Sunday, September 30, 2018

My Long Genealogy Weekend - Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 28 to 30 September 2018

Nine months down, three to go and 2018 will be history.  Time just flies by here in the genea-cave.  I failed to journal the last two nights due to the Padres - the Friday game went 15 innings, and we went to the Saturday game.  I was exhausted both nights.

1)  Friday, 28 September:

*  Dropped Linda, home to read, picked her up, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 245: #370 Joseph Ladd (1701-1748) of Little Compton, Rhode Island posted and wrote   New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 28 September 2018.

*  Edited the Cox presentation one last time, and practiced it again.  Got everything into PDF, on the flash drive, Dropbox and Google Drive. Printed off the edited ancestors report I did and put it in a notebook.

*  Had lunch, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 28 September 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked a bit in FamilySearch.  Wrote the Surname and SNGF posts, plus the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Got everything together for the presentations and in the laptop case.

*  Had dinner, then online to TreeShare some of the big tree and then went in to watch the Padres game. Got the presentations installed on the laptop and checked them out.  Padres won 302 in 15 innings, but we went to bed at 11 p.m. in the 12th inning.  Genealogy this day was 8.5 hours.

2)  Saturday, 29 September:

*  Dropped Linda, home to read, picked her up, and home.  Added to the Best Of post and answered email.  

*  Gathered the papers and flash drive and laptop and left for the library at 9:45 a.m.  Got set up for the DNA presentation at 10:30, and then the Cox presentation at 12 noon.  Had a good 30 minutes with the family afterwards.  Wandered the library looking at all of the displays and checked with the volunteers.  Headed home at 2:15.  Took a nap.

*  Online at 3:15 to read, answer email, add to the Best Of post, noted that the three Saturday posts posted.  

*  We left at 4 p.m. for In 'n' Out (it's out-the-door-line busy) for dinner, then the trolley to Petco to watch our last game of the season.  Pads lost 5-4 to Dbacks, so we ended up 8-13 on the season.

*  Home by 10 p.m. to read, but didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.

3)  Sunday, 30 September 2018:

*  Read email and blogs, got deeds for the Hildreths, and off to church at 9:40 a.m.  Home by 11:10 a.m. and transcribed a will and wrote the amanuensis Monday post.  Went in to watch football and eat lunch.

*  Chargers game started at 1:25 p.m., but we left for the CVGS Family History Day after-party at Castros.  Had a great time, and got to watch Chargers game - they beat 49ers 29-27.  Home by 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news.  Padres won 4-3 in 10 innings to end up 66-96 on the season.  

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and noted that the Ancestry and Best Of posts posted.  Resolved 200 Ancestry Hints for the Cox tree (yes, i'm still working on it!).  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 3.5 hours.

4)  End-of-month statistics:

Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 30 September (with increases in the numbers from 31 August in parentheses):

*  50,853 persons (+ 194)
*  20,565  families  (+ 83)
*  164,674 events  (+ 574)

*  5,383 Alternate Names (+ 68)
*  10,736 places  (+ 161)
*  1,804 sources (+ 40)
*  96,187 citations (+ 393)
*  1,211 Multi-media Items (+ 9)
*  3,195 Multimedia links (+ 4)
*  26,243 matched to FSFT (+ 669)

Pretty good progress there, even though I have been working on my CVGS project, plus the Padre games take several hours almost every day.


 I'm up to 59.63% (+1.25%) for citations/events and 189.15% (+0.04%) for citations/persons.

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

*  69,851 page views (2,328 per day, Blogger Stats,  - 180)
*  16,416 page views ( 547 per day, Statcounter, - 182)
*  11,775 sessions (393 per day, Statcounter, - 195)

*  >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)

*  3,487 
readers via email (Feedburner) (- 4)


 

Thursday, September 27, 2018

My Genealogy Thursday - 27 September 2018

This was an all genealogy day and even got some research in.  all work and no play is ... boring!  Listened to the Kavanaugh hearings all day.

