I have completed ninety-one (91) weeks of semi-lock down due to Covid-19. It’s beginning to feel like the pandemic will never end. I left the house for a hearing doctor’s appointment, for my volunteer shift at the History Center on Tuesday and Thursday, for a haircut, and for the phenology at the Meadow.
Genealogy
Blog Writing:
52 Ancestors—Week 49: Homemade—The Seamstress I wrote about the different ways my grandmother was creative with sewing, crocheting, and embroidering.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Your 2021 Dear
Genea-Santa Letter I made a short
list of some genealogy gifts I would like.
Online Study Groups &
Meetings Attended: Jacqueline and I met on Monday. I attended Amigos
on Tuesday, led the CGS Roundtable on Wednesday, and participated in the Peer
Group on Friday.
ClientWork/Presentations:
I did a record pull for my regular client. I also signed paperwork for two
upcoming presentations, one next week, and the other in January.
Volunteer Work
At the History Center, I
answered some queries, worked on the finding aid for newspapers, and entered
books into the database for the new library. With Jacqueline, we led the CGS
Roundtable group and had five attended besides us.
Own Work:
This week I worked on writing proof summaries for my Johnston line. In the
process, I updated RootsMagic database with documents I had never recorded. I
also found lots of articles about the Johnstons living in Stephenville, Texas
in newspapers found on The Portal to Texas History. Lastly, I found the
county clerk in Erath County has the deeds digitized online and I purchased
quite a few deeds between my great-grandfather, Thomas Newton Johnston and
others.
I also met with my co-founders
of the Applied Genealogy Institute and have plans for signups for our next
series in the spring. I need to begin working the lessons and in-class
activities. I also need to work on the adult school classes which begin in January.
Webinars Viewed. None this week.
Other: I took a couple of walks this week to the mailbox to mail some Christmas cards and plan to do more this coming week. I attended two Zoom model railroad meetings, one for the Coast Division board, and the other was the WCMRS annual meeting. I was elected secretary again. My hearing has gotten worse and I am now on a waitlist to see the hearing aid specialists. We also got soundbar for the TV and the sound is much better.
I
am reading:
Gospel According to the Klan by Kelly J. Baker
Wicked
Autumn by
G. M. Malliet—FINISHED!
Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber
Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History by Richard Edwards, Jacob
K Friefeld, & Rebecca S. Wingo
Photos
for this week:
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.
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