One month down, 11 to go in 2018. It's still warm here in America's Finest Suburb. High of 80 today. Where's my rain? Up early at 5:30 to see the Super Blood Blue moon - hiding behind our big tree, got burrs in my socks from the "grass" trying to see it. Ho hum. Coulda used the extra hour of sleep.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m. Added to the Best Of post, noted that The Grandgirls at Play in 2014 -- Post 501 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted, and wrote RootsTech 2018 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers. Played in MyHeritage for a bit. Rested my eyes for 30 minutes.
* Had lunch at home, gathered my stuff and off to the library for the CVGS meeting. The talk was short, and social interactions were good. Home by 2 p.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, answered email, and rested my eyes again.
* Online at 3 p.m. to read, answer more email, check Twitter and Facebook, work in MyHeritage, then wrote Dear Randy: How do I attach a PDF document to a person in RootsMagic like I do with photos?
* Went in at 5:30 to finish cooking dinner, we ate, watched TV news, read the paper, washed dishes and put out the trash.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, Treeshared 110 entries in RootsMagic, then resolved about 140 Ancestry Hints, adding content and sources to the database.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Here are the numbers from my RootsMagic database as of 31 January (with increases in the numbers from 31 December in parentheses):
* 49,600 persons (+ 285)
* 19,989 families (+ 142)
* 160,558 events (+ 897)
* 4,630 Alternate Names (+ 160)
* 10,521 places (+ 192)
* 1,612 sources (+ 9)
* 92,054 citations (+ 996)
* 1,164 Multi-media Items (+ 2)
* 3,180 Multimedia links (+ 3)
* 22,413 matched to FSFT (+ 1009)
I'm up to 57.33% (+0.30%) for citations/events and 185.59% (+0.96%) for citations/persons.
Genea-Musings statistics for January (compared to stats for December):
* 94,523 page views (3,049 per day, Blogger Stats, - 300)
* 32,855 page views ( 1060 per day, Statcounter, + 173)
* 24,658 sessions (795 per day, Statcounter, + 117)
* >2,000 readers on Feedly (+??)
* 3,503 readers via email (Feedburner) (+ 78)
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
My Genealogy Tuesday - 30 January 2018
Wow, January is almost over. Time is just flying by. It's been summer like for a week here - high today was 80 F. Where's my rain?
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:50 a.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1892 Voter Registration for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco, Calif. posted.
* Left at 10:15 a.m. for the dentist. She checked my teeth and said the antibiotics were working. Good. A 15 minute visit. Home by 11 a.m.
* Answered email, then wrote RootsTech 2018 Syllabus Articles Are Available on Mobile App and Web Browser. Took a nap.
* Up at 12:50 p.m. to eat lunch, then took Linda to the nail spa. Home to write Genealogy News Bytes -- 30 January 2018 and set it for later. Picked her up and home by 3 p.m.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and answered emails.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watched TV news and then the Trump SOTU speech. Heh. Washed dishes afterwards.
* Online at 8:20 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and checked Twitter and Facebook, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up and we went to the grocery store. Home by 9:50 a.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1892 Voter Registration for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco, Calif. posted.
* Left at 10:15 a.m. for the dentist. She checked my teeth and said the antibiotics were working. Good. A 15 minute visit. Home by 11 a.m.
* Answered email, then wrote RootsTech 2018 Syllabus Articles Are Available on Mobile App and Web Browser. Took a nap.
* Up at 12:50 p.m. to eat lunch, then took Linda to the nail spa. Home to write Genealogy News Bytes -- 30 January 2018 and set it for later. Picked her up and home by 3 p.m.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and answered emails.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, and watched TV news and then the Trump SOTU speech. Heh. Washed dishes afterwards.
* Online at 8:20 p.m. to read, then wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and checked Twitter and Facebook, then wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
Monday, January 29, 2018
My Genealogy Sunday and Monday - 28 - 29 January 2018
I missed journaling last night, first one this month. Didn't do much on Sunday. Had a full genea-cave day on Monday. Warm today, 85F.
1) Sunday, 28 January:
* Read email and blogs watching Meet the Depressed, off to church at 9:30 a.m., and home by 11:15 a.m.
* Finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 post, had lunch, then worked on the Amanuensis Monday transcription. Wrote the Amanuensis post.
* Went in at 3 p.m. to watch the end of the Farmers Open - went until 5:30. Read the paper, ate dinner, then watched news, and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 posted.
* Downloaded the Wednesday handouts from RootsTech. Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic. Checked Facebook. Genealogy this day was 4.5 hours.
2) Monday, 29 January 2018:
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up, home at 9 a.m., got onto Mondays With Myrt with no problem. didn't contribute much!
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Thomas Paine (1633-1706) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, then wrote CVGS Program on 31 January: Marti Lewis on "Exploring Your DNA Results" and Monday Genea-Pourri - 29 January 2018.
Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, and sharing data both ways. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered emails. Added to the Best Of post.
* 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, wrote the Treasure Chest post, talked to Lori, added to the Best Of post, and worked some more on Seaver profiles in RootsMagic and Family Tree.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
1) Sunday, 28 January:
* Read email and blogs watching Meet the Depressed, off to church at 9:30 a.m., and home by 11:15 a.m.
* Finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 post, had lunch, then worked on the Amanuensis Monday transcription. Wrote the Amanuensis post.
* Went in at 3 p.m. to watch the end of the Farmers Open - went until 5:30. Read the paper, ate dinner, then watched news, and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, noted that Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 posted.
* Downloaded the Wednesday handouts from RootsTech. Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic. Checked Facebook. Genealogy this day was 4.5 hours.
2) Monday, 29 January 2018:
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read, picked her up, home at 9 a.m., got onto Mondays With Myrt with no problem. didn't contribute much!
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Thomas Paine (1633-1706) of Eastham, Massachusetts posted, then wrote CVGS Program on 31 January: Marti Lewis on "Exploring Your DNA Results" and Monday Genea-Pourri - 29 January 2018.
Worked in FamilySearch Family Tree matching profiles with RootsMagic, and sharing data both ways. Checked Twitter and Facebook. Answered emails. Added to the Best Of post.
* 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, wrote the Treasure Chest post, talked to Lori, added to the Best Of post, and worked some more on Seaver profiles in RootsMagic and Family Tree.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
My Genealogy Saturday - 27 January 2018
This was a busy genealogy day - and I was out and about for 8 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15. Noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Frances who married John Hill, England to colonial New England) posted.
* Gathered my RootsMagic stuff and my presentation stuff and the map and the laptop and USB drive, and left for the RMUG for SDGS at San Diego FamilySearch Library. Got there around 9:50 and talked to John and Bob for awhile. Got set up for the RootsMagic class. We had 9 attendees, and had a pretty good time. Lots of good questions and answers until 12:40 p.m.. Had lunch outside, and searched the FHL Catalog for things.
* Left at 1:30 p.m. for Mission Hills, and had to park three blocks away from the library. Got to the library at 2 p.m. and got set up for my presentation in a corner of the room - kiddie chairs and table, nice projector (HDMI cable both ends). Got the presentation up and about 30 people came to the Be An Ancestor Detective talk. Lots of questions, and we ran over time. Left at 4:50 and home by 5:10 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and answered email. Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- One Thing You've Done posted. Went in to fix dinner at 5:40 p.m. and watched TV news, read the paper and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 post and the FamilySearch post.
* Worked in RootsMagic matching Family Tree profiles in the Hysong line, adding content both ways to some profiles.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15. Noted that Surname Saturday -- LNU (Frances who married John Hill, England to colonial New England) posted.
* Gathered my RootsMagic stuff and my presentation stuff and the map and the laptop and USB drive, and left for the RMUG for SDGS at San Diego FamilySearch Library. Got there around 9:50 and talked to John and Bob for awhile. Got set up for the RootsMagic class. We had 9 attendees, and had a pretty good time. Lots of good questions and answers until 12:40 p.m.. Had lunch outside, and searched the FHL Catalog for things.
* Left at 1:30 p.m. for Mission Hills, and had to park three blocks away from the library. Got to the library at 2 p.m. and got set up for my presentation in a corner of the room - kiddie chairs and table, nice projector (HDMI cable both ends). Got the presentation up and about 30 people came to the Be An Ancestor Detective talk. Lots of questions, and we ran over time. Left at 4:50 and home by 5:10 p.m.
* Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and answered email. Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- One Thing You've Done posted. Went in to fix dinner at 5:40 p.m. and watched TV news, read the paper and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then wrote the Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 21 to 27 January 2018 post and the FamilySearch post.
* Worked in RootsMagic matching Family Tree profiles in the Hysong line, adding content both ways to some profiles.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 9.0 hours.
Friday, January 26, 2018
My Genealogy Friday - 26 January 2018
This was an all-genealogy day - I didn't even get a nap! But I got more things done.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, we went to the grocery store, home by 9:45 a.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 211: #290 Jonas Prescott (1703-1784) of Westford, Massachusetts posted and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 26 January 2018.
* Got the laptop resolution dialed down to 1366 x 768, and figured out how yo work with LibreOffice - it's different from the desktop. Got the RootsMagic database and Ancestor Files onto the laptop and then linked media files on the USB drive. Ready for Saturday!
* Had lunch, printed off the map and handouts for the presentation, and the questions for the RM group. Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 26 January 2018. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrote the Surname Saturday post, and worked in Family Tree to get up-to-date info in the RM file, plus matching with FSFT. Answered email. Managed to delete my Inbox - went into Trash and found some of the most recent emails. Drat.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the SNGF post. TreeShared about 80 persons in RootsMagic, still about 120 to go. Matched more Seaver folks with FSFT, adding content both ways as required.
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, we went to the grocery store, home by 9:45 a.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, noted that 52 Ancestors - Week 211: #290 Jonas Prescott (1703-1784) of Westford, Massachusetts posted and wrote New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 26 January 2018.
* Got the laptop resolution dialed down to 1366 x 768, and figured out how yo work with LibreOffice - it's different from the desktop. Got the RootsMagic database and Ancestor Files onto the laptop and then linked media files on the USB drive. Ready for Saturday!
* Had lunch, printed off the map and handouts for the presentation, and the questions for the RM group. Wrote Genealogy News Bytes - 26 January 2018. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Wrote the Surname Saturday post, and worked in Family Tree to get up-to-date info in the RM file, plus matching with FSFT. Answered email. Managed to delete my Inbox - went into Trash and found some of the most recent emails. Drat.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV news and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the SNGF post. TreeShared about 80 persons in RootsMagic, still about 120 to go. Matched more Seaver folks with FSFT, adding content both ways as required.
* Added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
My Genealogy Thursday - 25 January 2018
This was an all genealogy day for me - and I got some tasks completed.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 1850 Death Record of Jonathan White (1803-1850) of Killingly, Conn. --- Post 398 of Treasure Chest Thursday, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Worked on the Genealogy talk for Saturday, then added it to my USB drive, along with the RootsMagic database and the updated Ancestor Files. I need to copy all of that to the laptop and connect media to the RootsMagic file by Saturday. Figured out I could check Newspapers.com for obituaries at the FSL!
* Took my nap, then had lunch, and online at 12:30 to read. Wrote the Seavers in the News -- Reuben Seaver Shoots Frank Ellis in 1892 post.
* Worked on Helen's DNA problem, and found more data. Checked Twitter and Facebook. The solar guys came and checked out the system and it's ready for inspection.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestors post, and worked in Ancestry Hints for an hour, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic database.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked email and Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m.
* Noted that 1850 Death Record of Jonathan White (1803-1850) of Killingly, Conn. --- Post 398 of Treasure Chest Thursday, added to the Best Of post, and answered email.
* Worked on the Genealogy talk for Saturday, then added it to my USB drive, along with the RootsMagic database and the updated Ancestor Files. I need to copy all of that to the laptop and connect media to the RootsMagic file by Saturday. Figured out I could check Newspapers.com for obituaries at the FSL!
* Took my nap, then had lunch, and online at 12:30 to read. Wrote the Seavers in the News -- Reuben Seaver Shoots Frank Ellis in 1892 post.
* Worked on Helen's DNA problem, and found more data. Checked Twitter and Facebook. The solar guys came and checked out the system and it's ready for inspection.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, read the paper, watch TV and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, then wrote the 52 Ancestors post, and worked in Ancestry Hints for an hour, adding content and sources to the RootsMagic database.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked email and Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
My Genealogy Wednesday - 24 January 2018
This was a busy genealogy day, but it wasn't a typical day here in the genea-cave. I actually went to a repository!
