My Trails into the Past

Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great 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. Genealogy Blog Writing : I wrote the following blog post this week: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks  For week 9, I wrote about my first visit to a courthouse for research in Erath County, Texas. Wish I knew then what I know now—I would have gathered a lot more. (Also wished digital cameras were used then, too!)   Webinars/Study Groups Attended:   I attended: “Spreadsheets 401,” by Mary Kircher Roddy for Legacy FamilyTree Webinars “Hear Them Sing! Social History in Your Family Narrative” by Rebecca Koford, CG for RootsTech 2019 I also attended the Sacramento German Genealogy Society 's meeting on a very rainy day. Marilyn Simleness presented a great talk on "The California Great Registers, and other Poll ...

Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great 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. Genealogy Blog Writing : I wrote the following blog posts this week: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks For week 7, I wrote about the name “Loveless” for the theme of Love. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun . I wrote about how my grandparents met.   Webinars/Study Groups Attended:   I participated in: AmericanGen Study Group with DearMyrtle about Chapter 19 “Government Land Records” Wacky Wednesday Monday Morning Group of Contra Costa County Genealogical Society   Presentations : I presented at two genealogy venues: Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society on “Tips for Breaking Down Brick Walls” Concord Family History Center on “Focused Research: Using Research Plans” Our Cert Peer Group met and we discussed how to determi...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing started this meme and I loved the idea. Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. Genealogy Intermediate Class . The third class in this six-week series was about land records. I covered both federal and local land records and created a couple of exercises. It took nearly 2.5 hours. I don’t think I have that much time at the Oakland class. I’ll have to cut something, I’m sure. History Center . Had a busy week at the History Center. Tuesday, I spent time working on the client’s work, and making copies for the high school event on Thursday. Sixty-plus students from Deer Valley H.S. came to the center as one of three stops (they also visited Alhambra Cemetery and the John Muir house). At the center there were five groups they rotated through and my station was in the county room. I spoke about the tax assessment books, showing them Mrs. Louie ...