The middle of the month has passed. How is your 30 x 30 challenge going? If you’re participating, please drop a comment and let us know how it’s going! Have you been able to put in 30 minutes a day on your project? If not, that’s okay. I’m curious, though: did you put in more work than you might otherwise have put in if you hadn’t signed on for the challenge?
We still have half a month to go. Even if you’re not in the swing of it yet, it’s not too late to get going. Any effort is better than no effort!
I’m looking forward to reading your updates!
The challenge has kept me on task! Thank you, Janine.
I have made progress in processing documents in my “to do” folder and cleared some duplicate records. Still plenty to do but am moving forward.
Fantastic, Gwen! I’m sure it feels great to make that progress.
I’ve completed a big DAR supplemental project complete with an analysis and proving a new Patriot. Whew! I think I have everything I need. I’ll be having our registrar double check everything next week. The rest of the month will be reorganizing the files for these ancestors. Thanks for hosting this challenge. It kept me moving forward!
So glad the challenge was helpful, Zenda. Congrats on completing your DAR project!
Thanks for this Challenge! Altho I missed three days I easily made up for it in the following days. This is a great way to understand that once I get started it is hard to stop. And I have been able to put most of my scattered documents into their proper category folders. Now I start my 2nd step: finish adding the info from these folders into their place in the timelines. On My Mark …
Have fun, Joan! Great work!
So far I have met the 30 minutes a day. With my new computer, some of time was updating my various genealogy files and going through my binders and reducing the number of binders. For the rest of the month I plan to scan in photos from my wife’s family.
That kind of computer work can be daunting, Jerry. Good for you for getting your 30 minutes a day in!
Well over my commitment. Got downsized (at 69) corporately and have found my self with new found time. Had a glitch with my data server and lost some of my connections to media or exhibits. In slowly dong the reconnect I discovered and corrected a number of errors, mainly of the typo related type. A software/hardware glitch led to a better dataset overall. I noticed most of the errors were on people with small ID numbers. I was a bit sloppy in the beginning.
David, you’re the king of silver linings! I hope you enjoy your newly found downtime. My husband retired at 70 and absolutely loves retirement. I hope you feel the same way.
I’ve been trying to eliminate paper piles in my office.
Hope it’s going well, Angie. Getting rid of paper piles really pays off, in my experience!
Sorting paperwork for my Harvey family which I haven’t looked at in a while. Finding all sorts of beginning genealogy mistakes….scraps of paper, copies of documents with no sources listed, a couple of people I’m not sure are my relatives
Those beginning genealogy mistakes are humbling, aren’t they? But finding and correcting them is a great use of time!
I did well the first week, but had to go down some rabbit holes to help several people who contacted me for help. I’m back on track with this reminder. Thank you.
You’re welcome! Helping other people counts in the challenge, if you ask me!