Outside activities included two trips to the History Center, phenology at the Meadow, a hike in El Sobrante, volunteering at the Oakland FamilySearch Center, Kaiser for flu and COVID shots, John Muir hospital for lab work, and a trip to Stockton for an APG-NorCal potluck.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
At the History Center this week, I worked on queries and entered details for
some library books. Our director was ill, so I opened the Center. Later that
week, committee number 1 met to discuss building issues.
Wednesday was my volunteer day at the Oakland FamilySearch Center. There was no one there to help that evening, so I worked in FamilySearch’s full-text search.
On Saturday, I presented “How to Leave Your Genealogy” to the Solano County Genealogical Society. There were lots of follow-up questions, which I love.
Genealogy Meetings:
I
attended the Labor SIG at Kinseekers, where we had a great discussion. Jacqueline
and I met twice, first to discuss our weekly activities and second to show how
I set up Word to create the story about my parents.
On Sunday, a group of members of the APG NorCal Chapter met at a member’s home for a potluck meal. We sat around the table after making our pizzas and talked about the projects we’re working on. We all had a great time.
Genealogy Writing/Research:
I worked at the OFSC on locating sources for Lydia N. (Davey) Colby. I found the
marriage record and some deeds in Iroquois County, Illinois, that she and her
husband, James F. Colby, recorded. I still haven’t found out what happened to James.
She later married the actor, Harry Jackson, in 1883.
I am also working on a book about my grandparents. I had started it years ago using InDesign and was very disappointed that I couldn’t open the files in the version of InDesign on an old XP computer. So I have to redo the work in Word. I also realized the images I had scanned years ago are not large enough to print in the book. I need to locate and rescan them.
Blog Posts Published:
Supporting
Written Works Help the Telling of Jack Sullivan’s WWI Story
For the theme of “written,” I shared the titles
of books I’m using to learn more about the first World War and Jack’s service.
SNGF– Holiday Celebrations and Memories – Part I
I wrote about my memories of where we celebrated
Christmas.
Webinars/Courses Viewed:
- Turn Family History Facts into Stories You Can Share by Annette Burke Lyttle (TxSGS Conference 2025)
- Tracking Your Ancestors Through Multiple Resources by Patti Lee Hobbs (Ozarks Genealogical Society)
Other:
Our hike this week was
at Sobrante Preserve, where we viewed manzanitas in bloom. The plants looked really
sad.
I also got updated flu and COVID shots, which wiped me out for nearly two days. I took naps both on Friday and Saturday, and my arm hurt like crazy.
I am reading:
- The Fourth Division: Its Services and
Achievements in the World War by Christian Albert
Back & Henry Noble Hall
- The Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman
Photos for this week.
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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