Thursday, January 31, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 31 January 2019

The nice weather is over.  It rained a bit today, with more on the way into next week.  No matter - it was an average genealogy day.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, noted that Treasure Chest Thursday - 1785 Marriage of John Vaux and Joan Lavor in South Petherton, Somerset posted, and added to the Best Of post. 

*  Picked her up, we went grocery shopping, and home by 9:35 a.m.  Read more, then searched for and wrote the Seavers in the News - John E. Seaver Killed By Train in 1940 post.

*  Took a short nap, had lunch, and online to answer email, add to the Best Of post, and we left at 1:15 for the foot doctor visit.  Got a prescription for Linda for compression stockings.  Stopped at CVS but they didn't have any.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. and it started to rain, then worked on the AutoCluster blog post images.  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and thought about the 52 Ancestors post.

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the 52 Ancestors post, got it done, found the Vaux book chapters in my files, and TreeShared 55 profiles.  It got hung up on one so I stopped.  About 30 left to do.

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

End-of-the-month statistics:

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

*  52,174 persons (+ 190)
*  21,146 families  (+ 107)
*  168,838 events  (+ 661)

*  6,205 Alternate Names (+ 228)
*  11,093 places  (+ 38)
*  1,855 sources (+ 20)
*  100,757 citations (+ 806)
*  1,244 Multi-media Items (+ 11)
*  3,205 Multimedia links (+ 3)
*  29,111 matched to FSFT (+ 660)


 I'm up to 59.68% (+0.46%) for citations/events and 193.12% (+1.54%) for citations/persons.

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

*  94,151 page views (3,037 per day, Blogger Stats,  + 925)

*  >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)

*  3,511 
readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 8)


Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 30 January 2019

We survived the visit of Linda's brother and his wife - they came on Saturday and left on Tuesday.  I had blog posts set through Monday by Friday night, so Genea-Musings was on automatic until Tuesday.  On Monday night, I wrote two posts for Tuesday and on Tuesday night I wrote the two posts for Wednesday so G-M was semi-normal.  We had a good time, ate out every night, ate lunch out two days, and did some touring around Chula Vista.  They stayed in a little boutique hotel in downtown CV and loved it, so we had private time in the evening.  They took Linda to the Y pool on Monday morning and then shopping, so I was able to do Mondays With Myrt.  Sometime over the weekend Linda lost two pair of glasses.  I had maybe 2-4 hours of genealogy on Friday through Tuesday, and no research at all. 

*  Today, I dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Betty and Randy in 1944 -- Post 551 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Picked her up at 9 a.m. and we went to Eyeglass World to get two more pair of glasses.  Home by 10:30 a.m.  I was sleepy so rested my eyes, then had lunch, gathered my stuff, and off to the CVGS meeting at 11:40 a.m.

*  Got there at noon, the program started, gave my report, had a snack, got two new books to read, and home by 2:15 p.m.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, and noted that A Reader's Take on Ancestry.com Problems - Part II - Ancestry Search Engine Problems posted.  This is why search is so messed up.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Went in at 4 p.m. to watch TV and rest my eyes.

*  We had dinner, read the paper, watched TV news, and washed dishes.  Put out the trash. 

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to write the Treasure Chest post, then worked in Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.  Resolved 200 Ancestry Hints.

*  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was about 8.5 hours.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Genea-Journal - Friday, 25 January 2019

We have a busy weekend ahead - Linda's brother and his wife are coming to visit, but will stay in a local hotel but depend on us to drive them around.  I may not journal every night as a result.  I spent much of the day writing blog posts so I don't have to blog if I don't have to.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 262: #411 Anna Catharina (Unruh) Wilhelm (1709-after 1771) of Germany and Pennsylvania posted.  Picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Answered email, then wrote New Scottish Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 25 January 2019.  Wrote two blog posts for the weekend.  Took my nap.

*  Up at 12:10 p.m., had lunch, then wrote two more blog posts, and then we left at 1:10 p.m. for Linda's dental appointment to install her crown.  Home by 2:30 p.m.

*  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 25 January 2019, checked Twitter and Facebook.  Wrote two more blog posts, and added to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the SNGF post, and got the flash drive and laptop set up for Saturday's RootsMagic class.  TreeShared 100 profiles to the AMT, have about 60 to go.  

