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Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2023

Jill Ball of GeniAus has had this meme since 2012 and I have discovered it today from Linda Stufflebean’s post. I shall attempt to answer some of these questions. 1.  On revisiting some old research I found I realized I hadn’t written anything about that research. So, for my BCG renewal, I wrote up the research that helped me round out the family of John Gleeson of Ontario, Canada. 2.  In 2023 I hooked up with a new (to me) living cousin. I did not meet a new cousin, but did reach out to an old cousin about some possible WWI military record that is available at the South Dakota Historical Society that only a direct family member can get. I haven’t heard back yet, but I hope she can obtain the record. 3.  I'm pleased I replaced a tool I had been using with.   I don’t use many fancy tools, but did discover some uses of ChatGPT after taking a course from NGS. It is very useful for sorting through text to give a summary. 4.  My sledge hammer did great...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2019

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!): 1)  Jill Ball reconstituted her "Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2019" on 30 December 2019 and invited readers to participated.  2)  This week, let's contribute our answers to her questions about our genealogy accomplishments in 2019.  Copy the questions below, and add your own responses. 3)  Share your responses on your own blog, in comments on this blog, or on Facebook.  Please leave a comment on this post so readers can find your post, and please let Jill know about your efforts by emailing her at jillballau@gmail.com . Here's mine: 1.  An elusive ancestor I found was: I could not find my husband’s Davey family ship arrival records, but one day focuse...