Genealogists are great
at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll
write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy
Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme.
Genealogy
I volunteered at the Oakland FamilySearch Library this week.
I discovered they have NewspaperArchive.com
and I searched Mitchell, South Dakota newspapers for the Gleeson family. I
found quite a few about Martin Gleeson, my 2x-great-uncle, who served on the
local council for several years. His brother John J. Gleeson, was a member of
Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW). And John’s son, Harold R. Gleeson, had
an for his grocery store. What great finds!
I also helped a young man searching his Jewish ancestors in
Philadelphia. He wanted help with naturalization records. We looked at what he
had collected already and I suggested he make some timelines and other
spreadsheets so he could see all the data in one place to help analyze it. We
discovered that an Ancestry database for WWII drafts had the wrong cards (front
and back) put together.
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| Sunset looking toward San Francisco |
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| The updated temple at night |
Blog Writing: I wrote the following blog posts this
week:
52
Ancestors in 52 Weeks For week 4, I wrote about an
ancestor I would like to meet: my 2x-great-aunt, Elizabeth M. Gleeson.
Saturday
Night Genealogy Fun: We were to go back in time
with two degrees of separation, i.e. an ancestor who knew an ancestor. This was a
repeat theme, so I just used the post I had done in 2016.
Webinars/Study Groups Attended I attended three this week:
- BlackProGen: Research Road Trips
- Patriot or Not? Using the GPS on a Closed DAR Line
- Using OneNote With Your Genealogy
Other Activities
It was back to the old routine once
back from SLIG. I had two German classes, where I spoke about my trip to Salt
Lake City. I met with my husband’s cousin to answer questions about putting her
writing activities into print form. Also
went to the dentist for a cleaning (no cavities!) and had an appointment with
the Social Security office about going on Medicare. And lastly I worked more on
the Friends of Alhambra Creek brochure that we’re updating before John Muir
Earth Day Birthday in April.
Our daughter, Elizabeth came so we
could eat at Haute Stuff on their last day of serving dinners. Elizabeth used
to work there during high school. They will still be open for lunch during the
week.
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| Our last meal at Haute Stuff |
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