*  Dropped Linda off at 7:30, home to read, picked her up at 9, and home by 9:15 a.m. 

*  Noted that 1731 Marriage of Joseph Ladd and Lydia Gray in Little Compton, R.I. - Post 431 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted, and added to the Best Of post.

*  Worked on the Cox report.  Tried it in RM, LFT and FTM16.  Each has extraneous data problems.  Finally did it in RM, saved it to a Word document, and edited it there.  Now I need to print it.  Took almost three hours.

*  Had lunch, then wrote Seavers in the News -- Talcott W. Seaver Dies in 1959 in California.  Tried to nap but couldn't.  Added data to the database from the newspaper articles.  

*  Wrote up some notes for Saturday.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Started on the 52 Ancestors data, and found the William Ladd will.  Captured it and saved it.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, then watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.  Met the new neighbors.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestors post.  Answered email, added to the Best Of post.  Treeshared 110 on the big tree, still have about 70 to do. 

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



Wednesday, September 26, 2018

My Genealogy Tuesday and Wednesday - 25-26 September 2018

This will be short because it';s already 11 p.m.  Darn Giants don't start their games early enough!  Padres don't either.  I'm in presentation support mode this week, so not much research, but enough for therapy.

1)  Tuesday, 25 September.

*  Linda, read, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- Lyle L. Carringer U.S. Marines Muster Roll Card - March 1919 posted.  Went to grocery store.  

*  Added to BOGB post. Worked on the Cox image labels some more, and almost done.  Napped.  Ate.  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 25 September 2018.  Twittered, Facebooked.  Ate.  Watered plants.

*  Wrote Wordless Wednesday post, watched Padres game.  Lost 5-4 in 12 innings.  Didn't journal.  Zzzz. Genealogy this day was 8.0 hours.

2)  Wednesday, 26 September:

*  Linda, read, noted that Baby Randy with Fred and Betty in Early 1944 - Post 534 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to BOGB post.

*  Finished up the Cox image labels.  Napped.  Ate.  Wrote Using MedBetter DNA to Show My AncestryDNA Notes.  Twittered.  Facebooked.  Ate.  Put trash out.  

*  Wrote Treasure Chest post, compiled notes for Saturday.  Watched Padres game.  Pads won 3-2 over giants.  Now 64-95 with 3 games to go.  Online to read, add to BOGB, write this post.  Zzzzz.  Genealogy this day was 7.5 hours.

Monday, September 24, 2018

My Genealogy Monday - 24 September 2018

An all genealogy day without any research.  Yep.  Had things to do.  Progress was made.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 8:55 a.m.

*  Joined Mondays With Myrt webinar at the start, and discussed my 52 Ancestors blog post, plus other discussions.  

*  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1807 Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Zachariah Hildreth Jr. in Townsend, Mass. posted, added to the Best Of blog, and wrote Chula Vista Family History Day - Saturday, 29 September 2018.  Took a nice nap.

*  Had lunch, then worked on putting all of the project record images into four presentations so I can provide them to the subject.  

*  Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 24 September 2018, then checked Facebook and Twitter.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to help with dinner, we ate, watched TV news, and online at 6 p.m. to write the Treasure Chest post.  Answered email.

*  Went in at 7:20 to watch the Padres game, read the paper, read my Brad Thor book, and washed dishes.  Padres beat Giants 5-0 so now 63-94 on the season - we won't lose 100 games.

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

Sunday, September 23, 2018

My Genealogy Weekend - 22-23 September 2018

The days just fly by here in the Genea-Cave - I'm just trying to keep up with everything and advance the genea-ball to improve my research.  I didn't journal last night because the football game ended at 11 p.m.

1)  Saturday, 22 September:

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.  Noted that   Surname Saturday -- KING (England to colonial New England) posted.

*  Got the laptop and flash drive, and off to the temporary FHC in Allied Gardens for my SDGS RootsMagic User's Group meeting at 10:30 and then the SDGS DNA group at 12 noon.  In between I managed to get some records from digital microfilm for a friend.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Is Your Earliest Memory? posted.  Took a nap.

