This was a very busy genealogy day...and I had fun.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - LNU (colonial Massachusetts) posted. Packed up the laptop and off to the SDGS meeting at 9 a.m.
* Got there by 9:30 a.m., talked to folks, saw Del's excellent presentation, grabbed some snacks, and got my laptop set up, mike on the lapel, etc. My talk started at 11:30 and went one hour. The audience was great.
* Home by 1:15 real tired, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - A Fearless Female Blog Prompt posted, and went in to watch the Aztecs game. Took a short nap, and they lost to Boise State. Drat.
* Back online at 2:45 p.m., remembered that I had to publish the CVGS Newsletter, so printed off the copy, made the labels, and off to the UPS Store to fight the copy machine (3 paper faults today, then ran out). Took the mailers to the post office and home by 4 p.m.
* Worked on the OASIS class 2 presentation, and saved it. Captured some images of Canada census records.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner.
* Back online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check in on Facebook, and worked in the database. Confirmed/rejected 48 Find A Grave matches on MyHeritage - down to 327 left (from 1343 at the start). Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Genealogy Fun on 8 March 2013
Another week gone by, but Saturday became more important...
* Read email and blogs, and was working on Follow-Up Friday - Helpful/Interesting Reader Comments when I got an email saying the SDGS speaker couldn't come on Saturday and if I could do a presentation. I said yes. Finished up the blog post.
* Tuned into DearMyrtle's Legacy webinar on blogging - and enjoyed it.
* Decided on the FamilySearch talk which I haven't given at SDGS (last time was NSDCGS in 2012), and edited the slides and then the handout. Whew! Eliminated some of the slides and added others. About a 4 hour task. Put them on Dropbox and the flash, and copied them onto the laptop. Got batteries for the clicker, and the extended cable, and the 3-pronged extension.
* Wrote Review: Legacy QuickGuide for Lineage Societies and Genealogy.
* Linda came in and called dinner early, so we ate, watched TV and read the paper.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the CVGS Newsletter - got it done. Wrote the two Saturday posts. Then worked on Find A Grave matches in My Heritage - down to 375 to confirm. Added about 40 sources to the database today.
Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, and was working on Follow-Up Friday - Helpful/Interesting Reader Comments when I got an email saying the SDGS speaker couldn't come on Saturday and if I could do a presentation. I said yes. Finished up the blog post.
* Tuned into DearMyrtle's Legacy webinar on blogging - and enjoyed it.
* Decided on the FamilySearch talk which I haven't given at SDGS (last time was NSDCGS in 2012), and edited the slides and then the handout. Whew! Eliminated some of the slides and added others. About a 4 hour task. Put them on Dropbox and the flash, and copied them onto the laptop. Got batteries for the clicker, and the extended cable, and the 3-pronged extension.
* Wrote Review: Legacy QuickGuide for Lineage Societies and Genealogy.
* Linda came in and called dinner early, so we ate, watched TV and read the paper.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to work on the CVGS Newsletter - got it done. Wrote the two Saturday posts. Then worked on Find A Grave matches in My Heritage - down to 375 to confirm. Added about 40 sources to the database today.
Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Genealogy on 7 March 2013
This was another stay-at-home genealogy research and work day...where do the hours go? I guess I play too much! But i'm retired, so who cares?
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1875 Kansas State Census Record for D.J. Smith Family, and then wrote Early Registration Deadline for NGS Conference in Las Vegas is 19 March.
* Worked in the database a bit, finding records in Mass Town Records and adding sources and attaching media to ancestors. Did maybe 5 or 6, but looked for 10 to 15 without finding them. There are quite a few towns not in the Ancestry Town Records collection.
* Researched and wrote Westminster, Massachusetts Town Records - What is Original? Then figured out the WikiTree surname tagging deal and posted WikiTree adds Surname Tagging.
* Answered some email, checked in on Facebook, and looked on 23andme to see if my results are in yet. Nope.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV news, and eat dinner.
* Online again at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter - got it up to 80% done.
* Worked in Find A Grave matches on MyHeritage and confirmed 15 more - added about 50 sources to the database today. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1875 Kansas State Census Record for D.J. Smith Family, and then wrote Early Registration Deadline for NGS Conference in Las Vegas is 19 March.
* Worked in the database a bit, finding records in Mass Town Records and adding sources and attaching media to ancestors. Did maybe 5 or 6, but looked for 10 to 15 without finding them. There are quite a few towns not in the Ancestry Town Records collection.
