My Trails into the Past

I have completed one hundred five (105) weeks of semi-lock down due to Covid-19. I am out and about more. We’re maskless at the History Center, Oakland FamilySearch Library, and Train Club, but I still mask up going into restaurants and the public library. I did phenology and went bird watching with the local Audubon group. Genealogy Blog Writing : Flowers: Women in the Family Named with Flower Names I listed the women in our family that have flower names. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: What is Your Favorite Source Type?   I wrote about how much I enjoy using city directories in my genealogy research. O nline Study Groups & Meetings Attended: This week I attended Monday Morning at Susan’s house, where only five of us came, and the NGSQ study group on Tuesday. I'll have more meetings this coming week. Client Work/Presentations : I began the first session of the AppGen Foundations I course. I have fifteen students who seem very eager. I need to shorten my presentat...

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 16, our theme was “out of place.” I wrote about how another researcher helped me find out what happened to my 2x great grandmother, Martha Jane (Polly) Lancaster. For Saturday Night Genealogy Fun , I wrote about the day my paternal grandfather, William Cyril Hork, was born, by looking at newspapers and online sites about events on 10 July.   Webinars/Study Groups Attended:   "Transcribing Documents" by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, CG "Tracing Female Ancestors in WWI Military and Non-Combatant Records" by Debra M Dudek, MSc “Boost Your Germanic Research: Understand Historical Juris...