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 42--Adventure. I wrote about the passport my ancestors, John Coor and John Kethley had to get in order to travel across Creek land in Georgia.
- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: What Family Heirlooms Did You Inherit. I wrote about some heirlooms that Norman and I have inherited.
Webinars/Study Groups Attended:
- NGS Quarterly Study Group where we discussed George L. Findlen’s article
- “It’s a Numbers Game! Understanding Genealogical Formats” by Alice Hoyt Veen, CG for the APG Writers SIG
I attended the Monday Morning Group of the Contra Costa
County Genealogical Society and showed examples of the records I photographed
at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis during my summer
vacation.
I also attended my Thursday evening online study group, and Kim and I had a very
engaging conversation.
Client Work:
No client work this week.
Volunteer Work:
At the History Center this week, I worked on the newspaper
finding aid, checking against the microfilm that was donated. A request was made to do a search in the
Village Pioneer and we have that on microfilm. Also on Saturday, we were
trained on using the new digital scanner/viewer. I taught the salesman a new
trick! These are the same machines found at Family History Centers. Thursday night was our Board Meeting and I
took minutes.
Own Work:
I researched more about the passports I wrote about in the
52 Ancestors meme this week. The originals are located at the Georgia Archives in
Morrow, Georgia, which is south of Atlanta. I also did some deed research on the Coor
family in Sampson County, North Carolina records at FamilySearch. These are all
freely available online from home. One of the later deeds gave great
information about the children of Daniel Coor and their present locations! I’ll
be writing about that soon.
I taught the third Acalanes Adult School class on genealogy
this week. I finished the lesson on research trips, and then began the lesson
on tips for solving tough problems. We had just fifteen minutes to do the group
exercise but I think they enjoyed it. Next week will be the last session.
Other:
I attended my first Coast Division board of operations
meeting as their rep to the Pacific Coast Region board of directors. There will
be a PCR board meeting this coming Saturday.
On Sunday, Norman and I visited our daughter, Elizabeth, in
Sebastopol. We stopped at the Hale Ranch and Walker Ranch for apples. Norman
plans to make more fermented applesauce.
The fall color was beautiful and I took some photos of vineyards. We
walked around the park at the laguna and then drove to Santa Rosa where we ate dinner
at the French restaurant, Walter Hansel Wine & Bistro. The place is cute
and the food delicious.
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