I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should
I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you
take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I
was thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never
gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
Research trip
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Hugh Watkins
Re: Research trip
Daphne Eze wrote:
I update all my online trees
today I went into my google mail box on a public computer at
Copenhagen City hall archives to check a copy of a newspaper article I
had been sent from USA
I also look at my trees
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hughw36
one of four on http://wc.rootsweb.com/
which is more clear than most family tree programs if you want to get a
broad view
if I cannot remember a date or a detail
when working electronically in a library I save my notes as draft emails
in google mail for home refeeence
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... e&recno=23
is the name I am working with today
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... ane&id=I01
I am going to update the time line
and post it in http://karl-dane.blogspot.com/ later on
just now writng up todays discoveries
good hunting
Hugh W
--
new computer = new blog
http://mac-on-intel.blogspot.com/
daily blogs with new photos
http://snaps2006.blogspot.com/
http://slim2005.blogspot.com/
family history
http://hughw36.blogspot.com
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should
I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you
take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I
was thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never
gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
I update all my online trees
today I went into my google mail box on a public computer at
Copenhagen City hall archives to check a copy of a newspaper article I
had been sent from USA
I also look at my trees
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hughw36
one of four on http://wc.rootsweb.com/
which is more clear than most family tree programs if you want to get a
broad view
if I cannot remember a date or a detail
when working electronically in a library I save my notes as draft emails
in google mail for home refeeence
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... e&recno=23
is the name I am working with today
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... ane&id=I01
I am going to update the time line
and post it in http://karl-dane.blogspot.com/ later on
just now writng up todays discoveries
good hunting
Hugh W
--
new computer = new blog
http://mac-on-intel.blogspot.com/
daily blogs with new photos
http://snaps2006.blogspot.com/
http://slim2005.blogspot.com/
family history
http://hughw36.blogspot.com
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Lyn Nunn
Re: Research trip
Daphne,
I haven't been to Salt Lake City either but wherever I go I always make a
list of what I want to find for the various lines on my tree and then I work
through the list.
regards
Lyn
"Daphne Eze" <deze@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:40NAg.313901$Mn5.67127@pd7tw3no...
I haven't been to Salt Lake City either but wherever I go I always make a
list of what I want to find for the various lines on my tree and then I work
through the list.
regards
Lyn
"Daphne Eze" <deze@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:40NAg.313901$Mn5.67127@pd7tw3no...
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should I
take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you take
with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I was
thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never gone on a
research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
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Liz_in_Calgary
Re: Research trip
Congradulations on taking the trip! Sounds like fun!
I haven't been to SLC but even when I go to the FHL here I
take a print out (from the library catelog) for the films
that I want to look through, and attach those to the family
group sheets. Sometimes its good to have a list of what I
need to complete(?) the research for the family.
I would imagine that being in a big library there is even
more room to get way off track looking at stuff that may be
interesting but really not helping find ancestors.
Sometimes at the library here I can get carried away looking
at stuff, and then realized after coming away - that there
really is no new information about the task at hand but a
ton of information on this and that.
My friend takes everything (or it seems like everything)
with her when we go to the library - me - a file folder -
keeps me focused. One family at a time.
take care
Liz
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:14:08 GMT, in alt.genealogy Daphne
Eze <deze@shaw.ca> wrote :
I haven't been to SLC but even when I go to the FHL here I
take a print out (from the library catelog) for the films
that I want to look through, and attach those to the family
group sheets. Sometimes its good to have a list of what I
need to complete(?) the research for the family.
I would imagine that being in a big library there is even
more room to get way off track looking at stuff that may be
interesting but really not helping find ancestors.
Sometimes at the library here I can get carried away looking
at stuff, and then realized after coming away - that there
really is no new information about the task at hand but a
ton of information on this and that.
