Tuesday, October 31, 2017

My Genealogy Tuesday - 31 October 2017

Another month gone by, only two to go in 2017.  Life goes on here in the Genea-Manor.  Things have quieted down from Linda's brother's visit and the weekend and my busy Monday.  This was a fairly boring day, actually, although I did watch Finding Your Roots instead of the end of World Series Game 6.

*  Dropped Linda off at 7:30, home to read email and blogs, picked her up at 9 a.m. and we went to the grocery store, and home by 9:40 a.m.

*  Online to read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - Baptism Record of Alexander Whittle (1774-1855) in Chorley, Lancashire posted.  Wrote RootsMagic TreeShare, Ancestry Member Trees, and Source Citations.

*  Took a 30 minute nap, then had lunch, and online at 12:45 p.m. to read and answer email.  Worked on Genealogy News Bytes -- 31 October 2017 off and on.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and worked in the database a bit accepting Ancestry WebHints for several ancestors.  Checked my DNA matches - I lost an AncestryDNA circle and one Shared Hint somehow.  Worked in the database tring to find birth dates for Seavers in the Public Records database with some success.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch baseball, eat dinner, read the paper and read my book on the tablet.  Online at 7 p.m. to write the Treasure Chest post and do more database work.

*  Went in at 7:45 p.m. to watch baseball and then Finding Your Roots.  Washed dishes, and online at 9:15 p.m. to write this post, check Facebook, and add to the Best Of post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 31 November (with increases in the numbers from 1 October in parentheses):

*  48,892 persons (+ 131)
* 19,640 families  (+ 80)
* 158,275 events  (+ 467)

*  4,187 Alternate Names (+ 146)
*  10,314  places  (- 36)
*  1,581 sources (+ 6)
*  89,426 citations (+ 899)
*  1,154 Multi-media Items (+ 1)
*  3,150 Multimedia links (+ 3)
*  19,358 matched to FSFT (+ 328)

 I'm up to 56.50% (+0.40%) for citations/events and 182.91% (+1.36%) for citations/persons.

Genea-Musings statistics for October (compared to stats for September
):

*  91,789 page views (2,961 per day, Blogger Stats,  - 65)
*  30,708 page views ( 991 per day, Statcounter, - 25)
*  23,681 unique visitors (764 per day, Statcounter, - 61)

*  >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)

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Monday, October 30, 2017

My Genealogy Monday - 30 October 2017

I'm back to my regular schedule, sorry to go missing for six days.  My wife's brother and his wife came to visit last Wednesday and I had little time to research or write through Saturday.  Sunday was typical October, football, baseball, the Amanuensis post.  Today:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read emails and blogs, then picked her up, and home by 9 a.m.

*  Got onto the Mondays With Myrt panel and contributed to the land records, scrapbook, and early Mass. land record discussions.  

*  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 1 posted, and added to the Best Of post.  Answered email.

*  Took a nap, had lunch, and gathered my laptop bag and off to Serra Mesa Library in San Diego.

*  Got there by 1 p.m., and got set up with staff help.  Gave my Genealogy - Be an Ancestor Detective" talk and had excellent questions afterward.  One lady needs Chinese research help.

*  Got home by 3:45 p.m. and read, checked Twitter and Facebook, then wrote Monday Genea-pourri.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner and watch TV news and read the paper, then did dishes.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, talked to Lori on the phone, look at Linda's 23andMe results, and wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Emails to brother-in-law Paul about DNA matches.

*  Tried to find some of Linda's DNA cousins in records but failed completely.  Answered more email.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.



Tuesday, October 24, 2017

My Genealogy Tuesday - 24 October 2017

I knew this was a stay at home day, and that Wednesday through Saturday will be busy with our house guests, Paul and Deb, so today was my "get some blogs done" day so that my dear readers don't think I'm slacking off.  

*  Dropped Linda off, then read email and blogs, picked her up and we were home by 9:10 a.m.

*  Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1818 Baptism Record of Alexander Whittle in Chorley, Lancashire posted, then wrote 2017 Rockstar Genealogists Announced.  Wrote four more posts for the week also.

*  Went in at 11:15 to take my nap, up at noon to have lunch, then online to add to the Best Of post, write another future post, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 24 October 2017.

*  Wrote a Seavers news post, then checked Twitter and Facebook, and checked FTDNA for my Kemp match.  Looked for others.  Answered several of Cheryl's emails.  Added a few folks to the database in effort to find my connection to them.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watch the World Series.  Came in at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote another post, added to the Best Of post, and TreeShared.

