I didn't do much genealogy today, but did attend Scanfest and did do some data entry/source citing tonight.
* Read email and blogs, then off to church at 9:30 a.m. Stayed for the annual meeting, had a good chicken pot pie lunch.
* Home at 12:30 p.m. to jump into Scanfest on Miriam's blog. noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 20 to 26 January 2013 posted. Got about 10 loose pictures scanned, plus some documents.
* Went in at 2 p.m. to watch the golf tournament, read the paper, and take a short nap. Back online at 3:30 p.m. to write two CVGS blog posts, then back to watch golf and football Pro Bowl. Read the paper, we ate dinner too.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, post "Creating Your Life's Story" at CVGS Meeting on 30 January, and then did some random searching for folks in my database. Didn't find much for the names I tried. Went on MyHeritage and did another 20 Find A Grave matches, plus many more that linked to those 20. Added content and sources.
* Started the next Best Of post, and I'm done. It was a light genealogy day - only 6.0 hours.
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday, August 26, 2012
My genealogy day - 26 August 2012
This was not a big genealogy day - Sundays rarely are. But I got some useful things done.
* Read email and blogs, and finished off the Best Of post and set it for after noon.
* We went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and were home by 11:40 a.m.
* Tuned in to Scanfest, and actually scanned two pages. Looked all over for my Richmond notebook and finally found it right where I put it, on the floor standing up without a label. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 19 to 25 August 2012 posted.
* Noticed first earthquake at 12:30, and second one at 1:30 p.m. Guessed it was a 5 to 6 magnitude about 100 miles away. Turns out there were 4 that were in the 5.4 range over several hours, and hundreds smaller ones, near Brawley in Imperial county.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper, and take a nap. Pads won 5-4 over the Dbacks (7th in a row, 14 of 20, now 59-70).
* Online to check on the earthquake, checked Facebook and Twitter, and answered some email. Got query asking if they could publish a photo in a historical society newsletter - sure, I said. Struggled to find the photo in question (note to self: get those photos in the scanned folders into the Ancestor Files folders!).
* We ate dinner, then watched a little TV and weeded the front plants, before getting online again at 7 p.m.
* Tried to standardize file names in Carringer Ancestor Files collections...got quite a few done. Still debating how to do multiple persons names in a photo. Moved some photos to the appropriate folder also, and deleted some duplicates.
* Did 40 Seaver entries in Find-A-Grave, now up through #1280. Then did 20 more Seaver entries from Vermont BMD cards - up to #100.
* Started the next Best Of post, added to it, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, and finished off the Best Of post and set it for after noon.
* We went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and were home by 11:40 a.m.
* Tuned in to Scanfest, and actually scanned two pages. Looked all over for my Richmond notebook and finally found it right where I put it, on the floor standing up without a label. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 19 to 25 August 2012 posted.
* Noticed first earthquake at 12:30, and second one at 1:30 p.m. Guessed it was a 5 to 6 magnitude about 100 miles away. Turns out there were 4 that were in the 5.4 range over several hours, and hundreds smaller ones, near Brawley in Imperial county.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the Padres game, read the paper, and take a nap. Pads won 5-4 over the Dbacks (7th in a row, 14 of 20, now 59-70).
* Online to check on the earthquake, checked Facebook and Twitter, and answered some email. Got query asking if they could publish a photo in a historical society newsletter - sure, I said. Struggled to find the photo in question (note to self: get those photos in the scanned folders into the Ancestor Files folders!).
* We ate dinner, then watched a little TV and weeded the front plants, before getting online again at 7 p.m.
* Tried to standardize file names in Carringer Ancestor Files collections...got quite a few done. Still debating how to do multiple persons names in a photo. Moved some photos to the appropriate folder also, and deleted some duplicates.
* Did 40 Seaver entries in Find-A-Grave, now up through #1280. Then did 20 more Seaver entries from Vermont BMD cards - up to #100.
* Started the next Best Of post, added to it, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
Database numbers:
People: 41262
Families: 16444
Events: 114361
Places: 5645
Sources: 792
Citations: 29961
Multimedia Items: 202
Multimedia Links: 525
Sunday, January 29, 2012
My genealogy days - 28 and 29 January 2012
Two more get-ups until we're off to Salt Lake City...Linda's packing.
1) Saturday, 28 January:
* Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - WAITE (England to Rhode Island) posted.
* Read about CensusRecords.com, so wrote Is CensusRecords.com the new brightsolid USA Venture? This had a decent scoop in it, and was highlighted on Twitter for awhile by genealogy folks.
* Started to listen to the FGS Radio show, but we left at 11:15 a.m. for Lolita's to meet Tami and the girls for lunch. Then home to get Audrey, Tami and Randy a nap while Linda took Lauren swimming at the Y.
* Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Maternal Grandfather's Paternal Line posted.
Watched Aztecs basketball and Torrey Pines Golf, took my nap. Audrey up at 2 p.m. to watch Disney TV.
* Steph and Mary and Steph's little ones came before 3 to visit, and we played the whole time. Not many pictures taken.
* We went to Panera for dinner, and See's afterwards. Got Audrey bathed and read to, then she was up and down for over two hours. Wrote Rock Star Genealogist Results. Spent most of the time reading, adding to the Best Of post, and printing off material for the trip.
Genealogy on Saturday was 5.0 hours.
2) Sunday, 29 January:
* Up late because Audrey woke up at 3:30... got Audrey's breakfast and mine, did Linda's letters, and barely read email before Tami and girls left for home and we went off to church.
* Home at 11:30 a.m. to read, then finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 22 to 28 January 2012 post. Tuned into Scanfest and chatted until 2 p.m. Found two photo stitching programs and tried them out.
* Wrote Ancestry.com to LiveStream Sessions at RootsTech 2012.
* Wrote January 25th CVGS Program Review - "Genealogy Is Fun! Seriously!" and RootsTech 2012 Conference - LiveStreamed Sessions plus one more. Emailed board members my board report and members about RootsTech, respectively..
1) Saturday, 28 January:
* Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - WAITE (England to Rhode Island) posted.