* Researched and wrote Westminster, Massachusetts Town Records - What is Original? Then figured out the WikiTree surname tagging deal and posted WikiTree adds Surname Tagging.
* Answered some email, checked in on Facebook, and looked on 23andme to see if my results are in yet. Nope.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to read the paper, watch TV news, and eat dinner.
* Online again at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked on the CVGS Newsletter - got it up to 80% done.
* Worked in Find A Grave matches on MyHeritage and confirmed 15 more - added about 50 sources to the database today. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 12.0 hours.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Genealogy on 6 March 2013
Another all genealogy day...with not much great accomplished. Two weeks to RootsTech - guess I'd better start polishing up my To-do list.
* After email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 246: A Wedding Day Photo. After posting it, I found I'd already done it in #210. nobody has noticed yet.
* Wrote SDGS Meeting on 9 March Features Elyse Doerflinger and set it for later.
* Gathered my CVGS Board stuff and left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds to eat lunch, the bank and the library for the CVGS Board meeting. Sat in on John's roundtable for awhile too. Board meeting was uneventful...
* Home by 2:45 p.m. to read, research and write Sorting Out Primary and Secondary Information.
* Went in at 4:45 p.m. to read the paper, take a nap, watch TV, eat dinner and put out the trash.
* Online again at 6:45 p.m. to read, then joined Myrt's HOA in progress, and started on the CVGS Newsletter. Got it about 25% done.
* Started on Find A Grave matches in MyHeritage, got down to 401 to confirm. This is going pretty fast now, since at least 2/3 of the matches I've already added. Added content and sources to the database.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* After email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 246: A Wedding Day Photo. After posting it, I found I'd already done it in #210. nobody has noticed yet.
* Wrote SDGS Meeting on 9 March Features Elyse Doerflinger and set it for later.
* Gathered my CVGS Board stuff and left at 11 a.m. for McDonalds to eat lunch, the bank and the library for the CVGS Board meeting. Sat in on John's roundtable for awhile too. Board meeting was uneventful...
* Home by 2:45 p.m. to read, research and write Sorting Out Primary and Secondary Information.
* Went in at 4:45 p.m. to read the paper, take a nap, watch TV, eat dinner and put out the trash.
* Online again at 6:45 p.m. to read, then joined Myrt's HOA in progress, and started on the CVGS Newsletter. Got it about 25% done.
* Started on Find A Grave matches in MyHeritage, got down to 401 to confirm. This is going pretty fast now, since at least 2/3 of the matches I've already added. Added content and sources to the database.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Genealogy on 5 March 2013
I accomplished quite a bit genealogy-wise today - it was a full day at the keyboard...
* Before I woke up, 136 Hours of Genealogy Classes Available on FamilyTreeWebinars.com posted.
* While reading email and blogs, Creating the Land Record Source Citation in Family Tree Maker 2012 posted (written last night).
* Saw the notice that FamilySearch Family Tree was open to everyone, so researched and wrote FamilySearch Family Tree Open for Everyone. Then watched Myrt's HOA from last night.
* Noted that the 23andMe site now had my Ancestral Composition data, so researched and posted My 23andMe DNA Test Results - Post 1.
* Decided to do something else after all of that blogging, so I worked on the income taxes for several hours! About 60% done.
* Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m. to read the paper, eat dinner and watch TV news.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to try to get into Myrt's Hangout on air but couldn't, so worked in the database - got through the Colby names, adding content and source citations.
* Worked on finding the LAC Canada census images (only 1851, and 1881 on on LAC it seems. Crafted source citation for 1881 census on LAC and added to the database.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
* Before I woke up, 136 Hours of Genealogy Classes Available on FamilyTreeWebinars.com posted.
* While reading email and blogs, Creating the Land Record Source Citation in Family Tree Maker 2012 posted (written last night).
* Saw the notice that FamilySearch Family Tree was open to everyone, so researched and wrote FamilySearch Family Tree Open for Everyone. Then watched Myrt's HOA from last night.
* Noted that the 23andMe site now had my Ancestral Composition data, so researched and posted My 23andMe DNA Test Results - Post 1.
* Decided to do something else after all of that blogging, so I worked on the income taxes for several hours! About 60% done.
* Went in for dinner at 5:30 p.m. to read the paper, eat dinner and watch TV news.
* Online at 6:45 p.m. to try to get into Myrt's Hangout on air but couldn't, so worked in the database - got through the Colby names, adding content and source citations.
