Resolutions 2021 - Update

 

Härkeberga kyrka during the spring, a 14-15th century Swedish church. 

Photograph by Kevin Cho, taken in Uppsala, Sweden, May 14, 2015. CC BY SA 4.0 license.

Activities

Since 1 January I have been tweeting Swedish words and terms useful for genealogy. This was The Simple Living Genealogist's idea - it's a #GenealogyAlphabetGame. We are up to P now. But since I'm looking at Swedish genealogy, I'll be tweeting a little longer than most there. English has only 26 alphabet letters; Swedish has 29!

Doing this has given me a few new ideas for future talks and projects. For example, it's been illuminating to see how the meaning of some words that look simple in the genealogy glossaries has changed over time. I've read quite a few articles relating to this, and dipped into even more old dictionaries. Always fun. 

Reading, of course.

And this year again, I'm on My Book Pledge keeping track of books I read - 20 so far for 2021. My favourite books last year were The Saxon Stories series (in order) by Bernard Cornwell. I have the last two to read right beside me. I do read a lot of mysteries, including as many genealogy related ones as I can find, but really almost every one has something genealogical or research related. On Twitter, watch for me during Bout of Books (next: May 10-16) or Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon (April 24) or monthly at #GenChat. 

Webinars Galore - it's wonderful to see how much is being offered on-line right now, much of it free. 

Be sure to sign up for RootsTech Connect - February 25-27, 2021. This year it's all on-line and all free. https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng 

And check at least these two websites for many more regional and local events. Stretch your genealogy wings and sign up for one or two that are not your usual choices. 

Conference Keeper - https://conferencekeeper.org/ 

GeneaWebinars - http://blog.geneawebinars.com/p/calendar.html 

Not every event is on these websites, so if there is a topic you are especially interested in, keep an eye out on social media, if you can, or sign up for newsletters from your favourite libraries or archives or genealogy groups. 

Perhaps set up a free Google Alert for yourself like -- Sweden Swedish genealogy event. (If I were able to speak Swedish, I'd add an alert written in Swedish too.) https://www.google.ca/alerts

For example, here's an upcoming free event from the National Archives of the United Kingdom (TNA), 

"Top Level Tips: Discovering your Family History" with  Audrey Collins, who is a great presenter and a Family History Records Specialist at TNA.   

Sat, 23 Jan 2021, 02:00 PST. Register here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/top-level-tips-discovering-your-family-history-tickets-131446336531?aff=twitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Orlo

And be sure to check your local libraries and museums too. Many have 'gone virtual' with events. 

Stay safe! Enjoy 2021!