My outside activities included visits to research repositories in Indianapolis and Jeffersonville, and attending the NGS Family History Conference in Louisville.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
My volunteer work this week was at the NGS conference,
where I was a room monitor for two sessions and worked the BCG booth twice.
Genealogy Meetings: None.
Genealogy Writing/Research:
This week's research involved researching at the
Indiana State Archives, the Indiana State Library, the Jeffersonville Public
Library, and the Clark County Courthouse. At the archives, I took photos of
physician licenses for Edward N. Flynn, who practiced in Jeffersonville and was
mayor for a term, and for Rose C. McFall, who practiced in Indianapolis. There
was also a military service card for Joseph H. McFall, who served during the Spanish-American
War. At the state library, I photographed a story about a man’s experience at
the Jeffersonville orphan home, some photographs of old Jeffersonville, and
photographs of old postcards.
In Jeffersonville, the librarian in the genealogy and history room helped me locate some items. I found a history of the Wall Street Methodist church where my husband’s Davey family attended. I also copied the pages about Jeffersonville from a newer county history. We then went to the Walnut Ridge Cemetery and took photos of the tombstones of the Davey, Flynn, and Ettel families. At the courthouse, I took photos of probate and will book pages concerning Thomas Davey, Mary Davey, Edward N. Flynn, Maymie Wooley, and John L. Flynn. Because of the many Ohio River floods, they have no probate packets. The journal books showed signs of being wet from floods. We also visited the Clark County History, where a volunteer took us on a tour. I took a few photos of items at the museum and got a contact to send a query to.
Blog Posts Published:
Military: George T. Davey’s Service in WWI
For the theme of “Military,” I wrote about my
husband’s grand uncle, who served at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville.
SNGF – I did not write a post this week due to the theme of writing a family history story using AI. I am not ready to do that.
Webinars/Courses Viewed: I attended the NGS Family History Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Before the conference, I took the BCG Ed-Fund course with these two sessions. Both were excellent, as was the lunch of cobb salad.
- Mastering Reasonably Exhaustive Research: Identifying, Analyzing, and Prioritizing by Patti Lee Hobbs
- Applying Standards to Writing for Publication by Mary Kircher Roddy and Margaret Rose Fortier
I was the co-chair of the program and introduced the plenary speaker. Over the two days, I attended the following sessions. All the sessions were recorded, so I can watch the ones I missed later.
- Recovering Louisville’s African American History using Genealogical Research by Felicia Jamison, PhD
- Genealogical Applications of Historical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by Rick Sayre
- Guiding Principles for the Genealogical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Steve Little, David Ouimette, Lynn Broderick
- BCG Certification Seminar with Angela McGhie, David Ouimette & Karen Stanbary (room monitor) w
- Taking a Deep Dive into Mexico – US Border Crossing Records by Colleen Robledo Greene (room monitor)
- Tangled Trails: Navigating and Narrating Difficult Genealogical Discoveries by Laura Hedgecock and Cheri Hudson Passey
- Murder at the Galt House Hotel: Friendly Fire During the Civil War by Michael L. Strauss (NGS luncheon)
Other:
We are in our second week of our 27-day trip,
spending time in Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, and Louisville. While I attended
genealogy functions, my husband rode a museum train and visited Mammoth Cave.
I am reading:
- A Lesson in Secrets
by Jacqueline Winspear
- Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier (for German class—up to Chap 35)
Photos for this week. Some friends from the conference.
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.
Great photo of you and Jill. I don't know the other ladies. Sounds like you are having a terrific trip.
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