*  Online at 4 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, write the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts, and checked Facebook and Twitter.

*  Went in at 5:30 for dinner and watched TV news.  Then the Padres game came on, and at 7:30 p.m. the Aztecs game came on.  Padres lost to Dodgers, but SDSU beat Eastern Illinois in overtime 23-20.  Finished my Sandford novel.

*  Read email and blogs, and went to bed.  Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.

2)  Sunday, 23 September:

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 16 to 22 September 2018 and Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 September 2018 posted.  

*  Went to church at 9:40 a.m. and home by 11:20 a.m.  Read email and blogs, then transcribed a deed and wrote the Amanuensis post.

*  Went in at 1 p.m. to eat lunch, read the paper, then watched the Chargers game.  Linda watched the Padres game.  They both lost.  Padres lost to Dodgers 143-0, and now 62-94 on the season.  Chargers lost 35-23 to Rams and are 1-2 on the season.

*  Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 16 to 22 September 2018 posted.  Answered some email.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watched TV news, and went out front to water and trim the rose bushes.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then resolved 133 Ancestry Hints in the project tree, and TreeShared that tree.  Made narrative reports to print out and give to the family.  Then resolved over 300 Hints in the big tree.  Whew!

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy this day was 5.5 hours.


Friday, September 21, 2018

My Genealogy Friday - 21 September 2018

It's 11:15 as I write this - damn Dodgers changed pitchers about 10 times and still failed.  Ha!

*  Dropped Linda ff, home to read, picked her up, and we made a grocery store run.  Home by 9:40 a.m.

*  Noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 244: #369 Deliverance (--?--) Oatley (1700-1733) of Washington County, Rhode Island posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote PeopleLegacy.com Blatantly Copies Most of the FindAGrave.com Content.

*  Added more hashtags and info to another 15 AncestryDNA matches.  Took a nap.

*  Had lunch, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 21 September 2018.  Went through some genealogy presentations on SlideShare.

*  Worked for awhile on RootsMagic matching with Family Tree, then added content and sources for random people in RootsMagic.  It's getting harder to find profiles that I need to work on, especially Seaver folks.  

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, answered email, and wrote the Surname Saturday post.

*  Went in at 5:30 for dinner, watched news, then online to read, and wrote the SNGF post.

*  Went in at 7:20 p.m. and watched the Padres game, read the paper, read my Sandford book, washed dishes, and Padres beat Dodgers 5-3.  So now 62-91. 

*  Online at 11:10 p.m. to read, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

My Genealogy Thursday - 19 September 2018

This was an all genealogy day except for dinner - no nap, no Padres, lots of searching/finding.  Didn't work on the project, though.  I need to - only 9 days away now.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, dropped her at nail place, home to note that 1701 Birth of Joseph Ladd in Little Compton, R.I. - Post 430 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted and wrote RootsTech 2019 SLC Opens for Registration.  Picked her up and home by 10 a.m.  Added to the Best Of post and answered email.

*  Worked more in the Ireland Seaver mess - there are lots of isolated records on the big sites, I'm trying to put them in the right place.  

*  Had lunch, then worked on and posted Seavers in the News- Mrs. A.H. Seaver Dies in 1956 in Milwaukee.

*  Worked more on the Ireland Seaver mess, then checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked on the 52 Ancestors biography.

*  Downloaded the MedBetterDNA extension and made it work.  Organized the AncestryDNA Notes better, did about 40 of them.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestor post, and TreeShared 110 of the changes to my AMT.  Went for a walk.  Worked more on the Ireland Seavers hunting for useful Hints and matching on FS Family Tree.

*  added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

My Genealogy Tuesday and Wednesday - 18-19 September 2018

I didn't journal last night because we got home from the Padres game at 11:30 p.m.  Then I tossed and turned for almost two hours before getting 5 hours of sleep.  

