{"id":6224,"date":"2016-04-01T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2016-04-01T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:25:00","slug":"april-genealogy-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/april-genealogy-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"April Genealogy To-Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, March neither came in like a lion nor left <a href=\"http:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lions-moving_thumb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5790\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5790\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lions-moving_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"lions-moving_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lions-moving_thumb.jpg 244w, https:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lions-moving_thumb-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a>like one, but I do like these lions so here\u2019s a picture of lions on the move as April moves in.<\/p>\n<p>March saw me plugging away at cleaning up one of my surname computer folders.\u00a0 I am always surprised at how much time and work it takes.\u00a0 If only I kept them in organized shape in the first place!\u00a0 Anyway, I am working on the Salt folder.\u00a0 I have renamed everything that hadn\u2019t been already filed in a sub-folder, and now am working on each sub-folder (Births, Marriages, etc.) to be sure files are consistently named.\u00a0 Since I have a project that involves the Salt family line, I am going to follow through and get each folder and file organized or renamed and then the information attached to the RootsMagic database in the appropriate way.\u00a0 Obviously the way I should be working all along, and <strong>not<\/strong> the way I work at all.\u00a0 This is why I have so many files that duplicate others (can you say re-invent the wheel?) and that have information or evidence about people that isn\u2019t included in my datebase, so that when I look at my tree I don&#8217;t know I have evidence to support an event.\u00a0 Bad Pat!<\/p>\n<p>I have also made a good start on the next new family tree \u2013 there is a family wedding coming up in October and I thought I\u2019d get a good head start and hopefully not be driving myself crazy at the last moment.\u00a0 Both families are local to me, so I hope that will make it easier too.\u00a0 And it appears that in each there is at least one genealogist already, so that is fortuitous.\u00a0 Any suggestions about how to turn this new tree into a suitable-for-hanging graphic will be gratefully received.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I just barely got started on transcribing my William Boorman will, so that is a big goal for April.\u00a0 This will be another 25 minute a day challenge I think.\u00a0 The handwriting is not all that easy to read and the file is a little fuzzy.\u00a0\u00a0 So challenge it is!\u00a0 Update next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, March neither came in like a lion nor left like one, but I do like these lions so here\u2019s a picture of lions on the move as April moves in. 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