* Read about CensusRecords.com, so wrote Is CensusRecords.com the new brightsolid USA Venture? This had a decent scoop in it, and was highlighted on Twitter for awhile by genealogy folks.
* Started to listen to the FGS Radio show, but we left at 11:15 a.m. for Lolita's to meet Tami and the girls for lunch. Then home to get Audrey, Tami and Randy a nap while Linda took Lauren swimming at the Y.
* Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Maternal Grandfather's Paternal Line posted.
Watched Aztecs basketball and Torrey Pines Golf, took my nap. Audrey up at 2 p.m. to watch Disney TV.
* Steph and Mary and Steph's little ones came before 3 to visit, and we played the whole time. Not many pictures taken.
* We went to Panera for dinner, and See's afterwards. Got Audrey bathed and read to, then she was up and down for over two hours. Wrote Rock Star Genealogist Results. Spent most of the time reading, adding to the Best Of post, and printing off material for the trip.
Genealogy on Saturday was 5.0 hours.
2) Sunday, 29 January:
* Up late because Audrey woke up at 3:30... got Audrey's breakfast and mine, did Linda's letters, and barely read email before Tami and girls left for home and we went off to church.
* Home at 11:30 a.m. to read, then finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 22 to 28 January 2012 post. Tuned into Scanfest and chatted until 2 p.m. Found two photo stitching programs and tried them out.
* Wrote Ancestry.com to LiveStream Sessions at RootsTech 2012.
* Wrote January 25th CVGS Program Review - "Genealogy Is Fun! Seriously!" and RootsTech 2012 Conference - LiveStreamed Sessions plus one more. Emailed board members my board report and members about RootsTech, respectively..
* Went in for dinner at 5, watched TV and Pro Bowl until 7.
* Online to read, start Best Of post, wrote the iGene Awards post for Monday, checked Facebook, answered email, worked for awhile in GenealogyBank. They've added more San Diego newspaper years. Found up to 1970. Wrote this post. That makes 8 blog posts today.
Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Monday, November 21, 2011
My genealogy days - 20 and 21 November 2011
I was a bad boy last night - didn't write my journal here and rushed in to read my detective book. Now I can't remember what I did!
1) Sunday, 20 November 2011:
* Read email and blogs, and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 13 to 19 November 2011 post.
* We left for church at 9:30 a.m., not raining yet.
* Home by 11:30 a.m. to go to the Scanfest - scanned 41 images of Seaver probate records - now have to name them and stitch some together.
* Came in at 1 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Bears game. Forewent going to the wedding at church, Linda went. Chargers lost 31-20 in a decent game, but mistakes in the end cost us. Now 4-6 and no hope for a winning season, let alone playoffs.
* Online at 4:30 to read, and print out the OASIS handout for Tuesday. Transferred files to flash drive.
* Went in at 5:30 to read the paper, eat dinner and watch the Eagles/Giants game for awhile.
* Online again at 7 p.m. to read, then do another page of sourcing NH Marriages on Ancestry.com.
* Started a new Best Of post, checked Facebook.
Genealogy on Sunday was about 6.0 hours.
2) Monday, 21 November 2011:
* Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Obituary of Lyman Dwight Smith (1807-1889), and then worked in FTM 2012 and wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 27: Doing a Web Search - Case 1 - Source Citations.
* Gathered my three queries up and headed to the library. Got one done, the second one I left a critical piece of paper at home. Drat. Stopped by the UPS Store to copy my two-page handout for OASIS on Tuesday.
* Home by 1 p.m. to read, then write Breaking News: MyHeritage has Acquired FamilyLink and WorldVitalRecords and You Can Help Rescue Some Underwater Texas Cemeteries.
* Got the OASIS Talk files on the laptop and shut it down. Answered some email. Wrote What's "Bad" About Genealogy Software?
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV and eat dinner.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then work on the NEHGS article. Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and google Plus and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
1) Sunday, 20 November 2011:
* Read email and blogs, and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 13 to 19 November 2011 post.
* We left for church at 9:30 a.m., not raining yet.
* Home by 11:30 a.m. to go to the Scanfest - scanned 41 images of Seaver probate records - now have to name them and stitch some together.
* Came in at 1 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Bears game. Forewent going to the wedding at church, Linda went. Chargers lost 31-20 in a decent game, but mistakes in the end cost us. Now 4-6 and no hope for a winning season, let alone playoffs.
* Online at 4:30 to read, and print out the OASIS handout for Tuesday. Transferred files to flash drive.
* Went in at 5:30 to read the paper, eat dinner and watch the Eagles/Giants game for awhile.
* Online again at 7 p.m. to read, then do another page of sourcing NH Marriages on Ancestry.com.
* Started a new Best Of post, checked Facebook.
Genealogy on Sunday was about 6.0 hours.
2) Monday, 21 November 2011:
* Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the Obituary of Lyman Dwight Smith (1807-1889), and then worked in FTM 2012 and wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 27: Doing a Web Search - Case 1 - Source Citations.
* Gathered my three queries up and headed to the library. Got one done, the second one I left a critical piece of paper at home. Drat. Stopped by the UPS Store to copy my two-page handout for OASIS on Tuesday.
* Home by 1 p.m. to read, then write Breaking News: MyHeritage has Acquired FamilyLink and WorldVitalRecords and You Can Help Rescue Some Underwater Texas Cemeteries.
* Got the OASIS Talk files on the laptop and shut it down. Answered some email. Wrote What's "Bad" About Genealogy Software?
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV and eat dinner.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then work on the NEHGS article. Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and google Plus and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
My genealogy day - 5 November 2011
I spent most of the day watching live streams from the San Francisco Ancestry Day - not what I planned, but it was good.
* Read email and blogs, then went off to my men's group breakfast at 8 a.m.
* Home at 9:30 to read, noted that Surname Saturday - PRESCOTT (England > Massachusetts) posted, and write Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Ancestry.com YouTube Channel and set it for early afternoon. I watched several YouTube videos in the process.
* I was all ready to do some serious research work (after all, I had all afternoon...) but then the Ancestry Day Livestream caught my eye, and I watched presentations by Anne Mitchell, Crista Cowan, Jeanie Croasmun and Laura Dansbury about using Ancestry.com for various online research tasks. There went the afternoon!