1)  Tuesday, 18 September:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, home by 9:15 a.m., noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- Lyle L. Carringer U.S. Marines Muster Roll Card - July 1918 posted, and added to the Best Of post.  

*  Worked on both presentations, then put them on Dropbox and Drive and the flash drive.  Finalized the handouts and printed a master copy out.  Took a nap.

*  Had lunch, messed around in Ancestry and RootsMagic a bit, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 18 September 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  Wrote the Wordless post, and took another nap.  Worked some more in RootsMagic and Ancestry.

*  We left at 4:55 for the trolley, ate dinner at Tin Fish, and were in Petco Park by 6:30 p.m.  Padres lost to Giants 5-4.  So we are 8-12 when in attendance.  Home by 11:30 p.m.  Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.

2)  Wednesday, 19 September:

*  Really dragging, dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9:10 a.m.  Noted that Randy's First Ancestral Home - Post 533 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote 19 October 2018 is BCG Free Day of Quality Genealogy Education.  Rested my eyes and overslept.

*  Up at 10:15 a.m., gathered all the stuff, and off to the library for the mic check and test run of the "This is Your Ancestry" presentation.  Too long, and some pauses, need to practice it more.  I have 10 days.

*  Home by 1 p.m., had lunch, added to the Best Of post, answered email, and messed around in Ancestry and RootsMagic.  Took an hour nap.

*  Online at 3:45 to read, check Twitter and Facebook, and wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Finished the laundry.

*  Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m. watched TV news, and then the Padres game.  Read the paper, washed dishes, put out the trash, and started my new Sandford book.  Padres beat Giants 8-4, so now 61-92 on the season.  10 games to go, all in the division.

*  Online at 9:10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.



Monday, September 17, 2018

My Genealogy Monday - 17 September 2018

This was an all-genealogy day until the Padres game tonight.  Shoulda kept working, I guess.  Didn't sleep well again - reflux because I went to bed too early!  Crap. 

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and home by 9 a.m.  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1755 Will of Jonathan Oatly (1689-1755) of South Kingstown, Rhode Island posted, answered email, added to the Best Of post, and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 14 September 2018 (it came late on Sunday).

*  Worked on the two presentations - edited both and practiced the Cox one.  Edited the DNA syllabus too but didn't do the Cox syllabus.  Drat.  Took my nap.  

*  Had lunch.  Online to watch a webinar (trying to get my FTM money's worth!) and wrote   Monday Genea-Pourri - 17 September 2018.   Checked Twitter and Facebook.

*  Answered a DNA contact on Ancestry and entered his line into the database.  Checked FSFT and matched folks and made both trees better.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 5:15 for dinner, and watched TV news.  Online after 6 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post.

*  Went in at 7:15 to watch the Padres game, read the paper, washed dishes, got the presentations on the laptop, and finished my PDF book from a month ago.  Padres lost to Giants 4-2 so now 60-91 on the season.  We go on Tuesday.

*  Online at 9:50 to read, check Facebook, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

My Long Semi-Genealogy Weekend - Friday to Sunday, 14 to 16 September 2018

Well, I didn't journal the last two nights because I was exhausted and didn't accomplish much on Friday and Saturday.  I feel like I wasted Friday chasing genea-bunnies,  only blogged twice, and watched the Padres game.  On Saturday, we were out from 9 to 1, then watched the Padres game and Aztecs game (until 11:30) in the evening.  I didn't sleep well either night, and am exhausted now on Sunday night.

1)  Friday - 14 September:

*  Dropped Linda, home to read, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 243: #368 Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755) of Washington County, Rhode Island posted, picked her up, and home to read more, take a nap, and write Genealogy News Bytes - 14 September 2018 in the afternoon.  Checked Facebook and Twitter, worked on the two Saturday posts, had dinner, answered email, and watched the Padres game.  We lost to Texas Rangers.  Genealogy on Friday was about 7.0 hours.