* Worked on finding the LAC Canada census images (only 1851, and 1881 on on LAC it seems. Crafted source citation for 1881 census on LAC and added to the database.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
Monday, March 4, 2013
My genealogy day - 4 March 2013
This was a full genealogy day, but different from most of mine.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1845 Deed of Seth Sprague to Samuel Vaux in Aurora, N.Y. posted (written Sunday).
* Packed up the laptop, the handouts, and turned off the computer (scheduled power outage from 9 a.m. to noon). Left at 9:05 a.m. for the OASIS class in Mission Valley.
* Got set up in new room - 14 seats instead of 10, got my roster, and 13 students came for the first session. A lively group! Started at 10:15, finished at 12:15 p.m. Whew!
* Headed for home, turned computer on, ate lunch, noted that RootsTech 2013 - Live-Streamed Sessions posted.
* Gathered the CVGS papers and out the door at 1:45 p.m. for John's house and the Bylaws review committee. That lasted until 4:45 and I had a little nap, I think... Almost done with the task.
* Home at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, then we took dinner to Lynn and alan, and stopped at Coldstone on the way home.
* Home at 6:45 p.m. to read, check Facebook, answer emails, write a post for Tuesday, and do a little cleanup work in the database. Looked for Newton births in Sutton MA where they should be, but they're not in the VR book. Hmmm, wonder where they were born!
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1845 Deed of Seth Sprague to Samuel Vaux in Aurora, N.Y. posted (written Sunday).
* Packed up the laptop, the handouts, and turned off the computer (scheduled power outage from 9 a.m. to noon). Left at 9:05 a.m. for the OASIS class in Mission Valley.
* Got set up in new room - 14 seats instead of 10, got my roster, and 13 students came for the first session. A lively group! Started at 10:15, finished at 12:15 p.m. Whew!
* Headed for home, turned computer on, ate lunch, noted that RootsTech 2013 - Live-Streamed Sessions posted.
* Gathered the CVGS papers and out the door at 1:45 p.m. for John's house and the Bylaws review committee. That lasted until 4:45 and I had a little nap, I think... Almost done with the task.
* Home at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, then we took dinner to Lynn and alan, and stopped at Coldstone on the way home.
* Home at 6:45 p.m. to read, check Facebook, answer emails, write a post for Tuesday, and do a little cleanup work in the database. Looked for Newton births in Sutton MA where they should be, but they're not in the VR book. Hmmm, wonder where they were born!
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
My genealogy days - 1 to 3 March 2013
We were away for friday and Saturday, so I didn't journal those days. I had a good genealogy day today, though!
1) Friday, 1 March:
* Read email and blogs, and noted that Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Useful Reader Comments posted.
* Packed up the laptop, projector and other stuff for our road trip to Huntington Beach. We left at 10:30 a.m., stopped in Laguna Beach for lunch at Johnny Rocket's, and got to the hotel by 2:15 p.m. in HB.
Went to Tami's at 4 p.m. to see the family, and after the girls gymnastics class, we went to the HB Pier for a walk and dinner at Ruby's out at the end of the pier. It was a long walk for Linda with her walker. Great food, but Linda and the girls got stuck in the elevator after dinner. Back to Tami's to get the girls down, and we left at 9 p.m. for the hotel.
* Checked my email and noted Review: Legacy QuickGuide on Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors posted on time in the afternoon. Went to bed by 10:30 p.m.
Genealogy this day was 3.0 hours.
2) Saturday, 2 March:
* Up early for me, read email and blogs, and we had the hotel breakfast and left at 7:20 a.m. for the HB library for the OCCGS BASH. Got set up, talked to a bunch of folks including Brian S, and did my two talks in the morning.
* Ate lunch in the exhibit room, and talked to the exhibitors. Attended the 3rd session on Maps, and pretty much slept through it - exhausted! Browsed in the library during the 4th talk, and then read email and blogs, noting that Surname Saturday - COLE (England > Massachusetts) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Social Media Genealogy Meme posted.
* Linda picked me up at 3:30 p.m., and we headed for home. She drove to San Clemente and I drove the rest of the way. We stopped in National City for dinner at El Pollo Loco, and home by 6:15 p.m.
* Got unpacked, and read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, tried to add Find A Grave content and sources and was sleepy. Went to be before 9 p.m. - unheard of!
Genealogy this day was 7.0 hours.
3) Sunday, 3 March:
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 February to 2 March 2013 post.
* We left for church at 9:30 a.m., visited Ruthie afterwards, and were home by 12 noon for lunch. Wrote two CV Genealogy Cafe posts.
