The day started out well, then turned brownish in the evening...
* Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Petition of Abigail Seaver posted. Gathered my OASIS things and left at 9 a.m. for the UPS Store. copied the last three class syllabi and headed for Mission Valley.
* OASIS class went well - 9 of 10 showed up, lots of good homework done and good questions. Hopefully, a good presentation too! Demonstrated RootsMagic and LearnWebSkills and FamilySearch today.
* Home by 1 p.m. to eat lunch, read, noted that Hallowe'en Names in the WorldConnect Database posted.
* worked in FTM 2012 for awhile, then wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 14: Making Descendant Charts.
* Answered emails, then worked in Find-a-Grave for awhile, adding content and sources to the database.
* Went in at 5 p.m. for the pre-game show. We ate dinner and watched the Chargers game. They lost 23-20 to Chiefs in overtime. Terrible game all around - played well enough to lose.
* Back online at 9:45 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write this post.
Genealogy today was 7.5 hours.
End of October Genea-Musings statistics:
* 846 Feedburner readers
* 1,117 Google Reader subscriptions
* 19,436 web page visits (627 per day, Site-meter)
* 34,253 page views (1,105 per day, Site-meter)
End-of-October statistics for RootsMagic database:
* 41,393 persons (+74)
* 16,365 families (+46)
* 108,184 events (+301)
* 4,862 places (+26)
* 689 sources (+4)
* 23,369 citations (+453)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
My genealogy day - 30 October 2011
One more day in October...it's been a fast month!
* Read email and blogs, got Best of the Genea-Blogs - 23 to 29 October 2011 ready to post after noon.
* Got ready for church, left at 9:20 a.m., went to Hallowe'en Carnival afterwards - lots of small children there. Ate lunch there.
* Home by 12:15 p.m. to check in on Scanfest. Chatted but mostly scanned material from the Seaver probate record collection. Many pages were oversized so did them in parts, then will need to stitch them together somehow.
* Went in at 2 p.m. to watch football, read the paper, and take a nap. Went out at 5 p.m. to clean up back yard and trim the front rose bushes. Too warm to mow the lawn.
* We had dinner then back on computer at 6:30 p.m. to read, work with the files and capture more Ancestry census images. Wrote WikiTree Press Release - WikiTree Makes Collaboration Less Frightening. Printed out my masters for the three OASIS classes.
* Wrote tow posts for Monday, checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, got Best of the Genea-Blogs - 23 to 29 October 2011 ready to post after noon.
* Got ready for church, left at 9:20 a.m., went to Hallowe'en Carnival afterwards - lots of small children there. Ate lunch there.
* Home by 12:15 p.m. to check in on Scanfest. Chatted but mostly scanned material from the Seaver probate record collection. Many pages were oversized so did them in parts, then will need to stitch them together somehow.
* Went in at 2 p.m. to watch football, read the paper, and take a nap. Went out at 5 p.m. to clean up back yard and trim the front rose bushes. Too warm to mow the lawn.
* We had dinner then back on computer at 6:30 p.m. to read, work with the files and capture more Ancestry census images. Wrote WikiTree Press Release - WikiTree Makes Collaboration Less Frightening. Printed out my masters for the three OASIS classes.
* Wrote tow posts for Monday, checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 6.0 hours.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
My genealogy day - 29 October 2011
A stay-at-home Saturday with no grandchildren vying for attention and getting it...so what did I do? Hours on end on the computer. Made some progress, too.
* Up early and out for a 7 a.m. breakfast with Linda's Dolphin club.
* Home by 8:30 p.m. to read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - PAINE (England > Massachusetts) posted.
* Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Where Do You Fit? and set it for after noon.
* Decided to capture as many US Census records as possible from Ancestry.com for my families. The previous images are mainly GIFs and relatively small, the latest Ancestry images are JPG and fairly large. In the process, I implemented my latest computer file naming scheme - I hope this one sticks! Got the Seaver folks done, then started at top of the Surname list and worked my way down to Plimpton by 4 p.m.
* Went in to watch football highlights and read the paper. We left at 5 p.m. for Outback for dinner - Linda finally had a good dinner somewhere! We'll go back more often now.
* Home by 7 p.m. to watch the SDSU Aztecs football game.
