Outside activities included trips to the History Center, Kaiser for a colonoscopy, and the beginning of a 26-day trip to Florida, New York City, and Kansas City aboard Amtrak.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I worked on answering queries and clearing the donation receiving desk at the
History Center. I did not go to the Oakland FamilySearch Center this week due
to preparing for the colonoscopy the following day. I have prepared the BCG
webinar press release for February and it is scheduled to go out today.
Genealogy Meetings: I met with Jacqueline and we discussed attending GRIP in person this summer and then I signed up for the advanced AI class with Mark Thompson and Steve Little. I attended the Kinseekers Labor SIG and it was a roundtable discussion this month, so I talked about the community college district who did not have records of my grandfather’s employment and the school district that did not have records of my grandmother’s employment. The Communications Committee for BCG met this week and it’s going to be a great way to coordinate all the media activies together.
Genealogy Writing/Research: I started a new family line for 12 for ’26: Hork and Sievert families. I am not finding much new, but it is time to write up what I have discovered. Pam and I met on Friday for our writing session, but talked instead of writing.
Blog Posts Published:
Comparinga Photo of the Gleeson House Against the Fire Insurance Map
For the theme of “Favorite Photo,” I wrote about how
I tried to figure out which address the house was located using Sanborn maps.
SNGF—Who Are Your Spouse’s Grandparents and
Great-grandparents?
I created an Ahnentafel of my husband’s
grandparents and Great-grandparents.
Immigration
of Vincent & Susanna (Raduntz) Sievert & his Siblings
This is the first post of the surnames for
February’s 12 for ’26 posts, covering the Sievert family.
Webinars/Courses Viewed: Three
from Legacy.
- Advanced Census Research: Understanding Census Enumerators and Their Instructions by Annette Burke Lyttle
- Behind the Population Schedule: Agricultural, Mortality, Industry, and More by Cheri Hudson Passey
- Case Studies in Census Conflicts: Resolving Contradictions Across Decades by Cheri Hudson Passey
Other:
Again, no hike this
week due to colonoscopy prep. We boarded the California Zephyr on Saturday
morning for a trip to Chicago, which we will arrive on Monday. One night in a
hotel, then the Floridian to Miami, which is a two-day trip also, so we’ll arrive
on Thursday. More about that next week.
I am reading: Nothing this week.
Photos for this week. Photos taken from the California Zephyr in California, Utah, and Colorado.
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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