As we face the New Year tomorrow, let’s look ahead and set some goals in our family history research. Whether your goal is to finally find great-grandpa in the 1900 census, to file that stack of papers, label those photographs, or master a new skill–make a list of things you’d like to accomplish this year. Then take each item and plan to make it happen. Set aside a certain amount of time each day to browse through the census for great-grandpa, even if it’s just ten minutes over that morning cup of coffee. Keep track of where you left off for the next day. File or label photos for fifteen minutes a day. Investigate classes or publications that can help you further your research and grow your skills. Let’s make this a great year for your family history!
When accessing this page I get a really annoying BEEP-BEEP-BEEP sound in the background why? how do I get rid of it?
This is an idea (plea?) for content, either in one of the print mediums or online: With all of the magazines and television shows devoted to re-designing space for more effective and pleasant use, I have never seen an article or segment devoted to “designing your dream genealogy workspace.” I have the chance to do that — a nice, large room with a big “closet” in which I already store all my books, files and boxes of “stuff.” I know I’d like to put some big maps on the walls. I think I’d like to have some magnetic or “French memo” boards — on a lot of the forensic shows on TV, they do that for their clues to keep them “top of mind” and help find connections — and I think that’s a great idea for lines that I am “tracking” . Obviously, a computer workstation, some bookshelves, a place with good light to spread things out and work with magnifying glass, and a comfortable place to sit and think and maybe read a book or two. But what am I leaving out? How should it all be organized in this big, L-shaped room (that probably has the best view in the house)? I wouldn’t mind seeing a monthly space devoted to the workspaces some of the pros have created… maybe someone needs to go into the “genealogy organizing and design” business ala “Clean Sweep”!