* Came in halftime with SDSU losing 27-13, read everything, added to the Best Of post, worked in Ancestry and files some more to finish the R names.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and back to watch the end of the game.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Up early and out for a 7 a.m. breakfast with Linda's Dolphin club.
* Home by 8:30 p.m. to read email and blogs, noted that Surname Saturday - PAINE (England > Massachusetts) posted.
* Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Where Do You Fit? and set it for after noon.
* Decided to capture as many US Census records as possible from Ancestry.com for my families. The previous images are mainly GIFs and relatively small, the latest Ancestry images are JPG and fairly large. In the process, I implemented my latest computer file naming scheme - I hope this one sticks! Got the Seaver folks done, then started at top of the Surname list and worked my way down to Plimpton by 4 p.m.
* Went in to watch football highlights and read the paper. We left at 5 p.m. for Outback for dinner - Linda finally had a good dinner somewhere! We'll go back more often now.
* Home by 7 p.m. to watch the SDSU Aztecs football game.
* Came in halftime with SDSU losing 27-13, read everything, added to the Best Of post, worked in Ancestry and files some more to finish the R names.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post, and back to watch the end of the game.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Friday, October 28, 2011
My genealogy day - 28 October 2011
I did venture out briefly today for my weekly constitutional with George (I know, I seem to miss two or three weeks) - this is my only exercise this week, until the lawn mowing on Sunday.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Follow Friday - Ideas for Weekend Genealogy Fun. Worked on Follow-Up Friday - FTM 2012, Great Blogs and the ePrize and set it for late morning.
* Answered some email, and worked a bit making charts in FTM 2012. figured out how to do the Direct-Line Descendants chart!
* Had lunch, left at 11:45 a.m. for my walk with George on the bayfront.
* Home by 1 p.m. to read, then worked on Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 13: Making a Direct-Line Descendants Chart.
* Did some sorting of collected papers to find the next batch of data for entry to the RootsMagic database. Found I didn't have data on James a. Smith, so found marriage record and several census records and added them to the database. That was fun. No death data, though.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the World Series, read the paper, check the mail, and have dinner.
* Online at 6:10 p.m. to listen to Geneabloggers Radio and then back to the recliner at 7:30 for the rest of Game 7 of the Series.
* Online again at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, write the Surname Saturday post, check Facebook, make a list of the Dill ancestors to check for probate records, and write this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Follow Friday - Ideas for Weekend Genealogy Fun. Worked on Follow-Up Friday - FTM 2012, Great Blogs and the ePrize and set it for late morning.
* Answered some email, and worked a bit making charts in FTM 2012. figured out how to do the Direct-Line Descendants chart!
* Had lunch, left at 11:45 a.m. for my walk with George on the bayfront.
* Home by 1 p.m. to read, then worked on Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 13: Making a Direct-Line Descendants Chart.
* Did some sorting of collected papers to find the next batch of data for entry to the RootsMagic database. Found I didn't have data on James a. Smith, so found marriage record and several census records and added them to the database. That was fun. No death data, though.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the World Series, read the paper, check the mail, and have dinner.
* Online at 6:10 p.m. to listen to Geneabloggers Radio and then back to the recliner at 7:30 for the rest of Game 7 of the Series.
* Online again at 8:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, write the Surname Saturday post, check Facebook, make a list of the Dill ancestors to check for probate records, and write this post.
Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
My genealogy day - 27 October 2011
The days of October are falling faster than the leaves off the trees, it seems...and the hurrier I go, the behinder I get, it seems.
* Read email and blogs, checked Ancestry to see if my free subscription was registered yet (no...), and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Alma Seaver's 1962 Autopsy Report.
* Got into FTM 2012 again, and made a nine generation book - failed again. Wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 12: How Big a Book Can It Make? The answer seems to be at least six or seven generations with lots of notes, and maybe eight. I think it's funny that nobody but Russ and Caroline seems to care...but I will press on! It's good blog fodder, if nothing else.
* Decided to work on my FORUM column that's late, and got quite a bit done today. Need to proof it again and do a little more research.
* Checked in on Ancestry.com subscription and I'm good to go after nudging the AARP lady. Sent Class 1 handout to the students, and called the two that didn't attend Class 1.
* Wrote RootsTech 2012 Genealogy Conference Video and then Off My Chest: Give Me One Column for Reading Online Magazines.
