It's the beginning of the year, so it's time to think about what we want to accomplish with our genealogy, thanks to prodding from Randy Seaver for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.
Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.
1. What are your genealogy goals for 2025? Consider genealogy research, education, organizing, service, writing, and whatever else you care to share.
2. Tell us about your goals in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.
My list is never as long as Randy's, but I'm not retired yet. Most of my goals are the same as or similar to the ones from last year.
• Maintain regular posts on my blog. I did a lot better in 2024 than the previous two years, so I'm hoping I have a rhythm again. I have several ideas for posts already scheduled in my calendar.
• Finish going through the scans of the photo bonanza I received from my sister. I probably made it halfway through last year.
• Work on finding a way to do more research on the man who probably isn't the son my aunt surrendered for adoption in 1945. Even though I no longer think the mystery man is my missing cousin, he does resemble a known family member, so I want to determine if there is a connection.
• Get back to researching my unidentified biological great-grandfather. Find more information on Bert Mundy, particularly a photograph, so I can either rule him out or keep him as a contender.
• Work on new genealogy presentations. I have some ideas I've been batting around for a while that I need to finish.
• Continue my volunteer work with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon, San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, and Genealogical Forum of Oregon African American Special Interest Group.
• Continue researching my own family. I need to devote more in-depth research time to that and follow up on the many clues and document trails that I've discovered during the past few years.
• Determine a systematic way to go through my family tree databases and look for errors, omissions, and items that need to be updated.
• Continue to encourage my brother to start doing the number crunching that's necessary to really do good DNA analysis. In particular, I'm hoping that work might help us discover who our mystery great-grandfather is (see above).
• Continue my genealogy education through Webinars. Maybe try to go to an actual in-person genealogy event this year.
• If I really get caught up on other things, return to going through the documents relating to Emma Schafer and the constellation of people around her. I used the documents as my Treasure Chest Thursday posts. I began the series on July 20, 2015. My last post was August 25, 2017, just before I moved to Portland. Whenever I do get back to these I'll probably have to read through the entire chronology to refresh my memory adequately.
That's eleven items. I think that's enough to keep me busy for the year.
Maybe you can add finding out who I can contact about that unpublished memoir I found!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, that needs to go on the list!
DeleteLots of great goals for 2025. Wishing you best of luck in your genealogy research this year!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marian! Support never hurts!
DeleteWow! That is a huge list - only one short of Randy's. Hope you make lots of progress on them, particularly on your mystery great grandfather.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but my eleventh item is a maybe, so it's really ten items. Thank you for the support. I really want to figure out that great-grandfather.
DeleteGreat list. Why don't you come to RootsTech? It's the closest to you and I'll be there. Plus there is an advance track this year.
ReplyDeleteAn advanced track certainly makes it sound more attractive than previously. I'll have to take another look at the sessions being offered. Thanks for the information!
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