Saturday, January 5, 2019

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 5 January 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Friday, January 4, 2019

Genea-Journal - Friday, 4 January 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 3 January 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 2 January 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Genea-Journal - Tuesday, 1 January 2019

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

1)  Monday, 31 December 2018

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

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

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

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

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

2)  Tuesday, 1 January 2019

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

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

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

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

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

End-of-the-month statistics:

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

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

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


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

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

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

*  >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)

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



Sunday, December 30, 2018

Genea-Journal - Sunday, 30 December 2018

This was a light genealogy day because of church and football.  It's been colder overnight here, down in the high 30s and low 40s and my Chargers blanket has been put to good use.  Daytime has been in the 60s so almost not jacket weather.  It may rain New Years Eve.  Weather report over!

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and left for church at 9:45 a.m.  Home by 11:35 a.m.

*  Transcribed the deed and wrote the Amanuensis Monday post.  Noted that Ten of Randy's Best Research Discoveries of 2018 posted.  

*  Went in at 12:30 p.m. for lunch, watched football, and read the paper.  Chargers/Broncos started at 1:25 and my Bolts won 23-9, but it was a sloppy game.

*  Online at 4:30 p.m. to read, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 23 to 29 December 2018 posted.  Answered email.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner and watch TV news.  Washed dishes.  

*  Online at 5:50 p.m. to read, did some online searching for an email question, and then added a bunch of Seaver folks to the database.  Checked Facebook, answered email, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Genea-Journal - Saturday, 29 December 2018

This was another all-genealogy day.  Didn't go anywhere, and watched only one hour of football.  No newspaper came today - a computer virus.  My dear friend and Holocaust survivor Ruthie Sax died today at age 90.  Heartbroken.

*  Online at 8 as.m., read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Surname Saturday -- EATON (England to colonial Massachusetts) posted.  Wrote   Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make One Genealogy-Related Resolution/Goal for 2019 and set it for later.

*  Updated the Amanuensis Monday page, then wrote the FamilySearch post.  Wrote the Best Discoveries post for Sunday instead of a worthless Ancestry post.  Had lunch 

*  Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching persons to FamilySearch Family Tree, and sharing content between them.   Got word that Ruthie died, and put info on Facebook for my friends.  Answered email, and added to the Best Of post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, watch the Alabama/Oklahome game, made the bed, and did the dishes.  Read my Family Tree Magazine.  

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to read, then worked in Ancestry Hints - resolved about 200 of them adding content and sources to the RootsMagic tree.  Noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 23 to 29 December 2018 posted.

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

Friday, December 28, 2018

Genea-Journal - Friday, 28 December 2018

This was such a busy day on the computer that I didn't get dressed (well, had my PJs on) and didn't get a nap.   TMI?

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post and noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 258: #401 Marie (Saeger) Spengler (1670-????) of Baden, Germany posted.  

*  Added to my Presentations Made page and 52 Ancestors page, and still need to do the Amanuensis Monday page.  It took an hour to add 52 entries to the 52 Ancestors page.  Took down the Christmas tree decorations and got them back up in the garage.

*  Worked on Randy's "Best" Genea-Musings Posts for 2018 and posted it.  That took about two hours.

*  Had lunch, then added to the Best Of post, and worked on Genealogy News Bytes - 28 December 2018.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Answered email.

*  Worked a bit in RootsMagic matching and sharing data with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles.  

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

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Surname Saturday post, and worked on random profiles in RootsMagic finding names and content and adding sources.  Then I TreeShared 110 profiles to get me up to date with the Ancestry tree.

*  Emailed to CVGS President, checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Genea-Journal - Thursday, 27 December 2018

Four more days in 2018.  I had hoped to write 1,000 posts on Genea-Musings for 2018, but I'm going to fall about 8 short.  Oh well.  I've been slacking off a bit due to the holidays and life.

*  Online at 7:45 a.m., read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Treasure Chest Thursday - 1810 U.S. Census for Rudolph Spangler in York, Pennsylvania posted.  

*  Worked a bit in Geni adding family members to siblings of Linda's ancestors.

*  We left at 10:30 a.m. for shopping at Costco, got out around $50, so had lunch with a hot dog and a churro.  Home by 11:45 a.m.

*  Wrote Seavers in the News - LeGrand Seaver Dies in 1953 in New York.  

*  Worked on the blog post Using SmartCopy Chrome Extension to Add Families to the Geni World Tree and then checked Twitter and Facebook.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and thought about the 52 Ancestors post.

*  Went in at 5 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.

*  Online at 6:45 p.m. to write the 52 Ancestors post, then worked in Geni adding family members to Linda's ancestors' siblings - usually just spouse and children for one generation.  There are a lot more families, of course.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Genea-Journal - Wednesday, 26 December 2018

This was a very different genealogy day.  I spent a lot of time on Geni trying to add families to their world Family Tree, and succeeded!

*  Online after 8 a.m. to read email and lbogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that Randy Riding his Horse Trike in About 1945 -- Post 546 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.

*  Got into Geni.com and added Linda's ancestors one at a time back through the 16 great-great-grandparents.  Took some time at 11 a.m. to go to the store for groceries, and home by 11:45.  Back into Geni to start putting together a blog post.

*  Wrote Adding Family Data to the Geni.com World Family Tree and added to the Best Of post.  Finally had lunch at 2 p.m.  Checked Twitter and Facebook.  Answered several emails, even researched one John Smith family line on WikiTree.  Figured it out, I think, and modified my RootsMagic database.

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

*  Online at 6:15 p.m. to read, then started in on the SmartCopy Chrome extension to add content to Geni profiles using my MyHeritage  tree data.  It works really great.  Updated my blog post!  

*  Wrote the Treasure Chest post, then added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.