*  Went in to watch the end of the game, Dodgers won 3-1, and then watched Finding Your Roots.  Three interesting and surprising stories. 

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, check Facebook, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours a 8 blog posts.  Still have at least four to go through Saturday, but maybe I can sneak them in.




Monday, October 23, 2017

My Genealogy Monday - 23 October 2017

Well, 74 orbits around the sun are completed, and I've started on the 75th.  Had a good time tonight with friends Gil and Lynda.  Gil hired me at Rohr in 1967, 50 years ago tomorrow.  Lots of good memories of work, travel, fun, challenge, success, and retiring after 35 years for full time work in genealogy. 

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home at 9 a.m. to get onto the Mondays With Myrt panel.  Talked a lot about RootsMagic today and not much about anything else.

*  Noted that  Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 6 posted and wrote CVGS 25 October 2017 Program is "Ghosts of the USS Midway."  Added to the Best Of post, and answered email.

*  Went in at 11:15 a.m. and had a nap.  Up at 12:45 to eat lunch.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to read, then wrote FREE MyHeritage One-Day Genealogy Seminar is 29 October 2017.  Ordered stuff at Amazon, then reserved the RootsTech hotel.  Spent too much time trying to get into the Club Carlson system.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and checked sources in RM vs my AMT.  TreeShared.

*  We left at 5:15 p.m. for the restaurant to celebrate my birthday with Gil and Lynda.  Had a nice time, lots of memories and sharing.  Home by 7:45 p.m. to read, then talked to Lori and the boys.  Wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post.  Went in at 9 p.m. to read the paper and watch TV news. 

*  Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 21-22 October 2017

Today was Tami's birthday, tomorrow is my 74th. 

1)  Saturday, 21 October 2017

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, then off to Balboa Park for the SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day.  A disappointing turnout, maybe 50-60 at most.  I went to Dawn Thurston's keynote which was excellent.  Then I did my discovering Jane's Roots twice for audiences of 7 and 8.  Frustrating.  

*  Home by 1 p.m. to eat lunch, took a nap watching football, then online to note that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Elizabeth married Samuel Ayers, England (?) to New England to New Jersey) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Top 10 (or 20) Surnames in Your Family Tree posted.

*  Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Added to the Best Of post, and answered email.  Checked Facebook.

*  We left at 4:30 to pick up Linda's swim bag at Martha's, then to Lolita's for dinner and home by 5:30 p.m.  Watched TV news and football

*  Online for a bit to read, but went in at 7:30 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game.  They got romped by Fresno State, so now 6-2 on the season.  

*  didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was 5.5 hours.

2)  Sunday, 22 October 2017:

*  Read email and blogs while watching Meet the Depressed, then off to church at 9:40 and afterwards to Ralphs for groceries and home by noon.  Watched football, ate lunch, tried to nap, read the paper.  Watched the Chargers game - they won 21-0 over Broncos, so now 3-4.

*  Online to read at 4:30, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15 to 21 October 2017 posted, and started the Amanuensis transcription.

*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., watched TV news, then online at 5:45 p.m. to finish the transcription and write the Amanuensis post.

*  Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 15 to 21 October 2017 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 15 to 21 October 2017 posted.  

*  Worked in Ancestry Hints for about two hours, adding content and sources to the database.  Resolved about 350 Hints.  Lots more to do!

*  Read, then wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.



Friday, October 20, 2017

My Genealogy Friday - 20 October 2017

This was a stay at home day, and I got a nongenealogy task completed!  Plus some genealogy tasks, and a nap too.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 197: #276 John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Massachusetts posted, added to the Best Of post and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 20 October 2017.

*  Got the bank accounts and credit card accounts up-to-date in MS Money.  Took my nap.

*  Had lunch, then online at 12:30 p.m. to read, and worked in RootsMagic matching folks in FamilySearch Family Tree.  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 20 October 2017.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, talked to Tami, and wrote the Surname Saturday post.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the baseball game, read the paper, and wash dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to write the SNGF post, then added to the Best Of post and answered email.  Went back to the game in the 8th inning to see Houston tie the series 3-3.

*  Online at 8:30 p.m. to read, TreeShare, work in RootsMagic place names G-H, and talk to Debra on the phone.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10 hours. 

