This was the first day of RootsTech and I had a major case of genea-envy...was able to watch one of the presentations and blogged a bit about things I learned.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension Papers: Deposition (Part 3) of the Widow and then researched and wrote RootsMagic 4 Source Citations Uploaded via GEDCOM to Ancestry.com - a Surprise! Had major editing problems on that one after trying to copy/paste from Ancestry sources. Got cleaned up, and had lunch.
* Realized I missed the first streaming video presentation at RootsTech and wanted to catch the 2 p.m. one. Tami and Lolo came at noontime. Heard about and wrote about 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2011. Worked in RootsMagic on sources - got the R's done and started the S list.
* Tuned into the Barry Ewell video at about 2:15 and watched it to the end. Wrote Have you watched the RootsTech Live Videos yet?
* Went to dinner at 3:45 to Rubios with Tami, Lolo and Linda. Back by 5 p.m. and Lolo played with her Nintendo DS game. The kid is really good with it now.
* Back online at 6:15 p.m. to read everything, worked on the SDGS presentation a bit, and found YouTube videos from RootsTech, watched them and wrote Some videos from RootsTech on YouTube.
* Got Lolo bathed, in jammies, read to and put down. Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour working in sources, 2.0 hours watching videos, and 1.0 hour working on the presentation.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
My genealogy day - 9 February 2011
A day of reading, blogging, working on sources, a major snafu again, the CVGS research meeting, taking my wifey out to dinner, presentation, and yearning to be in Salt Lake City for RootsTech.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 139: The Players. Researched and wrote FTM 2011 Citations Uploaded via GEDCOM to Ancestry.com and set it for later before getting cleaned up.
* Wrote SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 12 February: "The Genealogical Proof Standard and Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search" and set it for early afternoon, and then wrote Thomas MacEntee's Interview with Elizabeth Shown Mills. Ate a quick lunch, gathered my stuff, and off to the library for the CVGS Research Group meeting to present my little short talk on Land Records and lead the ensuing discussion.
* At library, asked Gary if he had brought the projector - um, no. Ooops. Guess I won't be showing my work on the wall. Got the laptop set up and put the flash drive in and my presentation was not there. Oops #2, and the bigger one! Drat. Must have messed up the file copy. That's two in one week. Blundered through it adlibbing the material I had - hopefully they took something from it. Had a good question and answer time too.
* Home by 2:15 p.m. to read everything, and worked on my source citations - got O and P done editing the mangled stuff. Still have to create many that are still in shorthand.
* Sleepy so went in at 4:30 p.m. to read paper and watch TV, but Linda wanted to go to Oggi's for salad and pizza so we did. Home by 6:30 p.m. and she had an allergic reaction to something.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read everything and work on the 12 February presentation a bit. More edits and practice for the first part of it. Answered some emails, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, checked Twitter for RootsTech posts, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at CVGS Research Group, 1.5 hours working on sources, 1.5 hours working on presentation, and 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 139: The Players. Researched and wrote FTM 2011 Citations Uploaded via GEDCOM to Ancestry.com and set it for later before getting cleaned up.
* Wrote SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 12 February: "The Genealogical Proof Standard and Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search" and set it for early afternoon, and then wrote Thomas MacEntee's Interview with Elizabeth Shown Mills. Ate a quick lunch, gathered my stuff, and off to the library for the CVGS Research Group meeting to present my little short talk on Land Records and lead the ensuing discussion.
* At library, asked Gary if he had brought the projector - um, no. Ooops. Guess I won't be showing my work on the wall. Got the laptop set up and put the flash drive in and my presentation was not there. Oops #2, and the bigger one! Drat. Must have messed up the file copy. That's two in one week. Blundered through it adlibbing the material I had - hopefully they took something from it. Had a good question and answer time too.
* Home by 2:15 p.m. to read everything, and worked on my source citations - got O and P done editing the mangled stuff. Still have to create many that are still in shorthand.
* Sleepy so went in at 4:30 p.m. to read paper and watch TV, but Linda wanted to go to Oggi's for salad and pizza so we did. Home by 6:30 p.m. and she had an allergic reaction to something.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read everything and work on the 12 February presentation a bit. More edits and practice for the first part of it. Answered some emails, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, checked Twitter for RootsTech posts, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours at CVGS Research Group, 1.5 hours working on sources, 1.5 hours working on presentation, and 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
My genealogy day - 8 February 2011
A stay-at-home day, and a day to prepare for tomorrow!
