When I set my goals for 2011, I was feeling quite ambitious. Rather than pick a few goals, I went all out and had a bunch of genealogy goals for the year. Despite some setbacks (having to take a break from genealogy after my grandfather passed, financial issues and moving), I still accomplished a lot. Look for my goals for 2012 tomorrow.
Research
Determine who the parents of my great great grandfather James Thomas Hayes are and where he is buried.
I came up with a research plan back in February to work on this goal. When I wrote the post, I had planned to order his death certificate, but life and finances got in the way so I still don't have it. I've done further research since that post and I suspect he is the son of Joseph L Hayes and Mary Ann Brantley. At the moment, I am exploring this theory in a separate tree so if I'm wrong, I don't have to go back and strip out the information. If I'm right, I will merge it into my proven tree.
Determine exactly when my great great grandmother Minnie L Rice Hayes passed and where she is buried.
A cousin recently confirmed that she is buried at Brushy Creek Cemetery, which is where my grandfather had told me. The cousin also gave me a different year of death than I had been told so I'm working on finding a record to back that up.
Determine if Bonnie Lee Radcliff and Lenia Pearl Radcliff were actually twins or if there was an error in the birth records.
After doing some research, which I wrote about here, I'm nearly positive that these girls are the same person and the error lies in the record. I asked around with family members and couldn't find anyone that recognized Bonnie's name.
Determine who the parents of Thomas Vanzandt were as well as his exactly date of death.
It appears that Thomas Vanzandt passed away 2 Feb 1911 and is buried in Evansville, Indiana. This is consistent with his disappearance from records after the 1910 census and where his children lived. I'm still working on his parents, but I did find a couple promising census records that lead me to suspect his father may have been James Vanzandt.
Determine parents of husband's great great grandparents Joseph Koch Sr and Therese Ospelt Koch.
When I started Ancestrally Challenged, I planned to share all of my research, which includes my husband's side of the family as well. However, after thinking about it, I've decided to use this blog for only my side of the family. I have a blog to cover his side of the family in the planning stages now.
If you're curious about the progress of this goal, it still remains open. I found a lookup volunteer in the area of Pennsylvania where they passed and sent a request for their obituaries. She did respond to tell me she had located Therese's obituary and ask if I wanted a copy. I said yes (of course), but that's the last I heard from the volunteer. I even sent a followup email in case the first was lost, but received no response.
Continue transcription project of all vital records for my WV surnames.
Still going.
Look into ordering death certificates for those individuals in my tree that I do not have a date of death or am missing information on parents.
I have compiled a list, but have not ordered any certificates yet.
Look into alternative record sources instead of only census, immigration, military and vital records.
Done. I have explored pension files, probate and wills, and land records.
Visit at least one archive or genealogy library.
I didn't really get to check off this goal. I did, however, explore the genealogy room at the local library. Hopefully, I will be able to make it to an archive or genealogy library in the coming year.
Visit local libraries to see what they have to offer that may be helpful in my genealogy research.
I visited the local public library. The local college also has a library that's open to the community, but after looking through their online catalog, I chose not to visit since they had very little related to genealogy in their collections.
Organization
Continue with project to rebuild family tree from scratch adding only those people that I have sources to back up their addition.
Still going. This probably would have been done or at lot closer to being done, but I have shiny object syndrome.
Make sure I have copies of all sources with citations.
Still in progress, but the majority of this is complete.
Make sure all sources I already have copies of have citations.
Done.
See if there is a way to do a timeline for the entire family tree with one of my family tree programs. If not, begin compiling one.
I wasn't able to figure out a way to print a timeline for all individuals in my family tree so I'm going through my tree person by person to make one. I know some of the paid versions of genealogy software have this option so I may end up upgrading.
Get all photographs scanned in and labeled.
All photographs that I have in my possession are scanned and labeled. I've also scanned pictures in the possession of my grandmother, mom and mother-in-law. Most of the ones from my grandmother and mom are labeled. I'm still working on labeling the ones I scanned at my mother-in-law's house.