* Added the Bradstreet data from the Eva Kempton Volume 2 book to the database, and sourced appropriately.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch the ball game,m eat dinner, read the paper, read NGSQ, and start a new book as the game went on for over 4.5 hours. Good game. Got the dishes done between innings.
* Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook and write this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, checked Ancestry to see if my free subscription was registered yet (no...), and wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Alma Seaver's 1962 Autopsy Report.
* Got into FTM 2012 again, and made a nine generation book - failed again. Wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 12: How Big a Book Can It Make? The answer seems to be at least six or seven generations with lots of notes, and maybe eight. I think it's funny that nobody but Russ and Caroline seems to care...but I will press on! It's good blog fodder, if nothing else.
* Decided to work on my FORUM column that's late, and got quite a bit done today. Need to proof it again and do a little more research.
* Checked in on Ancestry.com subscription and I'm good to go after nudging the AARP lady. Sent Class 1 handout to the students, and called the two that didn't attend Class 1.
* Wrote RootsTech 2012 Genealogy Conference Video and then Off My Chest: Give Me One Column for Reading Online Magazines.
* Added the Bradstreet data from the Eva Kempton Volume 2 book to the database, and sourced appropriately.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch the ball game,m eat dinner, read the paper, read NGSQ, and start a new book as the game went on for over 4.5 hours. Good game. Got the dishes done between innings.
* Online at 10 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, check Facebook and write this post.
Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
My genealogy day - 26 October 2011
Today was mostly a genealogy day - but some problems arose.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 176: Inside the Four-Mile Inn Kitchen and Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 11: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 2. Watched the Ask AncestryAnne video on YouTube.
* Called Ancestry.com to cancel my account so that AARP could contact them and add the one-year subscription I won. My part was completed, but AARP did not call! Nicely worded email followed.
* Left at 11:15 a.m. to have lunch at McDonalds, then to the library for the CVGS Program meeting.
* Home from the library by 3 p.m. to read, then write Ancestry.com Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results. Answered email.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to read the paper, eat dinner, and not watch the baseball game - rained out.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, worked in FTM 2012 creating different charts and reports. Worked in RootsMagic 4 adding Facts for Education, Residence and Occupations, plus some Burial facts.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 176: Inside the Four-Mile Inn Kitchen and Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 11: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 2. Watched the Ask AncestryAnne video on YouTube.
* Called Ancestry.com to cancel my account so that AARP could contact them and add the one-year subscription I won. My part was completed, but AARP did not call! Nicely worded email followed.
* Left at 11:15 a.m. to have lunch at McDonalds, then to the library for the CVGS Program meeting.
* Home from the library by 3 p.m. to read, then write Ancestry.com Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results. Answered email.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to read the paper, eat dinner, and not watch the baseball game - rained out.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, worked in FTM 2012 creating different charts and reports. Worked in RootsMagic 4 adding Facts for Education, Residence and Occupations, plus some Burial facts.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
My genealogy day - 25 October 2011
Yikes, only 6 more days in October left. I feel like I've done nothing good this month, and am further behind than when I started the month. Probably due to the two stints of being with the grandkids.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Levi Holcomb (1763-1854) in Burnett, Wisconsin.
* Started over with FTM 2012, made several books and wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 10: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 1. Worked some in RootsMagic 4 also trying to do the same thing there - RM4 is much faster!
* Had lunch, and wrote The Moment I Knew and set it for mid-afternoon. Worked a bit more in FTM2012 and RM4.
* Left at 2:15 for my doctor's appointment. Waited over half an hour to be seen - unusual for this medical group. Took all of 10 minutes to tell me to keep applying the creme...$40 co-pay, $84 cream pack. Sh!t! Home by 3:30 p.m.
* Read everything, then started work - finally! - on my FORUM article due two weeks ago. Matt hasn't complained yet...
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, and eat dinner.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and added notes and sources to the database from the Eva Kempton book for two ancestral families.
* Checked Facebook, Twitter and google Plus, answered some email, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
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* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Levi Holcomb (1763-1854) in Burnett, Wisconsin.
* Started over with FTM 2012, made several books and wrote Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 10: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 1. Worked some in RootsMagic 4 also trying to do the same thing there - RM4 is much faster!
* Had lunch, and wrote The Moment I Knew and set it for mid-afternoon. Worked a bit more in FTM2012 and RM4.