* I went in at 3:45 p.m. to watch football, read the paper and take a nap. The Aztecs game came on at 5 p.m. so I ate dinner watching that. They eventually won 35-7.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, answer email, scanned some family documents and the ten VR certificates I was missing (including my mother's death certificate!). Named the files and put them in the right places, ready to be attached to Facts.
* Worked on the CVGS Newsletter, and got it 100% complete. It needs a good proof review still. I'll publish it on Monday.
* Added to the Best Of post (noting that only one other person has done SNGF so far...), checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, then went off to my men's group breakfast at 8 a.m.
* Home at 9:30 to read, noted that Surname Saturday - PRESCOTT (England > Massachusetts) posted, and write Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Ancestry.com YouTube Channel and set it for early afternoon. I watched several YouTube videos in the process.
* I was all ready to do some serious research work (after all, I had all afternoon...) but then the Ancestry Day Livestream caught my eye, and I watched presentations by Anne Mitchell, Crista Cowan, Jeanie Croasmun and Laura Dansbury about using Ancestry.com for various online research tasks. There went the afternoon!
* I went in at 3:45 p.m. to watch football, read the paper and take a nap. The Aztecs game came on at 5 p.m. so I ate dinner watching that. They eventually won 35-7.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, answer email, scanned some family documents and the ten VR certificates I was missing (including my mother's death certificate!). Named the files and put them in the right places, ready to be attached to Facts.
* Worked on the CVGS Newsletter, and got it 100% complete. It needs a good proof review still. I'll publish it on Monday.
* Added to the Best Of post (noting that only one other person has done SNGF so far...), checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
My genealogy day - 28 August 2011
It wasn't much of a genealogy day until the evening.
* Read email and blogs, and finished up the Best Of post.
* Off to church at 9:15 for my committee meeting, then worship, and home by 11:30 a.m.
* Got onto Scanfest and chatted and scanned about 20 images. Had lunch, and noted that Best of the Genealogy Blogs - Week of 21-27 August 2011 posted. The LLWS game lured me in early.
* Watched the end of the LLWS, Huntington Beach beat Japan 2-1. Then watched Padres lose to Snakes 6-1. Arggh. (now 60-74, lost 4 straight). Managed to get a nap too.
* Online for awhile to read, then went in for dinner at 4:45 p.m.
* Online again at 5:15 p.m. to read, then write Serendipity strikes again...and genealogy fun ensues.
* Started in on Find-a-Grave to get all Seaver entries in Massachusetts - got all but Hampden and Suffolk done. Had about 80% of them in my database.
* Started the next Best Of post, checked Facebook and Google Plus, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, and finished up the Best Of post.
* Off to church at 9:15 for my committee meeting, then worship, and home by 11:30 a.m.
* Got onto Scanfest and chatted and scanned about 20 images. Had lunch, and noted that Best of the Genealogy Blogs - Week of 21-27 August 2011 posted. The LLWS game lured me in early.
* Watched the end of the LLWS, Huntington Beach beat Japan 2-1. Then watched Padres lose to Snakes 6-1. Arggh. (now 60-74, lost 4 straight). Managed to get a nap too.
* Online for awhile to read, then went in for dinner at 4:45 p.m.
* Online again at 5:15 p.m. to read, then write Serendipity strikes again...and genealogy fun ensues.
* Started in on Find-a-Grave to get all Seaver entries in Massachusetts - got all but Hampden and Suffolk done. Had about 80% of them in my database.
* Started the next Best Of post, checked Facebook and Google Plus, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Randy's genealogy day - 31 July 2011
July is done...31 days of relative coolness here in Chula Vista, with high temps here in the 75 to 80F range all month, and relatively low humidity.
* Read email and blogs, and finished off the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24-30 July 2011 post.
* got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m. Home by 11:30 a.m. to join in on Scanfest. Decided to scan some photos from the Norway 1999 album. Got about 35 photos done then had lunch. Came back to it, but heart wasn't in it.
* We left at 1:45 p.m. for church for the Ice Cream Social and Choir Sing. Had a good time, but almost fell asleep in the first part. The ice cream was good too.
* Home by 4 p.m. to see very end of Padres game (Pads won 8-3, now 47-62 on season). Traded Mike Adams (a mistake, I think) and Ryan Ludwick (no big deal). Online to answer email and read.
* Went in for dinner at 5:45 p.m., and back online by 6:30 p.m.
* Worked in FTM doing [unmentionable tasks] and [maybe more later]. Subscribed to the FTM-TECH mailing list.
* Started the next Best Of post, and posted SNGF "Genealogy OCD" Compendium.
* Wrote more emails, then checked Google Plus and Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Some blog stats at end of July:
* 726 Feedburner readers
* 1,001 subscribers in Google Reader
* 16,900 blog visits (SiteMeter) in July
* 27,701 page views (SiteMeter) in July
* 37,697 page views (Google) in July
RootsMagic database numbers:
* 41,235 persons
* 16,270 families
* 107,518 events
* 4,801 place names
* 678 sources
* 22,078 citations
* Read email and blogs, and finished off the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24-30 July 2011 post.
* got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m. Home by 11:30 a.m. to join in on Scanfest. Decided to scan some photos from the Norway 1999 album. Got about 35 photos done then had lunch. Came back to it, but heart wasn't in it.
* We left at 1:45 p.m. for church for the Ice Cream Social and Choir Sing. Had a good time, but almost fell asleep in the first part. The ice cream was good too.
* Home by 4 p.m. to see very end of Padres game (Pads won 8-3, now 47-62 on season). Traded Mike Adams (a mistake, I think) and Ryan Ludwick (no big deal). Online to answer email and read.
* Went in for dinner at 5:45 p.m., and back online by 6:30 p.m.
* Worked in FTM doing [unmentionable tasks] and [maybe more later]. Subscribed to the FTM-TECH mailing list.
* Started the next Best Of post, and posted SNGF "Genealogy OCD" Compendium.
