I am rolling down the the finish on my Winter Games activities. I will have limited time after today to complete more activities, so my summary will probably list my accomplishments through today.
In response to task 4C, I created a memorial page for my father, James Austin Yearnd, Sr., on Footnote. I was pleasantly surprised when it easily converted to an “I Remember” page on Facebook.
I switched to the present for task 3C in organize your research. I found hunted up all the photographs we have taken at the reunion of M-in-L’s family, and organized them in archival quality pages in notebooks, by year. I will take them to next year’s reunion and try to get the names of the unidentified (mostly children) people. A great task to have out of the way, with benefit for everyone.
In response to item 4D, I headed over to the FamilySearch.org Research Helps Page. I selected New York State, an area where I need to do much additional research. In reviewing the New York State Research Outline, I noted a link to the Family History Library Catalog for New York resources. There were also a variety of links and listings of books, internet sites, and other resources. The research outline may contain information about sources I was not familiar with, and I will be consulting these research outlines for each State when I am beginning to research here. There was also a index of indexes and sources for finding references to ancestors, arranged by time period, and pointing to Family History Library microfilm and print resources.
I believe it would be helpful to combine this reference with Cyndi’s List, which points to internet resources; and World Cat, along with your local library catalog. I also look for local and county Historical and Genealogical Societies, in the area I am researching, since they often contribute indexes and publish information.
Last, but not least, I completed Task 5A by revising and re-publishing my “About Granny’s Genealogy” page.
I decided to use the rest of today to continue posting photos on Find-A-Grave, a feel good task that may assist other researchers, now or in the future.
I want to conclude this summary by saying that I am glad I decided to participate in the Games! Even though I have not done every task, I have learned from each one I did complete. There is nothing that makes life more worthwhile than learning!