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m. Noted that My Family in 1985 -- Post 500 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.
* Gathered my to-do list and notebook and snacks, and left at 9:30 for the CV parking garage. I drove 2 others top the FHC in Mission Valley. We had a group of 12 CVGS folks there. It was fairly busy. I managed to get through most of my to-do list items. I didn't find everything I wanted, but that's how it goes. Captured 52 record images on the USB drive.
* We left before 2 p.m. and dropped the riders off, and hurried home because Linda was locked out of the house. Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then took a nap.
* Online by 4 p.m. to read, then wrote Visited the San Diego FamilySearch Library Today. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, wash dishes, put out the trash and finished the laundry.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and worked in Ancestry Hints, resolving about 130 of them, adding content and sources to the database.
* Added to the Best Of post, wrote the email for the RootsMagic class, answered some email, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda off at the Y, home to read, picked her up, and home by 9:15 a.m. Noted that My Family in 1985 -- Post 500 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday posted.
* Gathered my to-do list and notebook and snacks, and left at 9:30 for the CV parking garage. I drove 2 others top the FHC in Mission Valley. We had a group of 12 CVGS folks there. It was fairly busy. I managed to get through most of my to-do list items. I didn't find everything I wanted, but that's how it goes. Captured 52 record images on the USB drive.
* We left before 2 p.m. and dropped the riders off, and hurried home because Linda was locked out of the house. Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, then took a nap.
* Online by 4 p.m. to read, then wrote Visited the San Diego FamilySearch Library Today. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went in at 5:15 p.m. to eat dinner, watch TV news, read the paper, wash dishes, put out the trash and finished the laundry.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Treasure Chest post, and worked in Ancestry Hints, resolving about 130 of them, adding content and sources to the database.
* Added to the Best Of post, wrote the email for the RootsMagic class, answered some email, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
My Genealogy Tuesday - 23 January 2018
This was not a fun genealogy day. The dentist office has a certain effect on my attitude.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15. Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1886 Voter Registration for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco, Calif. posted and wrote New MyHeritage Historical Record Collections Added in January 2018 and set it for later.
* Left at 9:45 a.m. for the dentist office, and presented with a plan to deep clean 12 teeth for $1800. I thoguht we were deep cleaning three all in one quadrant. Talked them into doing just the three, but it raised my blood pressure, which delayed the work. A little pain with anesthesia, but manageable. Home by 11:30 a.m., and took a nap.
* Had lunch, and online at 1:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write Genealogy News Bytes - 23 January 2018. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went to the grocery store to get a gift for Linda's friend, and got fruit and apple sauce too. Got reimbursed for the broken light bulb.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and then worked on the To-Do list for Wednesday, put stuff on the USB drive, and worked in AncestryDNA for awhile adding notes. Worked a bit in Vaux folks on Family Tree also.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
* Dropped Linda at the Y, home to read email and blogs, picked her up and home by 9:15. Noted that Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1886 Voter Registration for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco, Calif. posted and wrote New MyHeritage Historical Record Collections Added in January 2018 and set it for later.
* Left at 9:45 a.m. for the dentist office, and presented with a plan to deep clean 12 teeth for $1800. I thoguht we were deep cleaning three all in one quadrant. Talked them into doing just the three, but it raised my blood pressure, which delayed the work. A little pain with anesthesia, but manageable. Home by 11:30 a.m., and took a nap.
* Had lunch, and online at 1:15 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and write Genealogy News Bytes - 23 January 2018. Checked Twitter and Facebook.
* Went to the grocery store to get a gift for Linda's friend, and got fruit and apple sauce too. Got reimbursed for the broken light bulb.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV, eat dinner, read the paper and wash dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, wrote the Wordless Wednesday post, and then worked on the To-Do list for Wednesday, put stuff on the USB drive, and worked in AncestryDNA for awhile adding notes. Worked a bit in Vaux folks on Family Tree also.
* Checked Facebook, wrote this post. Genealogy today was 5.5 hours.