Consistently use my research logs to avoid repeating searches.
This took a while to kick in, but as of September, I am now using my research logs nearly every time I sit down to research.
Writing
Write at least three blog posts a week for both of my blogs. One of the three posts here at Ancestrally Challenged can be a daily blogging theme.
This goal was more miss than hit. A few months into the year, I ended up dropping my goal down to 8 posts per month for each blog, or an average of 2 posts per week. There were some months I did manage 12 or more posts, including November when I posted every day.
Participate in a genealogy blog carnival.
Done. I participated in the January Carnival of Genealogy.
Education
Attend at least one genealogy conference.
I attended the Georgia Family History Expo. I wrote about Day 1, Day 2 and the exhibitors.
Take at least six family history-related classes or webinars.
I took Finding Your Ancestors; Google for Genealogists; Timelines, Lifelines; Organizing for Success; and Add to Your Arsenal of Georgia Genealogy Resources. I also joined the US Records Study Group, a 15 month program of study that explores The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy and The Source. If you've been following the blog the last few months, you've probably saw my assignments.
Look into joining a genealogy society.
I compiled a list of all potential genealogy and/or historical societies that I might be interested in. These included the National Genealogy Society, state societies, regional societies, county societies and a few family societies. I eventually decided to join NGS because while the other societies can be helpful in specific areas, NGS can help me in all areas. In the coming year, I will probably add some of the smaller genealogy societies.
Look into professional certification.
I researched the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) and the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGEN). After reviewing their application processes, I don't think I'm quite ready for either one. For the time being, I'm going to focus on improving my skills through education and getting more experience under my belt, especially for those areas I have little or no experience.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
December Genealogy Goals Recap
Research
- Send out letters to members of my paternal line asking for information, documents and pictures. Done. Keep your fingers crossed that they will be fruitful.
- Continue work on family wiki. Done.
- Now that my paper files are in order, it's time to start organizing my digital files. Thanks to my husband fighting the Black Friday crowd, I now have a 640 GB portable hard drive. I'll be setting up a digital filing system on it and moving all my genealogy and picture files to it. Done. You can read about it here.
- Set up a location for filing in progress research. I have a wall file organizer that should work for this. It will allow me to keep in progress files within reach without having to dig them out of my main files every time I go to work on them. Done. My husband mounted the wall file organizer to the cabinet beside my desk.
- Since National Blog Posting Month has shown I can do daily posts (on one blog at least), I've decided there's no excuse for only two posts per week. While I can do daily posts, I found that I spent more time writing than researching. I decided on 15 posts for the month or one every other day. I'm not setting the same goal for my other blog, but I should have several guest posts going live there this month. Done, I ended up with 16 posts here and only a handful of post on my other blog. If you missed it, my first guest poster at Free Genealogy Resources was Michael Hait who shared some free resources for Maryland land records.
- Develop research plan for family of paternal 3rd great grandfather James William Radcliff. Done. You can read it here. Suggestions are always welcome.
- Update education binder. I've been so focused on getting my genealogy files in order that I neglected to keep my education binder up to date. I need to get in the syllabi and notes from the Georgia Family History Expo, notes from a couple webinars I've watched and printouts of some great blog posts I've read recently. Done.
- Stalk mailman for special handouts from Arlene Eakle due to arrive sometime this month. Between waiting for the handouts and all the books I ordered, he has been thoroughly stalked this month.
- Finish filling out 38 generation pedigree chart so I can get it framed and up on the wall. Done.
- Get pictures of ancestors printed and framed so I can hang them with my pedigree chart. Partially done. While I have the pictures printed, I'm still in search of all the frames I need. I know I could just go to the dollar store and pick up some cheap frames, but I don't want plain ones. I want antique-looking frames with character. I've found a few already by haunting local thrift stores..
