During April 2020 the month of this #AtoZChallenge I will be sharing short posts on some of the 2,000+ descendants I have identified of my 3x Great-Grandmother, Elizabeth Phipps.
Elizabeth Phipps 1785-1869 was a convict who was transported from England to New South Wales in 1814 per Wanstead.
Elizabeth Phipps 1785-1869 was a convict who was transported from England to New South Wales in 1814 per Wanstead.
Having participated in the challenge previously I realise that it can be a very difficult challenge that requires quite a deal of preparation. I am devoting the next ten days to to preparation. So what am I doing?
1. I created a template for my posts so that will all have a consistent loo and feel. From this template I have created in Blogger twenty-six draft posts - one for each day of the challenge.
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| Some of my draft posts |
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| My nearly empty spreadsheet needs to be populated! |
3. It is many years since I researched this branch so I have forgotten the names of these cousinsso I have made a list of Elizabeth's descendants from my software program as a memory jogger.
4. As many new records, especially on Trove and in the State BDM Indexes, have become available since I researched this branch I am updating their records in my database.
5. Concurrently with this I am adding any ancestor related article I find in Trove to my Trove List "Descendants of Elizabeth Phipps".
7. I need to update my online family tree prior to the first post so that it reflects my recent research.
4 comments:
Jill a-z certainly does require organisation. But it is a challenge! Sounds to me like you’re on track and ready to go on April 1. Looking forward to your posts
Thanks Jennifer. I'm hoping for some reading recommendations from your posts.
Excellent ideas, thanks so much. It has given me a structure to get started as I was bogged down before reading this and was procrastinating. It's an excellent idea for noticing one during this isolation. Hope you're recovery is going well. Stay safe.
GenieJen - Pleased that I was able to help. Best of luck with your prep.
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