This week I pulled records from the Contra Costa County court office and county recorder’s office for a client, hiked in Tilden Park, attended Train Club meeting, and picked up trash at McNabney Marsh in the rain for the Mt View Sanitary District and the Contra Costa County Resource Conservation District. I also pulled weeds in my own garden and this week’s weed pulling will be easier due to the rain we got the past three days.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I got to visit the new county court records office this week though I went to
the wrong courthouse at first. Their system of retrieval is so much faster now
with multiple windows, numbered tickets, and records that are digitized.
I took care of some queries at the History Center, focusing mostly on court records. I also entered the new donations into the accession book. Next, I’ll enter them into PastPerfect. I have a stack of items to file the next time I’m in.
Genealogy Meetings: I attended the Labor SIG at Kinseekers. We focused on finding aids, particularly at Harvard University Library and John F Kennedy Presidential Library.
Genealogy Writing/Research: I worked on Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, creating a timeline for him, which took all week. I wrote the book review of Researching Sisters by Sunny Morton for the California Nugget. The article for the CCCGS newsletter is all finished with photos included. I spent time writing with Pam on Zoom, and in the Writing for Discovery session, as well all day on Sunday.
Blog Posts Published:
Unexpected Discoveries
For the theme of “Unexpected,”
I wrote about my husband’s ancestor, Phillipena Vohringer Wollenweber and how I
learned other members of her family also came to America.
12 for ’26: Ludwig Wilhelm
Wollenweber Timeline
I wrote out a timeline L.W.
Wollenweber’s life from the documents that I have, while making comments about
the information found in the documents.
SNGF: An Ancestor Without Exact Birth and Death Dates
and Places
I wrote about my James
Gorrell’s parents, James and Elizabeth, from Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Webinars/Courses Viewed: I attended sessions of the two courses I am taking: Writing for Discovery, and Advance Your Genealogy With AirTable.
Other:
Our
hike at Tilden was at Skyline Gardens and we saw lots of plants in bloom. Below
are photos from the hike.
I am reading:
- Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
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.
As always, gorgeous photos and lots of genealogy tasks accomplished.
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