- Added during the month. Set up research plan for one location I want to visit. Done, I chose Hancock County, Kentucky, which you can read about here.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
November Genealogy Goals Recap
Research
Revisit local library when I have time to devote at least a couple hours to the North Carolina Room (aka the genealogy room). Continued from last month.
Done. The post about it will be up within a week.
Continue work on family wiki.
Done.
Organization
Continue setting up genealogy filing system I started in September. You can read about it here. I ended up running out of supplies but I bought more over the weekend so this is the month it gets completely set up.
Done. All of my major surnames now have files and I have files for most of my lesser surnames. I did run into one problem that I didn't see coming. I wrote about it here.
Writing
This month I've decided to participate in National Blog Posting Month, where I commit to a post per day for the entire month.
Whew! This was a tough one. I did manage daily posts here at Ancestrally Challenged. Unfortunately, I neglected my other blog to do it. I'm not sure about continuing daily posts, but I probably will step up my posting frequency.
Education
Attend Georgia Family History Expo November 11th and 12th.
Done. I also wrote posts about the first day, the second day and the exhibitors. For those wanting to put a face to the writer, I even broke down and put a picture of me up in the post on the second day. .
Continue with US Records Study Group.
Since pretty much everyone in the group has a lot of stuff going on right now and it is the holiday season, we have decided to keep at our first few assignments and resume full steam at the beginning of the year.
Revisit local library when I have time to devote at least a couple hours to the North Carolina Room (aka the genealogy room). Continued from last month.
Done. The post about it will be up within a week.
Continue work on family wiki.
Done.
Organization
Continue setting up genealogy filing system I started in September. You can read about it here. I ended up running out of supplies but I bought more over the weekend so this is the month it gets completely set up.
Done. All of my major surnames now have files and I have files for most of my lesser surnames. I did run into one problem that I didn't see coming. I wrote about it here.
Writing
This month I've decided to participate in National Blog Posting Month, where I commit to a post per day for the entire month.
Whew! This was a tough one. I did manage daily posts here at Ancestrally Challenged. Unfortunately, I neglected my other blog to do it. I'm not sure about continuing daily posts, but I probably will step up my posting frequency.
Education
Attend Georgia Family History Expo November 11th and 12th.
Done. I also wrote posts about the first day, the second day and the exhibitors. For those wanting to put a face to the writer, I even broke down and put a picture of me up in the post on the second day. .
Continue with US Records Study Group.
Since pretty much everyone in the group has a lot of stuff going on right now and it is the holiday season, we have decided to keep at our first few assignments and resume full steam at the beginning of the year.
Monday, October 31, 2011
October Genealogy Goals Recap
This month wasn't as productive as far as my goals. However, I have accomplished a lot. Much of my time was spent reconnecting with family members on Facebook and setting up a wiki for the family. I hope to have it ready to share in the next month. If you're a descendant of James Walter Sweat and Addie Mae Deen or otherwise connected to the family and haven't joined us yet, send me a message through the contact me link in the left column and I'll be happy to let you know where to find us.
I also spoke on the phone with one of my cousins who has been researching the family since the late 1990s. She has amassed a huge amount of documents and photographs. Since she lived not too far from where the Georgia Family History Expo will be held, I'm hoping to be able to meet up with her while I'm down in that area.
In other news, I need to ask a favor of my readers. This past Tuesday my great uncle's health took a turn for the worse and he had to be rushed to the hospital, where he is currently in intensive care. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers.
Research
Continue trying to reach cemetery where I believe my maternal 2nd great grandparents are buried. If I keep calling, someone's bound to answer eventually.
This got put on the back burner. However, I did talk to another family member, a daughter of my great grandmother's brother, who confirmed that it where they are buried. So I'm tentatively marking this mystery solved, although I would like to have confirmation from the cemetery. Since there aren't any names on the concrete blocks that mark their graves, I'm hoping to find out who is buried in each spot. Once I have that nailed down, I'm going to talk to other family members about taking up a collection to put a headstone there.
Revisit local library when I have time to devote at least a couple hours to the North Carolina Room (aka the genealogy room).
