We completed our second week of vacation.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I did not volunteer or work this week. Yeah, I’m on vacation!
Genealogy Meetings: I attended no meetings this week.
Genealogy Writing/Research:
During one day when I recuperated in my hotel
room after a day of 15k+ steps, I worked on future blog posts and researched the
Coor family using full-text search. I also watched a few webinars.
Blog Posts Published:
From Rural to Urban Life: The Davey Family Moves to London. For the theme of “urban,” I wrote about the Davey family moving from rural Cornwall to London.
SNGF– Create a 500 Word Biography Using AI from Genealogical Notes or Timeline. We were asked to use AI to write a biography of an ancestor.
How to Deal with a German Civil Marriage Record that is in French. For Webinar Wednesday, I had viewed Ute Brandenburg’s webinar titled, The Emperor’s New Code, and knew I had a few civil records that were created during the time of Napoleon, and I needed to get them translated. I hired a French translator.
Webinars/Courses Viewed:
- Cluster Research Using the FAN Principle by Michelle Goodrum (Reisinger Lecture)
- Mapping For Research Success by Kimball Carter (Reisinger Lecture)
- 8 Little-Used Published German Sources by F. Warren Bittner (Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
- An Ontario Genealogist's Gem by Janice Nickerson (Legacy Family Tree Webinars)
- Refocus! When New Research Changes the Article You Planned to Write by Sharon Hoyt (APG Writers SIG)
Other:
The four of us spent the week until Friday
together, exploring a park in Yonkers, shopping at consignment shops and
bookstores, and dining in a variety of restaurants. One highlight was the
yakatori dinner at Torishin. What an experience, but way too much meat for me.
I always enjoy a trip to Macy's in New York City, as they have a larger
selection of items than the stores at home. We also got to see our daughter’s
new apartment.
Friday, we left on the Lake Shore Limited for Chicago, arriving early enough to have brunch at Lou Mitchell’s before heading out on the Southwest Chief. Our first stop was Kansas City. We spent Sunday visiting with Norman’s cousins and then having dinner at the Pierpont Restaurant in Union Station.
I am reading:
- A Château Under Siege by Martin Walker
Photos for this week. Some more NYC & Yonkers shots.
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.
It sounds like you had a wonderful trip and, as always, I enjoyed your photos.
ReplyDeleteWe're heading to your country soon, stopping for a few days in Winslow, Arizona.
DeleteLooks like a wonderful vacation! Great photos. Can't wait to see more from your travels.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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