Monday, November 16, 2009

Genealogist's Journal 16 Nov 2009

If November is the month of giving thanks, then it is also the month for questions about family. I have been thinking about how I have been spending much of my time in these last two months of the year, helping others find out more about their families as they visit my gravestone blog or my tree at Ancestry.com. Has anyone else noticed this about November and December?

Since, that seems to be the case for the last two or three years than perhaps I should not try to get any real work accomplished and just wait for questions to appear in my inbox? This weekend I have four such questions and it has taken yesterday afternoon and all of today to try to answer them. One is resolved, one I need to do more research for and one is a family that married into mine and I know nothing much (yet) about them. The last question will have to wait for a bit.

I have been asked to present with my friend Robert Grandchamp, at the January meeting about our collaboration of genealogy and history. I think a "slide show" of my family photos will be what I contribute and then I will let him talk about his book. So much to do!

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