Genealogy Goals for 2012
1. My grandmother's 80th birthday is in July and I would like to create some type of "life to this date" memento for her and her guests.
2. Finally
order the two Sicilian films from the LDS that I have very much procrastinated
on.
3. Research first hand accounts of migration from Virginia to
Kentucky to Missouri. Many of my family lines made this trek, and while I
have no way of knowing what precipitated their moves specifically, perhaps I can
find some explanations in the accounts of other migrants.
4. Determine the
origins of my Tosh, Bodine, Creed and Reece family lines.
5. Begin a
study of occupations of my ancestors.
6. Actually write some posts for my
Civil War Remembered series (and yes, this may mean "backdating." It's my blog
and I can backdate if I want to.)
7. Change my blog layout. I'm
bored.
8. Attempt to track down living relatives in order to locate
photographs, stories, journals or just to share what I have.
Hmm. Well, I attended my grandmother's birthday party. And I did change my blog layout. I did do some specific research on the lines listed and made some dents, but nothing spectacular. But man those goals sure sound great!
So on to 2013.
Genealogy Goals for 2013
- Philip Reymer Kuhn
- Bertha Cutler
- John C. Ozias
- Christine Potterf
- Edward Creed
- Talitha Cockerham
- William H. Reece
- Elizabeth Alexander
- Thomas J. Burnett
- Harriet Potts
- Samuel Landes
- Elizabeth Beard
- William Moulton Butler
- Eliza Johnston
- Charles O. Johnston
- Louann Lightner
- Elijah Happy
- Marcella Reed
- James Madison Thomas
- Lucinda McGonnigil
- John C. Turnage
- Emley Odell
- Henry Clay Hankins
- Ella Caroline Webb
- Marcellus White
- Mary J. Tosh
- George Tate Dudgeon
- Elizabeth Riffe
- Samuel Oscar McGuire
- Frances Wall
- John Joseph Coffman
- Elizabeth Knupp
3. I plan to create a page of WWI resources. I'm fascinated by this war, even though I only had one ancestor participate.
There you have it. Very broad, but I like it that way. It's a true nail biter...will they happen?
12 comments:
I like the idea of focusing on one generation of grandparents.
I'm kinda jealous of people who know all 32 of their 3rd great grandparents! But even if we don't meet our goals, its good to make them, helps to focus us a bit. Although personally I think I'm still working on goals from 2011 lol!
It's great to hear that you are still working on 2011...it makes me feel so much better because I am too!
Thanks, Wendy. Now I have to determine how I'm going to keep track...probably my favorite: spreadsheets!
I look forward to seeing what you find out about your 32 3rd great grandparents. In addition to a spreadsheet to keep track, you may want to come back to this post after you write about each of these ancestors and update it with a link from this post to that ancestor. I did that with the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Heritage Pie Chart that Randy Seaver suggested early on in my blogging career.
Great tip, Elizabeth! I'll definitely do that.
I have decided to not to take my 'resolutions' to heart: too much pressure! But I have posted a list the past couple years, which at least keeps me semi-focused on what I hope to accomplish. Good luck with yours :)
Yes, I think this is more of a list, too!
I think people who set really specific goals are so brave. Good for you, Heather. I think the goal to find an ancestor is so uncertain (for me). Sometimes we can look so diligently and not find him or her. Other times, it's easy. I wish you all success in accomplishing every goal this year, Heather!
Well, they are specific...kind of. I really just intend to search for more information and if I don't find it, I don't! I'm only hoping to provide a little bit of focus so that my genealogy ADD doesn't spin out of control.
Heather, thanks for sharing this! My genealogy research has been on the back burner for a few months now... making a 2013 to do list might be a good way to get back on track. Good luck with yours, look forward to hearing about your progress!
Thanks! I think of them more as "guidelines" that way I don't have any guilt if I don't get them done. Best of luck getting your research back on track!
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