2)  Saturday - 15 September:

*  Read email and blogs, Linda didn't go swimming.  We left at 8:45 a.m. for downtown San Diego to attend Ruthie's bat mitzvah at a synagogue.  I had forgotten that the services were 3 hours long, and almost all in Hebrew.  We skipped the luncheon and were home by 1:15 p.m., had lunch, and I took a nap.

* Online to note that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Sarah married John Allen, England to colonial New England) and What Was the First Genealogical Society You Joined? -- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted, then wrote the FamilySearch and Ancestry update posts.  Added to the Best Of post.  Noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 9 to 15 September 2018 posted.

*  Went in for dinner, and we watched the Padres game against Texas.  We lost again.  Frustrating.  The Aztecs game started at 7:30 so I watched that until the end at 11:30.  Aztecs beat Arizona State 28-21 and it shouldn't have been that close.  Laid in bed for an hour before sleep came.  Genealogy on Saturday was about 3.5 hours.

3)  Sunday, 16 September:

*  Read email and blogs, didn't go to church, and watched the Chargers game.  They won 31-20 and it shoulda been 45-13.  Oh well.  Then we watched the Padres game, I rested my eyes several times, and Pads finally won 7-3 on a walkoff grand slam.  So Pads are 60-90 on the season.  

*  Worked on the Amanuensis Monday transcription, and wrote the post.  Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 September 2018 and Best of the Genea-Blogs - 9 to 15 September 2018 posted.

*  We went to Lolita's for dinner, then Ralph's for groceries, and were home by 6:30 p.m.  Watched the news, then online at 7 p.m. to read, start the Best Of post, and worked on Ancestry Hints for the big database.  Resolved about 400 of them, adding content and sources for some of them (Maybe 20%?).

*  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.

Thursday, September 13, 2018

My Genealogy Thursday - 13 September 2018

This was an all genealogy day with no Padres game, but I had a nap.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, noted that 1667 Marriage of Joseph Tripp and Mehetabel Fish in Dartmouth, Mass. - Post 429 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted, and picked her up at 9:30 a.m. and we went to Costco.  Had lunch there.  Home by 10:45 a.m.

*  Read email and blogs, sleepy so laid down for a nap.  Dozed a bit, I think.  Online at 12 noon to read, then looked for the Seaver newspaper article.  Found it, and wrote Seavers in the News - Florence Seaver Attacked in 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama.

*  Did some research on Florence's parents and added their family to the RootsMagic database.  Then determined that the family linked into the Ireland family in County Armagh, so I added those families from the George Seaver book.  Cool - added about 50 Seaver folks today.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and answered email.  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, wash dishes and water the front plants.

*  Went in at 6:30 p.m. to add more Ireland Seavers, then worked on and wrote the 52 Ancestors post for Friday.  Treeshared about 80 persons so now Ancestry will find Hints for all of those Irish families.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

My Genealogy Wednesday - 12 September 2018

This was grandson Charlie's birthday and we tried to call him but the calls went to the answering machine.  Tomorrow!  The days just fly by!  I didn't sleep well again last night and had a headache and was tired all day.

*  Dropped Linda off, tried to put air in the tire and the machine failed, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, noted that 1954 Bass Lake Vacation Postcard #2 - Post 532 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, and got the laptop set up for the Research Group meeting.  Rested my eyes for a half hour but didn't sleep.  Crap.  Had lunch.

*  Left at 11:20 a.m. for the library, got the projector and laptop set up and the folks came and we had a two hour meeting.  We had 13 and a lively discussion about many subjects.

*  Afterwards, I took the car to Courtney Tire in Chula Vista and they removed the offending screw and patched the tire.  Cost?  $0.00.  Nice folks - it's there policy to fix tires so that you will buy new ones there.  I will.

*  Home by 3 p.m. to read, then wrote AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Estimates for Everybody, But ...My Wish List and Two MyHeritageDNA Upload Announcements.

