I have completed two hundred and forty-eight (248) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. My outside activities were trips to the History Center (twice), to a music concert, and to Kaiser emergency.
Genealogy
Genealogy Meetings:
I met with Jacqueline, and we discussed the trip to Salt Lake City for RootsTech. She worked on purchasing her flight there. On Wednesday, I attended the Certification Discussion Group and heard Elizabeth tell us about her certification journey. On Friday, I met with my long-term peer group and four of us caught up on each other’s activities. We congratulated Annette on her certification and gave pep talks to Pam. I also attended the last Oakland FamilySearch Center staff meetings of the year on Zoom. They plan to have the center open four times over the break for staff only. I hope I can go in and do some scanning.
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
At the History Center on Tuesday, I continued with the same collection—this time I’m entering data into the finding aid and correcting some folder labels. The finding aid is finished. The collection has found homes on various shelves in the center. All that is left is to create permanent labels for the boxes—that is an issue for many of the collections. We have the plastic label holders, but need to create the inserts. On Saturday, the Center had a holiday party for all the volunteers.
I did a pull for a death certificate for my long-term client.
Genealogy Writing/Research:
This week I decided to create a book about my parents to give to my siblings for Christmas. It will not be a printed book, but rather a pdf. I began with locating all the blog posts I had written about them and have divided the book into sections: childhood for each of them, their wedding, their residences, holidays, Dad’s work history, Mom’s activities, autos they owned, and family activities. I will have to figure out whether I can get all the Word documents into one and make it into a pdf, or ask my sister to help.
Blog Post Published:
For the 52 Ancestors’ theme “Good Deed” I wrote about how her obituary said she always did good deeds for others.
I wrote a letter to Santa asking for a few genealogical items for Christmas.
Webinars/Courses Viewed: Some live and some catch-up.
- Lost and Found: Locating Ancestral Origins by Mary Kircher Roddy (BCG/LFT webinars)
- Parents for Kirstin Pehrsdotter by Jill Morelli
Other:
I had some pain in my left shoulder and went to the emergency room because it wasn’t subsiding like a pulled muscle. They tested for heart issues and did a chest x-ray and decided I have an inflammation in the chest wall. How I got that is anyone’s guess. A week of ibuprofen has not eliminated it yet. It’s a bad time of the year to be sick.
I attended the Lowell Ensemble with Elaine on Sunday and it was a wonderful concert, as usual. I answered one of the trivia questions and got some chocolate.
I am reading:
- Save Our Forest! by Nora Dåsnes, translated by Lise Lærdal Bryn—FINISHED!
- A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization by John Perlin
- Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier
Photos for this week.
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.
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