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 For the “at
work” theme, I wrote about father and I being in a union.
- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun We wrote our high school and college yearbook photos.
Webinars/Study Groups Attended:
I watched no webinars this week. I did check in with both of
my cert study groups. We had good conversations at both.
Own Work:
I spent the first part of the week scanning all of the
documents in my Nilsen and Lundquist folders that hadn’t been scanned yet. Then
I met with my husband’s aunt and cousin to deliver all my files for both of the
families. His aunt is donating all of the Nilsen and Lundquist family papers to
the California State Archives. I felt my papers should go with them. I plan to
go again to her house later this month to help file the papers I brought.
I had two orders for records from the Contra Costa County Court
office and the Recorders office which I took care of this week. And a new order
for transcribing some deeds for a friend.
I volunteered at the History Center (CCCHS), the Oakland
FamilySearch Library, and at the California Genealogical Society’s library this
week. I was gone from the History Center for nearly a month and there were
several queries for me to take care of. I helped a gentlemen learn how to find
land records on the FS catalog and he found a deed that gave relationships, so
he was happy. The CGS library was pretty quiet on Friday.
Other:
I got in a couple of walks and one yoga class. I attended my
first ukulele class in a month and operated trains during the show at the
Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society on Friday. The weekend was spent watching lots
of tennis on T.V. Love watching the US Open.
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