* Left at 2:15 for my doctor's appointment. Waited over half an hour to be seen - unusual for this medical group. Took all of 10 minutes to tell me to keep applying the creme...$40 co-pay, $84 cream pack. Sh!t! Home by 3:30 p.m.
* Read everything, then started work - finally! - on my FORUM article due two weeks ago. Matt hasn't complained yet...
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper, and eat dinner.
* Back online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and added notes and sources to the database from the Eva Kempton book for two ancestral families.
* Checked Facebook, Twitter and google Plus, answered some email, and wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 9.5 hours.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
My genealogy day - 24 October 2011
This was a really different genealogy day for me...taught my OASIS class, worked in FTM 2012, wrote no blog posts, and not much else. I feel like I wasted the day.
* I tried to print the 10 copies of my OASIS class syllabus last night, and the black ink crapped out after one copy. Nope, none in the drawer. I have the one copy - I'll just take it to the copy shop in the morning.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Will of Ephraim Hildreth (1654-1731) of Westford, Mass. posted. Packed up the laptop, flash drive and one syllabus copy and was at the copy shop before 9 a.m. They open at 8 a.m.... cool, no problems! Except I forgot to take the receipt with me.
* Got to the OASIS classroom at 9:35 a.m., got set up on their laptop, checked in with the staff, taught my class to 6 receptive students, and met Linda afterwards in the parking lot. She brought In 'n' Out for lunch, so I ate it while she drove to her 1:15 p.m. medical appointment about her soy allergy in Poway. Afterwards, she dropped me at my car, and she went to Costco to get several items, including more computer ink..
* I got home from her appointment at 2:15 p.m., read everything, and noted that Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 9: The "Ahnentafel Report" posted. Russ commented on it, and we exchanged emails the rest of the afternoon and evening.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the World Series game, read the paper, and eat dinner. Back online after 6:30 p.m. to do more emails. Linda brought in the printer ink, and I opened one pack and installed the black. I went to put the rest of the packs in my "printer ink place" and found that I already had some. Drat. I never checked there...only in the drawer. Senior moment again. Drat again. Now I hope that the printer doesn't crap out in the next six months or so!
* worked creating a book in FTM 2012. Had success, but it sure took a long time to get a 10-generation ancestral report done (832 pages), and the Index never finished. Rats - will have to do it all over again, I fear. That wasted a lot of time.
* Went in to watch the end of the baseball and football games, then back online to read, add to the Best Of post, check in on Facebook and Google Plus, and write this post.
Genealogy today was about 9.5 hours. I still have my FORUM column to write, and finally think I have a topic. That's the hardest part - the topic for a column that publishes three months later!
* I tried to print the 10 copies of my OASIS class syllabus last night, and the black ink crapped out after one copy. Nope, none in the drawer. I have the one copy - I'll just take it to the copy shop in the morning.
* Read email and blogs, noted that Amanuensis Monday - Will of Ephraim Hildreth (1654-1731) of Westford, Mass. posted. Packed up the laptop, flash drive and one syllabus copy and was at the copy shop before 9 a.m. They open at 8 a.m.... cool, no problems! Except I forgot to take the receipt with me.
* Got to the OASIS classroom at 9:35 a.m., got set up on their laptop, checked in with the staff, taught my class to 6 receptive students, and met Linda afterwards in the parking lot. She brought In 'n' Out for lunch, so I ate it while she drove to her 1:15 p.m. medical appointment about her soy allergy in Poway. Afterwards, she dropped me at my car, and she went to Costco to get several items, including more computer ink..
* I got home from her appointment at 2:15 p.m., read everything, and noted that Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 9: The "Ahnentafel Report" posted. Russ commented on it, and we exchanged emails the rest of the afternoon and evening.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the World Series game, read the paper, and eat dinner. Back online after 6:30 p.m. to do more emails. Linda brought in the printer ink, and I opened one pack and installed the black. I went to put the rest of the packs in my "printer ink place" and found that I already had some. Drat. I never checked there...only in the drawer. Senior moment again. Drat again. Now I hope that the printer doesn't crap out in the next six months or so!
* worked creating a book in FTM 2012. Had success, but it sure took a long time to get a 10-generation ancestral report done (832 pages), and the Index never finished. Rats - will have to do it all over again, I fear. That wasted a lot of time.
