It was a great genealogy day.
* Quickly read email and blogs,checked that Surname Saturday -- TUCKER (England to Massachusetts) posted, then got ready to go to the SDGS seminar.
* got there by 8 a.m., talked to Tom Jones for awhile, then looked for CVGS members in the crowd of 200.
* SDGS Seminar started at 9, gave my spiel about the CVGS seminar, and Tom gave his first two talks. Had lunch with several CVGS colleagues, then back for Tom's last two talks.
* Home by 3:30 to watch the end of the 49ers game, checked that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Make Your Own Genealogy Creation posted, then ate dinner, and watched first half of the Broncos/Patriots game. Read everything on my iPhone while watching.
* Online at 7:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answered some email, checked Facebook, edited some content and added sources in the database, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
My genealogy day - 13 January 2012
It was Friday the 13th, but I bravely went out twice on errands today. Otherwise, it was genealogy work.
* Left early to go have my lab tests done at SRS. Home by 8 a.m. Ate breakfast and then read email and blogs, and posted Follow Friday - Have Some Weekend Genealogy Fun!
* Wrote FamilySearch Historical Collections Update - A Quandary and then did my DNA test scrapes. Put the material in the envelope. Wrote January 2012 CVGS Newsletter Available Online. Wrote the Research Group review too.
* Had lunch, and left for the FedEx store, then the bank, the library and the gas station. Home by 1:15 p.m.
* Worked on the handout for the Genealogy Blogs talk. Wrote the Surname Saturday post. In the process, I wrote Genealogy Idol Contestants Named!
* Answered some emails, worked on a correspondent research problem, and went in to watch TV and eat dinner at 5 p.m.
* Back online at 6 p.m. to catch the Geneabloggers Radio show, and hung out for 30 minutes at the after party on Outloud.fm.
* Wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, added to the Best Of post, and did a little online mining for information about two Tucker ancestral families. The available information is confusing - it's best not to make guesses! Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Left early to go have my lab tests done at SRS. Home by 8 a.m. Ate breakfast and then read email and blogs, and posted Follow Friday - Have Some Weekend Genealogy Fun!
* Wrote FamilySearch Historical Collections Update - A Quandary and then did my DNA test scrapes. Put the material in the envelope. Wrote January 2012 CVGS Newsletter Available Online. Wrote the Research Group review too.
* Had lunch, and left for the FedEx store, then the bank, the library and the gas station. Home by 1:15 p.m.
* Worked on the handout for the Genealogy Blogs talk. Wrote the Surname Saturday post. In the process, I wrote Genealogy Idol Contestants Named!
* Answered some emails, worked on a correspondent research problem, and went in to watch TV and eat dinner at 5 p.m.
* Back online at 6 p.m. to catch the Geneabloggers Radio show, and hung out for 30 minutes at the after party on Outloud.fm.
* Wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, added to the Best Of post, and did a little online mining for information about two Tucker ancestral families. The available information is confusing - it's best not to make guesses! Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
My genealogy day - 12 January 2012
It was a full stay-at-home genealogy day, and I made some progress on several fronts.
* Read email and blogs, and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of James A. Kemp.
* Exported Genea-Musings blog to save it as an XML file - 51 mb! Took over one minute, which is why IE9 was timing out - it had a 10 second setting. Did some bookmark managing in Google Chrome too.
* Wrote My Family Finder Autosomal DNA Tests - Post 3 and answered some email.
* Worked on the handout and the presentation for the Wiki talk at the Family History Fair. Need to do screen captures too, but got the handout in order.
* Took some time to look for my Richman notebook and I didn't find it until after dinner - right on top of the printer where I put it so I wouldn't lose it. Drat. Went through the desktop paper stacks too, and found several items that I added to the database.
* Wrote Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 11 a.m. Thursday, 2 February and then went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m..
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked in the database adding content and sources from three articles copied at ACPL. Also worked trying to figure out some of the Richman relationships, and added some sources and deleted some extraneous facts.
* Checked Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus, then added to the Best Of post, and changed the Genea-Musings template a bit. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of James A. Kemp.
* Exported Genea-Musings blog to save it as an XML file - 51 mb! Took over one minute, which is why IE9 was timing out - it had a 10 second setting. Did some bookmark managing in Google Chrome too.
* Wrote My Family Finder Autosomal DNA Tests - Post 3 and answered some email.
* Worked on the handout and the presentation for the Wiki talk at the Family History Fair. Need to do screen captures too, but got the handout in order.
* Took some time to look for my Richman notebook and I didn't find it until after dinner - right on top of the printer where I put it so I wouldn't lose it. Drat. Went through the desktop paper stacks too, and found several items that I added to the database.
