The calendar page has turned and it is a new year! Many of
my fellow GeneaBloggers have posted about how they did on their goals for 2011.
I didn’t have a published list of goals for 2011. But I’d like to look back and share my
assessment of what I did in 2011.
Research
- Personal family history research, particularly on my Martindale, Snider, and Cary lines
- Client research online and in the Los Angeles County court archives and county clerk’s office (including probate, deed and vital records research as well as an heir search)
- Completed and submitted DAR application
Writing
- Personal family history blog: Denise’s Life in the Past Lane
- Two new blogs: Reflecting on Genealogy and The SoCal Genie
- Southern California Genealogical Society’s Writers Group
- SCGS Family History Writer’s Conference
- Submitted an entry in the SCGS Family History Writing Contest
Speaking
- Corona Genealogical Society
- San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society
- Sun City Palm Desert Genealogical Society
Education
- Numerous webinars on various genealogical topics
- Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy – Professional Paths in Genealogy
- National Genealogical Society Conference - Charleston, South Carolina
- Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree
- ProGen 12
- US-REC Study Group
- NGS Home Study Course
Giving Back
- Newsletter editor for the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
- Member of the SCGS Jamboree Committee
- Find-A-Grave contributor
- Registration chair for the 2012 APG Professional Management Conference
There are so many other things that I wanted to do that didn’t
get done! But today is a new year, and I’ll be setting and posting my 2012 goals
in the next day or so!
© 2012 Denise Spurlock, Ancestral Trees Research
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