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 As I reported yesterday, I got a lot done in August. Having a genealogy to-do list keeps me on track and enables me to measure my progress. I hope to have a similarly productive September: Writing: Write 8 blog posts (not including “On this date” posts) – my first priority here is to write up my notes from FGS and . . . → : CONTINUE READING This was a very busy genealogy month. I got a lot done, but somehow it seems the more I do, the more there is to be done. Writing: Write 8 blog posts (not including “On this date” posts) – ideally, this will include 1 Women’s Timeline post and 3 Surname Saturdays, but anything counts. – I actually wrote . . . → : CONTINUE READING  Yesterday was the last day of the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2010 conference. I threw my planned schedule out the window and started over. The first class I attended was “Digitizing the Records in the Granite Mountain.” This was very interesting. I’ve always been impressed by the work done by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day . . . → : CONTINUE READING My first class today was “Essential Skills for Transcribing and Abstracting.” This was an very good class. I learned a number of new skills and guidelines. (By the way, I’ll be posting more complete descriptions of each class I attended – unless the presenter requested no blogging – in the coming weeks). My next class was “Planning . . . → : CONTINUE READING My day started with a walk across to Starbucks before heading into the Keynote Session for the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2010 Conference. The Keynote began with a presentation of the colors. This was one of my favorite parts. The flags were brought in by a color guard in colonial dress, complete with tricorn hats. This was . . . → : CONTINUE READING I arrived in Knoxville about 4:00 this afternoon. I checked in at my hotel, then walked across World’s Fair Park to the Knoxville Convention Center and checked in for the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference. A little later, I joined Melissa Corley, Amy Coffin, Thomas McAntee, and Tina Lyons and her hubby for drinks at the Hilton. . . . → : CONTINUE READING Next week, I’ll be attending the annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Knoxville, Tennessee. This will be my first genealogy conference and I’m very excited! At first, I hadn’t considered attending this conference, because I thought it was only for genealogical societies. As it turns out, the first day is focused on societies, . . . → : CONTINUE READING  When I started working on my Notebook Project, I wanted a way to make a cover sheet for each binder that represented the contents. I first thought of making a scrapbook page, but I really wanted to do something fast and easy. Then I thought of creating a word cloud of the names in the book. . . . → : CONTINUE READING This week’s 52 challenge is: Listen to a podcast. A podcast is a digital media file that you can download and listen to any time. There are some wonderful genealogy podcasts including Genealogy Gems and Genealogy Guys (click the POD on either site to listen). You can find many other podcasts on iTunes (free, but you need . . . → : CONTINUE READING  A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from my newly-found cousin M, asking about a photo given to her by a Roberts relative, who indicated that it was a photo of Mariah Langston. I have the same photo, which I also received through a Roberts connection, and my copy was also labeled Mariah Langston . . . → : CONTINUE READING |
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