I have completed two hundred and fifty-eight (258) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. My outside activities were three trips to the History Center, and Train Club for the last Friday night show.
Genealogy
Genealogy Meetings:
On Monday, I met with the CGG renewal accountability group, the NGS Conference committee meeting, the Monday Morning genealogy meeting, and Jacqueline, where we discussed our trip to RootsTech.
Wednesday, Amigos met and we caught up on our activities. Stewart and I agreed to read the new book Forensic Genealogy and discuss it. At the RootsMagic SIG, Keith covered creating groups and I made a couple for men who were in the WWI and WWII drafts.
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
At the History Center, I met with a new volunteer who will work monthly on the Bay Point Historical Society collection. We did an overview of what is in the filing cabinets. Friday, I went through the book donations from the public library and added about a third to our library. The rest are either out of field to be sold or duplicate books. Saturday, I visited with Maxine to get advice about the small books and miscellaneous books collections.
I created the draft for the BCG-sponsored March webinar and sent it out for approval. I also got more draft blog posts written for the NGS Conference blog. I wrote an article about the conference for the NGS Magazine.
Genealogy Writing/Research:
I found a website with Oregon newspapers and found articles for the Gleeson, Tierney, and Hork families. The papers are from Portland, Bend, Beaverton, and Salem.
Blog Posts Published:
For the theme of “family secret,” I wrote that no one in my family knew that our great-grandmother had bought federal land in Dakota Territory and submitted her intent to naturalize.
I listed some of the classes I intend to attend in person at RootsTech.
Webinars/Courses Viewed:
I attended the third week of the SLIG Course “Reconstructing Ancestral Neighborhoods & Networks” coordinated by Kimberly Powell and Jerry Smith. We covered how to organize all this data and how to get our land plats onto Google Earth.
I also attended an all-day seminar from the German Genealogy Headquarters. We learned about 19th-century history, the push and pull reasons for emigration, the emigration experience, and the documents we might find.
- Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Nuts and Bolts of Genealogy Blogging by Bill Lindsey (Heritage Seekers Gen Club)
- Shootout at the Rhododendron Lodge: Reconstructing Life-Changing Events by Judy G. Russell (Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
- NARA Mythbusters: Your Family IS in the National Archives by Judy G. Russell (Dallas Genealogical Society)
- Sharpening Our Digital Skills for Genealogical Writing and Presentations by J Mark Lowe (APG Writers SIG)
Other:
I was under the weather for two days and did not make the hike this week. I spent time reading.
I am reading:
- Pride and Profiteroles by Sabrina Sullivan—FINISHED!
- Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
- Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier (for German class—up to Chap 23)
Photos for this week. From my neighborhood walk.
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.
Can't wait to see your RootsTech posts in the future!
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