My outside activities this week were eating out at two restaurants in Florence, Oregon, walking on the beach, and collecting shells and rocks.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I worked on the press release for the upcoming BCG-sponsored webinar.
Genealogy Meetings: none this week, does this retreat count?
Genealogy Writing/Research:
During the retreat, I spent time inputting data
into RootsMagic and then filing the documents into family folders. Some of it
involved looking up the record again on FamilySearch so I could get the
correct URL, the IGN number, and the image numbers. Some of the documents I
already had had that information because I had downloaded them recently. I now
work with a Word document open when I use full-text search at FamilySearch.
This way, I can capture all I need for a source citation, which I create while viewing
the document.
Families I worked on:
- Fred J. Davey and his daughter, Dorothy Davey. I found many newspaper articles about their music events.
- Kethley family in Tennessee & Louisiana using full-text search
- Sullivan & Ryan families in Butte, Montana
- Gorrell family in Blackwater, Missouri & Webb City, Missouri
- Amos Gorrell, working on his timeline. Incorporating his Civil War events took nearly a whole day. I decided to write a bio (KDP style) on him.
Blog Posts Published:
School Census Gives
Evidence of Parentage
For the theme of “off to school,” I wrote about different
school census records I have found.
SNGF– Essential Tools for Family History Research
We were asked to list the tools we use regularly
in our genealogical research. I covered basic tools such as Word and Excel, and
websites like FamilySearch, Ancestry, and newspaper sites. I
forgot to mention PowerPoint, which I use to write my presentations.
Webinars/Courses Viewed: None this week
Other:
With my friend,
Stewart, we drove his electric car up to Florence, Oregon, on Sunday to spend
the week with Jacqueline for our genealogy retreat. It took only three charge
stops, and we arrived 10 hours later, in time for some turkey burgers cooked by
Barry. We spent the week with our computers set up at her dining room table,
while Barry prepared our meals. We took time off to walk on the beach on
Tuesday and later went into town to eat dinner and stroll along the old street in
Florence. It was cooler than I expected, and I was cold most of the time. Next
year, I’m bringing jeans and a sweatshirt. Saturday, we drove back, taking the
same amount of time but stopping at different charging stations.
I did get to view a few of the US Open tennis matches, though I missed the women’s final on Saturday.
I am reading:
- How Welfare Worked in the Early United States
by Gabriel J. Loiacono (over halfway done)
- Coming up Short: A Memoir of America
by Robert B Reich (over halfway done)
- The Imposter Heiress by Annie Reed (for book club)
Photos for this week.
Our setup minutes laptops (I was watching US Open)
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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