*  Went in at 4:15 to watch the Padres game, read the paper, take a recliner nap, and eat dinner, then washed dishes.  Padres beat Mariners 5-4, so won 5 of 8 on the road trip, and are now 59-88 on the season.

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Twitter and Facebook, write the Treasure Chest post, TreeShare 53 profiles in the big tree, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

My Genealogy Tuesday - 11 September 2018

This was almost an all-genealogy day, except for the naps and the Padres on TV.  Really didn't accomplish much.  Didn't sleep well last night again.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to the grocery store.

*  Home by 9:35 a.m., online to note that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- Lyle L. Carringer 1917 Enlistment in U.S. Marines posted, added to the Best Of post, then worked in MyHeritage Record Matches and added content and sources to the RootsMagic database.  Took a short nap.

*  Had lunch, then worked some more on Record Matches, and wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 11 September 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Had a 30 minute rest.  Did some random research in the database, and added content and sources using Family Tree and Web Hints.

*  Went in at 5:15 for dinner, watched TV news, and then online at 6 p.m. to write the Wordless post.  TreeShared about 60 profiles, still have about 60 to do.

*  Went in at 7:10 to watch the Padres game, read the paper, wash dishes, read my Kellerman book, and Padres won 2-1 over Mariners, so now 58-88 on the season.  

*  Online to read, check email, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Monday, September 10, 2018

My Genealogy Monday - 10 September 2018

It was grandson Lucas 15th birthday today, and they called and we sang Happy Birthday on two phones, which cracked them up.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:10 a.m.

*  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1674 Inventory of John Colby (1633-1674) of Amesbury, Massachusetts posted, added to the Best Of post, and reviewed and edited the project presentation.  Took my nap.

*  Had lunch, then online at 12 noon to read, answer email, watched a webinar, add to the Best Of post, and wrote Monday Genea-Pourri: 10 September 2018.

*  Worked on my AncestryDNA matches, adding notes.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Looked for the Wight family in 1851 Ontario census records without success.  Searched for and found another English family.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news and football, ate dinner, read the paper, watered the front plants, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, then resolved over 300 Ancestry Hints in the big tree, adding content and sources.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Sunday, September 9, 2018

My Semi-Genealogy Sunday - 9 September 2018

It was apparently Grandparents Day, but we didn't hear from the kids.  Oh well.  My oldest grandkid will be 15 on Monday.  Yikes.  He's finally growing up.  This was not a big genealogy day because of the church lunch and football.

*  Read email and blogs before going off to church at 9:15 a.m.  Pastor Angie is leaving and today was her last Sunday.  There was an ice lunch and reception for her.  Talked a bit to John and Gil.

*  Home by 12:50 p.m. to read, note that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 September 2018 and Best of the Genea-Blogs -- 2 to 8 September 2018 posted.

*  Went in at 1 p.m. to watch the Chargers game against Chiefs.  Bad start, bad finish, they lost 38-28 and it wasn't that close.  Too many mistakes.  Padres were on at the same time and won 7-6 after a rain delay against Reds.  So now 57-88 on the season.  

*  Online finally at 4:30 p.m. to read, answer email and worked on the CVGS newsletter, and sent it to the email list.

*  Went in for dinner at 5 p.m., watched TV news, and then online at 5:45 to read, wrote the Amanuensis post, added to the Best Of post, and worked in MyHeritage Record Matches for the project tree.  didn't find much I didn't have.  I guess that's good.  TreeShared the project tree - about 50 people. 

*  TreeShared the big tree with about 90 people.  Now I need to work on Hints.

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.   Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

My Genealogy Saturday - 8 September 2018

This was a pretty full genealogy day, and I made some progress on my projects.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, noted that Surname Saturday - SMITH (England to colonial New England) posted, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote the SNGF post.  Worked on the CVGS newsletter and got it almost finished.  Had lunch, then went to the store.