* Decided to work in the New Hampshire Birth, marriage and death records on FamilySearch, adding content and sources for Seaver folks. I had most of the marriages sourced already, and some of the births, but few of the deaths. I'm only through the first 20 death listings, so there's more to do. A pretty good showing - added over 140 source citations, found one female married name, and added some children of Seaver girls.
* Went in to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner, and wash the dishes. Back online at 7:15 p.m. to read, then wrote two posts for Monday. Checked in on Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today 7.0 hours.
1) Friday, 1 March:
* Read email and blogs, and noted that Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Useful Reader Comments posted.
* Packed up the laptop, projector and other stuff for our road trip to Huntington Beach. We left at 10:30 a.m., stopped in Laguna Beach for lunch at Johnny Rocket's, and got to the hotel by 2:15 p.m. in HB.
Went to Tami's at 4 p.m. to see the family, and after the girls gymnastics class, we went to the HB Pier for a walk and dinner at Ruby's out at the end of the pier. It was a long walk for Linda with her walker. Great food, but Linda and the girls got stuck in the elevator after dinner. Back to Tami's to get the girls down, and we left at 9 p.m. for the hotel.
* Checked my email and noted Review: Legacy QuickGuide on Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors posted on time in the afternoon. Went to bed by 10:30 p.m.
Genealogy this day was 3.0 hours.
2) Saturday, 2 March:
* Up early for me, read email and blogs, and we had the hotel breakfast and left at 7:20 a.m. for the HB library for the OCCGS BASH. Got set up, talked to a bunch of folks including Brian S, and did my two talks in the morning.
* Ate lunch in the exhibit room, and talked to the exhibitors. Attended the 3rd session on Maps, and pretty much slept through it - exhausted! Browsed in the library during the 4th talk, and then read email and blogs, noting that Surname Saturday - COLE (England > Massachusetts) and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Social Media Genealogy Meme posted.
* Linda picked me up at 3:30 p.m., and we headed for home. She drove to San Clemente and I drove the rest of the way. We stopped in National City for dinner at El Pollo Loco, and home by 6:15 p.m.
* Got unpacked, and read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, tried to add Find A Grave content and sources and was sleepy. Went to be before 9 p.m. - unheard of!
Genealogy this day was 7.0 hours.
3) Sunday, 3 March:
* Read email and blogs, finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 24 February to 2 March 2013 post.
* We left for church at 9:30 a.m., visited Ruthie afterwards, and were home by 12 noon for lunch. Wrote two CV Genealogy Cafe posts.
* Decided to work in the New Hampshire Birth, marriage and death records on FamilySearch, adding content and sources for Seaver folks. I had most of the marriages sourced already, and some of the births, but few of the deaths. I'm only through the first 20 death listings, so there's more to do. A pretty good showing - added over 140 source citations, found one female married name, and added some children of Seaver girls.
* Went in to watch TV, read the paper, eat dinner, and wash the dishes. Back online at 7:15 p.m. to read, then wrote two posts for Monday. Checked in on Facebook and wrote this post.
Genealogy today 7.0 hours.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
My genealogy day - 28 February 2013
February is done, here comes March, the BASH, OASIS classes, RootsTech, our anniversary, CVGS program...
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1880 U.S. Census for Abigail A. Smith Family. Wrote Canadian Census Records on FamilySearch and set it for early afternoon.
* Answered some email. Transferred BASH talks to laptop using Dropbox, then practiced the Jane's Roots talk on the laptop.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote the Surname Saturday and a post for Friday.
* Left at 2:30 p.m. to print off the OASIS syllabus at the UPS Store.
* Home by 3:15 p.m. to read, added to the Best Of post, wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, and worked in the database a bit.
* Went in for dinner at 5 p.m. to eat, read the paper, watch TV, and do chores.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, write a post for Friday morning, and work in the database on the Lincoln line, then added sources to some Mass. families from the VR books, especially Woburn.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 28 February (with numbers from 31 January 2013):
* 41,500 persons (+22)
* 16,551 families (+14)
* 119,269 events (+875)
* 6,236 places (+107)
* 863 sources (+16)
* 38,389 citations (+1,557)
* 385 Multi-media Items (+ 12)
* 1,234 Multimedia links (+ 30)
I'm up to 32.19% (+1.08%) for citations/events and 92.50% (+3.70%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for 28 February 2013 (compared to 31 January 2013):
* 1,102 Feedburner subs for Genea-Musings (email) readers (+7)
* 39 Feedburner subs for The Geneaholic (email) readers (+1)
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1880 U.S. Census for Abigail A. Smith Family. Wrote Canadian Census Records on FamilySearch and set it for early afternoon.
