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 fifty-five (55) weeks of semi- “lock down” due to Covid-19. This past week, I went out to shop for greeting cards at CVS, the History Center three times, and to the meadow for phenology.
Genealogy
Blog
Writing:
Week
13: Music—Music in Our House Growing Up. I wrote about the different ways
we celebrated music in our home from listening to the radio to playing musical
instruments.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Google Maps of Ancestral Homes. We were to seek out maps on Google of the location of an ancestral home, showing both a regular street map and a topographic map. Plus, I showed a screenshot of the house my dad and his family lived in in Napa, California as it looks today.
Easter Sunday in Past Years. I posted a few photos of our family celebrating Easter.
Online
Study Groups & Meetings Attended: I attended several
study group meetings this week:
Monday Morning met, but because I came in late, I have no idea how many were in
attendance. Jacqueline and I met for two
hours discussing her trip to Oak Hill Cemetery. The CDG group listened to one
of the newest CG’s journey with her portfolio. During Amigos we discussed how
to change the template on our blogs. Thursday evening’s ladies peer group had
three of us check in. Friday, the Cert Peer group discussed chapter 2 of Genetic
Genealogy in Practice. Book Club discussed chapters 3 & 4 of 1919.
Webinars & Classes Attended:
Irish Roman Catholic Records by Maureen Hanlon
50 Overlooked Genealogical Records in 50 Minutes by Diane L Richard
Client Work/Presentations:
I worked on the Adult School lessons and conducted some client work.
Volunteer
& Own Work:
I co-hosted the California Genealogical
Society’s last class on Irish Research (Part V) and the Introduction to
Genealogy-Organization class taught by Ron Madson. I worked at the History Center on
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday. I wrote my column for the California Nugget.
Any free time I had was spent doing the pre-work for the BCG Skills class that I’m taking on Friday. We have two research problems to do that pertain to two New York counties and I’m pretty stumped, but learning a lot about New York records (or lack of). The problems could be better solved if we had marriage records!
Other: I attended the 2021 NMRA convention meeting on Wednesday and the PCR-Coast Division meeting on Saturday. I also wrote my director’s report for the upcoming PCR Board Meeting. I did more weeding this week around my native plant garden and gave them a good sprinkle.
I’m
still reading the following books, the first two for book clubs and the last
for pleasure:
- 1919, The Year of Racial Violence by David F. Krugler
- D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
- The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
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