I have completed one hundred ninety-four (194) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. Had a scare about Covid and was exposed on Sunday, so I stayed home Monday through Wednesday, skipping the History Center and Wednesday Walkers to keep everyone safe, although I never tested positive.
Genealogy
Genealogy
Meetings
No meetings this week.
Genealogy
Writing/Research
I
spent time working on my portfolio renewal for BCG. My research report is
finished but I am still making some last-minute adjustments to the output. I
hope to turn it in by the beginning of December.
I
did spend some time in the new interface at Chronicling America and searched
for newspapers about the Colmann family in California during and after the gold
rush. I found a couple of newspapers that covered the gold country and saved
the many articles to my computer. Ida Hork married Martin J. Colmann. I found
the birth announcement for Martin, and many articles about Colmann and Gebhardt
families. Martin’s mother was a Gebhardt. Someday, I’d like to discover where
in Germany they are from.
Blog Posts:
Beda Charlotta & Gustaf
Albert Nilsson: The Two That Stayed Home. For week 47, I wrote about the siblings
who did not emigrate to the U.S. with the other Nilsen family.
SNGF: Memories of theDecade of Your Choice “The 80s” I wrote about the 1980s when I married, traveled,
and finally had my first child.
Happy Thanksgiving. I shared one of my
postcards.
Genealogy Volunteer/Work
Thanksgiving week is usually quiet and I only worked on things at home. No
volunteer or paid work this week.
Webinars/Courses
Viewed:
- Meeting Standards With 21st Century Research Reports by Melissa A Johnson (APG)
- Why Standards Are for Everyone by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson (BCG/Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
- Empowering Genealogists with Artificial Intelligence (part IV - Translation) by Steve Little (NGS)
Other: No hike this week due to
my exposure to Covid and deciding to keep it safe. We did go up to our daughter’s
home for Thanksgiving, where we supplied the turkey and potatoes and she provided
the sweet potatoes, squash, broccolini, and pumpkin pie. Her boyfriend made a
beautiful charcuterie board with yummy sheep milk cheese, salami, olives, and
honeycomb. After dinner, we played Farkle, while listening to Christmas music
LPs I brought, and we got home way after midnight.
The rest of the weekend
was spent at the Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society’s weekend holiday show,
where I ran trains on Friday and Saturday, and did track walking from setup on
Sunday. That involved lots of crawling on my knees under the layout and I got a
few bumps on my head when I lifted it too soon.
I
am reading:
- Lincoln & California by Brian McGinty
- Skirts by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Photos for this week. Sharing photos of our Thanksgiving and the Train Club layout from the operating cab.
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.
Glad you avoided covid with your exposure.
ReplyDeleteMe, too. It's good to keep up with the vaccines.
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