* Answered some email. Transferred BASH talks to laptop using Dropbox, then practiced the Jane's Roots talk on the laptop.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote the Surname Saturday and a post for Friday.
* Left at 2:30 p.m. to print off the OASIS syllabus at the UPS Store.
* Home by 3:15 p.m. to read, added to the Best Of post, wrote the SNGF post for Saturday, and worked in the database a bit.
* Went in for dinner at 5 p.m. to eat, read the paper, watch TV, and do chores.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, write a post for Friday morning, and work in the database on the Lincoln line, then added sources to some Mass. families from the VR books, especially Woburn.
* Wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 28 February (with numbers from 31 January 2013):
* 41,500 persons (+22)
* 16,551 families (+14)
* 119,269 events (+875)
* 6,236 places (+107)
* 863 sources (+16)
* 38,389 citations (+1,557)
* 385 Multi-media Items (+ 12)
* 1,234 Multimedia links (+ 30)
I'm up to 32.19% (+1.08%) for citations/events and 92.50% (+3.70%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for 28 February 2013 (compared to 31 January 2013):
* 1,102 Feedburner subs for Genea-Musings (email) readers (+7)
* 39 Feedburner subs for The Geneaholic (email) readers (+1)
* 1,599 Google Reader readers for Genea-Musings (+39)
* Genea-Musings traffic rank: worldwide: 254,557; US: 100,337 (Alexa)
* 71,423 page views (2,550 per day, Blogger Stats, -102)
* 21,517 web page visits (768 per day, Site-meter) (-82)
* 36,643 page views (1,309 per day, Site-meter) (-106)
* 21,517 web page visits (768 per day, Site-meter) (-82)
* 36,643 page views (1,309 per day, Site-meter) (-106)
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
My genealogy day - 27 February 2013
Finally a full genealogy day - the first one since Saturday - thought I'd lost my touch!!
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 245: The Honeymooners Return and Revolutionary Voices: A Last Muster Film and set it for later.
* Checked Ancestry and FamilySearch for new databases, and found several. Poked around a bit but didn't enter anything into the database.
* Gathered my stuff and off to Mcdonalds for lunch and the library for the CVGS program. Hank Jones gave a nice talk on how to research immigrants using his 8th century Palatines as examples - lecture, no slides, great handout!
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to inspect the bathroom sink and toilet fixes, and put stuff away under the sink and above the towel rack above the toilet.
* Wrote Source Citation for World War I Draft Registration Card and then Linda called me in for dinner. We ate watching TV, and I read the paper and put out the trash later.
* Online at 6:15 p.m. to join DearMyrtle's Hangout on Air - they discussed Evidentia at some length again. Made the hotel reservation for Friday night, and read things while hanging out.
* Started work in the database at 7:45 p.m., got through the Cogswells, adding sources and content. Found data for several previously mysterious persons.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 245: The Honeymooners Return and Revolutionary Voices: A Last Muster Film and set it for later.
* Checked Ancestry and FamilySearch for new databases, and found several. Poked around a bit but didn't enter anything into the database.
* Gathered my stuff and off to Mcdonalds for lunch and the library for the CVGS program. Hank Jones gave a nice talk on how to research immigrants using his 8th century Palatines as examples - lecture, no slides, great handout!
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to inspect the bathroom sink and toilet fixes, and put stuff away under the sink and above the towel rack above the toilet.
* Wrote Source Citation for World War I Draft Registration Card and then Linda called me in for dinner. We ate watching TV, and I read the paper and put out the trash later.
* Online at 6:15 p.m. to join DearMyrtle's Hangout on Air - they discussed Evidentia at some length again. Made the hotel reservation for Friday night, and read things while hanging out.
* Started work in the database at 7:45 p.m., got through the Cogswells, adding sources and content. Found data for several previously mysterious persons.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
My non-genealogy days - 24 to 26 February 2013
Things were going along well on Sunday, until we got the phone call every father dreads..."he's going to the hospital, can you come up?" (it could be worse, of course, but this was bad enough).
