I have completed one hundred twenty-eight (128) weeks of semi-lock down due to Covid-19. I had a much quieter week with little outside activity besides the History Center, Oakland FamilySearch Library, phenology, and shopping at Penney’s.
Genealogy
Blog Writing:
Service – Fountain Service at Quig’s Fountain. I wrote about the restaurant my great-uncle ran using ads I found on newspaper websites.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: What Are You Reading
This Summer? We were to list books we were reading and state how they help our
genealogy research. None of the books I’ve read were useful for research. I
read mysteries for enjoyment, but I also had some non-fiction books I read for
book club.
Online Study Groups &
Meetings Attended:
On Monday, I attended three meetings: CGS hosts where we discussed Zoom issues,
the AppGen founders meeting where we placed students into the classes after
registration, and a Zoom meeting with Jacqueline. I sat in on the NGSQ study
group on Tuesday, but I hadn’t read the article. I will miss our interactions
on Basecamp. I’m not sure I’ll participate when we move to Zoom. I can never
get in a word using that platform. Wednesday, I attended the Certification
Discussion Group and heard about Sarah’s portfolio journey.
Client
Work/Presentations:
Thursday, I hosted the third of three summer writing workshops and we agreed to
meet again in the fall from October through December, twice a month. On
Saturday, I presented my farming talk to the Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical
Society.
I
also worked on my AppGen course on Foundations 2. It’s moving along as I work
on it, and more ideas come to me about earlier portions. My aim is to be
finished before I leave for our trip.
Volunteer Work:
I volunteered at the History Center on Tuesday and am glad that Mike is back. I
continued working in the library, rearranging books. I have two more columns of
books to enter in the database. After that, I’ll need to add more keywords. Our
board meeting on Thursday could not continue because we didn’t have a quorum. I
also volunteered at the Oakland FS Library and learned how to use the new
scanner while helping a patron.
Own Work:
I worked on my semi-annual column for the California Genealogical Society’s
journal, The Nugget, and turned it in for the fall issue.
Webinars Viewed:
- Finding & Using Digitized Manuscripts for Genealogy Research by Annette Burke Lyttle
- Appreciating Conflicting Evidence by Rebecca Whitman Koford
- Finding Fayette’s Father: Autosomal DNA Reveals Misattributed Parentage by Jennifer Zinck
Other: I’ve watched Giants baseball this week and it has been disappointing to see them lose four games in a row after winning five straight games. Starting pitching has been good but the relievers don’t always keep a lead and many of the hitters have missed good opportunities for runs with runners on base. Lastly, there have been costly errors. Still, I enjoy watching. I’m no fair-weather fan. #Forever Giant. P.S. They won on Sunday in extra innings!
I
am reading:
- The
Birth Certificate: An American History by Susan J. Pearson
- The Oxford Guide to Library Research by Thomas Mann
- Singin’ in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece by Earl J Hess & Pratibha A. Dabholkar
Photos
for this week:
Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great at 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.
I am with you on that last comment about not documenting our own lives. Me, I even don't document my parents' lives very well even though I have notes that need to be transcribed. They both passed some years ago. It's odd how I think I will do that some day when it should be a priority. I did finally update FindaGrave.
ReplyDeleteYou have inspired me to start a weekly blog journal (again! - I've started and stopped before). I'm with you on that last statement.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do!
DeleteI have done 2 weeks! I'm on a roll. Here is the 1st one. https://abbieandeveline.com/2022/08/15/my-new-weekly-journal-without-a-name/
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