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Use NUCMC to Find Manuscript Holdings and got cleaned up.
* worked with FTM 2011 making a story thing, then uploaded an Isaac tree to Ancestry.com to check out source citation mangling. Wrote FTM 2011 Citations Uploaded to Ancestry.com. Had lunch at home.
* Worked in RootsMagic to edit the K, L, M and N free-form sources. Still creating sample EE style sources for specific record types.
* Started the land records presentation for Wednesday, using my own examples of records and processes.
* Watched the RootsMagic webinar on sources, and then wrote RootsMagic Webinars - Archived and Future. Answered some emails. Did more land records charts.
* Went in for dinner at 5:45 p.m., and watched TV until 6:45 p.m., then back to the keyboard.
* Did some census research for the mystery Lucy Seaver, and wrote about it in Which Mrs. Lucy Seaver is she?
* Checked for the Chula Vista historic homes owners in the 1930 census - found one. Then tried to identify everyone on the block in 1930 and 1920.
* Checked Facebook, chatted with Lori there, then added to the Best Of post and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blogs, 1.0 hour working in FTM/Ancestry, 2.5 hours doing online research, 2.0 hours working on land presentation, and 1.5 hours working on CV homes.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Use NUCMC to Find Manuscript Holdings and got cleaned up.
* worked with FTM 2011 making a story thing, then uploaded an Isaac tree to Ancestry.com to check out source citation mangling. Wrote FTM 2011 Citations Uploaded to Ancestry.com. Had lunch at home.
* Worked in RootsMagic to edit the K, L, M and N free-form sources. Still creating sample EE style sources for specific record types.
* Started the land records presentation for Wednesday, using my own examples of records and processes.
* Watched the RootsMagic webinar on sources, and then wrote RootsMagic Webinars - Archived and Future. Answered some emails. Did more land records charts.
* Went in for dinner at 5:45 p.m., and watched TV until 6:45 p.m., then back to the keyboard.
* Did some census research for the mystery Lucy Seaver, and wrote about it in Which Mrs. Lucy Seaver is she?
* Checked for the Chula Vista historic homes owners in the 1930 census - found one. Then tried to identify everyone on the block in 1930 and 1920.
* Checked Facebook, chatted with Lori there, then added to the Best Of post and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blogs, 1.0 hour working in FTM/Ancestry, 2.5 hours doing online research, 2.0 hours working on land presentation, and 1.5 hours working on CV homes.
Monday, February 7, 2011
My genealogy day - 7 February 2011
This was a different genealogy day due to the OASIS class I taught this morning...averted a crisis, and I did get some database work in tonight.
* Read my email and blogs before getting cleaned up and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Benjamin Allen (1662-1721) posted. Gathered my stuff and headed off at 8:30 a.m. for the car dealer for maintenance.
* Got there without much traffic at 8:45, was done by 8:55, and walked the mile over to the shopping center lugging my laptop. Sat on the bench reviewing my handout for about 20 minutes and ate my apple, then went in to set up the computer for the class. I did not have the class presentation material on my two flash drives! I copied the wrong file folder to the flash drives on Friday night. Ah, but I copied things to the laptop last Monday, so found the presentation, quickly edited it, saved it to the flash drive, into the class computer, and was ready when students came to 10 a.m. Whew!
* Class went well, was out by 12:20 p.m. and walked the mile back to the car dealer lugging my laptop. Got checked out, and was home by 1:15 p.m. Ate lunch, noted that "The Schoolmaster's in that Bed" posted and gathered up the CVGS Newsletter material and went to the UPS store at 2 p.m. to publish the newsletter.
* Was done in 30 minutes, back home to read everything and research and write Do Genealogy Template Sources Survive When Passed Through GEDCOM?
* Sent the Newsletter to the webmaster for posting and to the email member list for reading.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, help with the wash, and we ate dinner.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to post National Institute of Genealogical Studies Acquires GenealogyWise website. Worked on free-form sources in RootsMagic - got the G, H, I and J ones done.
