Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 10 March 2024

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Board Meeting on Wednesday.  I reported on the monthly newsletter, the Research Group and DNA Interest Group.  

2)  Wrote, edited and published the March 2024 issue of the CVGS "Family History Gazette."  This is the start of my 16th year as editor and publisher.  

3)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) program meeting on Saturday.  Teresa McMillin presented "Boost Your German Research: Understand Historical Jurisdictions" and "The Voyages of Our German Immigrants."

4)  Transcribed the 1864 petition of Alexander T. Seaver requesting administration of Samuel R. Seaver's intestate estate in Jefferson county, Wisconsin for Amanuensis Monday theme.  The petition lists the heirs-at-law. 

5)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for my granduncle James Henry Richmond (1886-1913) of Connecticut and Massachusetts for 52 Relatives theme.

6)  Worked with MyHeritage DeepStory feature to create short audio/video biographies of my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.  Reported on it, with two examples, in MyHeritage DeepStory Creates a Great Short Audio/Visual Biography.

7)  Did more research on the Pa[r]tridge and Wakeman families associated with the last wife (Mary Pa[r]tridge (1792-1855) of my 4th great-grandfather Cornelius Feather (1777-1853).  Wrote "Mary Has a Maiden Name," But "Who Is Sarah Feather's Mother?" to review my research and formulate future research questions.

8)  Did some research in the MyHeritage OldNews feaure, and wrote OldNews.com Is Good News - Devier J. (D.J.) Smith Is In the McCook, Nebraska Newspaper.

9)  AncestryDNA now has 45,492 DNA matches (up 44 from 4 March) with 1937 "close" matches, for me today, with no new ThruLines.  I added Notes to 2 new Matches.  MyHeritageDNA now has 12,309 DNA matches (up 50 from 3 March) for me, with no new Theories (I now have 19).  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

10)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 50,750 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 56).  

11) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 72,345 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 34), and 146,634 source citations (up 16).  Resolved 92 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 59 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 17,753 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

12) Wrote 19 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which 2 were a press release. The most viewed post last week was  View and Download Syllabi From In-Person RootsTech 2024 Classes with over 255 views.  Genea-Musings had about 25,100 page views last week.  

13)  Real life:  This is week 209 (four years on) since COVID restrictions started.   I visited Linda every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility and we played Uno. Went grocery shopping on Monday and Friday.  Walked several days on the block and talked to several neighbors.   I am reading Iris Johansen's Firestorm. The SDSU Aztec basketball team went 0-2 and they are 22-9 on the season.  

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