My Genealogy Saturday - 31 October 2015

Ten months in 2015 gone, two to go.  Hopefully, they will be filled with genealogy research on my part.

*  Read email and blogs, and noted that More Hallowe'en Name Whacking and  Surname Saturday -- GRANT (England to colonial New England) posted.  Wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Hallowe'en Memories and Family History and set it for later.

*  Left at 9:40 a.m. for the FamilySearch Center to lead the SDGS RootsMagic class.  We had 11 in attendance.  Some good questions - I couldn't answer them all.  Left at 12:30 p.m.

*  Home by 1 p.m. for the wood inspection, then online to read and add to the Best Of post.  Took a nap.

*  Up at 3 p.m. to read, then answered email - did the Las Vegas contract and the SCGS contract and more.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV and eat dinner, read the paper, watched the World Series, and clipped some of the rose bushes.  We had only 7 trick-or-treaters tonight, all after dark, and none from the block.  

*  Online at 8:30 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and write this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

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

* 45,156 persons (+ 123)
* 18,080 families  (+ 54)
* 143,316 events  (+ 965)
* 8,667  places  (+ 130)
* 1,295 sources (+ 20)
* 66,478  citations (+ 1234)
*  1,119 Multi-media Items (+ 0)
*  2,988 Multimedia links (+ 0)
*  8,629 matched to FSFT (+ 600)

 I'm up to 46.39%  (+0.56%) for citations/events and 147.22% (+2.34%) for citations/persons.

Genea-Musings statistics for October (compared to stats for September):

*  80,921  page views (2,610 per day, Blogger Stats, - 28)

*  31,556 page views ( 1,018 per day, Statcounter, - 68 )

*  24,326 unique visitors (785 per day, Statcounter, -30)

*  >1,200 readers on Feedly (+??)

*  1,828 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 32)

Genealogy Website Traffic Rankings for October (Alexa):

*  Ancestry.com:  503 (Global); 123 (USA)
*  FindAGrave.com:  2,699 (Global); 653 (USA)
*  FamilySearch.org:  2,955 (Global); 962 (USA)
*  MyHeritage.com:  4,525 (Global); 1,863 (USA)
*  Geni.com:  6,732 (Global); 3,143 (USA)

*  23andme.com:  9,358 (Global); 2,249 (USA)
*  Newspapers.com:  13,749 (Global); 2,913 (USA)
*  FamilyTreeDNA.com:  16,118 (Global); 6,275 (USA)
*  Archives.com:  16,686 (Global); 3,851 (USA)
*  WikiTree.com:  19,627 (Global); 5,916 (USA)

*  FamilyTreeNow.com:  25,438 (Global); 5,848 (USA)
*  GenealogyBank.com:  26,368 (Global); 5,215 (USA)
*  Fold3.com:  27,842 (Global); 5,653 (USA)
*  Findmypast.com:  40,225 (Global); 13,748 (USA)
*  Mocavo.com:  45,190 (Global);  9,769 (USA)

*  Cyndi's List:  70,895 (Global); 12,913 (USA)
*  BillionGraves.com:  74,601 (Global); 17,229 (USA)
*  AmericanAncestors.org:  111,961 (Global); 22,335 (USA)
*  WorldVitalRecords.com:  123,412 (Global); 38,209 (USA)
*  RootsWeb.com:  135,111 (Global); 34,276 (USA)

*  Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:  82,894 (Global); 23,591 (USA)
*  DNA-eXplained.com:  199,152 (Global); 59,939 (USA)
*  LegalGenealogist.com:  213,410 (Global); 51,112 (USA)
*  Geneabloggers.com:  243,784 (Global); 68,426 (USA)
*  LisaLouiseCooke.com:  274,898 (Global); 72,992 (USA)

*  Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: 288,533 (Global); 9,588 (Canada)
*  Genea-Musings: 311,102 (Global); 65,143 (USA)
*  AncestryInsider.org:  423,529 (Global); 131,759 (USA)
*  DearMyrtle.com:  524,899 (Global); 141,595 (USA)
*  Genealogy's Star:  1,687,836 (Global); 296,122 (USA)

My Genealogy Friday - 30 October 2015

Another week is gone - only 9 weeks left in 2015.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 96: #118 Stephen Cutter (1745-1823).  Worked a bit in FamilySearch Family Tree.

*  The wood fascia repair guy came after 10 a.m., and left by 1:30 p.m.  I got nothing done genealogy wise.  

*  Online at 1:30 p.m. to read, then researched and wrote Finding Hints by Person or Surname on Findmypast.  Took my nap.

*  Online at 4 p.m. to read, write the Surname Saturday post, and work some more in FamilySearch Family Tree matching persons.