Thursday, October 19, 2017

My Genealogy Thursday - 19 October 2017

Only 4 more days until I start my 75th orbit around the sun.  This was a stay-at-home day, and RootsMagic performed beautifully all day.  No freezes, TreeShare worked, etc. 

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up, and went to the grocery store.  Her swimsuits came today from amazon, she was surprised!  Cool.

*  Online at 9:45 a.m. to read, noted that 1708 Birth Record of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Massachusetts posted, and wrote Thomas Richman's 1848 Birth Record is Here From GRO PDF Service.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and worked on DNA matches on MyHeritage and Ancestry.  Took my nap.

*  Had lunch, and online at 12:30 p.m. to read, then researched and wrote Seavers in the News - Augusta Seaver Dies in 1936.  Got wound up with this family - figured out who the second grandchild was and added him and his mother, and found the daughter;s husband and added him too.  This is not my line, I think, but still a Seaver.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Answered email about Marshman DNA after doing some analysis.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the baseball game, eat dinner, and read the paper.  Worked in the front yard a bit cutting rose bushes and other stuff.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the 52 Ancestors post.  Got it done, but decided I had better look for land and probate records.  No land, but found an administration in Suffolk County, downloaded the probate court documents, summarized the records and added it to the Notes and to the 52 Ancestors post.  Whew!

*  Added to the Best Of post, TreeShared, checked Facebook and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

My Genealogy Wednesday - 18 October 2017

This was not a fun day because of the problems I had with RootsMagic.  

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.  Noted that RootsTech 2013, Part 2 -- Post 486 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted and wrote   2017 International Genetic Genealogy Conference is December 9-10 in San Diego.

*  Opened RootsMagic and the index kept flashing on one second intervals.  I could add/edit/delete, but TreeShare didn't work - it wanted me to sign in with Ancestry.  It worked fine yesterday.  Gremlins.  Posted on Facebook in the RM group, and Renee had suggestions.  Tried several, and the Program Settings keystroke seemed to work (Ctrl-Shift-U).  I also ran the Database Tools but that didn't change anything.  After doing the Settings, it failed again and I was back to the flashing and no TreeShare.  Couldn't get out of the Ancestry Signon screen.  Rebooted the computer.  Did the Program Settings again.  Started a new tree just to test things.  That worked.  Opened my big tree and had to do the settings again.  It still was using 25% of the CPU, which it never does, so I left it alone for awhile.

*  Went off to the library to get a book and sit in on John's group.  Home by 12:30.  Took a nap, then had lunch.

*  At 1:30 I tried RM again, and everything seemed to work fine.  TreeShare worked, no flashing index, no CPU hog.  Gremlins scared off?  Who knows.  Worked for an hour in FamilySearch Family Tree matching and adding/revising data both ways on the White cousins.  

*  Wrote RootsMagic WebHints for Henry Arnold White (1824-1885).  Checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watch TV news and then baseball.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, write the Treasure Chest post, and then TreeShared flawlessly.  Whew.  Back to the TV to watch the end of the NL game, and online at 9:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

My Monday and Tuesday Genealogy Days - 16 and 17 October 2017

I was a bad boy last night - I didn't journal because I watched TV instead.

1)  Monday, 16 October:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we were home by 9 a.m.

*  I got on Mondays With Myrt and talked a bit about buying the English birth record PDF from the GRO. 

*  Noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 8 to 14 October 2017 and Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 5  posted.  Wrote 2018 ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition Open for Entries and Rockstar Genealogists 2017 Voting is Open Until 21 October and RootsWeb Surname List and Golden Gate Genealogy Forum Disappearing on 24 October and set them for later.

*  Took my nap, up to have lunch and online at 12:30 p.m. to read, answer email and add to the Best Of post.

*  Worked in RootsMagic on FamilySearch Family Tree, tried to add record matches from MyHeritage to my RootsMagic but found little I didn't already have.  Found some obituaries on GenealogyBank using FamilySearch.  

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and started working on Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to RootsMagic.  Went to the grocery store.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, and wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Went in at 8 p.m. to watch the end of the baseball game, and some of Hannity.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook,  but didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was 8.0 hours

2)  Tuesday, 17 October 2017:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to two Wal-Marts and a Penneys in search of new bathing suits.  No luck - wasted two hours.

*  Online at 11 a.m. to read, note that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1848 Public House License for Alexander Whittle in Sydney, NSW posted.  Added to the Best Of post, and answered email.  Did half of the TreeShare.

