This year was a bit different as we've been 'helping' out my husband's family deal with some issues. This affected my genealogy research along with looking for employment. Anyhow, I was able to feed my genealogy bug over 3 1/2 days while we had a huge break. However, starting tomorrow, the bug has to be put back on its leash.
Anyhow, before that happens, I figure to look back at 2016 and to the research I've done and see how I've gone this year.
Remember to Accentuate the Positive - which is hard for me to do this year. Its been a hard year for me.
1. An elusive ancestor I found was - the group of Gauquie's from Minnesota. I knew they were there a few years ago, but it wasn't until recently I could put them together with some meaning.
2. A precious family photo I found was - A picture of my great grandparent's Annie and Jules Gauquie's wedding certificate. I've been looking for years for it.
3. An ancestor's grave I found was... well this is a different way of 'finding' it. I've been looking for my grandmother's grave for YEARS. This past weekend I was told someone within the family had visited her grave in the past year or so. I was starting to doubt it existed, but now I know it does. *happy dance*
4. An important vital record I found was again my great grandparent's Annie and Jules Gauquie's wedding certificate.
5. A newly found family member shared there was a rift between the groups in Minnesota which I didn't know about at all.
6. A geneasurprise I received was finding out one of the Gauquie relatives was actually reading my Facebook group posts and I could say hello. :)
7. My 2016 blog post that I was particularly proud of was - not much as I haven't been writing as I have been due to the helping out of hubby's family.
8. A social media tool I enjoyed using for genealogy was probably Facebook. Its nice and easy for keeping in contact with those relatives. A few other relatives and I have tried to use Skype but didn't work so good.
9. I taught a friend what the WWII registration draft cards were for and why they were used.
10. A great repository/archive/library I visited was Victorian State Library for hubby's research on his family and Ned Kelly. I loved some of the things I saw in the huge display they had. Too bad our nephew was with us and started to have a meltdown in the middle of it. *fun*
11. It was exciting to finally "meet" a distant Gauquie relative named Paul. Also, my adopted grandfather Gardner (Grandpa Charlie) and finally met and friended his granddaughter.
12. Another positive I would like to share is ... to never give up, ask questions and share! Because of his my cousins and I are slowly putting what happened to my maternal grandparents, and in turn our own parents, life stories together.
Thanks Jo Ann. It looks to me as if yu did make some good progress last year. I hope 2017 brings more opportunities for geneabusiness.
ReplyDeleteHi Jill.
DeleteIt doesn't feel like I've made that much progress this year. We've been too consumed with our nephew who is staying with us as he's a handful.
I hope 2017 gives you much as well :)
Cheers
Jo Ann
It sounds as though your newly-found family members played an important role in your successes in 2016. I've had distant relatives contact me because of my Web site, but until yesterday none had found me via my genealogy blogs. That's something for next year's list of positives! I hope 2017 is kind to you, Jo Ann.
DeleteHi Judy
ReplyDeleteYes, my new found family has given me much success and I have given them even more family members and information on our ancestors than they could have ever had hoped for. Its great when everyone works together :)
I hope your 2017 gives you the relatives contact you desire via your blogs. All I can say is to keep trying the blog and you never know where and when you'll be contacted. :) All the best for 2017 Judy.