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  About 10 posts today!  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 24 January 2019

This was another beautiful day here in San Diego, the temp hit 70F and they sky was clear.  The golf tour is here to enjoy it.  Some genealogy today, but not much progress it seemed.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that   Treasure Chest Thursday - 1763 Marriage Record of Philip Jacob Konig and Maria Barbara Wilhelm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania posted.  

*  Picked her up at 9 a.m. and we went to the grocery store, and home by 9:45.

*  Answered email, worked in Newspapers.com finding 1941 obituaries - transcribed five of them and added sources and content to the database.  Took a nap.

*  Had lunch, then wrote Seavers in the News - Helen B. Seaver Inherits $24,435 in 1941.  Added to the Best Of post, and checked Twitter and Facebook.  Wrote RootsTech 2019 SLC Offers a Virtual Pass for 18 Recorded Sessions.

Did some random research for RootsMagic profiles using WebHints and Family Tree.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to help with dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, and wash dishes. 

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the 52 Ancestors post, and worked some more in RootsMagic.  Added some content and sources, but didn't TreeShare or resolve Ancestry Hints.  

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



Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 23 January 2019

This was another fairly full genealogy day once we survived Costco again.  It was a clear day with a high of 68F and a low of 45F overnight.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Fred and his Two Sons in About 1948 -- Post 550 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday.  Deleted a bunch of files from Downloads and moved some to other directories.  

*  Left at 9:15 a.m. to deliver the projector to Virginia, then picked Linda up and we went to Costco.  Home by 10:30 a.m.  Checked email and blogs.  Worked a bit in AncestryDNA matches adding notes.  Laid down for a nap.

*  Had lunch, online at 12:30 p.m. to read, then wrote A Reader's Take on Ancestry.com Problems - Part I - Ancestry Member Tree Indexing.

*  Matched RootsMagic profiles to Family Tree, checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and worked on random RootsMagic profiles.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, finish the wash, read the paper, put out the trash, watch TV news and wash dishes.  

*  Online at 6:40 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, resolved about 400 Ancestry Hints, and TreeShared 70 profiles (another 120 to go).  Whew!  

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

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 22 January 2019

This was almost an all genealogy day - we had to stop at the dentist to get Linda's temporary crown cemented again.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1830 U.S. Census Record of Cornelius Feather Household in Salem, Mercer County, Pennsylvania posted, added to the Best Of post, and picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Did some work in MyHeritage Record Matches adding content to the RootsMagic tree.  Tried to nap but only rested.  

*  We left at 11:10 a.m. for the dentist, and home by noon.  Had lunch.

*  Did some more work in the record matches, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 22 January 2019.  Checked Twitter and Facebook, and added to the Best Of post.  

*  Rebooted the computer, then got into the Zoom meeting with Ancestry at 4 p.m.  Afterward, worked with random folks in RootsMagic.

*  Went in at 5:20 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news, and did the dishes.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and resolved about 400 Hints on Ancestry, adding content and sources.  I will need to TreeShare soon!

*  Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots.  Tough but rewarding research in China and Iran.  Afterward, talked to Linda about her German, Norwegian, English and Irish families that crossed the oceans and how we don't know much about the journeys.  

*  Read email and blogs, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Monday, January 21, 2019

Genea-Journal - Sunday and Monday, 20-21 January 2019

The blood moon was a fizzle here - too hazy, could barely make it out Sunday night.

1)  Sunday - 20 January 2019

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 January 2019 posted.  Went off to church at 9:40 a.m., had Kim again, Bob was in Carson City giving his candidate sermon.  Kim was sermonizing for another local church.

*  Home by 11 a.m. to write the Amanuensis Monday post, then went in to watch football.  At halftime, came in and noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 13 to 19 January 2019 posted.  Rams won the NFC 26-23 in overtime over Saints, with a disputed pass interference play late in the game that screwed Saints.

*  Watched the AFC game, had dinner, and Patriots beat Chiefs 37-31 in overtime.  Read the paper and washed dishes.

*  Online at 7:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer email, and TreeShare the last 95 profiles.  Checked Facebook.  Checked the moon eclipse.   Genealogy this day was 4.0 hours.

2)  Monday, 21 January 2019

*  Dropped Linda off, home to read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1797 Deed of Jacob Batchelor to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.  Added to the Best Of post.  