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to do this so it will be continued to next month.
Organization
File the contents of my to-be-filed basket, which is actually a box right now since I started it before we moved and have been adding to it. Once I get the box emptied, I can start using the basket I bought specifically for this purpose.
Done.
Writing
Write nine posts for each blog.
Counting this post, I ended up with eleven posts here. My other blog didn't fare as well.
Write profile on one direct-line ancestor.
Done. I will be posting it soon.
Education
Take one class or webinar. In looking at what is being offered currently in my budget (meaning free), I'm leaning towards Google Earth for Genealogy with Lisa Louise Cook, available at RootsMagic Webinars.
Done. This month I stepped away from classes and webinars and went to Blog Talk Radio, which archives their shows. I listened to Add to Your Arsenal of Georgia Genealogy Resources.
Continue with US Records Study Group.
Done. You can see my work here, here and here.
Volunteer
Index 10 pages for Restore the Ancestors.
This also got put on the back burner so it's continued to next month as well.
I also spoke on the phone with one of my cousins who has been researching the family since the late 1990s. She has amassed a huge amount of documents and photographs. Since she lived not too far from where the Georgia Family History Expo will be held, I'm hoping to be able to meet up with her while I'm down in that area.
In other news, I need to ask a favor of my readers. This past Tuesday my great uncle's health took a turn for the worse and he had to be rushed to the hospital, where he is currently in intensive care. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers.
Research
Continue trying to reach cemetery where I believe my maternal 2nd great grandparents are buried. If I keep calling, someone's bound to answer eventually.
This got put on the back burner. However, I did talk to another family member, a daughter of my great grandmother's brother, who confirmed that it where they are buried. So I'm tentatively marking this mystery solved, although I would like to have confirmation from the cemetery. Since there aren't any names on the concrete blocks that mark their graves, I'm hoping to find out who is buried in each spot. Once I have that nailed down, I'm going to talk to other family members about taking up a collection to put a headstone there.
Revisit local library when I have time to devote at least a couple hours to the North Carolina Room (aka the genealogy room).
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to do this so it will be continued to next month.
Organization
File the contents of my to-be-filed basket, which is actually a box right now since I started it before we moved and have been adding to it. Once I get the box emptied, I can start using the basket I bought specifically for this purpose.
Done.
Writing
Write nine posts for each blog.
Counting this post, I ended up with eleven posts here. My other blog didn't fare as well.
Write profile on one direct-line ancestor.
Done. I will be posting it soon.
Education
Take one class or webinar. In looking at what is being offered currently in my budget (meaning free), I'm leaning towards Google Earth for Genealogy with Lisa Louise Cook, available at RootsMagic Webinars.
Done. This month I stepped away from classes and webinars and went to Blog Talk Radio, which archives their shows. I listened to Add to Your Arsenal of Georgia Genealogy Resources.
Continue with US Records Study Group.
Done. You can see my work here, here and here.
Volunteer
Index 10 pages for Restore the Ancestors.
This also got put on the back burner so it's continued to next month as well.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
September Genealogy Goals Recap
Research
Send another round of lookup requests. While looking through my bookmarks, I came across a list of lookup volunteers that I had forgotten about.
Since I didn't get a chance to send the requests until just a few days ago, I'm still waiting on responses. Hopefully, they'll yield some good information.
Try contacting the cemetery where I believe my maternal 2nd great grandparents are buried. I tried a while back to confirm they were buried there, but wasn't successful at reaching anyone.
Still trying to reach someone.
Organization
Finish getting my genea-cave organized.
Done. I'll try to get pictures up this month.
Writing
Eight posts a month per blog. One post here will be about the genealogy education notebook that I've put together.
Done. For the first time this year, I actually exceeded my goal on both blogs. You can find my post about my genealogy education notebook here.
Education
Do at least one genealogy education course/webinar. Legacy has a couple that I'm interested in.