*  Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, and watch the World Series game

*  Online at 8 p.m. to work more in the FamilySearch Family Tree, then resolved 19 more 1920 U.S. Census entries on Ancestry, adding content and sources.

*  Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 6.5 hours.

My Genealogy Thursday - 29 October 2015

Where did October go?  It went by quickly.  I've been busy...but it's only like 8 weeks until Christmas.  Yikes.  I have to do something for Linda's birthday first!

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 286: 1847 Death Certificate of Jonathan White (1805-1850) of Killingly, Conn.  Wrote RootsTech 2016 Announces Thursday (4 February) Keynote Speakers and set it for later.

*  Worked on the last two OASIS presentations and handouts and I'm ready to go.  Transferred the files to Dropbox to put on the laptop.

*  Added some Seaver folks I found by happenstance online - got 4 generations of them, with an English immigrant to Canada.  Used this for How Did I Miss This Before? Ancestry.com Shows Others Researching a Person.  Took my nap.

*  Online at 3 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and worked on the 52 Ancestors person, adding content and sources.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper, water the front plants, and clip some of the rose bushes.  In at 6:30 p.m. to wash the dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, answer email, add to the Best Of post, and then transcribe the Stephen Cutter will, source it, and get it into the biography.  

*  Decided to update some of the Cutter entries in FamilySearch Family Tree, then the new Seaver folks, and finally a random Seaver line.  

*  Read, checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My Genealogy Wednesday - 28 October 2015

This was almost an all genealogy day - except for the debate tonight.  Still warm days - about 83F today.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Linda's LXtieth Birthday -- Post 384 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and then APG Offers Two Free Webinars - 29 October and 10 December 2015 and set it for later.

*  Worked in the Ancestry Mexico collections a bit.  Left at 11 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds, then to the library to sit in John's group and get a book, then to Bonita library for the CVGS meeting and "Tea With Mrs. Roosevelt."  Great foods.  

*  Home by 3 p.m., took a nap, then online to write Ancestry Mexico Launches With Over 220 Million Records.  Checked Facebook, answered emails, and added to the Best Of post.  

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the debate, ate dinner, and read the paper.  Online at 8 p.m. to read, then worked in Ancestry in the Pe to Po names, got down to Potter, adding content and sources.  

*  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.

My Genealogy Tuesday - 27 October 2015

This was another stay-at-home genealogy day until the World Series game started.  It cooled off a bit today, high around 80 and partly cloudy.  Getting cooler at night.

*  Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - The Kimball Plots in La Vista Memorial Park, National City, California.

*  Edited the first two OASIS presentations and handouts, two more to go for 9 November.

*  Answered email, did some research for MM's problem.  Added to the Best Of post.

*  Worked a bit in GEDMatch, then researched and wrote Using Ancestry Hints to Feed My Hungry RootsMagic Database.  Took a nap.

*  Checked Facebook, answered email, added to the Best Of post.  

*  Went in at 5 p.m. to watch the World Series game, ate dinner, read the paper and finished my Mary Higgins Clark book.  Checked email Facebook, Feedly on my phone, then checked health things on the 23andMe app.  

*  Bored after 12 innings, got on the desktop to check Facebook and write this post.  Genealogy today was 8.0 hours.

My Genealogy Monday - 26 October 2015

I'm back in the genea-saddle again...after three days essentially offline taking care of and loving on the three grandchildren.  We got them on Friday at lunchtime, and they went home on Sunday afternoon.  I had little time on Friday night or Saturday or Sunday morning for genealogy - I had prepared the regular posts and not much else.  After the Chargers game on Sunday, I wrote three blog posts for Sunday night and Monday.

*  Today, I read email and blogs, and noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post #291: 1766 Letter of Administration for Henry Pickel (172901765) Estate of Readingtown, N.J. posted.  

*  Joined Mondays With Myrt at 8:45 a.m. and talked about Genea-Santa and not much else.  Then listened to the RootsTech Ambassador webinar which had technical problems.  

*  Noted that New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - October 18-24, 2015 posted and wrote Chula Vista Genealogical Society October Program is: "Tea With Mrs. Roosevelt" and set it for later.  Took a short nap.

*  Online to answer email, then made reservations for Las Vegas and Salt Lake City trips.  Southwest airfare was expensive.  

*  Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and went in at 5:15 p.m. for dinner, read the paper, watch TV, water the front plants, and wash dishes.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, write a post for Tuesday, and then worked in Ancestry Hints adding content and sources.  Cleared 96 Hints.  Sources at 66,323.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My Genealogy Thursday - 22 October 2015

Today was my daughter's 39th birthday - we sang to her while she was picking up Charlie and had Facetime with the girls.  Other than that, it was all genealogy except when I listened to the Benghazi hearings.

