Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending 19 January 2025).
1) Hosted and moderated the CVGS Research Group meeting on Wednesday with 17 in attendance. Reported on RootsTech 2025, Full-Text Search, Finding Your Roots, 1921 England census on Ancestry, Reclaim the Records, Family Tree Webinars, and AI, plus my own work - lots of news this past month! The group shared genealogy goals for 2025.
2) Participated in the GeneaBloggers free webinar on Saturday, where we discussed blogging and goals.
3) Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society British Isles Interest Group meeting led by Colin Whitney. The topic was "Finding Your Ancestors Origins," which had a good history of migration to the US and a review of British Isles resources.
4) Transcribed the 1888 Mortgage Bond of Alexander and Eliza Sovereen with Sarah Adelaide Crabb for Land in Norfolk County, Ontario for the Amanuensis Monday theme.
9) My AncestryDNA now has 47,795 DNA matches (up 90 from 12 January) with 2025 "close" matches today (up 10), with no new ThruLines. I added Notes to 6 Matches, and added 1 new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA now has 13,176 DNA matches (up 25 from 12 January) for me. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.
10) Occasionally matched RootsMagic 10 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree. I have matched 52,258 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 19).
11) Searched for more records of ancestral families on Ancestry, FamilySearch and MyHeritage, downloaded record images to my digital file folders, and added research notes, events and sources to RootsMagic profiles. My RootsMagic family tree now has 74,021 profiles (up 16 from last week) and 147,345 source citations (up 10). Added more short biographical sketches to ancestors and edited historical place names for a number of families.
13) Real life events: Visited Linda several days at her memory care facility and we played Uno. Went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Attended the Rohr engineers lunch on Thursday. Brother-in-law Paul and wife Deb came to visit Linda on Saturday and took me out to dinner at Red Lobster. I'm still reading Killing Floor by Lee Child. My SDSU Aztecs were 1-1 in basketball, so now 11-5.
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