My friend takes everything (or it seems like everything)
with her when we go to the library - me - a file folder -
keeps me focused. One family at a time.
take care
Liz
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:14:08 GMT, in alt.genealogy Daphne
Eze <deze@shaw.ca> wrote :
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should
I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you
take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I
was thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never
gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
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Huntersglenn
Re: Research trip
Daphne,
It's been a few years since I've been to Salt Lake City, but here are my
recommendations:
If you've got a laptop and it has your research/family tree on it, then
take it. They've got electrical outlets all over, so you can use (at
least, you could when I was there). They've also got lockers there, so
you can store extra stuff. If you don't have a laptop, or have your
info on one, then print out your various lines, then, on a separate
sheet of paper, make a list of questions that you want answered -- are
you looking for someone's father, or siblings, marriages, deaths, etc.
If you go over your information and write down what you're looking for,
then when you're there, it'll be handy and you won't be standing in the
middle of the room trying to remember just what it was you wanted to
find out about your great-grandfather, and just where was he born...and
having the various questions can also help if you've got many different
surnames in the same area, because the books are arranged by area as
well as surnames, and then you won't find yourself going back to the
same books time and time again as you research various lines.
There are some resources there (mostly books, but there are some films
that have a limited area that they ship to) that you can't get through
your local family history library, and I recommend you check those out
first. I'd save any films that you can order locally for last.
They have a layout of the library on-line, as well as some suggestions
for research, so check that out before you go. There's a small
lunchroom there, with some vending machines, and places to eat nearby as
well. Also, when I went, you could get a card that would enable you to
eat at the cafeteria over in the administrative building, which is on
the other side of the Temple area. It's a nice walk, and gives you a
good break from the microfiche and such.
They have plenty of copiers, and when I was there you bought a card that
you used for the copying, so you shouldn't need to take a lot of change
with you for that.
Heve fun and good luck,
Cathy
Daphne Eze wrote:
It's been a few years since I've been to Salt Lake City, but here are my
recommendations:
If you've got a laptop and it has your research/family tree on it, then
take it. They've got electrical outlets all over, so you can use (at
least, you could when I was there). They've also got lockers there, so
you can store extra stuff. If you don't have a laptop, or have your
info on one, then print out your various lines, then, on a separate
sheet of paper, make a list of questions that you want answered -- are
you looking for someone's father, or siblings, marriages, deaths, etc.
If you go over your information and write down what you're looking for,
then when you're there, it'll be handy and you won't be standing in the
middle of the room trying to remember just what it was you wanted to
find out about your great-grandfather, and just where was he born...and
having the various questions can also help if you've got many different
surnames in the same area, because the books are arranged by area as
well as surnames, and then you won't find yourself going back to the
same books time and time again as you research various lines.
There are some resources there (mostly books, but there are some films
that have a limited area that they ship to) that you can't get through
your local family history library, and I recommend you check those out
first. I'd save any films that you can order locally for last.
They have a layout of the library on-line, as well as some suggestions
for research, so check that out before you go. There's a small
lunchroom there, with some vending machines, and places to eat nearby as
well. Also, when I went, you could get a card that would enable you to
eat at the cafeteria over in the administrative building, which is on
the other side of the Temple area. It's a nice walk, and gives you a
good break from the microfiche and such.
They have plenty of copiers, and when I was there you bought a card that
you used for the copying, so you shouldn't need to take a lot of change
with you for that.
Heve fun and good luck,
Cathy
Daphne Eze wrote:
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should
I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you
take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I
was thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never
gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
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Daphne Eze
Re: Research trip
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Cheers
Daphne
Huntersglenn wrote:
Cheers
Daphne
Huntersglenn wrote:
Daphne,
It's been a few years since I've been to Salt Lake City, but here are my
recommendations:
If you've got a laptop and it has your research/family tree on it, then
take it. They've got electrical outlets all over, so you can use (at
least, you could when I was there). They've also got lockers there, so
you can store extra stuff. If you don't have a laptop, or have your
info on one, then print out your various lines, then, on a separate
sheet of paper, make a list of questions that you want answered -- are
you looking for someone's father, or siblings, marriages, deaths, etc.