Done. I joined the US Records Study Group that Tonia Kendrick and Valerie Elkins started. If you're not familiar with the group (it is new after all), the group studies the books The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy and The Source, with monthly assignments designed around the reading and a capstone project at the completion of the 15 month study group. It started earlier this month and I'm looking forward to seeing how my skills improve over time. I will be doing most, if not all, of my assignments here at Ancestrally Challenged. You can view my first assignment here.
I also took a webinar at Legacy, Organizing for Success by Karen Clifford. I decided on this webinar because it ties into this month's US Records Study Group assignment. The webinar is geared more towards Legacy users than users of other programs, but still has some good information, especially on setting up a filing system. The combination of the monthly assignment for the study group and viewing this webinar led to me revamping my organization system, which you can read about here.
Volunteer
Take some Find-A-Grave pictures.
Done.
Send another round of lookup requests. While looking through my bookmarks, I came across a list of lookup volunteers that I had forgotten about.
Since I didn't get a chance to send the requests until just a few days ago, I'm still waiting on responses. Hopefully, they'll yield some good information.
Try contacting the cemetery where I believe my maternal 2nd great grandparents are buried. I tried a while back to confirm they were buried there, but wasn't successful at reaching anyone.
Still trying to reach someone.
Organization
Finish getting my genea-cave organized.
Done. I'll try to get pictures up this month.
Writing
Eight posts a month per blog. One post here will be about the genealogy education notebook that I've put together.
Done. For the first time this year, I actually exceeded my goal on both blogs. You can find my post about my genealogy education notebook here.
Education
Do at least one genealogy education course/webinar. Legacy has a couple that I'm interested in.
Done. I joined the US Records Study Group that Tonia Kendrick and Valerie Elkins started. If you're not familiar with the group (it is new after all), the group studies the books The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy and The Source, with monthly assignments designed around the reading and a capstone project at the completion of the 15 month study group. It started earlier this month and I'm looking forward to seeing how my skills improve over time. I will be doing most, if not all, of my assignments here at Ancestrally Challenged. You can view my first assignment here.
I also took a webinar at Legacy, Organizing for Success by Karen Clifford. I decided on this webinar because it ties into this month's US Records Study Group assignment. The webinar is geared more towards Legacy users than users of other programs, but still has some good information, especially on setting up a filing system. The combination of the monthly assignment for the study group and viewing this webinar led to me revamping my organization system, which you can read about here.
Volunteer
Take some Find-A-Grave pictures.
Done.
Friday, April 1, 2011
March Genealogy Goals Recap
Research
Extract Neal (and variations) vital records for Lewis County.
Done.
Develop research plan for determining date of death and parents for Thomas Vanzandt.
Done. You can read it here.
Work on plan for genealogy research trip to south Georgia next month.
It turned out to be a bigger project than I anticipated, probably because I kept finding new stops to add to my itinerary. Anyway, it's only partially complete right now. I'll post it as soon as it's finished, most likely in more than one post due to size.
Organization
Make table of contents for each surname folder so I can see at a glance what each folder has.
Put off until I finish reorganizing my folders. Due to some families having more information than others, not to mention running out of space to store folders, I am combining some surnames.
Writing
Write 8 posts a month for each of my blogs.
Done here, but I'm one short on my other blog.
Education
Take one of the online research classes at FamilySearch.
Done. Took Timeline...Lifelines. Even if you're familiar with timelines, check it out. I learned about two resources that I wasn't aware of.
Other
Index at least 2,000 names for FamilySearch.
I'm sad to say I didn't index any names this month.
Visit mother-in-law to begin scanning her pictures.
Done. As soon as I finish editing, labeling and organizing the pictures, I'm going back for more.
This month I finally heard back from the Restore the Ancestors Project and got started. I completed my first 10 pages and I'm looking forward to doing more.
This month also makes my first family connection found via this blog. I was contacted by someone with a distant family connection. Her 2nd great grandfather was the uncle of my great grandmother's stepmother. I hadn't done a lot of research into the line because I'm not descended from it, but getting contacted peaked my interest so I'm doing some digging to see what I turn up.
