OK. This is already getting out of hand. And it hasn't even started yet!!
Once again I bit off more than I could chew. The stars in my eyes and hope in my heart were bigger than the reality of time.
Darned time. I shake my fist at you!
After sitting and evaluating my game plan on Sunday afternoon, I came to the realization that my grand plan was not coming to fruition. In the manner I had imagined it anyway. Good thing I keep a stack of paper bags close at hand when dyspnea and a sense of anguish take over. Genealogy, after all, is not for the faint of heart!
I have learned to keep this handy little helper open on my desktop while I attempt the genealogy. It has aided greatly in lessening the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
But I digress.
I had put forth the proposition to thoroughly research one ancestor each day for 30 minutes. Only. Then move on to another ancestor the following day, thereby researching 30 ancestors in 30 days.
Bwhahaha!
Apparently I had gone temporarily mad.
(And, no, it was not Wine O'Clock, if you must know)
Here's my new plan.
Each day of the challenge I will sit with ONE ancestor for 30 minutes and thoroughly evaluate what I still need to acquire, source, document, prove/disprove, etc. I will look at the following:
Birth Date
Birth PlaceMarriage Date
Marriage Place
Death Date
Death Place
Burial Date
Burial Place
Lifetime Residences
Occupation
Religion
Military Service
Hobbies
Photographs
Anything I am missing I will note, and move on.
I will not attempt to research. I will only observe. In this manner I should have a comprehensive list of areas that require research when I do have the time to sit down and dive in.
Now this, this is doable.
Let the challenge begin!