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 : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks  For the “school days” theme, I wrote about my own school days. Lydia Davey Colby Has Been Found , a story about finding her death record. Webinars/Study Groups Attended:   Reasonably Exhaustive Research—Elizabeth Shown Mills, Legacy Family Tree Webinars (BCG) Combining DNA & Traditional Research—Michelle Leonard, Legacy Family Tree Webinars Own Work: I volunteered at the History Center (CCCHS) where I worked on our finding aid, and at the Oakland FamilySearch Library, where there was no one who needed help, so I worked on my own work. I had an interview with a women who interviews and writes life stories for clients. She’s looking for a genealogist to do some ...

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 The highlight of my genealogy week was the four-day retreat I had with three other genealogists at a vacation home in the north Tahoe area. We spent two full and two half days working on our genealogy. During meal breaks (that we took turns preparing) we had discussions about research logs, creating citations, and some other topics. I worked on creating PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and exercises for the five classes I’m teaching in October. I can proudly say that I’m 95% done on two of them and started on the third. Working in a quiet area for three plus days was a wonderful experience. We did speak to each other and asked or answered questions, but having no distractions was the best part of the experience. Volunteered at the Cont...