*  Took my nap, then had lunch.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 17 October 2017.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Worked a bit in my Ancestry Tree looking for specific persons with Record Hints.  Found some interesting photo Hints too.  Did the rest of the TreeShare.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the baseball games, ate dinner, and online again at 6 p.m. to write the Wordless post, then worked in RootsMagic adding Ancestry Hints.  Walked around the block.

*  Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots, and online at 9:15 to read, check Facebook, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Sunday, October 15, 2017

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 14-15 October 2017

Today was my father's 106th birthday.  I sure wish I had talked about his life experiences more while he was with us. 

1)  Saturday, 14 October 2017:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and off to the SDGS meeting at 9:15 a.m.

*  Enjoyed Colleen's two talks, although they were a bit above my comprehension.  TMI about something I don't care about that much.  Paul took Colleen and I to lunch at Mimi's, and I got home about 2:45 p.m.

*  Reclined and napped while watching baseball then online for a bit at 4 p.m. to write the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Noted that Surname Saturday - SMALLEY (England to colonial New England) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Were You Doing in 1990? posted.

*  Had dinner, watched baseball, and online again at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and TreeShare.

*  Went in at 7:30 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game.  Disaster.  Undefeated no longer, they lost to Boise State 31-14 and it wasn't that close. 

*  Did not journal.  Genealogy this day was 5.5 hours.

2)  Sunday, 15 October 2017:

*  Read email and blogs while watching Meet the Depressed, then off to church at 9:30 a.m.  Home at 11:30.

*  Watched football, napped in the recliner, and ate lunch, then watched the Chargers game.  They beat Oakland 17-16 at the end.

*  Online to read, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 8 to 14 October 2017 and Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 8 to 14 October 2017 posted.

*  Worked on the transcription and then had dinner, watched baseball.  Online at 6 p.m. to read, then wrote the Amanuensis post, and watched more baseball.

*  Worked a bit on Ancestry Hints for the new tree - resolved about 200 of them.  46,000 to go.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 4.5 hours.



Friday, October 13, 2017

My Genealogy Friday - 13 October 2017

Survived Friday the 13th with no problems.  Stayed home, though.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 196: #275 Hephzibah (Clark) Hamant (1699-1791) of Medfield, Massachusetts posted and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 13 October 2017 and   Ordering a PDF of English/Welsh Historical Birth and Death Records From the GRO and set it for later.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and worked for awhile in Geni.com checking the Seaver line.  Added my biographical notes to about 20 ancestor profiles in the Seaver line.  I need to do this in WikiTree also.

*  Took a nap, had lunch, and online to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 13 October 2017.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree for awhile on several families.  Wrote the two Saturday posts.

*  Went in at 5:20 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the baseball game, and read the paper.  Watered the front plants, and washed dishes too.

*  Online at 7:30 to read, then worked in RootsMagic with folks without birth dates.  Added a few.  TreeShared.  Went in to watch the end of the baseball game.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

My Genealogy Thursday - 12 October 2017

Hmmm, tomorrow is Friday the 13th.  

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, noted that 1791 Death Record of 6th Great-Grandmother Hepsibah (Clark) Hamant - Post 385 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted, picked her up, and we went to the store.

*  Home by 9:50 a.m., added to the Best Of post, wrote several posts for the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe, then wrote Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver (1615-1657) Fixed Again on FamilySearch Family Tree.  Tried to nap, but didn.'t.  Had lunch.

*  Online at 12:30 p.m. to read, then worked on Seavers in the News-- Eveline Seaver Celebrates Her 81st Birthday.  Added sources and content for that family.

*  Checked Facebook and Twitter, and worked up the 52 Ancestors biography and wrote the post for Friday morning.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the baseball game, eat dinner, read the paper, wash dishes, and read my book. 

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and added content and sources for semi-random folks in the database.  TreeShared.

*  Went in at 8:45 p.m. to watch the end of the game.  Cubs won 9-8 over Nationals in a 4:45 game. 

*  Online at 9:50 p.m. to read, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

My Genealogy Wednesday - 11 October 2017

This was really not much of a genealogy day because it seemed like I wasted a lot of time.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, noted that RootsTech 2013, Part 1 -- Post 485 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, and wrote SDGS Program Meeting on Saturday, 14 October, Features Colleen Greene and set it for later.

