Dis(co)location

(Actually it was The Twist and the damned hip still gives me trouble.)

There's a rumor going around that Genealogists don't have a humor gene. Janice at Cow Hampshire is enlisting volunteers to help her prove the rumor false. Check out all the great posts that have been submitted!

War Stories

The 32nd Edition of The Carnival of Genealogy is hosted at Oral Family History Using Digital Tools. Susan Kitchens has done a wonderful job putting together this edition, Family Stories of War Time. As always there is a great selection to choose from.

I had hoped to particpate in this carnival but time got away from me yet again, so I am committing to the next edition - Weddings!

Call for submissions! The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: Weddings! Is there a cultural or religious wedding tradition in your family? Do you have a funny family wedding story you’d care to share? Did your grandparents elope? Cousin marry cousin? Is there an especially touching wedding photo in your collection? Do you think your ancestor holds the record for the most times married? Write about a wedding(s) in your family and submit it for the next edition of the COG. The deadline for submissions is October 1st. You can submit your blog article for the next edition using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Summer of Tedium

I haven't posted simply because I haven't done anything interesting. What little time I had to work on genealogy over the summer was spent doing tedious tasks.

My main file is riddled with garbage that I've been trying to weed out. You know those gedcoms that are so easy to download when you first start and and wish you hadn't when you realize later that they are totally undocumented and often wrong? I compounded my error by downloading entire files rather than just the portions of the files I wanted. I will never eliminate them all but at least I was smart enough to record where all my information came from so I know the garbage when I see it. I also ended up with two different files for one line that I've been trying to reconcile.

I have also spent long hours at the site we all love to hate right now, downloading copies of census records that I had referenced but never copied. I do not have the space to store print copies so I have also spent time trying to figure out how to create and arrange my digital files so that I can find them again in the future. Then there is the fun of burning copies and emailing them all to myself as backups.

I also cleaned out the office so that I can find the paper copies that I do have, I even organized them somewhat.

Boring but necessary. I hope to have time to work on something new soon.