I have completed one hundred eighty-four (184) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. Besides phenology, I went to the history center, got a haircut, and operated trains at Train club.
Genealogy
Genealogy
Meetings
There
were several meetings this week:
- Kinseekers Military SIG, where KB showed how to use the catalog and the History Hub on the NARA website. We saw some cool photos another member got from the National Archives of her father while he was in Vietnam.
- Stewart and I met during Amigos and discussed his autobiography and our plans for the upcoming retreat.
- I hosted the CGS Roundtable discussion groups by myself this month. Seven attended and there were lively discussions about everyone’s research.
Genealogy
Writing
I
continued working on my renewal, writing a research report. As of Sunday
evening, I had seventeen pages written, not counting any images except a map
and a tombstone. It’s coming along well.
Blog Posts:
James Sullivan: Enjoying the Prosperity He Deserves.
For Week 37, I wrote about a brother of my great-grandfather, John H. Sullivan.
An article spoke of James’ farm and how he was one of many Irish from Michigan who
found success as farmers in Nebraska. After telling his story, I made a list of
future research I should do to add to his story. Linda Stufflebean highlighted
it in her Friday Family History Finds.
SNGF: Analyze Your 3rd Great-Grandparents
Ancestry DNA ThruLines. I had never looked at the ThruLines, so this was a
great opportunity. I chose my grandmother’s maternal line and after turning in
my portfolio, I may try to write up the DNA proof of one of her lines.
Genealogy Volunteer/Work
My day at the History Center this week was spent mostly on accessioning donated
material and entering the information into PastPerfect. Tara and I discussed
how to upload the special collections from PastPerfect to our website. I also
scanned clippings of articles about trails in the county for a research
request. A very busy day!
The Sonoma County Genealogical Society Board of
Directors met. We still need a President and Vice President for Programs. I
hosted the member meeting on Saturday and before Jeff gave his presentation, he
put in a plug for members to volunteer to be on the board.
My writing workshop group met this week and we
discussed Margaret’s book about her grandmother. It is almost finished and we
had some good suggestions of format and content.
Webinars
Viewed:
- So, You Think You Know All About City Directories? by Paula Stuart Warren (Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
Other:
Our hike
this week was Huckleberry Preserve (EBRPD) and we accessed the trails from the
Canyon side. It was nice a cool and the huckleberries were ripe. We celebrated
Karen’s birthday with baked treats.
The Mt. Diablo Audubon’s
bird trip this week was at Mt. Wanda in the John Muir NHP and was led by former
ranger, Cheryl. This was really a hike as Mt Wanda is steep in places. The
highlight was seeing a great-horned owl.
I
am reading:
- Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Photos for this week.
Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great at documenting our own. I will write about what I have been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme.
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