Every so often I decide I need to go back, back eight years to
the beginning of my obsession, and start again. Every so often I make an
attempt; I'll just concentrate on the pedigree, or I'll just look at this line,
and after a couple of days I've been distracted by something shiny somewhere
else and off I run chasing those possible matches in whichever dataset has just
been released.
Then this morning, whilst working
hard you understand, I came across Thomas MacEntee’s blog post: Genealogy
Do-Over. He's setting aside 20 years’ worth of research and starting again
and inviting us, the genealogical community, along for the ride.
Over 13 weeks in 2015 we're going
to progress through a number of different topics. There's a Facebook support group
with over 500 members, and a scheduled list of things to work to. I think this
approach, as well as being educational, will help kick-start 2015 and keep my
genealogical skills sharp.
Head over to www.genealogy-do-over.com
and see what you can learn.
We're all doing it, come do it
with us!
