Genealogy Goals for 2011 December 24th, 2010
I’m making some genealogy goals for 2011. It’ll be fun to come back next Christmas Eve and see how many I stuck to!
Personal Genealogy Files Goals
- I want to finally finish re-organizing my ‘To Be Sorted’ folders on my second hard drive. Right now I have a folder of Mays photos, a folder of Moore photos, a folder of scanned photos and a folder of tombstones to be sorted into my 2010 filing system. (Hopefully it’s my final filing system!)
- I want to have the whole Mays side of my family entered into my website and both FTM and RootsMagic. This is a big feat, since I’m behind on my RootsMagic work and there are a lot of Mays family members.
Online Genealogy Goals
- Order at least 4 microfilm from the Family History Center. I’m hoping for one a quarter. I keep talking myself out of it because I want to get the most bang for my buck, so to speak. Enough of that! Time to get on with it!
Record Ordering Goals
- I want to obtain the marriage certificate for William and Llewellyn. (I have notations of the date in Llewellyn’s records and a newspaper announcement, but I would like a copy of the actual certificate)
- I would like to find the death certificate of Robert J Moore. (Brooklyn has no record of his death in 1925, so my next search would be Caldwell, NJ)
- I have a copy of Llewellyn‘s birth certificate but it might be in New York at my Aunt Diane’s house. I’ll have to ask Uncle Chris about it in July.
- Order death certificates for Lewis and Jennie Thorward.
General Goals
- BE MORE ORGANIZED! I ordered a copy of Elyse Doerflinger‘s Conquering the Paper Monster ebook and I plan to put it to use in the new year! With all that’s been going on in the last few months, I just haven’t had the time to touch my archives. I’m usually very good about starting and finishing big projects, it’s just I need a guideline sometimes.
Website Goals
- Don’t break the site! I’ve had a horrible habit of breaking the genealogy software on my website. Usually because I mess around with it too much. I think I’ve learned enough through trial and horrible errors to successfully keep this goal!
Can’t wait to get busy after the holidays! Merry Christmas Everyone!
2 Responses
Tonia Kendrick Says:
Oh,these are good! I’m still pondering my goals for next year. I like the idea of ordering microfilm on a quarterly basis; that gives you the time to process what you find on the film. While I have broken my website a time or two, I really need a goal not to mess up my database. I’m still cleaning up the mess from my last software conversion (six months ago).
Good luck in 2011!
Kathleen Says:
Oh yes, I’ve messed up the database pretty good before Tonia! It’s been awhile since I’ve done any major errors though, so hopefully it’s good now!
Thanks and good luck to you too!
