One of my goals for this blog is to use it as research log, keeping track of what I accomplish and when, in my genealogy research. I track that with my weekly update posts on Wednesdays. However, I’m finding that I can’t keep up with all the things I want to do. I started using the To-Do List feature in Legacy this week, which I like, but the report that it generates is cumbersome and I can’t sort if by reminder date or filter it for I want to do this month (or at least I haven’t figured out how to do those things yet).
Enter Tina’s Genealogical Wish List blog, which I visited a couple of days ago; she recently started posting a monthly to-do list at the first of the month, which she updates at month-end, reporting out on what she accomplished. I think this is a great way to stay focused and on-point (and I do love a list that I can check off).
So here goes:
- Look for marriage license for John William Stroud and Mary Jane Hemphill.
- Order death certificates for two great-grandmothers: Rachel (Johnson) Ward and Lizzie (West) Kendrick.
- Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 10 census pages and update the citations: Newton C. Ward – 1920, 1910, 1900; Rachel Louisa Johnson – 1920, 1910, 1900; Francis Marion Kendrick (g-g-grandfather) – 1930, 1920, 1910, 1870.
- Finish looking for (online) source records to verify facts referenced in Ahnentafel report that cousin P. sent me.
- Index 40 names on FamilySearch
I hope that’s not too much and will leave me some room to chase down a few rabbits. I’ll report back at the end of December.
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Thanks for the post. I love your goal. I keep making one then get distracted. Nice looking blog.
Thanks for the shout out and I’m glad that you are enjoying my To Do Lists. Good luck on yours this month!
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