I have completed two hundred and fifty-one (251) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. My outside activities were trips to the History Center, phenology, and train club.
Genealogy
Genealogy Writing/Research:
I continued working on the Haley & Thomas families and wrote a blog post. Most of my writing this week has been lesson plans for my upcoming AppGen course on the public domain land. Registration will begin this week on January 15.
Blog Posts Published:
I wrote up the results of research that answered a research question. It’s the start of a series on my blog Mam-ma’s Southern Family.
For the 52 Ancestors’ theme “Favorite Photo,” I posted a 1935 photo of my father with his three older sisters.
I wrote about how I store digital copies of books, handouts, and lesson plans.
Genealogy Meetings: I had a meeting almost every day.
- I met with Jacqueline and we discussed my visit to see her as well as her trip to Louisiana and Florida.
- I met with NGS staff about new duties for the co-chairs of the upcoming conference.
- I attended the Certification Discussion Group meeting and heard a newly certified genealogist give their journey.
- Amigos was brief but I checked in with Stewart.
- I viewed the California Genealogical Society’s annual meeting on Zoom on Saturday.
- On Sunday, I attended Book Club where we discussed Boardinghouse Women.
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
Our History Center executive director was in NYC this week, so I opened the Center on Tuesday and John and I worked for a few hours on Friday
I finished the BCG webinar press release and later met up with BCG staff about using Mail Lite for future webinar press releases.
Webinars/Courses Viewed:
- Genealogy Meets AI: Panel Discussion (Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
Other:
It was a quiet week. No walks, except at the meadow while doing phenology. Just worked on the computer or read. I started watching the old TV series Ironside on Amazon Prime.
I am reading:
- Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, and Runaways Shaped Modern America by Elizabeth S. D. Englehardt – FINISHED!
- Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
- A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization by John Perlin
- Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier (for German class—will take a while to read)
Photos for this week. These were taken last 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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