* Went in to watch the end of the baseball and football games, then back online to read, add to the Best Of post, check in on Facebook and Google Plus, and write this post.
Genealogy today was about 9.5 hours. I still have my FORUM column to write, and finally think I have a topic. That's the hardest part - the topic for a column that publishes three months later!
Friday, October 21, 2011
My family history days - 20 and 21 October 2011
These days have not been full genealogy days because the grandgirls came on Thursday at 11 a.m. along with the new grandhound, Spencer. Tami and James are in La Jolla, where Tami has a conference.
Both days have been mainly reading and blogging when I can find a spare 20-30 minutes. We've stayed home and played in the house, in the back yard, and taken walks with Spencer. Spencer is a young basset hound puppy, and is very active. He wants to grab anything that he can get his mouth around and shake it to death, or shreds. Our challenge has been to keep things, or take therm, away from him. We shut the doors to all of the bedrooms and the genea-cave!
The girls have been great, although they don't go to sleep as well as they used to. Lauren has impressed us with her vocabulary and third grade reading left (she's in first grade), and really shares/plays well with Audrey, who is 3. They are really good, sweet, happy, smart little girls - we love them so much!
So you can see - not much genealogy work, but lots of family history! They go home on Sunday.
Both days have been mainly reading and blogging when I can find a spare 20-30 minutes. We've stayed home and played in the house, in the back yard, and taken walks with Spencer. Spencer is a young basset hound puppy, and is very active. He wants to grab anything that he can get his mouth around and shake it to death, or shreds. Our challenge has been to keep things, or take therm, away from him. We shut the doors to all of the bedrooms and the genea-cave!
The girls have been great, although they don't go to sleep as well as they used to. Lauren has impressed us with her vocabulary and third grade reading left (she's in first grade), and really shares/plays well with Audrey, who is 3. They are really good, sweet, happy, smart little girls - we love them so much!
So you can see - not much genealogy work, but lots of family history! They go home on Sunday.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
My genealogy day - 19 October 2011
It was another full genealogy day - probably the last one until next week!
* Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 175: Inside The Four-Mile Inn at Old World Wisconsin.
* Worked in FTM 2012 and GEDCOM files for awhile, and emailed with Russ about our problem. Wrote October 2011 issue of CVGS Newsletter and CVGS Research Group Summary on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.Wrote Using Google Maps to Document Your Way.
* Left at 11:15 a.m. for lunch at McDonald's, then to the library for the CVGS Computer Group. Did two sensing things with Gary - what computer problems do you have, and what genealogy challenges do you have? We talked for two hours showing how to find things or do things on the computer, and then in Ancestry.com.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, answer email, then wrote Do you Have "Comments" on Your Ancestry Member Tree?
* Went out at 4:45 to pull weeds, put out the trash, watch the World Series game, read the paper, and eat dinner.
* Came in at 6 p.m. to watch Jean Hibben's webinar, then watched the last half of Tom Kemp's webinar. Worked in GenealogyBank for awhile, then went in to watch the end of the ballgame.
* Back online at *;15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer Ancestry messages, check Facebook and Twitter, do a little work in Find-a-Grave and sources, and write this post.
* Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 175: Inside The Four-Mile Inn at Old World Wisconsin.
* Worked in FTM 2012 and GEDCOM files for awhile, and emailed with Russ about our problem. Wrote October 2011 issue of CVGS Newsletter and CVGS Research Group Summary on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.Wrote Using Google Maps to Document Your Way.
* Left at 11:15 a.m. for lunch at McDonald's, then to the library for the CVGS Computer Group. Did two sensing things with Gary - what computer problems do you have, and what genealogy challenges do you have? We talked for two hours showing how to find things or do things on the computer, and then in Ancestry.com.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, answer email, then wrote Do you Have "Comments" on Your Ancestry Member Tree?
* Went out at 4:45 to pull weeds, put out the trash, watch the World Series game, read the paper, and eat dinner.
* Came in at 6 p.m. to watch Jean Hibben's webinar, then watched the last half of Tom Kemp's webinar. Worked in GenealogyBank for awhile, then went in to watch the end of the ballgame.
* Back online at *;15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, answer Ancestry messages, check Facebook and Twitter, do a little work in Find-a-Grave and sources, and write this post.
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