* Decided to find the census records for the Chula Vista historical houses on the April tour, found the first one easily, right next door to the John Morrill house (Morrill married Matie Smith in 1920, my grandfather's aunt). Found more information on Morrills and then Pinkhams and added them to the database. Really got sidetracked there - oh well, I can do more searching tomorrow.
* Added to the Best of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours teaching the OASIS class, 1.0 hour on CVGS Newsletter, 1.5 hour on database sources, and 1.0 hour on online research.
* Read my email and blogs before getting cleaned up and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Benjamin Allen (1662-1721) posted. Gathered my stuff and headed off at 8:30 a.m. for the car dealer for maintenance.
* Got there without much traffic at 8:45, was done by 8:55, and walked the mile over to the shopping center lugging my laptop. Sat on the bench reviewing my handout for about 20 minutes and ate my apple, then went in to set up the computer for the class. I did not have the class presentation material on my two flash drives! I copied the wrong file folder to the flash drives on Friday night. Ah, but I copied things to the laptop last Monday, so found the presentation, quickly edited it, saved it to the flash drive, into the class computer, and was ready when students came to 10 a.m. Whew!
* Class went well, was out by 12:20 p.m. and walked the mile back to the car dealer lugging my laptop. Got checked out, and was home by 1:15 p.m. Ate lunch, noted that "The Schoolmaster's in that Bed" posted and gathered up the CVGS Newsletter material and went to the UPS store at 2 p.m. to publish the newsletter.
* Was done in 30 minutes, back home to read everything and research and write Do Genealogy Template Sources Survive When Passed Through GEDCOM?
* Sent the Newsletter to the webmaster for posting and to the email member list for reading.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, help with the wash, and we ate dinner.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to post National Institute of Genealogical Studies Acquires GenealogyWise website. Worked on free-form sources in RootsMagic - got the G, H, I and J ones done.
* Decided to find the census records for the Chula Vista historical houses on the April tour, found the first one easily, right next door to the John Morrill house (Morrill married Matie Smith in 1920, my grandfather's aunt). Found more information on Morrills and then Pinkhams and added them to the database. Really got sidetracked there - oh well, I can do more searching tomorrow.
* Added to the Best of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 2.0 hours writing blog posts, 2.5 hours teaching the OASIS class, 1.0 hour on CVGS Newsletter, 1.5 hour on database sources, and 1.0 hour on online research.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
My genealogy day - 6 February 2011
It wasn't much of a genealogy day, what with church, no Scanfest, and the Super Bowl.
* Read email and lbogs, and finished the Best Of post and set it for noontime. Got cleaned up and went off to church.
* Home at 11:40 a.m., grabbed lunch, gathered OASIS class material and CVGS Newsletter stuff, and out the door at 12 noon for the UPS Store to make copies. Not! They've decided to not open on Sundays, effective 6 February. Drat. Back home...
* Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 30 January to 5 February 2011 posted, and then made the 10 copies of the OASIS class handout on my printer, since I have no time on Monday morning to do it. Consoled myself by working in the database converting mangled sources to decent sources - got the Es and Fs done! The V's will be hard!
* Went in at 2:45 to watch the pre-game show, read the paper, and took a nap - woke up just as they were kicking off. It was a good game, and Green Bay deserved to win. We enjoyed the halftime show and some of the commercials.
* Back online at 7:30 to edit my presentation, get it all on the flash drives, and the laptop bag packed to go on Monday. Read everything, wrote A Seaver Driven from North Carolina in 1860 but hit Post before I could schedule it for Monday morning. Drat! Wrote tow more posts for Monday.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post and I'm done!
Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 0.5 hour trying to get the newsletter published, 1.5 hour working on sources, and 0.5 hour working on OASIS class handout and presentation.
* Read email and lbogs, and finished the Best Of post and set it for noontime. Got cleaned up and went off to church.
* Home at 11:40 a.m., grabbed lunch, gathered OASIS class material and CVGS Newsletter stuff, and out the door at 12 noon for the UPS Store to make copies. Not! They've decided to not open on Sundays, effective 6 February. Drat. Back home...
* Noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 30 January to 5 February 2011 posted, and then made the 10 copies of the OASIS class handout on my printer, since I have no time on Monday morning to do it. Consoled myself by working in the database converting mangled sources to decent sources - got the Es and Fs done! The V's will be hard!