Monday, January 22, 2018
My Full Genealogy Monday - 22 January 2018
This was a pretty full genealogy Monday, and I loved it. I didn't love the solar panel guys not coming for their appointment. Slept in until 7:15 a.m.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read blogs and email, picked her up at 8:45 a.m., and home by 8:55.
* Joined Mondays With Myrt right at 9 a.m., and we discussed interesting things. I talked about the Ancestry indexing and sourcing again.
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1722 Probate Papers of Stephen Atwood (1653-1722) of Eastham, Mass. posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote What's Coming From FamilySearch in 2018.
* Took a short nap, had lunch, and online to answer email, and worked on Helen's problem. I think I found the mother living in Oregon. Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 22 January 2018.
* Wrote four posts for the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe trying to catch up. I ignored that blog for over a month. Talked to Tami and Audrey. Worked in GenealogyBank adding 10 sources for Seaver obituaries.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, then the solar guy came and we talked for a bit about genealogy while he tried to figure out why his guys didn't come. They had another date for the appointment. Yep, I believe that.
* Went in for dinner at 5:30, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, talk to Lori, added to the Best Of post, and wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post. Then TreeShared about 70 persons, only about 40 to go now. Worked in RootsMagic matching profiles in Family Tree for awhile.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
* Dropped Linda off, home to read blogs and email, picked her up at 8:45 a.m., and home by 8:55.
* Joined Mondays With Myrt right at 9 a.m., and we discussed interesting things. I talked about the Ancestry indexing and sourcing again.
* Noted that Amanuensis Monday - 1722 Probate Papers of Stephen Atwood (1653-1722) of Eastham, Mass. posted, added to the Best Of post, and wrote What's Coming From FamilySearch in 2018.
* Took a short nap, had lunch, and online to answer email, and worked on Helen's problem. I think I found the mother living in Oregon. Wrote Monday Genea-Pourri - 22 January 2018.
* Wrote four posts for the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe trying to catch up. I ignored that blog for over a month. Talked to Tami and Audrey. Worked in GenealogyBank adding 10 sources for Seaver obituaries.
* Checked Twitter and Facebook, then the solar guy came and we talked for a bit about genealogy while he tried to figure out why his guys didn't come. They had another date for the appointment. Yep, I believe that.
* Went in for dinner at 5:30, watched TV news, read the paper, and washed dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, talk to Lori, added to the Best Of post, and wrote the Treasure Chest Tuesday post. Then TreeShared about 70 persons, only about 40 to go now. Worked in RootsMagic matching profiles in Family Tree for awhile.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.0 hours.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
My Semi-Genealogy Sunday - 21 January 2018
This was a football day, not much of a genealogy day.
* Read email and blogs on the phone while watching Meet the Depressed. Off to church at 9:30 a.m., to the store after, and home by 12 noon.
* Online briefly to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 posted.
* Went in at 12:10 p.m. to watch the AFC game, had lunch, read the paper, tried but failed to nap. Online at halftime to start the transcription. Game was over at 3:15 so went in and transcribed more of the record.
* In to watch the NFC game at 3:45 p.m., worked on the transcription at halftime, and ate dinner. Washed the dishes.
* Came in at 6:15 p.m. to finish the transcription, wrote the post. Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 posted.
* Added to the new Best Of post, then searched some more for Helen's friend's birth parents. I think I found them! Answered email. Checked Facebook. Wrote this post. Genealogy today was, at most, 3.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs on the phone while watching Meet the Depressed. Off to church at 9:30 a.m., to the store after, and home by 12 noon.
* Online briefly to note that Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 posted.
* Went in at 12:10 p.m. to watch the AFC game, had lunch, read the paper, tried but failed to nap. Online at halftime to start the transcription. Game was over at 3:15 so went in and transcribed more of the record.
* In to watch the NFC game at 3:45 p.m., worked on the transcription at halftime, and ate dinner. Washed the dishes.
* Came in at 6:15 p.m. to finish the transcription, wrote the post. Noted that Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 and Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018 posted.
* Added to the new Best Of post, then searched some more for Helen's friend's birth parents. I think I found them! Answered email. Checked Facebook. Wrote this post. Genealogy today was, at most, 3.5 hours.
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