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-five
(25) weeks of semi- “lock down” due
to Covid-19. I went twice this week (mask on): I did phenology at the meadow
and attended yoga in the park. Most days were nice and cool with early morning
fog, but by Saturday it was warming up, and on Sunday it was over 100.
Genealogy
Blog
Writing:
Blogs
posted this past week:
- 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 36: Occupation—Edward N. Flynn: From Lamplighter to Mayor I wrote about my husband’s relative, Edward N. Davey, who had four distinct careers: lamplighter, telegraph operator, physician, and mayor.
- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Time Capsule Fun. We picked a date, checked out what happened on the website dMarie Time Capsule Website and wrote our post about that. I picked my dad’s birthdate of April 23, 1930.
Study
Groups Attended:
- Monday Morning Group. I set up the meeting but
didn’t attend. Instead, I attended the Zoom meeting for Acalanes Adult School
instructors learning about Canvas.
- Jacqueline and I met
for a little over an hour and played with LibraryThing website, entering our
books and linking our accounts.
- Wednesday, I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Live presentations. It was their last conference before their merger with NGS in October. Three of the presentations were great.
- Three of us were in attendance in the Thursday evening discussion group.
- My Friday Cert Discussion group meet and six of us discussed our plans for future group studies. We will
do the discussions first thing and if time, discuss other things on our minds.
Webinars Attended:
- “Citations—Easier than you think” by Stewart Traiman (CGS Writing Course)
- “Intro to Genealogy” by Jennifer Dix (CGS Intro Course)
- “Quarantined! Genealogy, The Law & Public Health,” by Judy G. Russell, CG
- “Scaling the 1870 Brick Wall in African American Research,” by Ari Wilkins
- “Building a Respectable Genealogy, One Document Biography at a Time,” by Tom Jones, CG
Client
Work/Presentations:
Gave
a presentation on newspaper research to the Genealogical Society of
Vallejo-Benicia. Only twelve were in attendance but they are hiring me to
give a talk in November, too.
Spent
the rest of the week working on the lesson plans for both of my Adult School
classes. I finished one lesson on Sunday.
Volunteer
Work:
Answered
some emails concerning the History Center.
Own
Work:
Only
work I did this week was in preparing the 52 Ancestors’ post on Edward N.
Flynn.
Other:
Our
daughter, Margaret, arrived from NYC on Friday for a three-week stay. We shall
get some interesting dinners while she’s here. She loves to experiment with new
recipes.
- Twilight
Whispers by
Barbara Delinsky
I
am still reading:
- The Color of Law
- White Heat: The New Warfare, 1914-1918
- Send Us a Lady Physician: Women Doctors in America 1835-1920
- The Widow Washington
Book
that arrived in the mail this week:
- They
Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Photos
from the meadow this week:
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