* Wrote more emails, then checked Google Plus and Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Some blog stats at end of July:
* 726 Feedburner readers
* 1,001 subscribers in Google Reader
* 16,900 blog visits (SiteMeter) in July
* 27,701 page views (SiteMeter) in July
* 37,697 page views (Google) in July
RootsMagic database numbers:
* 41,235 persons
* 16,270 families
* 107,518 events
* 4,801 place names
* 678 sources
* 22,078 citations
Sunday, June 26, 2011
My genealogy day - 26 June 2011
It turned into a major genealogy day in the afternoon.
* Read email and blog, and got the Best Of post finished up before going off to church at 9:30 a.m. After church, there was a picnic for the kids and parents from VBS - Linda worked on it so we went and had hamburgers and chips and cookies. I talked genealogy with Dahlia.
* Home by 12:40 p.m. and I immediately jumped into the Scanfest. Got 35 images scanned from the Pentecost photo album, including all of the Auble pictures of my families. Didn't chat a whole lot. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 19 to 25 June 2011 posted.
* Went in to watch the Padres game, read the paper and take my nap. Padres won 4-1 with 4 runs in the 8th over Atlanta. Watered the back yard too.
* Back online to write CVGS Program Meeting on 29 June - Susi Pentico on "Migration Patterns" and then answered some emails.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to have dinner, then watched TV news.
* Back online at 6:15 p.m., read everything, and corrected data errors in my database found through Family Tree Builder's error finder (provided by MyHeritage). Got about 200 looked at and some corrected, plus added some source citations to data found while doing that. Linda called several cousins tonight and I listened to some of it - even got some family data from one of them.
* Started the next Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
* Read email and blog, and got the Best Of post finished up before going off to church at 9:30 a.m. After church, there was a picnic for the kids and parents from VBS - Linda worked on it so we went and had hamburgers and chips and cookies. I talked genealogy with Dahlia.
* Home by 12:40 p.m. and I immediately jumped into the Scanfest. Got 35 images scanned from the Pentecost photo album, including all of the Auble pictures of my families. Didn't chat a whole lot. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 19 to 25 June 2011 posted.
* Went in to watch the Padres game, read the paper and take my nap. Padres won 4-1 with 4 runs in the 8th over Atlanta. Watered the back yard too.
* Back online to write CVGS Program Meeting on 29 June - Susi Pentico on "Migration Patterns" and then answered some emails.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to have dinner, then watched TV news.
* Back online at 6:15 p.m., read everything, and corrected data errors in my database found through Family Tree Builder's error finder (provided by MyHeritage). Got about 200 looked at and some corrected, plus added some source citations to data found while doing that. Linda called several cousins tonight and I listened to some of it - even got some family data from one of them.
* Started the next Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
My genealogy day - 22 May 2011
Not any real genealogy research, but I got some things done today.
* Read email and blogs, then finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15-21 May 2011 post and set it for noon. Got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m.
* Home at 11:30 a.m., got into the Scanfest chat for a short while, and got 8 images scanned in the process. Then we went off to a graduation party for Margie. Home by 2 p.m.
* Watched Padres game, took a nap, read the paper, Pads lost 6-1 to M's (3 straight losses, now 19-28 on season. Doesn't look good...).
* Read everything, then scanned more images from my stack. Wrote CVGS Program on Wednesday, 25 May: "My Ancestors Came From England". Dinner called at 5:15, then out to cut the front lawn and back in 6:30 p.m.
* Cropped all of the images and saved them, then applied the file naming convention to all of them - about 25 in total. Moved them all to one file (scanning with Windows 7 and this printer is still a chore...it used to be so easy! There are several ways to do it and I can't remember them month to month. Oh well.).
* Went hunting for RevWar pension file papers to use for Amanuensis Monday and found some good ones - even with information that I had not seen before. Very cool.
* Read blogs, answered a bunch of email (the Inbox is empty! The Sent Mail is empty - all moved to folders which are chock full!). Added blogs to the Reader. Changed the blog template and settings on The Geneaholic. Pondered starting a new blog for my web page stuff, then remembered that this was Blogger and might be dangerous. Needs more thought, or go to Wordpress.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
* Read email and blogs, then finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15-21 May 2011 post and set it for noon. Got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m.
* Home at 11:30 a.m., got into the Scanfest chat for a short while, and got 8 images scanned in the process. Then we went off to a graduation party for Margie. Home by 2 p.m.
* Watched Padres game, took a nap, read the paper, Pads lost 6-1 to M's (3 straight losses, now 19-28 on season. Doesn't look good...).
* Read everything, then scanned more images from my stack. Wrote CVGS Program on Wednesday, 25 May: "My Ancestors Came From England". Dinner called at 5:15, then out to cut the front lawn and back in 6:30 p.m.
* Cropped all of the images and saved them, then applied the file naming convention to all of them - about 25 in total. Moved them all to one file (scanning with Windows 7 and this printer is still a chore...it used to be so easy! There are several ways to do it and I can't remember them month to month. Oh well.).
* Went hunting for RevWar pension file papers to use for Amanuensis Monday and found some good ones - even with information that I had not seen before. Very cool.
* Read blogs, answered a bunch of email (the Inbox is empty! The Sent Mail is empty - all moved to folders which are chock full!). Added blogs to the Reader. Changed the blog template and settings on The Geneaholic. Pondered starting a new blog for my web page stuff, then remembered that this was Blogger and might be dangerous. Needs more thought, or go to Wordpress.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
My non-genealogy day - 30 January 2011
Really not much of a genealogy day, except for Scanfest and working on my presentation.
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 23-29 January 2011 post and set it for early afternoon. Got cleaned up and off to church by 9:30 a.m.
* Church had annual meeting at lunch time so home at 1 p.m.
* Rushed in to participate in the last hour of Scanfest, thank you, Miriam for hosting it. Lots of new scanfesters - good! I didn't scan anything today.
* Went in to watch gold tournament, read the paper, take a nap, awakened by my daughter. Watched more TV, we ate dinner, and I was back online at 6:30 pm.
* Answered some emails,watched 60 Minutes, then got into the presentation again. More edits, and then got the handout almost finished.
* Checked Facebook, started next week's Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, 1.0 hour on Scanfest, and 2.0 hours working on the presentation.