* Wrote Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 11 a.m. Thursday, 2 February and then went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m..
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked in the database adding content and sources from three articles copied at ACPL. Also worked trying to figure out some of the Richman relationships, and added some sources and deleted some extraneous facts.
* Checked Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus, then added to the Best Of post, and changed the Genea-Musings template a bit. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.5 hours.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
My genealogy day - 11 January 2012
It was a very full, and pretty fun, day doing genealogy.
* Read email and blogs, wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-187.html and then worked on http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/finding-us-vital-records-on-archivescom.html and set it for 11 a.m.
* Printed out material, and gathered up my stuff for the research group, and went off to Mcdonalds for lunch at 11 a.m. and then to the library for CVGS Research Group at 12 noon.
* We had 18 at the Research Group with great sharing. Went around the table sharing goals, then questions and answers, and finally successes and challenges.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then put genealogy dates on my iPhone Calendar, and had to copy pages for Tami before we went out to Lolita's at 4:30 p.m.
* Home by 5 p.m. to watch TV news and read the paper, then online at 6 p.m. Wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/more-goodies-from-san-diego-newspapers.html.
* Went mining in GenealogyBank for two hours - Carringer, Smith, Blanchard, Seaver, Kemp, DeFrance, etc. Found a bunch of articles.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook. Frustrated by IE9, downloaded Chrome to use as a browser. Imported and managed Bookmarks, wonder how I'll like it. Already found out it won't copy my blog titles to this post - it adds the box around it too. Will experiment. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-187.html and then worked on http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/finding-us-vital-records-on-archivescom.html and set it for 11 a.m.
* Printed out material, and gathered up my stuff for the research group, and went off to Mcdonalds for lunch at 11 a.m. and then to the library for CVGS Research Group at 12 noon.
* We had 18 at the Research Group with great sharing. Went around the table sharing goals, then questions and answers, and finally successes and challenges.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then put genealogy dates on my iPhone Calendar, and had to copy pages for Tami before we went out to Lolita's at 4:30 p.m.
* Home by 5 p.m. to watch TV news and read the paper, then online at 6 p.m. Wrote http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/more-goodies-from-san-diego-newspapers.html.
* Went mining in GenealogyBank for two hours - Carringer, Smith, Blanchard, Seaver, Kemp, DeFrance, etc. Found a bunch of articles.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook. Frustrated by IE9, downloaded Chrome to use as a browser. Imported and managed Bookmarks, wonder how I'll like it. Already found out it won't copy my blog titles to this post - it adds the box around it too. Will experiment. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
My genealogy day - 10 January 2012
This was a fun day because I found the historic San Diego newspapers on GenealogyBank. I wonder when they were added? I should pay closer attention to the GenealogyBank announcements that come by email.
* Read email and blogs, then saw Denise's mention of the SD newspapers and quickly wrote Tuesday's Tip - San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank. Wrote FREE Webinar Series from APG and set it for later.
* Answered some email, and added some correspondent data to my database. Worked some more in FamilyTreeDNA and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 2.
* Dug out my Genealogy is Fun talk that had 69 slides. Modified the handout first by checking links, and then adding some to it. Then went through the talk and now have 100 slides since I have so much new material. Will winnow it down a bit I think - the goal is 80 now. I can do that in an hour, I think.
* Succumbed to temptation and went back into GenealogyBank to find more Carringer/Auble data in San Diego newspapers. Started in on the San Diego Union and saved some screen shots. Wrote The Carringer Gardens in 1935.
* Went in for dinner, watched the news and read the paper. Online at 7 p.m. to do more GenealogyBank mining, and ended up with 24 screen shots. There were lots of land transactions.
* Finally decided that I'd better write my GYR Journal article due on Wednesday. Did that and sent it off.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and Google Plus, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, then saw Denise's mention of the SD newspapers and quickly wrote Tuesday's Tip - San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank. Wrote FREE Webinar Series from APG and set it for later.
* Answered some email, and added some correspondent data to my database. Worked some more in FamilyTreeDNA and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 2.
* Dug out my Genealogy is Fun talk that had 69 slides. Modified the handout first by checking links, and then adding some to it. Then went through the talk and now have 100 slides since I have so much new material. Will winnow it down a bit I think - the goal is 80 now. I can do that in an hour, I think.
* Succumbed to temptation and went back into GenealogyBank to find more Carringer/Auble data in San Diego newspapers. Started in on the San Diego Union and saved some screen shots. Wrote The Carringer Gardens in 1935.
