The first 52 Ancestors prompt for 2020 is Fresh Start. The themes are meant to be open to interpretation :-) Perhaps you have an ancestor who had to make a fresh start after a loss or setback. Maybe you had to make a fresh start on researching a particular ancestor.
I'm going to use this prompt to make a fresh start on my genealogy goals for 2020. Every once in awhile, I refer back to a post about my 2x great-grandparents and my research progress for each line. A lot of those goals still apply and I plan on doing a more detailed update of my progress for each line as I review my research.
Here are my initial 2020 goals. I hope to apply these to each of my lines shown below.
- Review my digital files and identify information I haven't posted yet.
- Update my surname posts for each line with any new information.
- Identify areas to concentrate my research on for 2020.
- Continue with the 52 Ancestor prompts.
- Use Family Tree Magazine's 2020 Genealogy Research Plan as a guide to setting additional goals. There are some great ideas here!
The graphics below show my great-grandparents and 2x great-grandparents.
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| Great-grandparents for my Councill and Sparks families - Maryland |
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| Great-grandparents for my Willis and Chilcutt families - Maryland, Delaware |
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| Great-grandparents for my Pulskamp and Gast families - Ohio, Germany |
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| Great-grandparents for my Creeden and Niehaus families - Ohio, Ireland, Germany |
#52Ancestors is a series of weekly family history prompts developed by Amy Johnson Crow.
This post is a great way to kick off your 52 ancestors challenge. Thanks for the link to Family Tree Magazines Research Plan. I’ve saved it as I’m sure it will be helpful.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Jennifer! The Family Tree Magazine Research Plan definitely has some good ideas in it.
DeleteA great list of 2020 goals Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jana!
DeleteI enjoyed reading your aims for 2020. Mine are a bit similar against the background of the “52 Ancestors” prompts. I aim to develop, research and write about the family lines that have received little attention on my blog over my 9 years of blogging.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for 2020, Kathryn! An Elroy Johns Covey (b Ontario; d Michigan 1906) married into my family - just in case there's a connection there. And did you know there's a new COVEY mailing list (to replace the Rootsweb one)? I just joined. https://groups.io/g/COVEY
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane! I didn't know about the COVEY list, so will go ahead and sign up.
DeleteCongrats and best of luck on your Fresh Start! I am doing the same: focusing on researching and writing about my immigrant maternal ancestors.
ReplyDeleteThanks and good luck to you too!
DeleteThere's something about announcing a plan that enhances accountability. (You'll see I didn't announce a 2020 plan, LOL.) What a great start into 2020.
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura! :)
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