I have completed one hundred thirty (130) weeks of semi-lock down due to Covid-19. Most of my outside activities involved talking walks around the neighborhood and visiting the History Center.
Genealogy
Blog Writing:
Free Space for a Burial – Davey Cemetery Plot. I wrote about how when visiting the cemetery of my husband’s great-grandmother, I found no tombstone marker.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: A Surprising Discovery. I wrote about how
my 3x-great-grandfather left his wife and children and that was why I couldn’t
find what had happened to them.
Online Study Groups &
Meetings Attended:
I met with four groups this week: my mentee and the Certification Discussion
Group on Wednesday, the monthly peer group on Friday, and the Geno Study group
on Sunday. I had no other meetings.
Client
Work/Presentations:
I continued working exclusively on my AppGen Foundations 2 course this week and
I am about 99% finished. I’m giving it a rest and will read through it to add anything
I have left out.
Volunteer Work:
I volunteered at the History Center on Tuesday and Saturday, meeting both days
with Tara, as we are working on text content for the new website.
I also hosted the California
Genealogical Society’s Introduction to Genealogy presentation on Saturday. Jen
had trouble sharing her screen on Zoom, so I shared her presentation and
advanced the slides.
Own Work:
Once I completed the Foundations course, I felt I could work on something else.
I did some research on the Ada Gorrell & John N. Whitlow families. I
located her death certificate at the Missouri State Archives site and some
newspaper articles about her family visiting. I also found documents for their
son, Woodrow Whitlow: 1950 census, St. Louis marriage record, a passenger list
when he traveled to Hawaii for work, his World War II draft registration, and
the obit for his wife, Mildred.
I also rewrote the research
report I submitted to my writing group and sent it in again. We’ll see if my
improvements meet their approval.
Webinars Viewed:
- "Dan Bouk with Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them" by Dan Bouk
Other: I watched a lot of U.S. Open tennis this week, but I also took walks most mornings, though the total miles of 7.13 isn’t much, I’ve tried to walk up hills and use stairs when I can. I discovered how to track my route on my Fitbit app on the phone so it’s nice to see the visual route, too.
I am reading:
- The Birth Certificate: An American History by Susan J. Pearson
- Singin’ in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece by Earl J Hess & Pratibha A. Dabholkar
Photos
for this week: Scenes from my walks.
Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great at 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.
Hard to believe 130 weeks of semi-lockdown already. Wonderful photos from your walks!
ReplyDeleteLovely fruit and flower photos! It's nice to learn another techy thing, isn't it? I finally tried Venmo this past week, but haven't tried mapping my walks .
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