Extract Neal (and variations) vital records for Lewis County.
Done.
Develop research plan for determining date of death and parents for Thomas Vanzandt.
Done. You can read it here.
Work on plan for genealogy research trip to south Georgia next month.
It turned out to be a bigger project than I anticipated, probably because I kept finding new stops to add to my itinerary. Anyway, it's only partially complete right now. I'll post it as soon as it's finished, most likely in more than one post due to size.
Organization
Make table of contents for each surname folder so I can see at a glance what each folder has.
Put off until I finish reorganizing my folders. Due to some families having more information than others, not to mention running out of space to store folders, I am combining some surnames.
Writing
Write 8 posts a month for each of my blogs.
Done here, but I'm one short on my other blog.
Education
Take one of the online research classes at FamilySearch.
Done. Took Timeline...Lifelines. Even if you're familiar with timelines, check it out. I learned about two resources that I wasn't aware of.
Other
Index at least 2,000 names for FamilySearch.
I'm sad to say I didn't index any names this month.
Visit mother-in-law to begin scanning her pictures.
Done. As soon as I finish editing, labeling and organizing the pictures, I'm going back for more.
This month I finally heard back from the Restore the Ancestors Project and got started. I completed my first 10 pages and I'm looking forward to doing more.
This month also makes my first family connection found via this blog. I was contacted by someone with a distant family connection. Her 2nd great grandfather was the uncle of my great grandmother's stepmother. I hadn't done a lot of research into the line because I'm not descended from it, but getting contacted peaked my interest so I'm doing some digging to see what I turn up.
Monday, February 28, 2011
February Genealogy Goals Recap
You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. This month's planned goals got derailed by illness. I was the (un)lucky recipient of both the respiratory and the stomach bug that have been going around. I'm feeling better now, but disappointed that I didn't get as much accomplished this month as I had planned.
Research
Extract all Radcliff (and variations) vital records for Wetzel County.
Done.
Extract all Neal (and variations) vital records for Gilmer County.
Done.
Visit local library to explore genealogy-related holdings.
Researched online catalog to see what they had, but didn't get a chance to actually visit. You can read about the library website here.
Develop research plan for determining parents and burial location of James Thomas Hayes.
Done. Posted here. Suggestions and/or critiques welcome.
Organization
Continue going through my sources to make sure I have citations for everything.
Almost finished with source copies I had previously. Now I just need to make it a habit to write down my citation as soon as the copy prints.
Continue building timeline of vital events for individuals in my family tree.
Still in progress.
Writing
Write 12 posts a month for both blogs.
Didn't happen again. I think I'm going to lower my goal to 8 per month until I do it consistently, then increase the number.
Write a few evergreen blog posts for both blogs for use when I don't feel like writing or am too busy to post.
I have a couple that are in progress. I'll finish them up next month and try to make a goal of one evergreen post per month after that to ensure I always have some in reserve.
Education
Make a list of genealogy societies to research for possible membership.
Done.
Other
Index at least 2,000 names for FamilySearch.
Done.
It wasn't on the goal list for the month, but I viewed the Google for Genealogists webinar. I'm pretty familiar with Google, but I still learned new stuff. If you get the chance, definitely check it out.
Research
Extract all Radcliff (and variations) vital records for Wetzel County.
Done.
Extract all Neal (and variations) vital records for Gilmer County.
Done.
Visit local library to explore genealogy-related holdings.
Researched online catalog to see what they had, but didn't get a chance to actually visit. You can read about the library website here.
Develop research plan for determining parents and burial location of James Thomas Hayes.
Done. Posted here. Suggestions and/or critiques welcome.
Organization
Continue going through my sources to make sure I have citations for everything.
Almost finished with source copies I had previously. Now I just need to make it a habit to write down my citation as soon as the copy prints.
Continue building timeline of vital events for individuals in my family tree.
Still in progress.
Writing
Write 12 posts a month for both blogs.