*  Picked her up, and we shopped at Ralphs.  Home by 9:45 a.m.  Added about 15 SSDI entries from MyHeritage Record Matches.  Wrote Ancestry.com Has Over 60 Job Openings.  Had lunch.

*  Online at 12:15 p.m. to read, wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 21 January 2019 and set it for later.  Worked in RootsMagic file, matching profiles with Family Tree, adding content to both programs, used WebHints too.  Dozed in the chair for 10 minutes.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, then added to the Best Of post and answered email.

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

*  Online at 6:40 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest post, and matched RootsMagic and Family Tree profiles, adding content both ways.  Solved one long-standing problem on the Vaux line.   
*  Googled a bit for Ancestry information and found job reviews on Glassdoor.  Interesting.  Then added to the Best Of post, wrote this post, and checked Facebook.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 19 January 2019

It was a nice day today - high of about 75F.  Too bad I stayed in to work on genealogy.  Oh well.

*  Read blogs anf emails, dropped Linda at the Y, then off to Marie Callenders for the Men's Bible Study breakfast.  Picked her up at 9:50 a.m. and home by 10.

*  Noted that Surname Saturday - CROOKE (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Added to the Best Of post.  Wrote the SNGF post, and the Ancestry and FamilySearch posts.

*  Had lunch, then online to note that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Photographs Through the Generations posted.  

*  Worked on random folks in the RootsMagic file, checking WebHints, searching on Ancestry, checking Family Tree, and added content for quite a few.  Took a nap from 2:30 to almost 3:30.  More randomness.  Added to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 13 to 19 January 2019 posted.  TreeShared about 120 profiles in 30 minutes.  Worked on AncestryDNA match notes.  Checked Facebook.  

*  Added to the Best Of post.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

Friday, January 18, 2019

Genea-Journal - Friday, 18 January 2019

Another pretty full day slaving away on genealogy on the old (and I mean old!) computer.  

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 261: #410 Johann Jacob Wilhelm (1700-1773) of Germany and Pennsylvania posted. Picked Linda up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Answered email, answered blog comments, and wrote New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 18 January 2019.  Sent my DNA group information to the list.

*  Worked in MyHeritage matches for FS Family Tree - the top ones are for persons in my tree that don't have much information - usually I can add marriage or death information.  I only do about 20 in an hour.

*  Had lunch, then matched RootsMagic persons in Family Tree, adding content and sources both ways.  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 18 January 2019.  Went out and worked in the garden for 15 minutes pulling weeds.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote the Surname Saturday post.  TreeShared about 60 profiles to the AMT.

*  Went in at 5:20 p.m. to get dinner up, watched TV, read the paper, washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then resolved about 400 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources.  TreeShared another 80 profiles in RootsMagic to the AMT.  About 160 left now.

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


Thursday, January 17, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 17 January 2019

This was a fairly big genealogy day.  It rained a bit but not heavy like it was supposed to.  We'be had about .5 inch this week so far.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, add to the Best Of post, noted that   Treasure Chest Thursday - 1830 U.S. Census for Daniel Spangler Household in Sandy Creek, Pennsylvania posted.  Picked her up and we went to the grocery store.

*  Home by 9:50 a.m.  Answered email, read a bit, and took a nap (still recovering from Wednesday).  Missed my Rohr luncheon.  Oh well.  Online at 11:15 to add to the Best Of post, then had lunch.  Found and wrote Seavers in the News - Henry T. Seaver Dies in 1942 in Newton, Mass.

*  Worked on the Wilhelm research for 52 Ancestors.  Found more information online to add to my Notes, plus some German records.  Cool.

*  Wrote Dear Ancestry.com: Are You Fixing These Problems?  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  

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

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and work on the 52 Ancestors biography and post. Decided to get out the Waterpik and see how it works.  Pretty good.  

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

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 16 January 2019

I didn't sleep well last night - tossing and turning, just couldn't doze off.  Spent two plus hours thinking about my AncestryDNA autocluster and why I couldn't identify some clusters.  Finally dozed off at 2:30 a.m. and woke up after 7, very groggy.  It was raining this morning, so Linda didn't go to the Y.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Randy as a Baby in 1944 -- Post 549 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.  Wrote the American Ancestrees post.

*  Prepared for the CVGS DNA group, made notes, collected URLS, etc.  Tried to nap but Linda woke me at 11 a.m. for lunch, and then I left at 11:20.