* Went in at 2:45 to watch the pre-game show, read the paper, and took a nap - woke up just as they were kicking off. It was a good game, and Green Bay deserved to win. We enjoyed the halftime show and some of the commercials.
* Back online at 7:30 to edit my presentation, get it all on the flash drives, and the laptop bag packed to go on Monday. Read everything, wrote A Seaver Driven from North Carolina in 1860 but hit Post before I could schedule it for Monday morning. Drat! Wrote tow more posts for Monday.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post and I'm done!
Genealogy today was 5.5 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.5 hours writing blog posts, 0.5 hour trying to get the newsletter published, 1.5 hour working on sources, and 0.5 hour working on OASIS class handout and presentation.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
My genealogy day - 5 February 2011
Some blogging, some database source work, some frustration and some forgetfulness...I think I'm aging way too fast.
* Read email before going off to the Men's group breakfast and Bible study. Home by 9:30 a.m.
* Read blogs, then noted that Surname Saturday - SOULE (England > Massachusetts) posted and wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - the Super Bowl and set it for noon time.
* Had lunch, and went off to the CVGS workshop at Bonita Library. Took the laptop and tried to download the updated Legacy software, but the session stopped prematurely. Now LFT7 is hosed.
* Home by 2 p.m., to read everything, download Legacy 7 to the laptop - it worked. Also updated RootsMagic 4 too. Worked in RM4 on the desktop editing my master sources (correcting the FTM2011 errors introduced in the GEDCOM file creation).
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner and wash the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to finish up the CVGS Newsletter, and tried to print it off. The f%^&*&^%g printer wouldn't work. After an hour of frustration where RTFM didn't work, the printer support menu was useless, I fired up the old computer and printer. Also turned off the desktop and turned it back on, and that did the trick! Printed off the newsletter and mailing list.
* Added to the Best Of post, and was ready to write this post when I remembered that I had to copy my handout for the OASIS class on Monday. Yikes. Had to edit the two handouts - the MSWord format gets all screwed up in OpenOffice. Finally printed out black and white copies to print on Sunday.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour writing blogs, 2.0 hours at the CVGS meeting, 3.0 hours working on database sources, 2.5 hours working on CVGS newsletter, and 1.0 hour working on class handouts.
* Read email before going off to the Men's group breakfast and Bible study. Home by 9:30 a.m.
* Read blogs, then noted that Surname Saturday - SOULE (England > Massachusetts) posted and wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - the Super Bowl and set it for noon time.
* Had lunch, and went off to the CVGS workshop at Bonita Library. Took the laptop and tried to download the updated Legacy software, but the session stopped prematurely. Now LFT7 is hosed.
* Home by 2 p.m., to read everything, download Legacy 7 to the laptop - it worked. Also updated RootsMagic 4 too. Worked in RM4 on the desktop editing my master sources (correcting the FTM2011 errors introduced in the GEDCOM file creation).
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner and wash the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to finish up the CVGS Newsletter, and tried to print it off. The f%^&*&^%g printer wouldn't work. After an hour of frustration where RTFM didn't work, the printer support menu was useless, I fired up the old computer and printer. Also turned off the desktop and turned it back on, and that did the trick! Printed off the newsletter and mailing list.
* Added to the Best Of post, and was ready to write this post when I remembered that I had to copy my handout for the OASIS class on Monday. Yikes. Had to edit the two handouts - the MSWord format gets all screwed up in OpenOffice. Finally printed out black and white copies to print on Sunday.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 1.0 hour writing blogs, 2.0 hours at the CVGS meeting, 3.0 hours working on database sources, 2.5 hours working on CVGS newsletter, and 1.0 hour working on class handouts.
Friday, February 4, 2011
My Genealogy Day - 4 February 2011
It was pretty much an all-genealogy day, except for the walk on the bayfront.
* Read email and blogs, then researched and wrote How did the RootsMagic 4 Source Citations Look in Legacy Family Tree 7? It took longer to edit it than it did to write it. Blogger doesn't like the braces - it think they are HTML codes.
* Answered some email, had lunch, and went off at 11:30 a.m. to pick up George and walk on the bayfront in shirtsleeve weather (65F). Went to the library afterward to work on a query and do more on my research project.
* Home by 2:15 p.m., read everything, and wrote Book Review: Genealogy at a Glance: "How-To" Series.
