Outside activities included phenology, History Center, lunch with friends, and an airplane ride to Pittsburgh for GRIP.
Genealogy
Genealogy Volunteer/Work:
I volunteered at the History Center, working on accessions by entering them
into PastPerfect. I moved the CalTrans collection to the back hall shelves and
the new books from the Board of Supervisors to the County room. I also entered
some books into the library database.
I sent out the BCG press release.
The Writer’s group met this week and we discussed Jacqueline and Margaret’s writing samples, as well as a chance to meet in person when Jacqueline comes down to visit in September.
Genealogy Meetings:
Jacqueline and I met and
discussed our trip to Pittsburgh.
Genealogy Writing/Research: I worked on Amos (1804-1890), who lived in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It was a bit of a struggle getting all the deeds recorded and working out the tax records in two different townships.
Blog Posts Published:
Mam-ma’s Leisure Time
For the theme of “Leisure time” I wrote about the
activities my grandmother did in her free time outside of work throughout her
lifetime.
12 for '26: Amos Gorrell, Sr. in Beaver County,
Pennsylvania
I wrote about his life in
Beaver County up to the time he moved to Ohio.
SNGF: A Name That Runs in Your Family
I wrote about the name “Dempsey”
that at least ten men in my grandmother’s family were named.
Courses Attended:
I attended no courses this week, but GRIP opening session started on Sunday evening with a dinner and speaker. My land platting class begins this week.
Webinars Viewed: I am trying to watch as many NGS Conference recordings as I can before they expire.
- FOIA and Find Out: Fun with Federal Records by Alec Ferretti
- Twenty-Eight Volumes of Gold: U.S. Territorial Papers by Judy G Russell
- Sacred Threads: The Warp and Weft of Religious Records for Telling America's Family Stories by Gary L. Ball-Kilbourne
- Ordinary Women Live Extraordinary Lives: A Deep Dive into the Records Reveal Tales of Resiliency by Karen Stanbury
- Uncovering Family Stories Through American Court Records: Research Strategies by Diana Elder
- From Pioneer Pedigrees to Proof Standards: Reassessing Early Genealogical Works by D. Joshua Taylor
- Y-DNA Helps Reveal Forgotten and Unrecorded Mixed-Race Parentage from the Reconstruction Era by Thomas W. Jones
Other:
Our
hike was at Tilden Park and we walked in very wet fog at first, then down a
very rocky trail that had lots of nice flowers but I slipped and landed on my
butt. Thankfully, I’m fine and was a little sore for a day or so. I continued
watching tennis and soccer when I could.
I am reading:
- Ancestoring: Understanding
Records, Family, and Ourselves by
Darci Hind Posz
- Death on a Scottish Train:
A Scottish Isle Mystery by Lucy
Connelly—FINISHED!
- The Red Queen by Martha Grimes
- This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
- The House of Found Objects by Jo Beckett-King
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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