*  Read email and blogs while watching the hearings, then listened to them until 4 p.m. online.  Wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 285: 1739 Death Record of Elizabeth (Harwood) Prescott (1701-1739) in Westford, Mass.

*  Answered email, worked a bit in the FamilySearch Family Tree on a Seaver line.  Had lunch, wrote Win a FREE RootsTech 2016 (February 3-6, 2016) Registration Here on Genea-Musings.

*  Wrote a post for Friday and one for Saturday while the kids are here.  Took a nap.  Up at 4 p.m. to read, check Facebook, and we went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday to Black Angus.

*  Home by 6:40 p.m. to read the paper, watch football, and clean off more tops as Charlie protection.  Online to add to the Best Of post, then worked in the 1920 Census hints in the database, adding content and sources.  Had to search house, car, garage, etc. for Linda's meds.  

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.

My Genealogy Wednesday - 21 October 2015

Well, that was almost a wasted genealogy day.  Oh well, we all need one of those every once in awhile, it seems.

*  Read email and blogs, wrote Grand-dog Walter -- Post 383 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday and then Woo Hoo!!! Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Now on AmericanAncestors.org and set it for later.  Worked a bit in the Worcester stuff.

*  Left at 11 a.m. to lunch at McDonalds, then to the library but John wasn't there, and into the Computer Group.  Gary got the NARA Fair on his laptop, but it ended live broadcast at 12 noon.  He only had his laptop sound, so everyone got quiet and watched the first hour.  I left at 12:40 p.m. and was home by 1 p.m.

*  Read, added to the Best Of post, then worked capturing Barnstable County, Mass. probates for about ten ancestors.  These are transcripts from the probate court books.  

*  Wrote Forward to the Family History Future - 2045 and then took a nap.  Up at 4:30 p.m. to read, then checked Facebook, and went in to watch the NLCS game, eat dinner, put out the trash, repair the bag holder, pull weeds in the back yard, and help Linda declutter the low stuff before Charlie visits on Friday.

*  Online at 7 p.m. to read, then answered email, added to the Best Of post, and worked in Ancestry awhile off and on in the Pe and Pi surnames, adding content and sources.  Checked Facebook, and wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.

My Genealogy Tuesday - 20 October 2015

Well, we have only three days to tidy up before Charlie comes to visit for the first time.  We're told he can sweep a table or counter top already...so we need to pick up the stuff we don't want swept.  Another cool day - high about 75F, very comfortable.  

*  Read email and blogs then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - David J., Rebecca and Devier D. Carringer in La Vista Memorial Park, National City, California.

*  Sorted my household paper stack and moved them to the shred box.  Answered email, then browsed the NARA collections on Ancestry.  Ate lunch, then wrote Did Your Ancestors or Relatives Die Abroad?  Took an hour long nap.

*  Up at 2 p.m., Read, added to the Best Of post, and worked in the FamilySearch Family Tree for two hours matching people, improving the Tree and adding some data to my database.  

*  Answered more email, then wrote Dear Randy: I Moved My Tree to RootsMagic, How Do I Keep Adding to my Ancestry Member Tree?

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. and watched TV news, ate dinner, read the paper, watched the NLCS game, and worked about 30 minutes in the back yard on the weeds.  Tired after that.

*  Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then worked through 20 more 1920 US Census entries from the Ancestry Hints.  Checked Facebook.  Wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.

My Genealogy Monday - 19 October 2015

This was an all genealogy day except a nap and a little TV at dinnertime.  Didn't get much done though.  Finally figured out if I take my nap near noon that I sleep better at night.

*  Read email and blogs, then joined Mondays With Myrt at 8:45 a.m.  Talked about my Father post and about Findmypast's NYGBS links.  

*  Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Post #290: 1767 Will of Thomas Martin (1737-1767) of Woodbridge, N.J. posted.  Worked in email.  Read blogs and added to the Best Of post.  Checked Facebook.

*  Took a nap.  Online at 2 p.m. to read, noted that New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - October 11-17, 2015 posted.  Worked on Pat's newspaper request - found 10 and sent them on.

*  Worked in Geni for awhile - added several ancestors to try to connect to the world tree.  Researched and wrote Enriching My RootsMagic Database - Miss Sadie Vaux.

*  Went in at 5:15 p.m. to watch the ALCS game, football, eat dinner, then online at 6:45 p.m. to read, answer email, talk to Lori.

*  Worked in the 1920 US Census hints on Ancestry - resolved 33 more, down to 484.  Added quite a bit of content and sources to the database.  sources at 66,123.

*  Checked Facebook, wrote this post.  Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.