* Went in for dinner, watched the news and read the paper. Online at 7 p.m. to do more GenealogyBank mining, and ended up with 24 screen shots. There were lots of land transactions.
* Finally decided that I'd better write my GYR Journal article due on Wednesday. Did that and sent it off.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and Google Plus, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Monday, January 9, 2012
My genealogy day - 9 January 2012
Some blogging, a quick library trip, the rotten BCS game, and some Find-a-Grave for therapy.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the will of Robert Gifford (1660-1730) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and then researched and wrote Finding U.K. Vital Records on Archives.com.
* Answered some emails, sent the CVGS newsletter to the members, and had lunch.
* Left after noon for the library to return the overdue book, looked for more but they've really cut back their holdings. Home by 1:15 p.m.
* Read everything, checked Facebook, researched and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 1.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch news, then ate dinner and watched the BCS game. What a terribly boring game. Played on the iPhone for the whole second half - got my reading done!
* Back online at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and worked in Find-a-Grave looking for Horton, White, Wade, Hawkins in Rhode Island. found a bunch! Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Amanuensis Monday - the will of Robert Gifford (1660-1730) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and then researched and wrote Finding U.K. Vital Records on Archives.com.
* Answered some emails, sent the CVGS newsletter to the members, and had lunch.
* Left after noon for the library to return the overdue book, looked for more but they've really cut back their holdings. Home by 1:15 p.m.
* Read everything, checked Facebook, researched and wrote My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 1.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch news, then ate dinner and watched the BCS game. What a terribly boring game. Played on the iPhone for the whole second half - got my reading done!
* Back online at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and worked in Find-a-Grave looking for Horton, White, Wade, Hawkins in Rhode Island. found a bunch! Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
My genealogy day - 8 January 2012
It was not much of a genealogy day at all. I find that Sundays are usually my day of genea-rest.
* Read email and blogs, put finishing touches on Best of the Genea-Blogs - 1 January to 7 January 2012 and set it for after noon.
* Went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and talked a bit to John about CVGS. We stopped at the store afterwards, home by 12 noon.
* Watched both football games, we ate dinner afterwards.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then check in on Facebook, answer some emails, add to the Best Of post, and work in Find-a-Grave for awhile, adding dates and sources to the database. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, put finishing touches on Best of the Genea-Blogs - 1 January to 7 January 2012 and set it for after noon.
* Went off to church at 9:30 a.m. and talked a bit to John about CVGS. We stopped at the store afterwards, home by 12 noon.
* Watched both football games, we ate dinner afterwards.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then check in on Facebook, answer some emails, add to the Best Of post, and work in Find-a-Grave for awhile, adding dates and sources to the database. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
My genealogy day - 7 January 2012
Another significant task completed today...many more to come!
* Read email and blogs before going off to the Men's study breakfast at Jimmy's at the Park. Home by 9:30 a.m.
* Noted that Surname Saturday - THURSTON (England > Rhode Island > Massachusetts) posted, and wrote Top 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites - Genea-Musings is #90!
* Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Very Best 2011 Research Adventure and set it for early afternoon.
* Edited the CVGS Newsletter one more time (amazing how many errors and editing glitches you can find when you read carefully!) and printed it out. Printed out the labels too. I was going to take it down at 12:30 p.m. to copy it, but Susi didn't get the seminar flyer to me - it had an omission.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the NFL game, took a nap, and finally left at 3 p.m. to copy the CVGS Newsletter. Copied, stamped, labelled, sealed, and delivered to the Post Office, and home by 4 p.m. Watched the end of the game.
* Answered email, then watched the second NFL game, ate dinner, read the paper, etc.
* Online at 8 p.m. to read everything, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, work for an hour putting Find-a-Grave entries for Seaver (up to the 120-160 page now) into the database along with dates, places and sources. It's amazing how much information is on Find-a-Grave. While it's not complete, it's a wonderful resource. Wrote this post!
Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs before going off to the Men's study breakfast at Jimmy's at the Park. Home by 9:30 a.m.
* Noted that Surname Saturday - THURSTON (England > Rhode Island > Massachusetts) posted, and wrote Top 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites - Genea-Musings is #90!
* Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Very Best 2011 Research Adventure and set it for early afternoon.
* Edited the CVGS Newsletter one more time (amazing how many errors and editing glitches you can find when you read carefully!) and printed it out. Printed out the labels too. I was going to take it down at 12:30 p.m. to copy it, but Susi didn't get the seminar flyer to me - it had an omission.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the NFL game, took a nap, and finally left at 3 p.m. to copy the CVGS Newsletter. Copied, stamped, labelled, sealed, and delivered to the Post Office, and home by 4 p.m. Watched the end of the game.