*  Got set up at the library for the CVGS class and regaled 16 attendees with 23andMe and AutoCluster information.  Left at 2 p.m.

*  Home by 2:15 to read, noted that AmericanAncestors Introduces American AncesTREES - Part I posted.  Added to the Best Of post.  Very sleepy, so took a nap.

*  Online at 3:45 p.m. to read, check Twitter and Facebook, and worked a bit in RootsMagic doing random searching and adding content and sources.  

*  Went in at 5:30  to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, put out the trash, bring in the laundry, and wash dishes.  

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer email, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and resolved about 150 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to RootsMagic. 

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

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 15 January 2019

This was almost an all-genealogy day.  It rained more this morning, so Linda didn't go to the Y.  We had an outing at 11 a.m. for her doctor appointment.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1840 U.S. Census Record of Cornelius Feather Household in New Lyme, Ohio posted.

*  Reviewed the 23andMe ethnicity estimates and wrote 23andMe Adds New Features to Ancestry Composition Estimates.

*  We left at 10:40 for the doctor visit with a new doctor, seems OK.  Listened well and reacted appropriately.  Seems proactive.  More doctor visits coming!

*  Home by 12 noon to read, had lunch, then worked in MyHeritage record matches for FS Family Tree, adding more content to the RootsMagic tree for selected profiles.

*  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 15 January 2019.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Took a nap.

*  Online at 4 p.m. for more Twitter and Facebook, answered email, prepared for the DNA class on Wednesday.

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to answer email, write the Wordless Wednesday post, and resolve about 200 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.  I need to TreeShare soon!

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

Monday, January 14, 2019

Genea-Journal - Monday, 14 January 2018

I  love a rainy day ... it rained all day today, we got about half an inch.  Good.

*  Linda fell in the genea-cave today getting out of the chair and we had to call the Fire Department.  Three husky guys came and got her up no problem.  Knees are sore and pride is wounded.  

*  Dropped her at the Y by 7:35 and home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1798 Deed of Isaac Kidder to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted.  Picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Worked for two hours on the spreadsheet for AncestryDNA matches based on the Autoclusters.  Besides cluster number, shared cMs, names, I added known relationships and known common ancestors.

*  Tried to nap, but got up at noon to eat lunch, then read blogs and answer emails.  Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 14 January 2019.  Checked Twitter and Facebook for awhile.  Took another nap.

*  Online at 4 p.m. to work on random RootsMagic profiles, using WebHints and FSFT, adding content and sources.  Resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to cook dinner, we ate, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.  

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote the Treasure Chest post.  Resolved another 45 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.  Lots more Hints to do!

*  Answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.


Sunday, January 13, 2019

Genea-Journal - 12 and 13 January 2019

The weekend was not much of a genealogy research weekend due to the SDGS seminar on Saturday and football on Sunday.

1)  Saturday, 12 January:

*  Read email and blogs, then left at 8 a.m. for Mission Bay and the SDGS seminar with Curt Witcher.

*  Got there by 8:30 a.m., and had a few minutes with Curt as they had video problems.  Also talked to Debbie, Cindy, Ann, Myrna, Shirley, Ray and Marshall plus others.  Stayed through the 1 p.m. presentation but sleepy so came home by 2 p.m.

*  Watched football, dozed in the recliner, ate dinner, read the paper, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 8 p.m. to note that Surname Saturday -- NEWCOMB (England to colonial Massachusetts)Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Where Were They 150 Years Ago? and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 6 to 12 January 2019 posted.  

*  Checked Facebook, added to the best Of post and answered email.  Genealogy this day was 6.5 hours.

2)  Sunday, 13 January:

*  Read email and blogs before football, stayed home from church to watch the Chargers/Patriots game.  One team got outcoached and outplayed.  Chargers lost 41-28 but it was 38-7 at one point.  Terrible game.  

* Online finally at 1:30 p.m. to transcribe the deed and write the Amanuensis Monday post.

*  Went back in at 3:30 p.m. to watch football, then news, ate dinner, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6 p.m. to read, answer email, add to the Best Of post, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 6 to 12 January 2019 posted, and wrote Using GeneticAffairs.com to Create DNA Match AutoClusters - Part I.  

*  Resolved about 200 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic family tree.  Lots more to do!  

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and answered email.  Genealogy this day was 6.0 hours.