* Worked in software a bit, then answered some emails, and went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and eat dinner.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to edit my SDGS handout and send it off, added content to the CVGS Newsletter, check Facebook, and answer some emails before WDYTYA? came on.
* Went in at 7:50 to watch WDYTYA? Linda was excited earlier that it was going to be on, but when I checked her she was asleep already. Oh well. I graded it a B+ and noted five mentions of Ancestry.com - four of them in ads.
* Back online at 9:15 p.m., to read everything, write the Surname Saturday post, add to the Best Of post and to write this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours - 1.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour working on CVGS query, 1.0 hour working on CVGS Newsletter, 0.5 hour on SDGS handout, 1.0 hour watching WDYTYA?, and 1.0 hour working in software.
* Read email and blogs, then researched and wrote How did the RootsMagic 4 Source Citations Look in Legacy Family Tree 7? It took longer to edit it than it did to write it. Blogger doesn't like the braces - it think they are HTML codes.
* Answered some email, had lunch, and went off at 11:30 a.m. to pick up George and walk on the bayfront in shirtsleeve weather (65F). Went to the library afterward to work on a query and do more on my research project.
* Home by 2:15 p.m., read everything, and wrote Book Review: Genealogy at a Glance: "How-To" Series.
* Worked in software a bit, then answered some emails, and went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and eat dinner.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to edit my SDGS handout and send it off, added content to the CVGS Newsletter, check Facebook, and answer some emails before WDYTYA? came on.
* Went in at 7:50 to watch WDYTYA? Linda was excited earlier that it was going to be on, but when I checked her she was asleep already. Oh well. I graded it a B+ and noted five mentions of Ancestry.com - four of them in ads.
* Back online at 9:15 p.m., to read everything, write the Surname Saturday post, add to the Best Of post and to write this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours - 1.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour working on CVGS query, 1.0 hour working on CVGS Newsletter, 0.5 hour on SDGS handout, 1.0 hour watching WDYTYA?, and 1.0 hour working in software.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
My genealogy day - 3 February 2011
Another all-genealogy day - didn't go anywhere, blogged a lot and burned down my email pile a bit.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension Papers: Deposition (Part 2) of the Widow and Book Review: Online State Resources for Genealogy.
* Got cleaned up, and attacked my email inbox with a vengeance. Ate lunch at my desk, and then wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - February 2011, Saturday Workshop - Beginning Computer Organization,
New or Updated FamilySearch Historical Data Collections and Genealogy Freelancers Welcomes ExpertConnect Providers.
* Read everything, checked Ancestry's new databases, answered more email and it was 5 p.m. before I knew it!
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, and eat dinner. Back online at 6:30 p.m to straighten up a tall stack of paper, Dumped about 3 inches, moved some to other neat piles, and that stack looks better.
* Worked on the CVGS Newsletter - received no articles from Board members yet, but have it 80% done. Will publish on Sunday.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post (#7 on the day!).
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 2.0 hours doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 4.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour organizing my piles, 2.5 hours working on the newsletter,
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Isaac Seaver's Civil War Pension Papers: Deposition (Part 2) of the Widow and Book Review: Online State Resources for Genealogy.
* Got cleaned up, and attacked my email inbox with a vengeance. Ate lunch at my desk, and then wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - February 2011, Saturday Workshop - Beginning Computer Organization,
New or Updated FamilySearch Historical Data Collections and Genealogy Freelancers Welcomes ExpertConnect Providers.
* Read everything, checked Ancestry's new databases, answered more email and it was 5 p.m. before I knew it!
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, and eat dinner. Back online at 6:30 p.m to straighten up a tall stack of paper, Dumped about 3 inches, moved some to other neat piles, and that stack looks better.
* Worked on the CVGS Newsletter - received no articles from Board members yet, but have it 80% done. Will publish on Sunday.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post (#7 on the day!).
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 2.0 hours doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 4.5 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour organizing my piles, 2.5 hours working on the newsletter,
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
My genealogy day - 2 February 2011
A decent genealogy day, with a CVGS board meeting in to mess up the day.
* Read email and blogs, found a picture I hadn't posted and wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 138: Betty and her Grandparents. Researched and wrote Peeking at RootsMagic 4 Source Citations in a GEDCOM File - Post 1.
