Monday Genea-pourri, Week of June 2–8, 2025

My outside activities included a trip to Colorado with the Special Interest Tours.  

 Genealogy

Genealogy Volunteer/Work: None this week. 

Genealogy Meetings:  None this week.

Genealogy Writing/Research: I did no writing or research except for the blog posts.

Blog Posts Published:

William J Hork and Lela Nell Johnston’s Wedding
For the theme of “wedding,” I shared what I had written about my parents’ wedding in a booklet I wrote for my siblings about my parents’ lives.

SNGF: Favorite Learning Experience This Past Month – I wrote about one of the NGS Family History Conference sessions I attended about AI.

Webinars/Courses Viewed: I viewed no webinars this week.

Other:
We are in our fourth week of our 27-day trip, spending time this past week in Chicago (for a few hours) and then in Colorado. Our first day was spent in Denver, and we walked to the Capitol building for a tour. We then began the Special Interest Tours trip with an opening dinner. This trip was about riding tourist trains in Colorado. We rode the Galloping Goose at the Colorado Railroad Museum, the Georgetown Loop Railway, Leadville and Southern Railway, Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway, Royal Gorge Route Railroad, Cumbres & Toltec Railroad, and the Durango & Silverton Railroad. We had great weather except for the snow at the top of Pike's Peak. Really enjoyed the trip. We ride Amtrak home on Monday.

I am reading: 

• A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear—FINISHED!
• The Case of the Missing Brontë by Robert Barnard
• Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark by David Safier (for German class—up to Chap 35)

Photos for this week. 

At top of Pike's Peak

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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