A list of genealogy tasks to fill your research days. With summer here in full force, try some of these stay-in-the-air conditioning tasks!
Identify your genealogy goals for the year and make a concrete research plan.
Start a biographical outline for each person you’re researching.
Back up your family tree data and print updated research logs and charts.
Prepare for a research trip to the courthouse. Call or look online to check record holdings, hours, and visitor regulations. List the records you want to find.
Observe Mother's Day by focusing on your maternal lines.
Look for wills and estate papers among court documents. You may find bequests to friends, relatives, or neighbors, as well as names of debtors and outstanding bills.
Observe Father’s Day by focusing on your paternal lines.
Apply the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game to your ancestry. Try to connect yourself to relatives using as few links as possible.
Explore the resources of a public library in a state different from your own.
Ancestral adoptions can stop your research in its tracks. Learn key strategies for success.
It's time to check your data backups! Are you hitting your cloud storage limit? Delete unwanted files before paying for additional space.
Connect with other genealogists in Social Media Groups!
If you missed your favorite genealogical conference, see if you can purchase a syllabus or video recordings.
Pick five online record collections you haven’t searched in a while. Try a new technique, or search for different name variations.
Don't forget to give yourself a little break. Clear your mind from genealogy clutter. Do something completely unrelated to family history today: Get out and go for a walk, ride a bike, or see a movie.
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