I hope
everyone had a great time last Monday. I
know I did. Thank you to Rick for bringing his notebooks and ideas and to everyone who contributed to the discussion.
For today I am
going to suggest that you read this post on the blogsite. If you are receiving it by email, just click on
the Title of the post in blue above.
My all new Organizing
Tips page is over there on the left sidebar.
And below it are new pages: Two
Organizing Articles, Personal Checklist form, Research Log forms, and Judith’s Organizing
system.
My Organizing Tips are new and I would
suggest that everyone with organizing problems read through them. Even if you were at the meeting, I skipped
some important points like “you need a naming system for your computer files”
and I gave an example. Organizing
resources are at the bottom.
I use the Personal Checklist along with a Family
Group Sheet when I am organizing all the information I have about an individual or
family, usually in preparation for trying to solve a problem.
Most of us
could make a leap if we consistently used a research process. I added some Research Logs to our blog too.
Even better would be coming to the Whatcom Genealogical Society meeting
on February 12 where professional genealogist Cyndi Ingle will be speaking on “Back to the Basics: Research Planning and
Execution Online”. (see Events tab
for details)
Coming Up
Friday, February 9th we are planning an afternoon of
learning to build family trees online. This is by
reservation only. I am speaking to participants ahead of time to find out what they need. Also
recruiting mentors. So far requested
programs are Ancestry.com, familysearch.org, and RootsMagic. Participants and mentors can contact me at
ferndalegenies at gmail dot com. The sooner
the better.
January 31
is a free webinar at https://familytreewebinars.com/with
Sunny Morton. Her topic is Comparing the Genealogy Giants:
Ancestry, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. I watched her similar talk last year and will
be watching this one too. It’s for all
levels. If you have never watched a webinar,
this is the time. It is free for the
live broadcast and for a week following.
Go to the link and register. When
you register, you will receive an email reminder and also a notice when the recording
is available. While you are there,
cruise through the topics. Some are free
but with a $50 annual membership you receive on-demand access to over 600 recorded
webinars, access to the syllabi and other perks. The membership is only recommended for people
who will actually watch webinars. 😊
Tuesday at 8 on PBS: Sylvia asks “Are you watching the new PBS
series We'll Meet Again? It's really good. They are using genealogy and
detective work to reunite lost friends.’’ This is the new Ann Curry show I have
been hearing about. I missed the first
episode last Tuesday but it is being reshown on KCTS on Friday night at 3am Sat
morning if you can record it. Also may be
on their website.
February 26 is our next Genies meeting. We don’t have a topic yet but we never run
out of interesting information. Let me
know if you have particular interests.
For now DNA is scheduled for March when I hope some of your new tests will
have been processed.
Happy Winter! If Ferndale Schools are closed, we will be
too. Just late opening? Check with the library.
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