* Answered email, then watched the second NFL game, ate dinner, read the paper, etc.
* Online at 8 p.m. to read everything, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook, work for an hour putting Find-a-Grave entries for Seaver (up to the 120-160 page now) into the database along with dates, places and sources. It's amazing how much information is on Find-a-Grave. While it's not complete, it's a wonderful resource. Wrote this post!
Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.
Friday, January 6, 2012
My genealogy day - 6 January 2012
Some blogging, some online searching, some newsletter editing, and some walking - a full day!
* Read email and blogs - wrote Follow Friday - Have Genealogy Fun This Weekend and then RootsTech 2012 Speaker Schedule is Available. Wrote "Beginning Genealogy" Presentations and set it for later in the morning.
* Left at 11 a.m. for the pharmacy, then Costco for lunch, picked up George for our walk on the bayfront, stopped at the library for a book, and was home by 1 p.m.
* Read everything, a big brouhaha on Facebook, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - You Comment, I Respond. Looked in Ancestry.com for funny names in the census, and funny occupations too, for my Fun talk in three weeks. It needs major editing and new blood.
* Wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - January 2012 and CVGS Spring Seminar is Saturday, 31 March 2012. Added the last bits to the CVGS Newsletter. Still need to edit it one more time on Saturday.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper and watch TV news.
* Back online at 6 p.m. to listen to Geneabloggers Radio - an excellent show this week.
* Looked at the CVGS Newsletter again, did more editing, added one last piece. Wrote the Surname Saturday post. Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs - wrote Follow Friday - Have Genealogy Fun This Weekend and then RootsTech 2012 Speaker Schedule is Available. Wrote "Beginning Genealogy" Presentations and set it for later in the morning.
* Left at 11 a.m. for the pharmacy, then Costco for lunch, picked up George for our walk on the bayfront, stopped at the library for a book, and was home by 1 p.m.
* Read everything, a big brouhaha on Facebook, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - You Comment, I Respond. Looked in Ancestry.com for funny names in the census, and funny occupations too, for my Fun talk in three weeks. It needs major editing and new blood.
* Wrote Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - January 2012 and CVGS Spring Seminar is Saturday, 31 March 2012. Added the last bits to the CVGS Newsletter. Still need to edit it one more time on Saturday.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper and watch TV news.
* Back online at 6 p.m. to listen to Geneabloggers Radio - an excellent show this week.
* Looked at the CVGS Newsletter again, did more editing, added one last piece. Wrote the Surname Saturday post. Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
My genealogy day - 5 January 2012
Did my first presentation of the year today at the DAR Chapter meeting - went well! Lots more to do this year!
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of Mary Jane Kemp (1841-1874) and then worked in Archives.com and wrote Finding U.K. Census Records on Archives.com and set it for late morning.
* Gathered my stuff for the DAR talk, checked the email for directions (glad I checked, thought it was somewhere else!), made a map, and left at 11 a.m..
* Got to the place at 11:30 a.m., met by Mary Lou, sat with Sandy and PJ, had a nice lunch, then did my presentation in 60 minutes. Left at 2 p.m., and home by 2:30 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, looked at my Family Finder DNA results again, and decided to take a nap. Watched TV news, games, then we had dinner, and watched news until 6:30 p.m.
* Read everything, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter. It's about 90% done - two things to add for a Saturday publication.
* Checked in on Facebook, added to the Best Of post, then looked through English parish register data on FamilySearch for Richman, Rich, Hill, Warren, etc. Found some Hill data and added it to the database, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of Mary Jane Kemp (1841-1874) and then worked in Archives.com and wrote Finding U.K. Census Records on Archives.com and set it for late morning.
* Gathered my stuff for the DAR talk, checked the email for directions (glad I checked, thought it was somewhere else!), made a map, and left at 11 a.m..
* Got to the place at 11:30 a.m., met by Mary Lou, sat with Sandy and PJ, had a nice lunch, then did my presentation in 60 minutes. Left at 2 p.m., and home by 2:30 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, looked at my Family Finder DNA results again, and decided to take a nap. Watched TV news, games, then we had dinner, and watched news until 6:30 p.m.
* Read everything, then worked on the CVGS Newsletter. It's about 90% done - two things to add for a Saturday publication.
* Checked in on Facebook, added to the Best Of post, then looked through English parish register data on FamilySearch for Richman, Rich, Hill, Warren, etc. Found some Hill data and added it to the database, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
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