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 23-29 January 2011 post and set it for early afternoon. Got cleaned up and off to church by 9:30 a.m.
* Church had annual meeting at lunch time so home at 1 p.m.
* Rushed in to participate in the last hour of Scanfest, thank you, Miriam for hosting it. Lots of new scanfesters - good! I didn't scan anything today.
* Went in to watch gold tournament, read the paper, take a nap, awakened by my daughter. Watched more TV, we ate dinner, and I was back online at 6:30 pm.
* Answered some emails,watched 60 Minutes, then got into the presentation again. More edits, and then got the handout almost finished.
* Checked Facebook, started next week's Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, 1.0 hour on Scanfest, and 2.0 hours working on the presentation.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 28 November 2010
A little downloading, a little scanning, a little chatting, a little email fixing, a little blogging, and watching football. A busy day.
* Read email and blogs, then downloaded RootsMagic again and made it work (don't know what happened on Thursday night...but it disappeared). Downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird and shunted all emails to it. Played with the Contacts import. Got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m.
* Home at 11:30 a.m., got into Scanfest right away and chatted, then scanned about 40 images of letters, photos and other ephemera. Stopped at 2 pm. to go have lunch and watch football.
* Spent some time putting my email groups together in Thunderbird. I think that will work out fine. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 21-27 November 2010 posted.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Colts pregame show, then the game. Read the paper, ate dinner, rooted my Bolts to a 36-14 victory.
* Back online at 9 p.m. to read everything, check in on Facebook, post Nominations are still open for Top 40 Genealogy blogs and write this post.
Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 reading email, 1.0 hour working on Thunderbird, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour writing blog posts, 2.5 hours scanning and chatting, and 0.5 hour working with RootsMagic.
* Read email and blogs, then downloaded RootsMagic again and made it work (don't know what happened on Thursday night...but it disappeared). Downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird and shunted all emails to it. Played with the Contacts import. Got cleaned up and off to church at 9:30 a.m.
* Home at 11:30 a.m., got into Scanfest right away and chatted, then scanned about 40 images of letters, photos and other ephemera. Stopped at 2 pm. to go have lunch and watch football.
* Spent some time putting my email groups together in Thunderbird. I think that will work out fine. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 21-27 November 2010 posted.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Colts pregame show, then the game. Read the paper, ate dinner, rooted my Bolts to a 36-14 victory.
* Back online at 9 p.m. to read everything, check in on Facebook, post Nominations are still open for Top 40 Genealogy blogs and write this post.
Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 reading email, 1.0 hour working on Thunderbird, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour writing blog posts, 2.5 hours scanning and chatting, and 0.5 hour working with RootsMagic.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 31 October 2010
Ten months down in 2010 - and two more busy months to go. Only one more talk to prepare and give this month, but I will be away for at least one week on grandpa duty.
* Read email and blogs before church, and noted that Hallowe'en Names in the Records posted on schedule.
* Home from church at 11:30 a.m., joined Scanfest in progress, and stuck with it until 1 p.m. Scanned Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension File - only 16 pages, but some are on longer paper and I had to make two scans to get it all, and now need to find a way to stitch them together. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 24-30 October 2010 posted soon after noon.
* Listened to Chargers football game (blacked out here), watched some football on TV, then came in and worked on my Online Graveyard Rabbit Journal article. Chargers beat Tennessee, 33-25, but it was close.
* Went in at 4:30 to watch game highlights, then the start of the World Series game, ate dinner, watered the front plants, filled the bird feeder. Back online to write 1733 Massachusetts Marriages on eBay and a future blog post, then back to watch end of baseball game and then Charger highlights.
* Back online at 9 p.m. to write email about CVGS programs, another future blog post, checked Facebook and then wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours on Scanfest, 2.0 hours working on my OGYRJ article, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts.
* Read email and blogs before church, and noted that Hallowe'en Names in the Records posted on schedule.
* Home from church at 11:30 a.m., joined Scanfest in progress, and stuck with it until 1 p.m. Scanned Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension File - only 16 pages, but some are on longer paper and I had to make two scans to get it all, and now need to find a way to stitch them together. Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 24-30 October 2010 posted soon after noon.
* Listened to Chargers football game (blacked out here), watched some football on TV, then came in and worked on my Online Graveyard Rabbit Journal article. Chargers beat Tennessee, 33-25, but it was close.
* Went in at 4:30 to watch game highlights, then the start of the World Series game, ate dinner, watered the front plants, filled the bird feeder. Back online to write 1733 Massachusetts Marriages on eBay and a future blog post, then back to watch end of baseball game and then Charger highlights.
* Back online at 9 p.m. to write email about CVGS programs, another future blog post, checked Facebook and then wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours on Scanfest, 2.0 hours working on my OGYRJ article, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 23 May 2010
A little blogging, a little chatting, a little presentation fixing, and the Padres won!
* Read email and blogs and wrote Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 16-22, 2010 before going off to church.
* Home at 11:30, got into the Scanfest chat and spent some time searching for things to scan. Found interesting stuff in my box collection, but didn't scan anything! Was engrossed in my childhood artwork, my high school and college report cards, my high school yearbook and my baptism certificate that chatting was secondary. IE slowed way down, so got out of the scan at 1 p.m.
* Went in and watched the Padres game, took a nap, read the paper, and Padres beat the M's 8-1. Still first place, now 26-18.
* Back to work at 3:45, added content to the Gen101 class 4 presentation.
* Dinner at 6 p.m., watched news for awhile, watered front plants, then back online at 7 p.m. Worked more on presentation, read everything. Wrote CVGS Program on 26 May - "Where in the World is Acadia?" and posted it. Worked on a post for Monday - even some newspaper and census research on Ancestry! I love doing that.
* Helped Linda with chores, checked Facebook and Twitter and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.5 hours on class presentation, 1.5 hours on Scanfest chat and 1.5 hours doing online research.
* Read email and blogs and wrote Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 16-22, 2010 before going off to church.