Friday, January 11, 2019

Genea-Journal - Friday, 11 January 2019

Just another day in Chula Vista.  It will rain tonight and for most of the next week.  Good!

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that   52 Ancestors - Week 260: #409 Maria Margaretha (Stuber) Konig (1702-before 1771) of Germany and Pennsylvania posted.

*  Picked her up and we went to the 99 Cent Store - she to get cans of tamales and vegetables, I got 3-way light bulbs.  Home by 10 a.m.

*  Wrote New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 11 January 2019 and Nathan Dylan Goodwin's "The Asylum" is FREE to Download Now.  Answered email.  Took a nap.

*  Had lunch, then online at 12:10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and resolve about 300 Ancestry Hints.  Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 11 January 2019.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Received a message about a Family Tree profile that I think I messed up - conflated two families - so started to fix it.

*  Went in at 5:20 p.m. to eat dinner, watched TV, read the paper, and washed dishes. 

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to write the three Saturday posts, since I will be at the SDGS seminar on the morrow.  Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 10 January 2019

Another nice shirtsleeve weather day.  Even walked a bit waiting for Linda.

*  Dropped Linda off at 7:30, home to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Thursday - 1840 U.S. Census for Daniel Spangler Household in Sandy Creek, Pennsylvania posted.  Picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Answered email, checked DNA matches, and tired so rested my eyes.  We left at 10:45 a.m. for Linda's dental appointment to get a crown.  I walked for half an hour, and we were home by 12:30.  Had lunch.  Took a nap.

*  Online at 2 p.m., wrote Seavers in the News -- Robert Seaver (1922-1944) Drowns in California, then added the family to my RootsMagic tree since I did not have them.  Added about 20 people.  Another Seaver bush.

*  Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to finish cooking dinner, we ate, watched TV news, read the paper, and did dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the 52 Ancestors post, did some matching with Family Tree, then TreeShared 65 profiles to the AMT.  All caught up ... but then matched more folks with Family Tree and shared a bunch of events. 

*  Added to the Best Of post, read email, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 9 January 2019

It was another nice day in San Diego, but the rains are coming again.  Good.  This was a fairly full genealogy day.

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, add to the Best Of post, and noted that   Randy in a Wheelbarrow in 1944 -- Post 548 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.  Picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Worked for awhile in RootsMagic WebHints and Family Tree, then tried to nap.  Failed.

*  Had lunch, and off at 11:20 a.m. for the library and the CVGS Research Group meeting.  We had 15, including two new attendees.  I did my thing and then they shared successes and challenges.

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, answer email, and try to find something to blog about.  Finally wrote   Finding Gertrude's Maiden Name ... and More.  Checked Twitter and Facebook. 

*  Went in at 5:10 p.m. to zap dinner, we ate, watched TV news, read the paper, put out the trash and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and TreeShared 125 profiles (about 30 to go now).  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.


Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Genea-Journal - 8 January 2019

Time sure flies, doesn't it?  It's been two weeks since Christmas, one week since New Years, and I feel like I've made no progress at all on genealogy research, with the exception of the AncestryDNA AutoClusters.  It was a nice day today, a high in the upper 60s and lows overnight in the low 50s.  

*  Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1815 Marriage of Daniel Spangler and Elisabeth Koenig in York, Pennsylvania, and added to the Best Of post.  Picked her up and home by 9:15 a.m.

*  Wandered around in AncestryDNA matches, updating notes and adding notes to 4th cousins.  Figured out one new Vaux cousin which is good.  I already had the line in my database.

*  Left at 10:15 a.m. for the health center for my 6-month checkup.  Everything is fine, even lost several pounds (aging works, I guess).  Stopped at the grocery store and home by 12 noon.

*  Had lunch, added to the Best Of post, and napped in the recliner for an hour.

*  Online at 2 p.m. to read, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 8 January 2019.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Worked in RootsMagic matching FamilySearch Family Tree profiles and adding data both ways, and answered email.

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

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, wrote the Wordless Wednesday post and worked some more in RootsMagic.  Now I have more profiles to TreeShare.  

*  Went in at 8 p.m. to watch Finding Your Roots.  Pretty good show this week - both problems mainly solved by DNA. 

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

Monday, January 7, 2019

Genea-Journal - Monday, 7 January 2019

This was not a big genealogy research day because of other priorities.  Maybe tomorrow, or not!

