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Maintenance Essentials for Genealogy

I've had maintenance on the mind this summer. So many friends and family are dealing with problems that are largely a result of lack of maintenance. It's made me think how easy it is to lose all our gains, simply because we don't do the day-to-day and month-to-month maintenance projects.

Why am I doing massive fence repairs in July? How'd we regain all this weight?How did the sewer line break?

It goes on and on. So while I work on projects and have to set aside my family history, I'm assessing what are the maintenance essentials for genealogy in my home.

We made some incredible family history gains last year, digitizing everything (photos, papers, cassette tapes) for my side of the family and we're close to finishing this for Mike's side of the family. I can't afford to lose these gains. Here are some ideas for projects we need to either start, finish, or maintain.

Some Family History Maintenance Ideas

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#genchat – Genealogy on Twitter

Most genealogists, hobbyists or professionals, use Facebook genealogy groups to connect but don't overlook that your tribe also hangs out on Twitter. Jen Baldwin, @ancestryjourney, Data Acquisition Manager for the US at FindMyPast.com, is the founder and host of #genchat. #Genchat is a genealogy chat session on Twitter held every other Friday at 8 pm MST. Follow them on Twitter at @_genchat and visit the genchat website for more background on this chat group and a 2017 calendar of topics. The best thing about #genchat is you don't have to be a pro to join the conversation. I'm a total hobbyist and I always learn something. You can jump in and out of the conversation as your personal schedule allows or just lurk by following the hashtag. My favorite ways to participate are either on Tweetdeck, by adding a search window for the hashtag #genchat or on tchat.io by following the hashtag #genchat. On both sites, you'll login with your Twitter account, allowing the app the abili…

Family History in 15 minutes a day

Summertime, and the livin' is easy . . . for the kids, lol. School's out and for us it's all about keeping the kids busy, happy, and creating great memories. This doesn't leave a lot of time for "genealogy." It's not going to be the summer of starting projects that turn into all day genealogy binges; I've counted the Saturdays till my oldest is gone, and it's too few; this summer I have a new challenge: a 15 minute limit. What can actually be accomplished in 15 minutes? Here are a few of my 15 minutes a day accomplishments: Read the MyHeritage blog about their recently released Sun Charts-needless to say I want one. Made a Sun Chart for my side of the family. (MyHeritage generates these automatically, but I gazed adoringly for at least 10 minutes.) Inspired by Sun Charts, I called a sister-in-law and got the birth information for all her children and added them into my MyHeritage tree. Called a second sister-in-law and got the missing birth information for a…