*  Picked Linda up at 9:30 a.m. and we went to Costco, and had lunch there.  Home by 10:30 a.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and looked for items to discuss in the CVGS meeting.

*  Left at 11:15 and went to the library, looked in on John's group, then went to the conference room to set up for the CVGS Research Group.  We had 13.  I spent the first hour discussing genealogy news and my research, then some of the group shared their problems and successes. 

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then took a nap.  Online at 4 p.m. to write something, but spent over an hour fixing Elizabeth Ballard in the FamilySearch Family Tree again.  Someone keeps merging her with another person of the name so that she dies in 1657 in Roxbury (correct) and in 1704 in Ireland.  Two separate women.  It took awhile to fix it.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post for Thursday.  Went in to watch the end f the baseball game, Yankees won 5-2 over Indians. 

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, write this post, and check Facebook.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.


Tuesday, October 10, 2017

My Genealogy Tuesday - 10 October 2017

Finished another project today, and there were no baseball games to distract me today.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, then picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.  

*  Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1861 Death Record of Rachel (Morley) (Whittle) Spencer posted, and wrote Genealogy Rockstar Nominations Are Now Open - Until 14 October and set it for later.

*  Edited the SDHC presentation one more time, adding Rachel's death record and other things.  PDFed the files, and sent them to SDHC via Dropbox.  

*  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and took a nap.

*  Up at 12:30 to eat lunch, then online to read, and worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 10 October 2017 post.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Prank call, and called Lori about the prank call.  No problem.

*  Worked in AncestryDNA for awhile adding notes to the matches.  Matched many Vaux folks to Family Tree profiles, adding content to the database and to the FT profiles.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and watched Finding your Roots.  Fascinating finds there.

*  Online at 9 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, TreeShared, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Monday, October 9, 2017

My Genealogy Monday - 9 October 2017

I finished another project today, but did virtually no research or database work.  Didn't sleep well last night - up for 90 mintes at 1 a.m.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m.  Joined Mondays With Myrt on the second try.  Got to talk a bit about the Ancestry API, RootsMagic and my workflow.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 1 to 7 October 2017 posted.

*  Took a 90 minute nap.  Had lunch.  Online to read, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 4 posted.  

*  Made corrections to the CVGS Newsletter, printed off the master and the labels, and went to the UPS Store to publish it.  Also took the gift for Ashley and sent it.  Home by 2:20 p.m.  Emailed the newsletter to the rest of the members.

*  Wrote Dear Randy: Who Are the People in Your Genealogy Database?  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch baseball, eat dinner, and read the paper.  Boston lost, Indians lost, etc.  Talked to Lori.

*  Online at 7:30 p.m. to read, then worked on the Treasure Chest post.  Added to the Best Of post.   Did the dishes.  Checked Facebook, and watched Santa Rosa fire videos.  Reminded me of the Carlsbad fires.

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 7-8 October 2017

It wasn't much of a weekend for genealogy research, but there was some family history.

1)  Saturday, 7 October 2017:

*  Dropped Linda off, and headed to Marie Callenders for breakfast with the men's church group.  Pivked up Linda, and dropped her off to get her nails done.

*  Home to read, add to the Best Of post, and write the SNGF post.  noted that Surname Saturday - MULFORD (England to colonial New Jersey) posted.

*  Picked her up and home by 11 a.m.  Worked on the CVGS Newsletter and got it done, and sent to the reviewers.  Wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.

*  Worked for awhile in FamilySearch Family Tree on the Whittles trying to get recent additions to their RootsMagic profiles into FSFT.  This goes pretty slow, unfortunately.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Own Newspaper Article posted.

*  Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the baseball games, doze in the recliner, we ate dinner, I read the paper, and then worked on the rose bushes in front, filling the can with cuttings.  

*  Spent an hour in RootsMagic, TreeShared, then matched profiles with FSFT profiles and added standard places and more events.

*  Went in at 7:30 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game - beat UNLV 41-10.  Read my book at the breaks.  Ended at 11:15 so I didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.

2)  Sunday, 8 October 2017

*  Read email and blogs on the tablet while watching Meet the Depressed, then off to church at 9:30.  Went to the store after, and home by 11:50 a.m.

*  Watched the Chargers game to completion - Judases won 27-22 over the Giants, so they are 1-4 now. 

*  Got the house ready for visitors.  Scott and family arrived at 2, Tami and family at 2:45.  We went to the park at 3:15, and then to dinner at Miguel's at 4 p.m.  Home after 6.  Had a good visit with Scott and family - haven't seen them for several years.  