*  Went in to watch the Padres game at 1:30.  Read the paper, and dozed in the recliner.  Gave up 7 runs in the 2nd inning, and lost 7-2 in 7 innings after rain delay.  Drat - so now 56-88 on the season.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to read, then wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Finished the CVGS newsletter and sent it out for review.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Crazy Thing Did You Do? posted.  Reviewed LS's DNA matches and emailed her.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to help with dinner, we ate, watched TV news, washed dishes, watered the front plants. 

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to note that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 2 to 8 September 2018 posted.

*  Resolved all of the Hints for the project tree, then worked in the project tree adding content and sources using Web Hints and Family Tree.  Found the elusive 1861 Canada census for one of the families!  Need to check for some of the other families too.

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



Friday, September 7, 2018

My Genealogy Friday - 7 September 2018

I didn't sleep well again last night for some reason.  6 hours at best, 12:30 to 6:30.  Crap.  Tried all my tricks, the one that worked was counting backwards by 3s from 500.  Didn't make any real progress due to the Padres game being delayed.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 242: #367 Rachel (--?--) Pray (1685-1755) of Providence County, Rhode Island posted, picked her up and we went to Dollar Tree for cards.  Home by 10 a.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, then wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 7 September 2018 and set it for later.  Checked the DNA stats.

*  Took my nap.  90 minutes, and I felt half human again.  Had lunch.

*  Online at 12 noon to read, then worked on the Genealogy News Bytes - 7 September 2018 post and set it for later.

*  Checked on the DNA upload and the results are in.  Answered several emails.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Wrote the Surname Saturday post.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, Padres were in a rain delay until 6:15.  Watched TV news, then came online to read, add to the Best Of post, and do some random tree additions using Web Hints.

*  Went in at 6:30 to watch the Padres game, read the paper, read my book, did the dishes, and Padres lost to Reds 12 to 6.  It was over by 9 p.m.

*  Online at 9 to read, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.  Forgot to work on the CVGS newsletter.  Glad I don't have any plans on Saturday.


Thursday, September 6, 2018

My Genealogy Thursday - 6 September 2018

This was an all genealogy day for me, and I completed some tasks, but there's always more to do - the To-Do list is endless.  The challenge is meeting deadlines and recalling what I was doing some time ago that is unfinished.  

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, noted that 1711 Death of Sarah (Bassett) White in Marshfield, Mass. - Post 428 for Treasure Chest Thursday posted, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Wrote Findmypast Announces Free Weekend - 7th to 10th September 2018 and Book Notice: "Dueling Dragons, The Struggle For Ireland, 1849-1875" by Marjorie Harshaw Robie and set them for later.

*  Worked on the DNA presentation syllabus for about two hours and finished it.  also updated the presentation some to make them identical.  

*  Had lunch, then wrote Seavers in the News - Edward C. Seaver Shot Down Twice in World War II and Survived and set it for later.  Added to the database several other articles.  Took my nap.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked on the 52 Ancestors post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, and watched the Padres game.  Pads won 6-2 over Reds, so now 56-86 on the season.  Read the paper, washed dishes and watered the front plants.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, then worked on the CVGS newsletter.  Got it about 75% done.  TreeShared about 50 persons in RootsMagic.  Did a little random searching for girls with no maiden names. 

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

My Genealogy Wednesday - 5 September 2018

This was a pretty full genealogy day and I got some tasks done or nearly so.  No Padres game tonight.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read, noted that 1954 Bass Lake Vacation Postcards - Post 531 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, then wrote Chula Vista Family History Day - Saturday, 29 September 2018 and set it for later.  Printed off papers for the meetings and gathered up the door prizes, and off to the library at 10:156 for the CVGS Family History Day and Bored meetings.  Took some trail mix for lunch in the car.

*  Home by 1:15 p.m. to read, then took a nap.  

*  Online at 2:30 to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote FamilySearch Family Tree Person Page Changes.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post, and TreeShared 100 profiles in RootsMagic.  Still about 80 more to do.  Put the CVGS flyer on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.  Haven't posted there for six months!!  Oops.  