Sunday, 24 February:
So after a fairly lazy Sunday ,which included checking into Scanfest but not scanning anything, noting that the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 17 to 23 February 2013 posted, writing CVGS Program on 27 February Features Hank Jones!, watching Daytona 500, adding content and sources to the database in the late afternoon and evening, the call came at 9:20 p.m. We took our blankets but no other clothes, jumped in the car and were in H.B. by 11:15 p.m. She let us sleep in her bed, and the girls were asleep in their room.
Monday, 25 February:
* We all took the girls to school, then back to the house. T. went off to check on J. at the hospital, and came home with good news - release in 3 days. I had a short nap, and read my email, checked blogs and wrote a blog post - Amanuensis Monday - 1853 Deed of Samuel Vaux to Robert Bartlett in Aurora, N.Y.
* Not much else during the day - I couldn't think of something to blog about and T. left for her class while we picked up the girls, stopped at Dollar Tree, then home to play and do homework, and out to dinner at Super Mex. Home to get the girls bathed, into jammies, ready for bed ... and they had a little spat and wouldn't sleep in their rooms. Drat. Finally to sleep by 10 p.m. when T. came home. I went to sleep...but wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out Randy's Genealogy Links before T. got home.
Tuesday, 26 February:
* Up early for breakfast, T. took the girls to school and we left at 8:15 a.m. for home. Got home at 10:05 a.m. to bring everything in, call the plumber for the bathroom problems, and settled in to read email and blogs, then wrote Top Ten Characteristics of a Good Genealogist.
* Printed off the OASIS handout masters for copying, and edited the first class presentation for next Monday.
* Copied BASH talks to Dropbox and Box, and got box going on the Old Photos. It turns out that Box does not sync subfolders, only main folders. Bummer.
* Dozed off while reading Facebook at 2 p.m., and Linda came in and saw me slumped over and almost panicked. Woke me up...
* Worked in the database until the plumber came after 3 p.m. Decided the sink fitting needed replacing and the toilet needed replacing. He will do them on Wednesday.
* Ate dinner, read the paper and watched TV, then online again at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and work in the database adding content and sources. Nice to get back into the saddle again - missed it for one night! Need to update the database on Dropbox. Wrote this post.
* box.com is still uploading the photo files - 1 mb every 5 seconds or so. 2 gb to go - it may take all night!
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
Sunday, 24 February:
So after a fairly lazy Sunday ,which included checking into Scanfest but not scanning anything, noting that the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 17 to 23 February 2013 posted, writing CVGS Program on 27 February Features Hank Jones!, watching Daytona 500, adding content and sources to the database in the late afternoon and evening, the call came at 9:20 p.m. We took our blankets but no other clothes, jumped in the car and were in H.B. by 11:15 p.m. She let us sleep in her bed, and the girls were asleep in their room.
Monday, 25 February:
* We all took the girls to school, then back to the house. T. went off to check on J. at the hospital, and came home with good news - release in 3 days. I had a short nap, and read my email, checked blogs and wrote a blog post - Amanuensis Monday - 1853 Deed of Samuel Vaux to Robert Bartlett in Aurora, N.Y.
* Not much else during the day - I couldn't think of something to blog about and T. left for her class while we picked up the girls, stopped at Dollar Tree, then home to play and do homework, and out to dinner at Super Mex. Home to get the girls bathed, into jammies, ready for bed ... and they had a little spat and wouldn't sleep in their rooms. Drat. Finally to sleep by 10 p.m. when T. came home. I went to sleep...but wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out Randy's Genealogy Links before T. got home.
Tuesday, 26 February:
* Up early for breakfast, T. took the girls to school and we left at 8:15 a.m. for home. Got home at 10:05 a.m. to bring everything in, call the plumber for the bathroom problems, and settled in to read email and blogs, then wrote Top Ten Characteristics of a Good Genealogist.
* Printed off the OASIS handout masters for copying, and edited the first class presentation for next Monday.
* Copied BASH talks to Dropbox and Box, and got box going on the Old Photos. It turns out that Box does not sync subfolders, only main folders. Bummer.
* Dozed off while reading Facebook at 2 p.m., and Linda came in and saw me slumped over and almost panicked. Woke me up...
* Worked in the database until the plumber came after 3 p.m. Decided the sink fitting needed replacing and the toilet needed replacing. He will do them on Wednesday.
* Ate dinner, read the paper and watched TV, then online again at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and work in the database adding content and sources. Nice to get back into the saddle again - missed it for one night! Need to update the database on Dropbox. Wrote this post.
* box.com is still uploading the photo files - 1 mb every 5 seconds or so. 2 gb to go - it may take all night!
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
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