* Home at 11:30, got into the Scanfest chat and spent some time searching for things to scan. Found interesting stuff in my box collection, but didn't scan anything! Was engrossed in my childhood artwork, my high school and college report cards, my high school yearbook and my baptism certificate that chatting was secondary. IE slowed way down, so got out of the scan at 1 p.m.
* Went in and watched the Padres game, took a nap, read the paper, and Padres beat the M's 8-1. Still first place, now 26-18.
* Back to work at 3:45, added content to the Gen101 class 4 presentation.
* Dinner at 6 p.m., watched news for awhile, watered front plants, then back online at 7 p.m. Worked more on presentation, read everything. Wrote CVGS Program on 26 May - "Where in the World is Acadia?" and posted it. Worked on a post for Monday - even some newspaper and census research on Ancestry! I love doing that.
* Helped Linda with chores, checked Facebook and Twitter and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.5 hours on class presentation, 1.5 hours on Scanfest chat and 1.5 hours doing online research.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 25 April 2010
This is the last day before our trip to Salt Lake City, and I frittered most of it away. Have a serious case of senioritis, I guess!
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then finished the Best of the Genea-Blogs post before getting cleaned up and going to church. Have you registered for Jamboree yet? posted before we left.
* Home from church at 11:40 a.m., quickly logged into Ancestories and got into Scanfest. Scanned about 20 images as TIFF files from my certificates notebook - finished all but the big one - 14 x 26 marriage certificate. Chatted until almost 2 PM when the computer really slowed down, so went in to watch TV.
* Easily fell asleep after the strenuous chat session, and was back on computer at 3 PM. Have no clue what was on TV. Checked Facebook, answered email, put electronics into the laptop case, got RottsMagic-To-Go updated on flash drive. CVGS Program on Wednesday, 28 April - Myrna Goodwin on Land Research posted.
* Went out at 5 PM to cut front lawn, water front plants, fill the bird feeder (will be gone in three days), had dinner, read paper, watched news, packed suitcase, etc.
* Back online at 7 p.m., read everything, packed laptop case then put paper stacks in suitcase instead. Got boarding passes, called for airport shuttle pickup, I think we're as ready as can be. Read Facebook some more, went in at 9 PM to watch History Channel for America: The Story of Us. Watched until 10 PM, came in to write this post and will go back to see the rest of it.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, and 1.5 hours preparing for trip.
This blog will go dark for several days because of the Salt Lake City trip. Watch for daily summaries on Genea-Musings.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter, then finished the Best of the Genea-Blogs post before getting cleaned up and going to church. Have you registered for Jamboree yet? posted before we left.
* Home from church at 11:40 a.m., quickly logged into Ancestories and got into Scanfest. Scanned about 20 images as TIFF files from my certificates notebook - finished all but the big one - 14 x 26 marriage certificate. Chatted until almost 2 PM when the computer really slowed down, so went in to watch TV.
* Easily fell asleep after the strenuous chat session, and was back on computer at 3 PM. Have no clue what was on TV. Checked Facebook, answered email, put electronics into the laptop case, got RottsMagic-To-Go updated on flash drive. CVGS Program on Wednesday, 28 April - Myrna Goodwin on Land Research posted.
* Went out at 5 PM to cut front lawn, water front plants, fill the bird feeder (will be gone in three days), had dinner, read paper, watched news, packed suitcase, etc.
* Back online at 7 p.m., read everything, packed laptop case then put paper stacks in suitcase instead. Got boarding passes, called for airport shuttle pickup, I think we're as ready as can be. Read Facebook some more, went in at 9 PM to watch History Channel for America: The Story of Us. Watched until 10 PM, came in to write this post and will go back to see the rest of it.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blog posts, 1.0 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, and 1.5 hours preparing for trip.
This blog will go dark for several days because of the Salt Lake City trip. Watch for daily summaries on Genea-Musings.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 28 February 2010
A partly sunny day here in green Chula Vista - and I spent it inside doing, what else, genealogy.
* Read email and blogs before going off to church, noted that The Menu at the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe posted.
* got cleaned up and off for 8:30 church service, since Linda had to teach Sunday School and I wanted to attend Scanfest. Worked out fine...was home by 10 a.m.
* Read everything, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs post and set it for early afternoon.
* Signed into Scanfest at 11 a.m. and worked right through until 2 p.m. Scanned about 60 images of birth, marriage and death records (certificates, pages from town records) for my Seaver side of the ancestry. Will have to do Carringer side another time. Had a good time chatting with everybody, you can read the logs at Miriam's AnceStories blog.
* Went in at 2 p.m. to watch the end of the US-Canada hockey game, won by Canada in overtime 3-2. Read the paper, took a nap, did some chores, had dinner.
* Back online to read everything, worked on my final OASIS class presentation and handout, and printed off the handouts. Modified the presentation a bit to eliminate message boards/mailing list charts and add more info from handout. Checked in on Facebook.
* Found and wrote post for Amanuensis Monday, since I have to leave after 9 a.m. for the OASIS class. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 3.0 hours on Scanfest, and 2.0 hours working on OASIS class.
* Read email and blogs before going off to church, noted that The Menu at the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe posted.
* got cleaned up and off for 8:30 church service, since Linda had to teach Sunday School and I wanted to attend Scanfest. Worked out fine...was home by 10 a.m.
* Read everything, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs post and set it for early afternoon.
* Signed into Scanfest at 11 a.m. and worked right through until 2 p.m. Scanned about 60 images of birth, marriage and death records (certificates, pages from town records) for my Seaver side of the ancestry. Will have to do Carringer side another time. Had a good time chatting with everybody, you can read the logs at Miriam's AnceStories blog.
* Went in at 2 p.m. to watch the end of the US-Canada hockey game, won by Canada in overtime 3-2. Read the paper, took a nap, did some chores, had dinner.
* Back online to read everything, worked on my final OASIS class presentation and handout, and printed off the handouts. Modified the presentation a bit to eliminate message boards/mailing list charts and add more info from handout. Checked in on Facebook.
