise.  I did a lot of searching - for records of people in my database, for something useful to write about, etc.  This was a rainy day in Chula Vista - heavy after 3 p.m., light in the evening.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Meeting Genealogy Folks in January 2009 -- Post 394 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and then Announcing The 2016 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree & Genetic Genealogy Conferences and set it for later.

*  Left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds for lunch, then to the library for John's group and then the CVGS Bored meeting.  

*  Home by 2:30 ahead of the heavy rain, read email and blogs, and took my nap.  Up at 3:30 p.m. to read, then searched for something to write about.  Failure.  Answered email, followed some leads on Ancestry and added some content and sources to the database on a Seaver family.

*  Went in at 6 p.m. for dinner, put out the trash, watch TV and read the paper.  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, then work in the database, add more content and sources, answer some email, and the time flew by.  

*  Added to the Best of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My Geneaholic Tuesday - 5 January 2016

This was a rainy day in Chula Vista - light in the morning, heavy in the afternoon, light in the evening.  Flash flood warnings.  We stayed home and kept warm and dry.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Watch SCGS Webinars Live for FREE,  GenSoftReviews Announces its Users Choice Awards for 2015 (and set it for later), and Top 10 Genealogy News Items for 2015 - My Take (and set it for later).

*  Had lunch, then talked to Dallan on a Webex for an hour.  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and took a nap.

*  Up at 3:15 p.m. to read online, then checked Facebook and answered email.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked a bit on John and Maria (Beamish) Paul in my database to answer Heather's question.  Watched Finding Your Roots at 8 p.m. until 9.

*  Added census records - events, sources and notes - for John and Maria (Beamish) Paul - found 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 for Maria, only 1860 and 1870 for John.  

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

My Genealogy Sunday and Monday, 3-4 January 2016

These were pretty much stay-at-home days for me, as I get over my cold (I hope).

1)  Sunday, 3 January 2016:

*  Read email and my phone before church, then when we got home at 12 noon I took a nap.

*  Watched the Chargers game, we lost to Denver 27-20.  Drat.  But we do get the 3rd draft choice in the first round.  Read blogs during halftime, and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 December 2015 - 2 January 2016 posted.  After the game noted that Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of December 26, 2015 to 1 January 2016 posted.

*  We ate dinner, watched TV, and I was online at 6:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and transcribe a probate record and write the Amanuensis Monday post.  Went in at 9 a.m. to watch Charger highlights, very depressing.

Genealogy this day was maybe 3 hours.

2)  Monday, 4 January 2015:

*  Read email and blogs, then joined the Mondays With Myrt Hangout on Air.  Only commented on several issues, no planned issues.  Then joined the RootsTech Ambassador webinar.  Reviewed the RootsTech classes too.

*  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post #301: 1707 Will of Samuel Hale (1639-1709) of Woodbridge, N.J. and New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - December 27, 2015 to January 2, 2016 posted.

*  Wrote Pre-Order The Evidentia Companion book and then Season 3 of Finding Your Roots on PBS Starts Tuesday, 5 January 2016.

*  Took my nap.  Online at 3:30 p.m. to check Facebook, answer emails, and add to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked in the 1920 US Census Hints - resolved 26 of them, adding sources and content to the database from the census and related records.  Sources at 68,480.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

My Genealogy Saturday - 2 January 2016

This was not a big genealogy Saturday because I stayed home from the CVGS workshop - too tired.  My cold is hanging on too.

*  Up early to go to the church Bible Study group at 8 a.m., home by 9:45 a.m. to read email and blogs, and note that Surname Saturday - GORTON (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Facebook.  Went in at 11:30 a.m. and took a nap.

*  Up at 1 p.m. to eat lunch, then online to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (SNGF) -- Best Find of 2015, and Research Challenge for 2016 posted.

*  Downloaded probate records from AmericanAncestors for Norman Seaver, Sarah Seaver, Robert Seaver, Benjamin Seaver and Martha Seaver.  Saved them, renamed them and put them in the surname/family file folders.  

*  Went in at 4 p.m. to watch football for awhile, but bored and got online and wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts for Sunday and Monday.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watch TV.  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and work on the Ancestry Hints.  Went in at 7:30 to watch the last 14 minutes of the Aztecs game, then at halftime did more Hints.  Went in at 8:30 to watch the last 10 minutes of the second half - Aztecs won 70-67 over Utah State, so now 9-6 on the season.  

*  Online at 9:15 p.m. to read, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

My Genealogy New Years Day - 1 January 2016

It didn't feel like New Years Day - I watched very little football, but worked all day on genealogy.  I still have a cold.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote 52 Ancestors - Week 105: #128 Norman Seaver (1734-1787).  Worked on My Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2016 and set it for the afternoon.

*  Noted that Genealogy Industry Benchmark Numbers for 1 January 2016 posted also.  Answered email.  Took a nap.

*  Wrote two posts for the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.  Checked Facebook.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch football, eat dinner, and read the paper, then did laundry and the dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer email, then wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts.  Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree a bit matching persons with my RootsMagic database.

*  Worked in the database in the R surnames, got down through Ross.  

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