* Got cleaned up, then received email and wrote Archives.com Provides Genealogy Industry Metrics but it didn't post until afternoon due to a Blogger glitch. Drat! Gathered up my CVGS Board stuff and had lunch.
* Left at 11:30 a.m. for the library for the CVGS Board meeting, which lasted until 2:40. Went over and found two obituaries for a research project I'm doing. Was home by 3:15 p.m.
* Online at 4 p.m., Read everything, then wrote Genealogist Caroline Rober passed away yesterday. Answered some email.
* Dinner was ready at 5:30 p.m., and took the trash out for pickup on Thursday.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then work on finding more data and writing an email to summarize the research project. Added to the Best Of post, started the February CVGS Newsletter, checked in on Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours on CVGS meeting, 3.0 hours on research project, and 3.5 hours writing blog posts.
* Read email and blogs, found a picture I hadn't posted and wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 138: Betty and her Grandparents. Researched and wrote Peeking at RootsMagic 4 Source Citations in a GEDCOM File - Post 1.
* Got cleaned up, then received email and wrote Archives.com Provides Genealogy Industry Metrics but it didn't post until afternoon due to a Blogger glitch. Drat! Gathered up my CVGS Board stuff and had lunch.
* Left at 11:30 a.m. for the library for the CVGS Board meeting, which lasted until 2:40. Went over and found two obituaries for a research project I'm doing. Was home by 3:15 p.m.
* Online at 4 p.m., Read everything, then wrote Genealogist Caroline Rober passed away yesterday. Answered some email.
* Dinner was ready at 5:30 p.m., and took the trash out for pickup on Thursday.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then work on finding more data and writing an email to summarize the research project. Added to the Best Of post, started the February CVGS Newsletter, checked in on Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours on CVGS meeting, 3.0 hours on research project, and 3.5 hours writing blog posts.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
My genealogy day - 1 February 2011
Another stay-at-home genealogy day, but I got out in the air for a bit too.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Use LearnWebSkills.com for Online Genealogy Tutorial and March 2011 Issue of Internet Genealogy Magazine. Got cleaned up.
* Added some source data to the database from the FHC trip on Saturday. Stumbled around in RootsMagic for hours trying to figure out source merging, and finally did it but had a major problem. I wrote about it in Source Citation Merging in RootsMagic 4 - Uh Oh!
* Decided to work in the Free-form citations in RM4 cleaning them up (from the FTM 2011 GEDCOM problems) to be near EE standard. Got about 20 done, 640 more to go!
* Linda asked at 4:45 p.m. if I'd done the back yard jungle - so I went out and pushed the mower around for 45 minutes. Back in to have dinner, watch TV and read the paper.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then did some online research for the CV100 project. Found quite a bit about Andy and Ephie! Finalized the presentation and handout for SDGS meeting on 12 February. Added to the Best Of post. Checked Facebook. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour adding data to the database, 3.0 hours working in RootsMagic 4 on sources and source merging issues, 1.5 hours doing online research, and 1.0 hour working on the presentation.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Use LearnWebSkills.com for Online Genealogy Tutorial and March 2011 Issue of Internet Genealogy Magazine. Got cleaned up.
* Added some source data to the database from the FHC trip on Saturday. Stumbled around in RootsMagic for hours trying to figure out source merging, and finally did it but had a major problem. I wrote about it in Source Citation Merging in RootsMagic 4 - Uh Oh!
* Decided to work in the Free-form citations in RM4 cleaning them up (from the FTM 2011 GEDCOM problems) to be near EE standard. Got about 20 done, 640 more to go!
* Linda asked at 4:45 p.m. if I'd done the back yard jungle - so I went out and pushed the mower around for 45 minutes. Back in to have dinner, watch TV and read the paper.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, then did some online research for the CV100 project. Found quite a bit about Andy and Ephie! Finalized the presentation and handout for SDGS meeting on 12 February. Added to the Best Of post. Checked Facebook. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours - 0.5 hour doing email, 1.0 hour reading blogs, 3.0 hours writing blog posts, 1.0 hour adding data to the database, 3.0 hours working in RootsMagic 4 on sources and source merging issues, 1.5 hours doing online research, and 1.0 hour working on the presentation.
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