*  Dropped Linda at the Y (first time in a month), home to read email and blogs, noted that   Amanuensis Monday - Will and Letters Testamentary for Nicholas King Estate in York, Pennsylvania posted.  Picked her up at 8:45.

*  Got into Mondays With Myrt at 9 a.m. and we went to 10:40.  Added to the Best Of post.  Took a nice nap.  Had lunch.

*  Online at 12:45 p.m. to read, answer email, and printed off the CVGS Newsletter master and mail list.  The new printer wouldn't print in color for some reason.  Finally cleaned the printheads and checked all settings and it worked.  Grrr.  Took the stuff to the UPS Store and made my 25 copies, mailing 13 of them.  Home by 2:30 p.m.

*  Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 7 January 2019 and then checked Twitter and Facebook.  Added to the Best Of post.

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

*  Online at 8:45 p.m. to read, then wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post.  Checked Facebook.  Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Genea-Journal - Sunday, 6 January 2019

This was a great football day!  Not much of a genealogy day but I did what I had to do.

*  Read email and blogs on my phone waiting for the Chargers game to start.  Chargers dominated Ravens for 50 minutes leading 23-3, then hung on for the win 23-7.  Whew!  Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 posted.

*  Started the Amanuensis transcription, then went in to watch the NFC game.  Boring.  Took a nap.  Did some more transcription.  Went back to the game.

*  Eagles won 16-15, and back at it to write the Amanuensis post.  Wrote "Finding Your Roots" Starts Season 5 on PBS on Tuesday, 8 January 2019.

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, send out the CVGS Newsletter, check Facebook, and TreeShared 100 profiles.  Have about 80 more to go.  Answered email. 

*  Wrote this post.  Sleepy.  Genealogy today was only 3.0 hours.

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 5 January 2019

This was a cool and cloudy day turning to showers in the afternoon.  Stayed in my Grandpa sweatshirt all day and was toasty.

*  Left at 7:40 a.m. for the Men's Bible study breakfast at Marie Callenders, and home by 9:40 a.m.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, noted that Surname Saturday - ALDUS (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Wrote the FamilySearch post but not the Ancestry post (because there was no change again).

*  Tried to nap, had lunch, and off to Bonita Library for the CVGS Workshop.  First one there, so set up the chairs and tables until others came.  Started after 1 p.m. - Tim and Bethel on GEDmatch - uploading raw data, looking at various ethnicity estimates, and not much else.  Disorganized...helped tow members download their raw data and then upload their raw data to GEDmatch.  I left at 2:40 p.m. and home by 3 p.m.  Started to rain.

*  Watched football, read the paper, tried to doze in the recliner and failed.  Online at 4:45 p.m. to do some random searching, adding sources and content.  Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Best Find of 2018, and Research Challenge for 2019 posted.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner (yum, spaghetti) and watched the second football game.  Read my book and washed dishes.

* Online at 7 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 posted, got the CVGS Newsletter out to the reviewers, and matched some McKnew families in FamilySearch Family Tree.  TreeShared 100 profiles with my AMT, still have 180 to do from the last week.  Checked the end of the football game.

*  Read email, added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.


Friday, January 4, 2019

Genea-Journal - Friday, 4 January 2019

I've been cold in the house even though the thermostat is at 70, so I've been wearing my outdoor work jacket all day and even to bed to keep my core and arms warm.  Today I found a sweatshirt to wear and love it - one of the girls gave it to me over 10 years ago, I think.  The lows overnight have been in the high 30s and highs in the low 60s.   It may rain on Saturday night.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 259: #408 Johann Nicolaus Konig (1707-1776) of Germany and Pennsylvania posted.  Wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 4 January 2019 and set it for later.

*  Worked on the AncestryDNA matches for awhile writing new notes, and tried two quick and dirty trees that failed to find a common ancestor.  Made a list of the top contributors to each autocluster and tried to identify a family line.  Succeeded on about 10 of 26 clusters.  Several large clusters are mysteries, but all I have to do is find the common ancestor for one of the cluster members.  

*  Had lunch, then wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 4 January 2019.  Added to the Best Of post.  Took a nap.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to check Twitter and Facebook, then wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts, and then did some random research using WebHints, and added content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.. 

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer email, add to the Best Of post, and then worked on the CVGS Newsletter and got it ready for the proofreaders.  Added several new features this month.

