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 forty-three (43) weeks of semi- “lock down” due to Covid-19. I went out to the History Center for a half day, to do phenology, and two walks to the mailbox with my husband and one at the Marina to look for birds.
Genealogy
Blog
Writing:
I published four posts this week:
52 Ancestors-Week 52: Week 1 – Beginnings. I wrote about my children’s recent immigrant ancestors and their beginnings in the United States.
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2020. I participated in Jill Ball’s blog meme and some of the 20 questions she posed about the previous year.
Using WWI Muster Roll Records to Discover When Jack C Sullivan Was Promoted. I used these muster rolls to discover when he was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: What Do You Take After From Your Parents & Grandparents? I wrote about having the same cowlick as my grandfather.
Online
Study Groups & Meetings Attended:
- Monday
Morning group had 17 of us attended this week. This was
our highest number so far. Mary joined us for the first time and everyone
was glad to see her.
- Jacqueline and
I met on Monday and discussed possible classes at GRIP and IGHR. We’re
both interested in the military class at GRIP.
- Wednesday, met with the Amigos group.
We talked about RootsMagic and San Francisco Catholic records.
- Friday was exceptionally
busy. Met with Kristin about WWI and YMCA records. The CGS team met to
practice for the Annual Meeting. Finally, I met with my Cert Peer Group
and the six of us discussed our 2021 goals.
Webinars
Attended: I only attended one webinar this week:
- Genealogy Unplugged: When Are Offline Sources Better than Online? by James Baker
Client
Work/Presentations:
No
work this week.
Volunteer
Work:
I went in person to the History Center during
the morning of Tuesday. I was the only volunteer there besides the ED. I got a
lot of queries taken care of.
Own
Work:
I
worked on the advanced class for the Adult School and am about half done. Two
more classes to write before Feb 1.
I studied the Muster Rolls for WWI Army soldiers and found the 4th Engineers Co. E’s records. With them, I was about to discover when my great-uncle, Jack C Sullivan was promoted to Corporal and to Sergeant.
Other:
My
conversation German class started up this week. It was nice to see everyone
again. Our
Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society had a meeting, which included creating a
budget. We used Zoom again.
I
finished reading:
The
Address Book
by Deirdre Mask. Our Book Club discussion on the book has been postponed until
the following week.
I
am working on:
- A
History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
- Doing
Grammar by
Max Morenberg
- Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
Photos
taken this week: Taken from my walk at the Marina.
I love your wildlife photos, but the marina is beautiful, too. I enjoyed Jill Ball's geneameme this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda!
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