*  Started the CVGAS newsletter, answered email, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

My Genealogy Tuesday - 4 September 2018

It was brother Stan's birthday - he is now 72.  Grandson Lucas 15th birthday is next week and I ordered his birthday/Christmas present today.  Grandson Charlie will be 4 next week and I look forward to seeing him soon.  And his sisters too.  And his mom and dad.

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read and note that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1918 Marriage Certificate for Lyle L. Carringer and Emily K. Auble posted.  Picked her up at 9 and we went to the grocery store.  Home by 9:45 a.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email and Ancestry messages.  Read an interesting ebook from a correspondent who may be a DNA cousin.  Took a nap.

*  Had lunch, checked email and blogs, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 4 September 2018.  Worked in RootsMagic matching profiles to Family Tree.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Uploaded my cousin's DNA file to MyHeritage.  

*  Took some iPhone photos of old photos in a bag in my piles, named them, cropped them and used one for the Wordless post.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to help with dinner, we ate, watched news, and then watched the Padres game, read the paper, finished a book and started another, watered the front plants, and washed dishes.  Padres lost to Dbacks 6-0, so now 55-86 on the season. 

*  Online at 9:30 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

Monday, September 3, 2018

My Genealogy Monday - 3 September 2018

This was an all genealogy day here in the genea-cave, except for the two naps and the Padres game.  I slept poorly last night - only about four hours, if that, due to overeating on Sunday at the Padres game.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read emails and blogs, noted that Labor Day - "There are things that happen in a second that take a lifetime to explain" posted, then picked her up and home by 9:05 a.m.

*  Joined Mondays With Myrt in progress, and opined on the CVGS Family History Day, FamilySearch Family Tree and more.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1674 Will of John Colby (1633-1674) of Amesbury, Massachusetts posted, and took a nap.

*  Had lunch, then online to write Monday Genea-Pourri - 3 September 2018.

*  Practiced, edited and added to the WDYTYA Talk, and then added to and edited the DNA talk.  Made PDFs and saved the files to Google Drive and Dropbox.  Still need to make the handouts.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, answered email, and checked my AncestryDNA matches.  Took another nap.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, then watched the Padres game, read the paper, read my book, and washed dishes.  Padres won 6-2 over Dbacks so now 55-85 on the season.  

*  Online at 8:30 p.m. to add to the Best Of post, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.


Sunday, September 2, 2018

My Semi-Genealogy Weekend - 1-2 September 2018

This was not much of a genealogy weekend.  We went to the Padres games both days - that tends to muck up the genealogy research a bit. 

1)  Saturday, 1 September:

*  Dropped Linda off, home to put the laundry in the dryer, then off to Marie Callenders for the Mens Bible study I lead, then picked up Linda and home by 9:50 a.m.  Added to the Best Of post, noted that Surname Saturday -- PERKINS (England to colonial New England) posted, and took a nap.

*  Had lunch, transcribed the will and wrote the Amanuensis post, then wrote the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Ancestors In the 1900 Census? posted.  Took another nap.  Worked a bit in Family Tree.

*  We left at 4 p.m. to In 'n' Out for dinner, then the trolley, and in Petco by 5:30 p.m.  Padres lost to Colorado 4-2 so now 54-84.  Home by 9:30 p.m.  Read email and blogs, but didn't journal.  Genealogy this day was 4 hours.

2)  Sunday, 2 September:

*  Read email and blogs before church, then off at 9:15 and home after 11 a.m.  We left for the trolley at 11:20, and were in Petco Park by 12:15.  This was the financial advisor's yearly event.  Padres lost 7-3 to Rockies so now 54-85.  We are 7-12 when attending the games.  Stopped at El Pollo Loco for dinner, and home by 5:30 p.m.

*  Added to the Best Of post, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 26 August to 1 September 2018Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 26 August to 1 September 2018 and Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 August to 1 September 2018 posted.  

*  Worked on a cousin's DNA results and then put info into my tree from Ancestry.  Wrote the Labor Day post.  Checked Facebook.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 4.0 hours.