Leaves on the Tree

Inspired by Linda Stufflebean's post about hitting her genealogy goals in 2025 , I thought I'd recap mine as well. How did I do?  Here's what I had planned back in January in my post "Hitting the Target in 2025 ," and if I achieved my goals. Attend the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and participate in the 14-Day Research Like a Pro 14-Day Challenge Accomplished both!  I really enjoyed Gena Philibert Ortega's SLIG course "Advanced Techniques: Material Culture Research Techniques for Genealogy" in January. What a wide-ranging group of lecturers were part of this course! It was a feast. It also inspired me to take an in-depth look at one piece of material culture that I own: my grandmother's Slovak catechism booklet. I wrote about that in several blog posts beginning with "Katechismus: Finding Meaning in Grandma's Artifact." For the Research Like a Pro 14-day Challenge, I had fun attempting to track down a marriage record for my...