December Genealogy To-Do

I can’t believe that it is already December!  This year is going so fast!  November passed nicely, with a lovely Thanksgiving family get-together just last week, and a few genealogy tasks accomplished.

For this month I have just a couple of goals.  First, and foremost, I am trying to think of various family-history-related presents I can do for my family presents.  I did manage to get a new (little) family chart done and off to be printed for our newest and youngest  member.  We do stocking presents for everyone else, so I’m trying to think of smallish items.  I have an idea for a bookmark (the old-fashioned physical kind) but haven’t figured out how to do it yet.  Any and all ideas out there will be welcomed.

The other main goal I have is the ongoing one: continuing to organize my digital files by naming them consistently and then, later, making sure they are suitably connected with the person or people in my family tree database that they provide information about.  It seems like it ought to be a simple and not-too-time-consuming task and yet, I’m still plodding away at it.  Too many files (and too many duplicates!) and not enough time or patience.

Happy December to all!