Scheduling family history

 

                                                                     Part of my personal book collection

My plan to see where I am with my genealogy by updating my family tree on my new family history software is proceeding very slowly. Because I want to do it the right way from the get go, I'm entering the information from the printed documents that I have for each family member as I get to them and filling in the citations as I go. It is a slow and painstaking task. It might take a long time to complete but I've given myself some incentive. I signed up for the next DNA Skills Course through Diahan Southard's Your DNA Guide website. It starts in March and my aim is to have at least my North American links entered and transferred to my tree on Ancestry so I can use them when trying out techniques learnt in the course.

The painstaking nature of making correct family tree entries isn't the only thing slowing me down. On top of a time consuming reading habit (189 books read to date for 2023 according to my LibraryThing thread), I write (fiction and nonfiction), volunteer for a heritage society, attend genealogy society meetings and research my family and its history. Being pulled in all those different directions makes me feel like burying my head in a book. Wait, I think I've got that one down pat!

Right now I'm particularly stretched for time because I'm trying to get to all the SIWC (Surrey International Writers Conference) recorded sessions that I have access to. I attended the in-person event in October and, because it is now hybrid, attendees have access to some sessions that were recorded but that's only until November 26. Alisson Woods was the presenter for a session entitled "How to Keep Writing When You Get Stuck". The advice she gave to schedule your time was pertinent for more than just writing. We were told to think of three specific ways to schedule our writing. I came up with the following:

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I haven't put my schedule into practice yet but that time is coming soon, probably after November 26, or maybe beginning in December, I still have to rewatch some of the Your DNA Guide study group sessions for October before November is done.