Master List of Genealogy To-Dos

For 2012, I had a list of 12 things I wanted to accomplish.  I think I did a great job:

1.    Finish rough draft of Dukes of Mixager.  DONE

2.    Edit Dukes of Mixager.  DONE

3.    Publish Dukes of Mixager.  DONE

4.    Finish rough draft of Chicken Wings and Peas.  DONE

5.    Edit Chicken Wings and Peas.  Adding footnotes and final edit.

6.    Publish Chicken Wings and Peas.  Pending footnotes and final edit.

7.    Put together a photo book of William Mason Conner.  I incorporated this into the Dukes of Mixager.  Done.

8.    Order death certificates from Iowa.  Done.

9.    Order Civil War pension file and service records for Miles Price.  Done.

10.  Write up John Shelton and do research on Shelton line.  Move to 2013. 

11.  Write at least one post per week on genealogy blog and family blog.  Getting better

12.  Do not get sidetracked by other projects.  Working on it.

For 2013, I looked at the master list of to-do’s that I just keep adding to.  I thought I would share my current list of Genealogy Things I Want to Do Someday and then my 2013 list of things I want to do:

TRIPS

Lucas County, Iowa where my Conner and Price families lived

Capa, South Dakota where my grandfather lived.  Preferably WITH my grandfather.

Haakon County, South Dakota where my 2^nd great grandfather had a homestead

Sacramento- 2nd great grandparent's house

Sacramento- Roots Cellar Library

Massachusetts- New England Historic Genealogical Society

Massachusetts- Plymouth again

Indiana- Allen County Public Library again

San Francisco- Sutro Library

Salt Lake City- Family History Library

Motor home the Civil War route that Miles’ took

Carluke, Scotland

Go on a genealogy cruise

WRITING

Write a book about my dad

Write a book about Miles Price

Write a book about the Mariani family

Complete a genealogy scrapbook

Enter footnotes to Duke’s book
Write a 5-generation book of the kids' ancestors
Write my personal family history book
Picture book of Christmas decorations 
Revisit blog posts and update to provide source info

CONFERENCES

Roots Tech

FGS conference

NGS conference

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Find out more about Miles Price’s parents

Take classes at National Institute for Genealogical Studies

Learn to do presentations

Learn Photoshop

Learn inDesign
Learn how to do a for-family podcast
Update my website with all new features 
Map and pin where ancestors were from and lived

ITEMS TO DO IN 2013:

TRIPS

Sacramento- 2nd great grandparent's house, Root Cellar Library (schedule for a Sacramento weekend)

San Francisco- Sutro Library (field trip with 4-H family history class maybe)

WRITING

Write a book about the Mariani family (currently in progress)

Write a book about Miles Price (currently in progress)

Write a book about my dad (currently in progress)

Write up Shelton line

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Take classes at National Institute for Genealogical Studies (currently in progress)

Learn to do presentations (currently in progress - just joined TOASTMASTERS and am giving mini-presentations in the L-AGS groups I do)