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 3–Long Line. I wrote about my Lancaster line and how I had only reached Robert Lancaster in my research, but that there were many more ancestors listed on online trees.
- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Where Were Your Ancestral Families in the 1950 Census?. We wrote where we thought our families were living in 1950 in preparation for the upcoming release of the census in 2022.
- 9th Blogiversary! I’m celebrating my ninth anniversary of starting my first blog.
Webinars/Study Groups Attended:
I met with the Monday Morning group of the Contra Costa
County Genealogical Society, where we shared what we had been doing the past
month with our genealogy. Gluten-free pancakes were a treat for me at IHOP. I
also met with the Friday certification study group for a short time.
I attended one webinar:
- “Discovering Minister Isaac Steele & His Family Using Land Records and Manuscripts” by J Mark Lowe for Florida State Genealogical Society. Mark has a great voice and wonder tales on finding interesting tidbits.
Client Work:
None.
Volunteer Work:
At the History Center, I started on a new collection to
process—full of campaign literature from the 60s-90s.
Wednesday, I worked at the Oakland FamilySearch Library.
Very quiet there that evening, so I scanned a bunch of slides I took in England
in 1976.
Own Work:
I have been working hard this week on preparing new lectures
for the Adult School course which begins Feb 6. I am condensing and adding
exercises to an older census course I had created for CGS many years ago. Next,
I will work on the Death Records and Organization classes.
Other:
The Coast Division of the Pacific Coast Region of the
National Model Railroad Association had a board of operations meeting. There
were so few there, that not much business was conducted. Also this past
weekend, our Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society had an open house/show for the
public. I operated mostly in the cabs.
Friday, I had a late Christmas get-together with my
long-time friend, Beth. We met at The Habit for burgers, fries, and a shake,
exchanged gifts, and then walked around Broadway Shopping Center, mostly
window-shopping. It’s what we used to do when in high school, meeting there on
Saturdays to buy candy and books and check out the stores. The shopping center
looks nothing like it did back in the day – only Nordstrom and Macy are still
there.
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