My Trails into the Past

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 1. Genealogy Courses This week I atteded Rick Sayre’s Advanced Land Tools: Maps class at SLIG (Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy). We had five full days of classes and a banquet on Friday night. I learned so much about how to accessed maps online and offline, how to overlay old maps onto Google Earth, and how to plot land both on paper and in a program called DeedMapper . Check out my blog posts about my SLIG experience.     The week wasn’t just about class. I made some new friends, visited with old friends, read through several of the BCG certification portfolios, and purchased some new genealogy books. I got in some exercise each day walking back to the hotel from the library each afternoon. Some of the CGS members pre...

#SLIGExperience The theme for our Land class today was online maps. We learned about many different websites that house lots of images of maps. Some great sites are: Library of Congress National Archives National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bureau of Land Management USGS David Rumsey’s Historical Map Collection to name a few good sites. State archives, libraries, and historical societies are also other great sites for historical maps. Screen shots of two sites we visited in the Family History Library lab: David Rumsey's Map Collection BLM website Here’s a map I found that was interesting—wish I noted which site I found it! This depicts the San Francisco Bay Another classmate and local genealogy society (California Genealogical Society). Laura Lee and me   I’m so excited by what we’ve learned so far! Copyright © 2018 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My ...

#SLIGExperience The second day at the Advanced Land Tools: Maps was fantastic! After learning all about migration routes, we worked on land platting. With protractors and rulers, and the land description, we were able to plat it out. It’s not so hard. Reminded me a lot of high school geometry class (which was my favorite math class). After learning to do it on paper, we went to the Family History Library computer lab and learned how to plat the same land using a program called Deedmapper . It’s a program I definitely want to buy. I walked back to the library, stopping first at the Salt Lake City Visitor’s Center and the gift store there. They have lots of neat stuff – some with “Salt Lake City” written on it, some candy treats, some jewelry, and books. Check it out. After dinner, I visited the Ancestry Pro Genealogists open house and had fun socializing with lots of SLIG participants and Ancestry employees. I even met a member of my local genealogy society I...

#SLIGExperience My syllabus and name tag along with this year's lapel pin I’ve completed first day of Advanced Land Records: Maps with Rick Sayre as the Coordinator. We also met our other instructors: Melinda Kashuba, Kimberly Powell, and Jerry Smith. The morning was an overview of what our week will be, plus Rick gave us an introduction to mapping America and a lesson on land division. After lunch we headed via bus to the Utah State Archives, where Melinda led a discussion about how to read maps and then we met in small groups to look at and analyze a few maps. Luckily we received a list of what to make notice of and to think about how the maps could help us genealogically. My team: Linda & Jane One of our maps we analyzed It was much fun seeing the variety of Utah maps that the archives have in their collection. I really love hands on activities. Copyright © 2018 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.

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 1. Blogs Got caught up, writing future blog posts, since I would be in Salt Lake City for eleven days. This post was started and was added to during the week, to be published on Monday, January 22. Two posts were published on the 15th: ·          Mam-ma’s Southern Family : “Happy 7th Blogiversary!” ·          My Trails into the Past : “Monday Genea-pourri, Week of January 8-14” I also published a post for the “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.” The theme was longevity and I wrote about my grandmother and her uncle, who both lived to 100ish. https://mam-massouthernfamily.blogspot.com/2018/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-3.html 2. Genealogy Courses I am working on th...

#SLIGExperience That’s what I’m writing about this week—my experiences at the 2018 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. We had a great kick-off Sunday night with a welcoming reception with nice hors d’oeuvres. After introducing the SLIG staff and then all of the instructors for the 14 courses, we were treated to entertainment. I am taking Course 12: Advanced Land Tools: Maps. It is coordinated by Rick Sayre, cg . After quickly looking at the schedule, I can see that this will be a great course. This is my sixth SLIG experience. I love learning about a subject in depth. I love seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I look forward to the energy at SLIG Central. Better go to bed early—the week starts tomorrow! Copyright © 2018 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.

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 Although I was under the weather last week, I did work on the families that are part of my case study. I got an answer back from the Catholic church in Anaconda along with images of the baptism. It was just the one entry with no headings, but it was easily enough to figure out what the columns represented. On my portfolio work, I’ve made the decision that I’ll have to renew and extend another year. I enquired on how to do that, and now must send in another $75, which will give me until March 2, 2019 to finish up. The reason I have to extend, is even though I have about six weeks still on the clock, I have planned trips to Utah and Florida planned which will use up most of that time. My plan is to go back to working on it in earnest once we are back f...