Monday Genea-pourri, Week of April 27–May 3, 2026

Outside activities included a hike at Mt. Diablo and a trip to a model railroad convention in Rohnert Park.  

 Genealogy

Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I inventoried and rehoused the current items in Dean’s collection and spoke to the volunteer who is working on Betty’s collection.

Genealogy Meetings: 
Jacqueline and I met and we discussed her updated work on the book about her dad. I hosted Roundtable and also met up with the renewal accountability group, where Carol and I talked about my Wollenwebers.

Genealogy Writing/Research: I continued working on the Voehringer family this week, finishing up the last post about Philippina’s siblings, who also immigrated.

Blog Posts Published:

The Tradition of Pancake Breakfast
For the theme of “tradition,” I wrote about my childhood breakfast of pancakes and what we did with our children.

12 for ’26: The Family of Philippina Wollenweber geb. Voehringer
I focused the last post of April on Philippina’s siblings and mother, who came to the U.S. after she did.

SNGF: Your Ancestors in the 1930s Great Depression
I wrote about my grandmother, grandfather, and mother, who all lived in Texas.

Courses Attended: 
I attended the last sessions of the course Writing for Discovery. I signed up for Level Up Genealogy and will continue participating in the writing sessions. I also started the first session of Merging & Separating Identities with Research Like a Pro. I still need to view the last session on the recording.

Webinars Viewed:

• In That Case: Using Published Court Cases by Judy G Russell (UGA)
• Finding Alice Conlin: A Life Reconstructed from a Single Clue by Jane Neff Rollins (Heritage Seekers)

Other:
We hiked on the Mitchell Canyon Trail at Mt. Diablo State Park on Wednesday. On Thursday, I went up to Rohnert Park for the annual PCR convention that lasted four plus days. Mornings were spent attending clinics, afternoons either operating on layouts or viewing layouts, and evenings back to clinics. Laura and I had a great time operating on two different layouts and taking a make-and-take clinic. 

I am reading: 

• Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson

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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