*  Watched the baseball game and football game, then came in and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 1 to 7 October 2017 and Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 1 to 7 October 2017 posted.

*  Transcribed a probate paper for amanuensis Monday and tried to add sources and notes to FamilySearch Family Tree profiles.  got hung up.

*  Checked Facebook, and got hung up there also.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 2.5 hours.



Friday, October 6, 2017

My Genealogy Friday - 6 October 2017

This was almost an all genealogy day.  4 baseball games and I watched maybe 3 innings - none for the two AL games and 3 for the NL games.  I had work to do!

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.  got the laundry done.

*  Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 195: #274 Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) of Medfield, Massachusetts posted and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 6 October 2017.

*  Worked in the Tributes matches on MyHeritage adding content and source citations.  Got through about 40 now.  Had lunch.  Did not have a nap, yay me!

*  Added to the Best Of post, then researched and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 6 October 2017.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, then wrote the Surname Saturday post.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch baseball, ate dinner, and went out and watered the front plants and started weeding the sticker plants in the back yard.  Got about one-third done.  

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  About 80% done now - got the photos from the Family History Day in.  TreeShared.

*  Answered email and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.



Thursday, October 5, 2017

My Genealogy Thursday - 5 October 2017

I did some interesting research today in Tributes - finding Seaver obituaries and then finding the person in my database.  Fun stuff.  BSO!!

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.  Noted that 1727 Marriage Record of Timothy Hamant and Hepsibah Clark in Boston, Mass. - Post 384 of Treasure Chest Thursday posted.

*  Chased a BSO in MyHeritage - the Tributes.com database.  Must have found about 15 out of 20 in my database, added content and the obituary text to the database, plus sources.  Solved at least one mystery, and got several female maiden names.  Fun stuff.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and rested my eyes for awhile.  Ate lunch.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to do more Tributes obituaries, then searched for a newspaper article, and found and posted Seavers in the News - Elizabeth Seaver Weds in Pittsfield, Mass.in 1942.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and started work on the 52 Ancestors target.  Downloaded the Medfield MA history book from Internet Archive, and searched for Timothy Hamant.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch baseball, eat dinner, and read the paper.  Online at 7 p.m. to write the 52 Ancestor post, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  got it 50% done - need to resize photos.  Talked to Scott.

*  TreeShared, then answered email.  Worked on folks with no dates and found info for several, and struck out on others.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.



Wednesday, October 4, 2017

My Genealogy Wednesday - 4 October 2017

I didn't get much done today...tired a lot now.  And now the black ink on the printer doesn't work with a new cartridge.  Did the clean print head and it still doesn't work.  Drat.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15.  Noted that Charlie Brown, Lucy and Snoopy in 2013 -- Post 484 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted and wrote San Diego Genealogy Day: Saturday, 21 October 2017 at San Diego History Center.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, tried to print off the CVGS board stuff and it failed.  Frustrated, so I rested my eyes for 30 minutes.

*  Left at 11:10 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds, then to the library to talk to John and then the CVGS Bored meeting.  Home by 1:45 p.m.

*  Read email and blogs, then took a 30 minute nap.  Online at 3 p.m. to write Family History Day at the Chula Vista Public Library a Success!, then checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched the Wild Card game, put out the trash and washed dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post and answered email.  Went back in to watch the end of the game.  Dbacks will play the Dodgers.

*  Online at 9:15 to add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.



Tuesday, October 3, 2017

My Genealogy Tuesday - 3 October 2017

I finally got another task finished, at least until I did more research!  Thi was an all-genealogy day except for the usual interruptions.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and we went to the grocery store.  Home by 9:40 a.m. to read, note that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1916 Voter Registration for Paul and Edna Schaffner in San Francisco posted, and updated Added or Updated Record Collections on MyHeritage - August and September 2017 and set it for later.  Added to the Best Of post too.

*  Sleepy so took my nap early.  Up at noon to eat lunch, then online to read, answer email, and then researched and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 3 October 2017.  

*  Worked in AncestryDNA a bit, then revised the presentation and handout for the SDGS Genealogy Day on 21 October.  Decided I'd better see if there have been any new records for the McKnew/Whittle/Morley folks and actually found a death record for Rachel (Morley) Whittle Spencer in 1861 through an Ancestry Photo Hint!  I added the record to the database, and need to update the presentation again.  

