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
Blog Writing:
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 48—Thief. I could not think
of post to write using this theme, so
didn’t write one. This is the only one I have missed in two years.
Webinars/Study Groups Attended:
I attended no webinars or study groups this week, due to the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Client Work:
No Work this week.
Volunteer Work:
I did work at the History
Center this week, still opening up the center and working on special
collections that need to be processed or put away. I managed to file away some
items into the subject/town files in the library.
Own Work:
I worked on the Gleeson
family this past week, mostly working on land records from Carleton County,
Ontario, Canada. My 3x-great grandfather, Martin Gleeson, and his sons, Michael
and John, all purchased land in Goulbourne and Marlborough townships. Martin
purchased a piece of land in 1835 and kept it until he sold it to John in 1859.
John then mortgaged and paid off the mortgage several times before he sold it completely
in 1874. I need to figure out what was going on, that he needed to do that. He
did have a large family, and perhaps he had to pay for seed, but maybe there
was some economic problem that researching might discover. I also have to
figure out where he went in 1874 after selling the farm. They don’t appear in
the U.S. until 1879. They might have rented, but he doesn’t appear in directories
of the area. I also learned a little more about Michael and need to transcribe
his deeds. He left for Iowa around 1860 (after US census and before Canadian
census, as he is in neither).
Other:
Thanksgiving was celebrated at our daughter, Elizabeth’s
house, where we cooked a very small turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted root
vegetables and squash, steamed kale, and pumpkin pie. We had a nice walk where
I spotted a varied thrush and a Townsend’s warbler.
The rest of the weekend was running trains at the Walnut
Creek Model Railroad Society’s Fall show. We were open Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. The crowds were not super great but those who came enjoyed the show.
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