Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Genealogy Do-Over - Week 1 Progress Update
Week 1 – 2-8 January 2015
• Preparing to Research
Set up RM6 to start a new database (have done myself, parents, and grandparent, great grandparents to start)
Set up a Research Log (been a long time since I used one) (have set up one for each person in in database so far)
Review personal book library (need to double check what I have) (found a copy of Evidence by Mills albeit an older copy 1997 and have started to read)
Create a Genealogy Calendar (calendar of #GeneDoOver and blog entries)
Set up/Re-organize electronic files
Check out Evernote, Evidentia and other programs (not sure budget will allow) ( will keep on to-do list need to use KISS method right now)
Think about a binder system (binders are on sale this week at Office Supply stores, looking at Carol Ellis-Jones idea of Binder organization)
Make a list of relatives to contact (remaining uncle and cousins)
• Establishing Base Practices and Guidelines
Standardize electronic file naming practices (be consistant) (Like idea of Surname, individual files under Surname)
Create to-do list for research (added to do for B, D, M records for each person with FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com to start will add Rootsweb, FindAGrave, and others)
Citing Sources correctly (may have to invest in book/chart) (see above)
Thursday, January 1, 2015
My 8th Great Grandfather, Thomas Hoyt
My 4th Cousin 3x removed, Joseph Blake Cram
My 4th cousin 8x removed, Sidney Cram (m. Hannah Goodspeed)
My 8th Great Uncle, John Hull (m. Mercy Jacobs)
Born in 25 Nov 1854
My 1st cousin 3x removed, Frank Curtis Plaisted. He would have been 161 years old.
Born in 1885
My 1st cousin 3x removed, Arthur Edward Clement. He would have been 130 years old.
Born 09 Dec 1889
My half 1st cousin 2x removed, Harry Mallory Hutchinson. He would have been 126 years old.
Genealogy Do-Over - Week 1
Well the journey has begun........
Photo by Thomas McEntee
Week 1 – 2-8 January 2015
Setting Previous Research Aside
Well everything is put away
Preparing to Research
Clean up the desk area
Set up RM6 to start a new database
Set up a Research Log (been a long time since I used one)
Review personal book library (need to double check what I have)
Create a Genealogy Calendar (calendar of #GeneDoOver and blog entries)
Set up/Re-organize electronic files
Check out Evernote, Evidentia and other programs (not sure budget will allow)
Think about a binder system
Make a list of relatives to contact (remaining uncle and cousins)
Establishing Base Practices and Guidelines
Standardize electronic file naming practices (be consistant)
Create to-do list for research
Citing Sources correctly (may have to invest in book/chart)
You can find the complete schedule and more details here....
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