* Found and wrote post for Amanuensis Monday, since I have to leave after 9 a.m. for the OASIS class. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 3.0 hours on Scanfest, and 2.0 hours working on OASIS class.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Randy's Genealogy Day - 31 January 2010
It was a decent genealogy Sunday - did more than usual because there was no Chargers game or Padres game on TV.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter before getting cleaned up. Chronicling Jeremiah and Rosalie - Part 2 (written last night) posted before we went to church. Before we went to church, searched the treasure box for photos that need to be scanned, and took a three-inch stack out of the box.
* Home from church at 11:20 a.m., and joined the Scanfest in progress. Could never get the CoverItLive producer thing to work, so used Miriam's blog to enter my chat comments. Worked the scanner while chatting and finding YouTube videos of 50s-60s rock music, had a great time. Got about 100 photos scanned in 65 TIFF files (440 mb total) - need to separate them and crop them and name them appropriately. Scanfest was over at 2 p.m., but I scanned until 2:30.
* While in Scanfest chat, Best of the Genea-Blogs - January 24-30, 2010 posted (written last night, edited this morning).
* Edited my OASIS "Beginning Computer Genealogy" handout and presentation, and printed sufficient copies for the class which starts on Monday. Checked in on Facebook.
* Tami came, and we left at 4:45 p.m. to go to dinner at Rubio's. Michelle and Randy have had the grandgirls for two days, so they met us and we had an hour with Lolo and Audrey. They ate well, and were happy to see us. Tami took the girls home and we were home by 6:30 p.m. Watched some of the Pro Bowl game while Linda was on computer.
* Back online at 7:30 p.m., read everything, transferred data to two flash drives for the OASIS class. Wrote two posts for Monday, since I have to leave by 9 a.m. to the car dealer and then OASIS classroom. Wrote this post, and just realized I missed Desperate Housewives again. Drat.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, and 1.0 hour working on OASIS class stuff.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter before getting cleaned up. Chronicling Jeremiah and Rosalie - Part 2 (written last night) posted before we went to church. Before we went to church, searched the treasure box for photos that need to be scanned, and took a three-inch stack out of the box.
* Home from church at 11:20 a.m., and joined the Scanfest in progress. Could never get the CoverItLive producer thing to work, so used Miriam's blog to enter my chat comments. Worked the scanner while chatting and finding YouTube videos of 50s-60s rock music, had a great time. Got about 100 photos scanned in 65 TIFF files (440 mb total) - need to separate them and crop them and name them appropriately. Scanfest was over at 2 p.m., but I scanned until 2:30.
* While in Scanfest chat, Best of the Genea-Blogs - January 24-30, 2010 posted (written last night, edited this morning).
* Edited my OASIS "Beginning Computer Genealogy" handout and presentation, and printed sufficient copies for the class which starts on Monday. Checked in on Facebook.
* Tami came, and we left at 4:45 p.m. to go to dinner at Rubio's. Michelle and Randy have had the grandgirls for two days, so they met us and we had an hour with Lolo and Audrey. They ate well, and were happy to see us. Tami took the girls home and we were home by 6:30 p.m. Watched some of the Pro Bowl game while Linda was on computer.
* Back online at 7:30 p.m., read everything, transferred data to two flash drives for the OASIS class. Wrote two posts for Monday, since I have to leave by 9 a.m. to the car dealer and then OASIS classroom. Wrote this post, and just realized I missed Desperate Housewives again. Drat.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours on Scanfest, and 1.0 hour working on OASIS class stuff.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Randy's Genealogy Day - 26 October 2009
Blogging, football, chatting, editing, presentationing, baseball, blogging. The day always seems to come full circle!
* Read email, blogs and Twitter before posting "Every Life Has a Story" Seminar Summary and adding several late posts to the Best of the Genea-Blogs post.
* Time for football! Stayed home from church to watch the Chargers game in hopes that they would finally play to their potential. I'm not sure that the 37-7 romp over the Chiefs reflects good Chargers play, or poor Chiefs play, but it was more enjoyable than the Denver game. No stress. Enjoyed my popcorn in the second half.
* Looked in briefly at halftime on the Scanfest chat hosted by Miriam Midkiff on the Ancestories blog, then went back to the game.
* After the game, came back for an hour on the Scanfest chat. didn't scan anything, though. Enjoyed chatting with my blogging friends.
* Did a final edit for the handout and presentation for the OASIS class on Monday. Printed off the handouts, and copied all to the flash drive.
* Worked on the Genealogy Vacations presentation a bit - polished things up, added some content, hope I can get through all of it. I need a nice fun ending.
* At 5 p.m., went in to watch the ALCS game, read the NGSQ and Family Tree Magazine, and eat dinner. Finally over at 9 p.m. Yankees won, 5-2, as expected.
* Back online to read everything, check Facebook, write two blog posts on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, and then this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour on OASIS class, and 1.0 hour on presentation.
* Read email, blogs and Twitter before posting "Every Life Has a Story" Seminar Summary and adding several late posts to the Best of the Genea-Blogs post.
* Time for football! Stayed home from church to watch the Chargers game in hopes that they would finally play to their potential. I'm not sure that the 37-7 romp over the Chiefs reflects good Chargers play, or poor Chiefs play, but it was more enjoyable than the Denver game. No stress. Enjoyed my popcorn in the second half.
* Looked in briefly at halftime on the Scanfest chat hosted by Miriam Midkiff on the Ancestories blog, then went back to the game.
* After the game, came back for an hour on the Scanfest chat. didn't scan anything, though. Enjoyed chatting with my blogging friends.
* Did a final edit for the handout and presentation for the OASIS class on Monday. Printed off the handouts, and copied all to the flash drive.
* Worked on the Genealogy Vacations presentation a bit - polished things up, added some content, hope I can get through all of it. I need a nice fun ending.
* At 5 p.m., went in to watch the ALCS game, read the NGSQ and Family Tree Magazine, and eat dinner. Finally over at 9 p.m. Yankees won, 5-2, as expected.
* Back online to read everything, check Facebook, write two blog posts on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog, and then this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour on OASIS class, and 1.0 hour on presentation.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Genealogy Journal - 31 May 2009
May ends...it's been a busy month for this Geneaholic. I delivered my Ancestry.com 101 presentation to CGSSD on 16 May, and started my four-class adult education class on 11 May. We've had all of the grandchildren and daughters here during the month. The genea-cave has been filled a bit more with stuff pertaining to genealogy research. Oh well...