*  Read email and blogs, then checked Facebook again and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 3 January 2019

Three days in and it hasn't rained yet in San Diego.  Maybe on Sunday!

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that Treasure Chest Thursday - 1800 U.S. Census for Rudolph Spangler in York, Pennsylvania posted.

*  Went off to the health center at 8:15 a.m. to get my blood work done.  Home by 8:50 a.m.

*  Worked on Selected Genealogy Website Traffic Rankings - 3 January 2019 for three hours.  There's a reason I do this only once a year!

*  Had lunch, then searched for an obituary and wrote Seavers in the News -- Dr. Tom Seaver Dies Suddenly in 1943.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Went off to the grocery store at 3 p.m. and home by 3:40.  Took a short nap.

*  Answered email, added to the Best Of post, and worked on the 52 Ancestors post.

*  Went in for dinner at 6 p.m., watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.  Put out the trash.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, wrote the 52 Ancestors post, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter.  got it about 60% done.

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

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 2 January 2019

This was a cool but beautifully clear day - all the way from the islands off the coast to the mountains in the east.  Low overnight about 40F, high about 60F.

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that Bridesmaids at a 1940 San Diego Wedding -- Post 547 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Wrote MyHeritage Celebrates a Busy 2018! What's Coming in 2019? and set it for later.  Printed off the CVGS Board meeting papers.  Brainstormed a bit on the CVGS Newsletter.

*  Had lunch, and left for the CVGS Board meeting at the library.  Forgot to take in the projector.  Drat.  A new Board, and some confusion, but made some suggestions.  

*  Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, checked Twitter and Facebook, and took a nap.  Finished the laundry.

*  Online at 4 p.m. to read, then ate dinner, read the paper, and watched TV news.  

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, worked on the 52 Ancestor profile, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and started the CVGS Newsletter for January.  The cycle keeps churning.

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

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 1 January 2019

I missed journaling last night - New Year's Eve...but I forgot!  Rained yesterday, cool and clear today.  

1)  Monday, 31 December 2018

*  Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1833 Deed of Stow Hildreth to Zachariah Hildreth in Townsend, Mass. posted, added to the Best Of post, then wrote Top 40 Most Viewed Posts in 2018 on Genea-Musings.

*  Downloaded the AncestryDNA AutoCluster from Genetic Affairs, and looked at it.  Can't read the names - probably have too many matches - 631 on the chart.  Ran it with 20 cM minimum.

*  Had lunch, we went to the grocery store, wrote My RootsMagic Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 31 December 2018 and checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Went in at 4 p.m. to watch the Holiday Bowl game, had dinner, read the paper, washed dishes.  

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and wrote Happy New Year! Let's Make 2019 A Great Year!  Went in at 9 p.m. to watch the ball drop, then read my book watching TV news.  Genealogy this day was about 7.0 hours.

2)  Tuesday, 1 January 2019

*  Online at 8 a.m. to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and wrote Genealogy Industry Benchmark Numbers for 1 January 2019.  Wrote GenSoftReviews Users Choice Awards for 2018 announced.

*  Had lunch, decided to reduce the number of matches on the AutoCluster with a minimum of 25 cM, so ran it again and got only 420 but the names are still too big.  The dots are bigger and more colorful.  I probably will run it again at 30 cM minimum.

*  Wrote Randy's Autosomal DNA Ethnicity and Match List - 1 January 2019.  Went in and watched the first half of the Rose Bowl.  Boring.  Online at 3:30 to check Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch football, and do dishes.  Online at 6 p.m. to write the Wordless post, then resolved about 300 Ancestry Hints adding content and sources to RootsMagic.  

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

End-of-the-month statistics:

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

*  51,984 persons (+ 580)
*  21,039  families  (+ 232)
*  168,177 events  (+ 1720)

*  5,977 Alternate Names (+ 222)
*  11,055 places  (+ 112)
*  1,835 sources (- 27)
*  99,951 citations (+ 1568)
*  1,233 Multi-media Items (+ 6)
*  3,202 Multimedia links (- 1)
*  28,451 matched to FSFT (+ 810)


 I'm up to 59.22% (+0.12%) for citations/events and 191.58% (+0.19%) for citations/persons.

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

*  65,467  page views (2,112 per day, Blogger Stats,  + 0)

*  >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)

*  3,503 
readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 4)