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, then worked some in FamilySearch Family Tree matching RootsMagic persons.  Found some new data and added it to the database with sources.  

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, and we watched the Yankees/Twins game, I read the paper, and washed dishes.  

*  Came in at 7 p.m. to read email and blogs, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post.  Went back to the TV at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots.  Interesting footage and stories, and a fantastic ending, although they didn't say what the magnitude of the DNA match was.

*  Watched end of the baseball game, then online to write this post, add to the Best Of post, and I will TreeShare the database.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.



Monday, October 2, 2017

My Genealogy Monday - 2 October 2017

It wasn't as much of a genealogy day as I hoped it would be.  Life intervenes sometimes, and I was lazy too.  Frustrated and dismayed by the Las Vegas shooter too - I still think it was an ISIS thing.  We'll see.  

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up at 8:50 a.m. and home by 9.  I got onto Mondays With Myrt after 10 minutes of trying, and even had a brief discussion about the CVGS Family History Day on Saturday.

*  Added to the Best Of post after the Hangout, then took Linda to get her hair done at 11 a.m.  We had lunch at Costco, and home by 11:45 a.m.  Read email, then took a nap.

*  Online at 1 p.m. to read, noted that  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 24 to 30 September 2017 and Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 3 posted.

*  Worked in the Massachusetts Vital Records and added content and sources for 20 more entries.  Wrote Mining the "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920" Collection on FamilySearch.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV and read the paper.  Watched the football game, and walked up and down the block.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.  Went in at 9 p.m. to watch TV news for an hour and read my book.

*  Online at 10 p.m. to read, write this post, and I'm done.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


Sunday, October 1, 2017

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 30 September - 1 October 2017

Not much genealogy search or research was done this weekend.  But life goes on here in Genea-land.

1)  Saturday, 30 September 2017

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and I messed around in AncestryDNA until 9:45.

*  Grabbed the laptop and left at 9:45 a.m. for the library, where CVGS was doing a Family History Day.  At 10:30, I did my Keynote talk with all of 10-15 folks in the auditorium.  Embarrassing.  Frustrating.

*  Walked around the different stations visiting with the volunteers and taking photos.  Back to the auditorium for the WDYTYA program and there were only about 40 folks there, including at least 12 from the family.  Came home after 1:15 p.m.

*  Watched football, napped for an hour, came online to read and noted that Surname Saturday - BRADT (Norway to colonial New York) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Good Genealogy Luck posted.  Wrote the Ancestry and FS posts.

*  Linda came home from ride with Barbara and we had dinner, watched TV news, and read the paper.  Online at 6:30 to TreeShare and finish up the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 7:30 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game.  They won 34-28 but it was close.  Now 5-0.  Got to bed after 11:30 and couldn't sleep.  Genealogy this day was 5.0 hours.

2)  Sunday, 1 October 2017

*  Slept in until 7:30, best night in awhile.  Read email and blogs during Meet the Depressed, then off to church at 9:45 a.m.  After church, we went to the 99 Cent Store.  Got glue pad mouse traps.

*  Home by 12:15 p.m. to read the paper, and watch football.  Had lunch.  Watched the first quarter of the Chargers game.

*  We left at 1:45 p.m. for Ceasar's house for the CVGS After Party.  Watched the rest of the game there.  Had more lunch/dinner, and talked to folks.  Home by 5:30 p.m.

*  Had dessert, watched TV news, then online at 6 p.m. to read, answer email, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 to 30 September 2017 and Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 24 to 30 September 2017 posted.

*  Transcribed a probate record and wrote the Amanuensis post.  Worked for over an hour in Ancestry Hints for the big tree - resolved about 140 Hints, adding content and sources.  Checked Facebook.

*  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 3.5 hours.

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 1 October (with increases in the numbers from 31 August in parentheses):

*  48,761 persons (+ 220)
* 19,560 families  (+ 106)
* 157,808 events  (+ 855)

*  4,041 Alternate Names (+ 283)
*  10,350  places  (+ 140)
*  1,575 sources (+ 12)
*  88,527 citations (+ 1,420)
*  1,153 Multi-media Items (+ 11)
*  3,147 Multimedia links (+ 20)
*  19,030 matched to FSFT (+ 780)

 I'm up to 56.10% (+0.60%) for citations/events and 181.55% (+2.10%) for citations/persons.

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