* Read my email, Twitter and blogs before church, and Blogger posted The Good Earth? Sometimes not good enough before we left.
* We got home from church at 12 noon, and I joined Scanfest in progress. Scanfest was OK, I wrote more than I scanned, although I got a few images done. Blogger posted Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 24-30, 2009 while we were at church (written last night).
* We left at 2 p.m. for the retirement roast and toast of our friend Sherry K, whose retirement made the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Nice article. We were home by 6 p.m.
* Came back to the computer at 7 p.m., and read everything, then wrote a piece for Monday morning. Gathered OASIS class handouts, copied files to two flash drives. Checked on LiveRoots for awhile too. Answered some emails. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, and 0.5 hours checking web sites.
* Read my email, Twitter and blogs before church, and Blogger posted The Good Earth? Sometimes not good enough before we left.
* We got home from church at 12 noon, and I joined Scanfest in progress. Scanfest was OK, I wrote more than I scanned, although I got a few images done. Blogger posted Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 24-30, 2009 while we were at church (written last night).
* We left at 2 p.m. for the retirement roast and toast of our friend Sherry K, whose retirement made the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Nice article. We were home by 6 p.m.
* Came back to the computer at 7 p.m., and read everything, then wrote a piece for Monday morning. Gathered OASIS class handouts, copied files to two flash drives. Checked on LiveRoots for awhile too. Answered some emails. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 2.0 hours on Scanfest, 1.0 hour writing blog posts, and 0.5 hours checking web sites.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Genealogy Journal - 04/26/09
Got a good nights sleep and was rarin' to go ... to church. Then home for genealogy fun.
After breakfast and before church, I read my email and blogs and Twitter, and posted the Best of the Genea-Blogs post written last night. Off to church a 9:30, and home by 11:40 a.m., and jumped right into the Scanfest that started at 11. I lasted until 2 p.m., and got 30 scans of about 55 pictures from my grandfather's box done - these are mostly orphan pictures put into a plastic bag 20 years ago - some good ones. There are plenty more pictures from four generations to scan. At 2, I went in to watch the Padres game - they lost 8-3 to the Pirates - and took a little nap.
At 3:30, I came back to the computer and wrote three posts on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog - Genealogy Software Review Summary, CVGS Spring Saturday Seminar Review - Part 1: "Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search" and CVGS Spring Saturday Seminar Review - Part 2: "Solving Your Brickwall Problems" Panel . It was dinner time, so I had my Dinty Moore beef stew since Linda was out with her friend, and came back to the computer to read everything, tweet and answer some email. At 9, I went in and watched Desperate Housewives, and daughter Lori called to coordinate her visit in May with our schedules. Then I wrote this post and I'm done.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter and Facebook, 2.5 hours on the Scanfest, and 3.0 hours writing blog posts.
After breakfast and before church, I read my email and blogs and Twitter, and posted the Best of the Genea-Blogs post written last night. Off to church a 9:30, and home by 11:40 a.m., and jumped right into the Scanfest that started at 11. I lasted until 2 p.m., and got 30 scans of about 55 pictures from my grandfather's box done - these are mostly orphan pictures put into a plastic bag 20 years ago - some good ones. There are plenty more pictures from four generations to scan. At 2, I went in to watch the Padres game - they lost 8-3 to the Pirates - and took a little nap.
At 3:30, I came back to the computer and wrote three posts on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog - Genealogy Software Review Summary, CVGS Spring Saturday Seminar Review - Part 1: "Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search" and CVGS Spring Saturday Seminar Review - Part 2: "Solving Your Brickwall Problems" Panel . It was dinner time, so I had my Dinty Moore beef stew since Linda was out with her friend, and came back to the computer to read everything, tweet and answer some email. At 9, I went in and watched Desperate Housewives, and daughter Lori called to coordinate her visit in May with our schedules. Then I wrote this post and I'm done.
Genealogy today was 7.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter and Facebook, 2.5 hours on the Scanfest, and 3.0 hours writing blog posts.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Genealogy Journal - 03/29/09
A blogging-free day! Hmmm, except for this post. Maybe tomorrow. Of course, I couldn't let a day go by without something being posted - I wrote Working in RootsMagic 4 - Post 3: Adding a Child to a Family and Best of the Genea-Blogs - March 22-28, 2009 last night knowing that I wouldn't have time today to write anything significant.
I did read my email and blogs before going to church, and when I returned I jumped right into the Scanfest on Miriam's blog. During Scanfest, I scanned 18 pages worth of pictures from my Aunt Marion's California families album. There was quite a bit from my parents family and my own family that had not been scanned before, plus quite a few San Diego postcards.
Tami and her girls came just after 1 p.m., and Lolo took a nap but Audrey didn't. After Scanfest, I played with her most of the afternoon. Tami took Lauren to her friends for dinner and a movie, so we got Audrey for the evening. I fed her at dinner time, and then got her ready for bed. She went down for about 45 minutes then woke up bright eyed. I spent two hours trying to get her to go to sleep, but she is still awake and crying as I write this. She's been teething and hasn't been sleeping much. Her mom hasn't either.
Genealogy today was 4.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter and Facebook, and 2.5 hours on Scanfest.
I did read my email and blogs before going to church, and when I returned I jumped right into the Scanfest on Miriam's blog. During Scanfest, I scanned 18 pages worth of pictures from my Aunt Marion's California families album. There was quite a bit from my parents family and my own family that had not been scanned before, plus quite a few San Diego postcards.
Tami and her girls came just after 1 p.m., and Lolo took a nap but Audrey didn't. After Scanfest, I played with her most of the afternoon. Tami took Lauren to her friends for dinner and a movie, so we got Audrey for the evening. I fed her at dinner time, and then got her ready for bed. She went down for about 45 minutes then woke up bright eyed. I spent two hours trying to get her to go to sleep, but she is still awake and crying as I write this. She's been teething and hasn't been sleeping much. Her mom hasn't either.
Genealogy today was 4.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter and Facebook, and 2.5 hours on Scanfest.
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