This week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks topic is “Lucky” – in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. I was planning on writing about how lucky I have been “employment-wise.” But then I discovered March 14 was National “Write Your Story” Day. I remembered writing a lengthy autobiography as part of the Genealogy Do-Over I started in 2015. […]
Read MoreI did it!! I made a commitment to post every day for Family History Month and actually achieved it! As my final post this month, I want to share my Master Toolbox with you. Click on the link to open and view. Several years ago I participated in Thomas MacEntee’s Genealogy Do-Over. One of the tasks was to create […]
Read MoreIn January 2015, I decided to participate in the Genealogy Do-Over sponsored by Thomas MacEntee. (Info on the 2017 version here.) One of the first assignments was to create our own “Golden Rules of Genealogy.” Here’s my list: * PICKHOLTZ’ RULES: “…to prevent jumping to conclusions, when you don’t have full documentation…. even when you are sure you know, don’t record it […]
Read MoreOne of the first tasks in the Genealogy Do-Over was to interview family members. Sadly, we have almost no one left in my parents’ generation to interview. My mother, Doris Lichtenthal Falcone passed away on Dec. 2, 2011. Today she would have been 83 years old. I spent some time regretting the fact that I […]
Read MoreAgain this week I have combined the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weekschallenge with Thomas MacEntee’s Genealogy Do-Over. Week 5 of the Do-Over had us focusing on building a research toolbox and on citing sources. My poor citing skill was one of the main reasons I decided to participate in the do-over. I had about 950 […]
Read MoreThe theme this week is to write about an ancestor closest to your birthday. I am simultaneously participating in the Genealogy Do-Over. Week #2 of the Do-Over had us “interview” ourselves and then write a biography. I decided to combine the two tasks and write about MYSELF. WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST. I won’t […]
Read MoreTopic: Setting Research Goals As Week #2 closes, I have made some decisions: 1) I will think of the Do-Over weeks as steps instead of weeks. 2) I will recreate my tree, beginning with me 3) As I add each new person to the tree, I will : gather, scan/photograph, record and file all documents I […]
Read MoreTopics: 1) Setting Research GoalsI decided not to focus on making any goals specifically related to individuals. Presently, my goal is to clean up the mess I have created over the past few years: information w/o sources cited, multiple databases, several folders of duplicate files and – most annoying of all – no particular file […]
Read MoreI only made it to Week 18 of last year’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks“. (I have all kinds of excuses, but I’ll spare you the experience of listening to me whine.) I’m going to try again. This year I’m combining the 52 Weeks challenge with Thomas MacEntee’s “Genealogy Do-Over.” For 2015, there are weekly […]
Read MoreHere’s my Progress this first week: The first thing I did was create “My Golden Rules of Genealogy” My Golden Rules of Genealogy: Schedule a set time to work – no less than 30 minutes a session Be consistent Touch it ONCE! Put it where it should go – permanently Use a research log – […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 