It's been a long time since I posted, but I figured since this website is on my business cards that I should.

I've been working on my websites consistently, as well as scanning microfilm a lot at the Freedman Center I scanned all of the Green River Republican prior to 1923, and I'm working on a roll of Death Certificates for the KY Vital Records project, and should finish it today to mail back to the library that loaned it. I have on loan microfilm of really old newspapers from Owensboro to scan and post as well, so my time is well claimed.

I'm also planning my summer genealogy trip and hopefully getting credit for it (History 397: Independent Study).

Mono and bicycles

Well, the last few months were unproductive and slow, because I had mono. I've been home on break for a month and am returning to school tomorrow morning.
I realized that for this summer's genealogical trip I won't be able to get a car. So I decided...to do it on a bike!! Time to get myself into shape, and get a new means of transportation at the same time. My father and grandfather used to be avid bikers, so I have a general sense of what's going on. I also joined a mailing list for "bike tourists" as they call those that go on extended tours by bike. My next step is to buy a bike, I've been riding my fathers while in Maryland, but it's time to hit the road and get back to cleveland tomorrow morning.

As for productivity, over break I got caught up on my Frederick County pages. I both got the VAGenweb site up to date with submissions, and created the TOC index for Frederick County. I also got through the TOC for Northumberland, and halfway through Rockbridge County.
I made the new Lancaster VAGenweb page but I've yet to upload it.

I scanned a large portion (600) of my grandmother's photos as a private project for her. Those extremely old photos that were in the lot may get posted on one of the Butler County websites, probably the MyFamily.com site as well as the KYGenweb, after I talk to her and see which I can put up.

I visited a cemetery in Fauquier County VA where there are many Embrys to this day. That's a project for the second set of Embry books. My first set will be descendants of Grancer. Email me at EmbryProject@gmail.com for pricing and ordering information-- they will be out by October 2007.

I went to the Maryland State archives yesterday, copied the marriage license listing of Lloyd Gary and Anne Jarvis, 1792. Also got the will of Gideon Gary (1783) and the will of his daughter Mary (1806). Email me if you are interested, I haven't put them online yet.

And now I should go sleep, because I have to get up at 6am for my flight and it's 10:30pm here.

School..

School's been getting the better of me, I've been staying on top of things the best that I can but I have not had time to work into my backlogs at all. Today I got into working on the Virginia Archives pages... I have finished 14/27 pages for that-- just a little over halfway... I got a lot of good headway today though so I hope next time I get a block of time I will finish them.

I've been thinking about other pages, and working on the surname lists for the counties missing them.

All moved in and all is good.

I am completely settled in, have started schoolwork.

I finished TOCs for Lee and Loudoun (I'm uploading Loudoun soon) in VA.

I did a lot of image editing for the KYVitalRecordsProject Sunday night, or else I'd be more ahead. I'm still looking at my goal of getting rid of all of my backlogs by the end of the week. Classes start the 28th and if I get my pages to where they just need updating rather than originial forming, Classes shouldn't keep me from staying on top of all of this.

Moving time

Last night Sharon, the state coordinator for the VA Archives and I worked on the search pages. We got the second search line working and discovered that the first line never really worked anyways so I removed it from my TOCs.

I finished my TOCs for all my counties in VA alphabetically up through Lancaster County although I skipped Frederick because I have more to upload for it and I'm coming back to it.

And now my computer is actually getting unplugged for the move so I can't get more done today.

Friday before Move

Everything is gone in my room now, except my computer. I'm still working though. I added some Obituaries in King George County, VA, did a bunch of little things, and finished a few Tables of Contents for the VA Archives page.

Unfortunately I found out none of the search bars work on my Archives pages. I have to get that fixed a s a p but there is that little problem that I'm moving and really need to get moving on the moving...

I'm feeling really accomplished though. I'm getting all the websites to an easily managed level and off the mountain of work to do stage.

Moving

It's extremely hectic to go through the moving process, all the packing and all of the sorting and getting my whole life into a honda civic.

However, even with moving day at about 50 hours away, I'm getting more and more done with the websites. I got more done with the IA Archives today because I had been confused about how to handle cemeteries officially and also went and double checked Polk County, because I used to have a County Coordinator for the one county (now I have none) and I wanted to double check that everything was in good shape that nothing got overlooked between me and my former CC thinking that the either was doing something.

I posted a new announcement to Daviess County: http://rootsweb.com/~kydavies
about the Cemetery Preservation Board being founded. I'd like to help with it myself but I don't have the resources.

I adopted more counties in Virginia on the VAGenweb. I'm going to go edit my initial post that lists my projects so all the links are there. I adopted some counties I'm really looking forward to working on-- and I have 2 co-CCs! I'm really excited. I've never cohosted a county before but I think it's going to be a blast. I spent quite a while last night talking to my cohost for Northumberland and Lancaster. I haven't talked to my cohost for Henrico yet, although I want to.

I'm going to finish my backlog before working on my new counties. That will give me the drive to really finish everything on my list by next week. I'm excited about the move to Cleveland :hint: Sunday I will be insanely busy, what with the 7 hour drive and moving in and all.