Received an email from Paul Howes, Vice President, Guild of One-Name Studies, as BIFHSGO is looking for a speaker to discuss the Guild and its wonderful possibilities and research content. I must write him back and apologize for not thinking about it! I gave a talk years ago (I have been a member of BIFHSGO since the first meeting actually (not because I was interested in genealogy, at that time I was not, but it is good to have a group that has English heritage (when one refers to English Canadians only a portion of them are actually "English") although I have not attended a meeting since COVID although occasionally online in the more recent past). The opportunity for someone to really get into the especially new features of the Guild and speak on that would be excellent. I gave my last talk in 2016 I think it was and that was it. I said never again I am done. It was interesting doing the lectures as it entails research and planning and re-examining some of the different items that I learned when I took the 42 courses from the National Institute in Genealogical Studies way back in 2004 I started and graduated in English, Canadian and Methodology Studies in 2007 plus all the features available to you as a Member of the Guild of One-Name Studies. I have been a member of the Guild for twenty years now which is amazing for someone with no interest in genealogy until 2004 (although I used to help Edward pull out items that he wanted a summary on as well as photographic copies when we went to various repositories particularly in the United States actually from the early 1970s on but the interest really wasn't there although I thought exciting that he enjoyed it so much). Here's hoping somebody takes it on.
Managed to get through all sibling's matches on Ancestry except for the shared so that remains and will probably take me most of today to complete that but there are a lot of Blake's in there which is good news. Still I am looking for Blake that went to the American Colonies in the 1600s because I know they did go there from the Andover Blake line and where they lived but it is nice to see the match.
Cleaning all accomplished and I spent quite a bit of time watching television in the afternoon. I listed to the King's speech to Congress and it was excellent. He is a marvelous speaker and he really discussed the history of the United States; it is a joined history with England for sure although he didn't mention the presence of the Dutch in what is now Long Island as they were my husband's first ancestors in the American Colonies. But Edward was 30% German and 30% Dutch with his English Dissenters just being a small group but their impact was huge like Roger Williams, Hannah Feake, John Bowne etc etc. There were so many of them but compared to his German/Dutch ancestors in America a small number.
Basement to clean today and then finished the cleaning for the week. If it isn't too wet I might do a little picking up in the gardens since everything is coming up. We will see. I am finding that I can either do the cleaning or the gardening but not really both; it is too exhausting for sure. Edward used to say it was because I was too thorough but how else can you do gardening or cleaning. A funny thought from the past.
Tomorrow will be a research day but will try to do some gardening.
Tea to prepare and then solitaire games and set up the I-Robot to clean the basement rugs.
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