Monday Genea-pourri, Week of Aug 24-30, 2020

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.

I have completed twenty-four (24) weeks of semi- “lock down” due to Covid-19. I went out a little more this week (mask on): I attended training at the Acalanes Adult School for the new program Canvas, delivered empty jars to Jacqueline, weeded with the Native Plant Team, did phenology at the meadow, and visited with brother- and sister-in-law at the local brew pub. I also got a haircut! It is still a bit smoky outside, with some days better than others. At least the hot weather has passed us by for a while.

Genealogy

Blog Writing:

Blogs posted this past week:

• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 35: Unforgettable—Raymond Hork of Montana  I wrote about my great-uncle, Raymond Hork, who died young and unmarried at 28.

Study Groups Attended:   

• Monday Morning Group. sixteen people attended and lots of different genealogy topics were discussed.  
• All of us Amigos met on Wednesday and spoke about a mixture of genealogy and non-genealogy stuff.
• All of us were in attendance in the Thursday evening discussion group. It was good seeing everyone and we had a lively discussion about lots of topics.
• My Friday Cert Discussion group meet and six of us discussed case studies and KDPs.
• Attended a discussion about Context with a group in the Certification Discussion Group. There are several ways to approach context depending on your audience.

Webinars Attended:

• “Genealogical Numbering Systems,” by Matt Berry.
• “Home Archives Toolkit” by Melissa Barker.
• “Naturalization: The Path to U.S. Citizenship” by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin. 

Client Work/Presentations:

Worked on the client report, finishing up the last of the citations and making sure citation were consistent. Sent in invoice for August. Will proof-read paper copy in a day or so.

Volunteer Work:

Attended the Remote Learning Committee on Monday. They are making great progress on creating structure for our Zoom classes.

Own Work:

Worked some on the Gorrell KDP, but put it aside to finish up some timely items, such as the handout for the newspaper talk I’m giving this coming week, and writing up minutes for CCCHS and Rails to the Bay convention.

Other:

We had a nice visit with Norman’s brother, Brian and his wife, Linda, at the Del Cielo Brewery in downtown Martinez. They have a kitchen now, so we ordered food and sat outside around a barrel, keeping our masks on unless we were eating.

I attended Book Club on Sunday and shared the new book listed below. Lots of great books were shared by everyone!

I finished the following books this week:

• Kansas Trouble
• Atlas of American Migration

I am still reading:

• The Color of Law
• White Heat: The New Warfare, 1914-1918

I started a new book which arrived this week:  Send Us a Lady Physician: Women Doctors in America 1835-1920, edited by Ruth J. Abram. 

The beginning of fall

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