Update

Sorry I've disappeared for a couple of weeks, I was under the weather for about a week and didn't even look at anything related to genealogy. But I did manage to accomplish a few things aside from that, though once again not related to my do-over. I expect the do-over work to resume again next week.

The most important thing I've done since my last post is I had the first consultation for my course. I've previously mentioned that I'm taking the final course for my Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies, so that has to take priority over anything else, at least in terms of genealogy. The consultation went well, and I expect to resume course work again this weekend.

I've also recently joined several genealogy-related facebook groups for different locations in my family history, and as a result I've been making contacts with a lot of new people. Correspondence with new contacts was actually very time consuming, taking almost all of my time over a few different evenings! One person in particular was extremely helpful for some Northern Ireland research, even locating a marriage entry for my 3rd great-grandparents. This entry provided the marriage date, as well as the specific church, which is quite helpful! Thank you very much, Shirley!

As I previously mentioned, one of my dna matches is an adoptee. I'm pleased to say that she has discovered the identities of both of her birth parents, so we were in touch a fair bit about that. Another dna match is the daughter of an adoptee, and I think we finally managed to narrow things down quite a bit. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we find something more definite!

So as you can see, that's a fair amount of corresponding between various contacts! I've recently also downloaded Genome Mate Pro to try to keep track of my various contacts, but so far I'm in the learning stages. If I can't figure it out by the end of the month, I'll just do up a spreadsheet to keep track.

As a result of looking things up for new dna matches, I got dozens of new hints on Ancestry. This led me to a few new family members, and several new documents, including passports with photos! That also took an entire evening to go through, though it was absolutely worth it.

My goal for the next week or so is to resume my coursework, as well as my do-over. Hopefully I can update you on both of those next time!

Go dtí an chéad uair eile.