Monday Genea-pourri, Week of February 3–9, 2025

I have completed two hundred and fifty-five (255) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. My outside activities were trips to the History Center three times, train club, and phenology.

Genealogy

Genealogy Writing/Research:

I researched and wrote a blog post about the life of Victoria S. Hutson. A follow-up was entering all the data into RootsMagic on her, her husband, and their four children. I still need to enter her husband’s probate information.

I am also researching and writing about Frankenmuth, Michigan, for a genealogy journal. 

Blog Posts Published:

Filling Out the Life of Victoria S. Hutson Williams

For the theme of “surprise,” I researched and wrote about Victoria S. Hutson, sister of my 2x-great-grandfather. I was surprised I hadn’t done any prior research on her.

SNGF: What Were Your Ancestors Doing 100 Years Ago?

I gave the residences and occupations of my grandparents, great-grandparents, and 2x-great-grandparents who were still alive in 1925.

Genealogy Meetings:   

Jacqueline and I met on Monday. I attended the APG NorCal SIG meeting on Tuesday. Since it had been raining, we had no hike on Wednesday and I was able to attend the Certification Discussion Group meeting. On Sunday, I attended book club and discussed Recasting the Vote.

Genealogy Volunteer/Work:.

I got out the press release for the February BCG-sponsored webinar. I also worked on some posts for the NGS blog about the upcoming conference in May. I have a few more to schedule. 

I presented to the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society via Zoom on Thursday about farming records. I prepped for my upcoming presentation on Monday about the BLM website.

Webinars/Courses Viewed: 

None this week.

Other:

I went to train club on Monday so Ted could help me program the new BART train to run on DC. We still cannot figure out how to get the cars to couple together and I will search online to see if others have a solution.

I am reading: 

• Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement by Cathleen D. Cahill—FINISHED!
• Ikagai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles
• Stealing Magic by Marianne Malone
• Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier (for German class—will take a while to read)

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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