Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2015, so I thought I’d take a look at the progress I’d made on my goals for the quarter. Since I try to research one family line per quarter, the end of the quarter is significant. Tomorrow, it’ll be time for me to turn my attention from my Adams ancestors (my father’s father’s family) and start researching my Brown ancestors (my mother’s father’s family), according to the schedule I set.
At the end of December, I put together a nifty table with eight different potential accomplishments for each line. My goal was to check off four per quarter. It was a pretty great idea, if I say so myself. But it fell by the wayside for a simple reason: I completely forgot about it.
I just discovered the goal table on my hard drive a week or so ago. While I did not focus on those goals in the first quarter, I did manage to put Xs in a few squares.
So, as I look to the second quarter, I have printed out the table and put it on my bulletin board where I put other things that inspire me. (Like my written goals for this blog.)
Writing goals is an important first step. But I dare say that remembering them is just as important!
Janine
We are really stuck at Henry S Garlock. We know grandfather but not which son is father.
Please check on line tree before research, I have added much. Jerry
Fantastic, Jerry, thanks. I appreciate your mentioning that you’ve added a lot to the Brown tree just before I turn my attention to the Browns! I hope/wish I can help with the Garlock research brick wall.
Thanks Janine for such a great idea. I need to focus more on one line at at a time. I tend to jump around and don’t feel that I get as much accomplished. I’m also printing out your goals and will adapt it to my research! Thanks for sharing!
I hope you find it helpful, Vickie! You’ll have to let me know.