If you go over your information and write down what you're looking for,
then when you're there, it'll be handy and you won't be standing in the
middle of the room trying to remember just what it was you wanted to
find out about your great-grandfather, and just where was he born...and
having the various questions can also help if you've got many different
surnames in the same area, because the books are arranged by area as
well as surnames, and then you won't find yourself going back to the
same books time and time again as you research various lines.
There are some resources there (mostly books, but there are some films
that have a limited area that they ship to) that you can't get through
your local family history library, and I recommend you check those out
first. I'd save any films that you can order locally for last.
They have a layout of the library on-line, as well as some suggestions
for research, so check that out before you go. There's a small
lunchroom there, with some vending machines, and places to eat nearby as
well. Also, when I went, you could get a card that would enable you to
eat at the cafeteria over in the administrative building, which is on
the other side of the Temple area. It's a nice walk, and gives you a
good break from the microfiche and such.
They have plenty of copiers, and when I was there you bought a card that
you used for the copying, so you shouldn't need to take a lot of change
with you for that.
Heve fun and good luck,
Cathy
Daphne Eze wrote:
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What
should I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what
do you take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few
binders. I was thinking that I should print out family group sheets.
I've never gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
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David Rowell
Re: Research trip
You may also be able to take your family data with you in a PDA, if you
have one. Just take it - somehow!
Make a TO-DO list. This is facilitated by the web site card catalog (do
a lookup and list the stuff you want to look at before you go) and
research tips.
The folks there are wonderfully helpful. To one side at the entry there
is a room where they will give an orientation and answer any procedural
questions you may have.
Make a bit of time to go on the Church sponsored tour of the area and go
see the film - it has to rank with the most powerful presentations I've
ever encountered. NO they won't try to convert you. This is some of
the US of A's history take a moment to absorb it, eh?
Daphne Eze wrote:
have one. Just take it - somehow!
Make a TO-DO list. This is facilitated by the web site card catalog (do
a lookup and list the stuff you want to look at before you go) and
research tips.
The folks there are wonderfully helpful. To one side at the entry there
is a room where they will give an orientation and answer any procedural
questions you may have.
Make a bit of time to go on the Church sponsored tour of the area and go
see the film - it has to rank with the most powerful presentations I've
ever encountered. NO they won't try to convert you. This is some of
the US of A's history take a moment to absorb it, eh?
Daphne Eze wrote:
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What should
I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what do you
take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few binders. I
was thinking that I should print out family group sheets. I've never
gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne
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Daphne Eze
Re: Research trip
Thank you. I might have a laptop to use. I need to see if Legacy 6 will
run on a PII with 64 mg of ram. Otherwise I will put the data on a USB
thumb drive as well as print out the family group sheets and make a list
of the resources I already have.
Cheers
Daphne
David Rowell wrote:
run on a PII with 64 mg of ram. Otherwise I will put the data on a USB
thumb drive as well as print out the family group sheets and make a list
of the resources I already have.
Cheers
Daphne
David Rowell wrote:
You may also be able to take your family data with you in a PDA, if you
have one. Just take it - somehow!
Make a TO-DO list. This is facilitated by the web site card catalog (do
a lookup and list the stuff you want to look at before you go) and
research tips.
The folks there are wonderfully helpful. To one side at the entry there
is a room where they will give an orientation and answer any procedural
questions you may have.
Make a bit of time to go on the Church sponsored tour of the area and go
see the film - it has to rank with the most powerful presentations I've
ever encountered. NO they won't try to convert you. This is some of
the US of A's history take a moment to absorb it, eh?
Daphne Eze wrote:
I'm so excited! I going to Salt Lake City in Sep for a week. I never
thought I would be able to go there.
I'm busy working on getting notes etc prepared for the trip. What
should I take with me? How do you prepare for a research trip and what
do you take with you. We're driving so I could probably take a few
binders. I was thinking that I should print out family group sheets.
I've never gone on a research trip before so this is all new to me.
Any tips would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks
Daphne