February 2010 archive

Roger Gives Sage Advice

The library of Michigan is again severely threatened, again. Or perhaps it is “still threatened”. I am sad and upset about the assault on this fine facility, and it’s collection. You can a statement from the Michigan Genealogical Council on their site. Since MGC is soliciting ideas, please feel free to send suggestions to they …

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Final Accounting GeneaBloggers 2010 Winter Games

1  – Go Back and Cite Your Sources!  My award: Platinum Complete.  This requirement fit in nicely with my current push to reformat my citations recommendation by Mills, in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. I reformatted 59 of those sources February 17-18.  The drudgery will continue, I have a lot left to do …

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Geneablogger 2010 Winter Games

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 …

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Progress Report Number 5, GeneaBloggers 2010 Winter Games

1  – Complete.  This requirement fit in nicely with my current push to reformat my citations recommendation by Mills, in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. I reformatted 59 of those sources February 17-18.  The drudgery will continue! Category 1 – Platinum ______________________________________________________ 2A – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2B – Hoping for clarification, help me …

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GeneaGlogger’s 2010 Winter Games, Task 4B

This task asks that I create a timeline using a free application; I used the suggest application, Timetoast. This subject of this timeline is my dead-end great-grandfather, Charles Yuen/Ewen/Ewens/Yournd/Yearnd, about whom I have previously written. The genealogy program I use, RootsMagic, displays a wonderful timeline in the individual’s view, but I tried this anyway. To …

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Some Wexford County Obituaries

As part of the 2010 Geneablogger Winter Games, I have been organizing my files, renaming some, adding tags and so on. While doing that I came across some information which may help some of you! I posted these on the Wexford, Michigan RootsWeb e-mail list years ago. I think adding it here might reach some …

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Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games — Progress!

Over the past couple of days, I have been doing the factory work of genealogy. Since I committed to do a lot of that in my resolutions earlier this year, it is about time I got to it! A few years ago, I went through my shelves, and read through every notebook filled with copies, …

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Progress Report Number Four, 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games

Task 1  – Complete.  This requirement fit in nicely with my current push to reformat my citations recommendation by Mills, in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. I reformatted 59 of those sources February 17-18.  The drudgery will continue! Category 1 – Platinum ______________________________________________________ 2A – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2B – Hoping for clarification, help …

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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words, Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games Task 2 In Five Parts

Task A, security plan for hard copies and photos: All my collected data relating to my research is scanned, and available in digital format on my “main” computer. My scanned data is in notebooks on shelves, and is not in water proof containers. My irreplaceable original hard copies are stored in our safety deposit box …

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Progress Report #3, 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games

Task 1 2A – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2B – Hoping for clarification, help me out, read and comment here: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2C – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2D – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 2E – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 4A – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6 4B 4C 4D 4E – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12 5A 5B 5C – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12 , …

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