Didn't happen again. I think I'm going to lower my goal to 8 per month until I do it consistently, then increase the number.
Write a few evergreen blog posts for both blogs for use when I don't feel like writing or am too busy to post.
I have a couple that are in progress. I'll finish them up next month and try to make a goal of one evergreen post per month after that to ensure I always have some in reserve.
Education
Make a list of genealogy societies to research for possible membership.
Done.
Other
Index at least 2,000 names for FamilySearch.
Done.
It wasn't on the goal list for the month, but I viewed the Google for Genealogists webinar. I'm pretty familiar with Google, but I still learned new stuff. If you get the chance, definitely check it out.
Monday, January 31, 2011
January Genealogy Goals Recap
Research
Transcription project-Finish all Radcliff (and variations) vital records for Gilmer County, WV.
Finished Gilmer County and Lewis County Radcliff vital records.
Make list of all individual's who I don't have date of death or parents for.
In progress.
Search General Name File on Georgia State Archives website for all Deens.
Done.
Organization
Check all source copies for citations. For those without citations, try to add them.
In progress.
Set aside one day to scan in pictures and documents.
I didn't actually set aside a day, but I was so excited when the FlipPal I won came in that I ended up scanning for hours.
Writing
Write 12 blog posts for each of my blogs.
Didn't make this one. I came up short on both blogs.
Education
Take one of the free genealogy courses offered on Brigham Young University's website.
Done. I took Finding Ancestors.
Other
I also completed one of my 2011 genealogy goals that was not on the schedule for January. I participated in my first blog carnival, the 101st edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. This edition's topic was genealogy research/writing plans for 2011. Be sure to check it out. There were a lot of great posts.
You may have noticed that some of the posts here at Ancestrally Challenged include sources at the bottom of the post. I have begun doing this in order to make citing sources a habit.
To my dismay, I've not been able to find a way for either of my genealogy programs to list all events that occurred on a specific day. So I've begun the slow process of going through my family tree name by name to extract dates of birth, marriage and death for each individual. I plan to compile these into a calendar. Eventually, I hope to borrow a page from Tonia Kendrick at Tonia's Roots and begin my own "on this date" series.
I signed up for the indexing projects at FamilySearch and Low County Africana. I'm still waiting to hear back from the second project, but I have indexed over 1,100 names for FamilySearch since I joined on the 28th.
Transcription project-Finish all Radcliff (and variations) vital records for Gilmer County, WV.
Finished Gilmer County and Lewis County Radcliff vital records.
Make list of all individual's who I don't have date of death or parents for.
In progress.
Search General Name File on Georgia State Archives website for all Deens.
Done.
Organization
Check all source copies for citations. For those without citations, try to add them.
In progress.
Set aside one day to scan in pictures and documents.
I didn't actually set aside a day, but I was so excited when the FlipPal I won came in that I ended up scanning for hours.
Writing
Write 12 blog posts for each of my blogs.
Didn't make this one. I came up short on both blogs.
Education
Take one of the free genealogy courses offered on Brigham Young University's website.
Done. I took Finding Ancestors.
Other
I also completed one of my 2011 genealogy goals that was not on the schedule for January. I participated in my first blog carnival, the 101st edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. This edition's topic was genealogy research/writing plans for 2011. Be sure to check it out. There were a lot of great posts.
You may have noticed that some of the posts here at Ancestrally Challenged include sources at the bottom of the post. I have begun doing this in order to make citing sources a habit.
To my dismay, I've not been able to find a way for either of my genealogy programs to list all events that occurred on a specific day. So I've begun the slow process of going through my family tree name by name to extract dates of birth, marriage and death for each individual. I plan to compile these into a calendar. Eventually, I hope to borrow a page from Tonia Kendrick at Tonia's Roots and begin my own "on this date" series.
I signed up for the indexing projects at FamilySearch and Low County Africana. I'm still waiting to hear back from the second project, but I have indexed over 1,100 names for FamilySearch since I joined on the 28th.
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