A Little of This and That

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Well, I'm still paddling along with my head above water - barely. So I thought I'd just touch on a few items today to kind of get caught up and hopefully get back into the blogging groove a little more.

• A while back Aillin of Australian Genealogy Journeys gave The Turning of Generations an award for the 21st Century Organized Family Historian series (21COFH). I chose not to pass it on however but just want to say it was much appreciated.
• Speaking of the 21COFH, I'm planning on continuing it at some point in the future. In the meantime however, I'm working to put together a compendium of the series from 2012.
• One thing I'd been meaning to do for some time was join Kiva. I made my first loan a few weeks ago and am excited to be helping a businesswoman in Equador.

Well, that's it for today. Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend if you are in a place that celebrates.

© 2013, copyright Michelle Goodrum

And She Comes Up for Air...

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Are you ever so busy you feel like you are doing the dog paddle trying to stay afloat? That's the way it has been around the Goodrum household the past several months.  In a good sort of way. Since I finally have time to come up for air, I figure it's time for an update before all my wonderful readers leave.

Here's the top six reasons, Letterman style, why blogging here at The Turning of Generations has been sparse:

6. Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in January. Several hundred avid genealogists descended for an entire week on Salt Lake City to learn from some of the top experts. I took Josh Taylor's, "1780-1840 Out of New England....." and came away with some excellent tools for researching in that time period. I may even be on the verge of a major breakthrough in one of my lines.

5. Income Taxes. Ugh. Nuf said....except....are yours done?

4. ProGen. That's the 18 month program where we study the book Professional Genealogy..... compiled by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Several of the assignments over the last several months have been lengthy and time consuming. As our adult kids would say, intense. Every minute has been worth while. More on ProGen in another post.

3. In-Depth Genealogist. What little blogging and writing I have done has been for The In-Depth Genealogist blog and the "Timeless Territories" monthly column for the Going In-Depth online digital magazine. 

2. Continually playing catchup from reason number 1-see below. Laundry, mail, packing, unpacking. UGH.

And the number one reason for not blogging....

Tons of family activities. With 2 college age kids active in a college sport and music, there have been numerous opportunities to see them this year. Finally, with aging parents, there are additional demands and opportunities. I don't want to bore you with TMI, so let's say it's all been great stuff going on.

 

Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'll have more in upcoming posts. Promise!

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© 2013, copyright Michelle Goodrum

Premier Issue of Going In-Depth has Arrived

It's here! The In-Depth Genealogist's beautiful new online magazine, Going In-Depth, is out. The editors have outdone themselves. In this issue are articles by Thomas MacEntee, Gena Philibert-Ortega, yours truly and many more. Check it out.

© 2013, copyright Michelle Goodrum

Party Time - 3rd Blogiversary

Today is the 3rd blogiversary for The Turning of Generations. Thank you to all the well wishers who posted comments earlier today!

It's been a great 3 years of blogging about family history and we've accomplished a lot. I'm particularly pleased with the success of the 21st Century Organized Family Historian. Both from the perspective of the organizing of the Family Archive I have been able to accomplish and the participation of all the Wonderful Readers out there in blog land. We all learn so much from each other!

Little did I know that beginning this blog would lead to an opportunity to write for The In-Depth Genealogist. What a great group of writers and editors we have over there. The team has made some major changes and additions since the first of the year. If you haven't checked it out or subscribed to the newsletter, I encourage you to do so.

I'm still attempting to get caught up from the holidays and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy last week. Rest assured there will be more coming soon.

Thank you for stopping by!

© 2013, copyright Michelle Goodrum

Ho Ho Ho!

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a safe and happy new year to all!

© 2012, copyright Michelle Goodrum

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21COFH - Get Organized for the Holidays

Hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are gearing up for the holiday season.  I suspect there won't be much family history organizing going on for the next month or so (at least not around here). So we are going to take a break for the month of December.

I'll be letting you all know what the 21st Century Organized Family Historian series has in store for 2013 in the next few weeks.

Happy Holidays.


© 2012, copyright Michelle Goodrum