A Year in Review: 2019

My family history progress this year was less than spectacular.  Research was sporadic and not nearly as focused as in years past, and blog posts even more sporadic.  In September my research and blogging dipped to a new low as other responsibilities called me away from family history.  But there were some good finds and some good posts.

I continued to search the trail of my Doyle and Reay ancestors and collaterals in Northumberland, my father's side of the family.   Blog posts concerning these families thread their way through the year.

• William Doyle's U.K. Death Record 
• Two Sisters Named Martha 
• A Trio of Tragedies in the Life of Martha (Reay) Doyle 
• Martha (Reay) Doyle and Family in the 1851 U.K. Census 
• Martha (Reay) Doyle Richardson and Family in the 1861 U.K. Census 
• Martha (Reay) (Doyle) Richardson's Cause of Death 
• Lawrence and Two Jane Doyles 
• Lawrence Doyle, Age Twelve Years 
• The Two Wives of Andrew Doyle

Behind the scenes, here near my computer where none of you see, I still have that pile of Doyle files yet to be entered into RootsMagic.  I organized them but some little fellow who visited over Christmas moved them and I think they'll need to be reorganized again.  Perhaps it is the impetus I need to organize and enter them.







Most viewed posts in 2019 (least to most viewed)

• What to Do about Raymond?
• The Children's Blizzard - A Book Review
• Two Sisters Named Martha
• Strategies for Ordering the Correct U.K. GRO Birth or Death Record (when you have too little information to know for sure)
• If My Ancestor Spoke, Would I Understand?
• What Love Looks Like
• An Indexed Record ≠ a Source Document
• Reasons the Cook is Grateful, Post-Thanksgiving Dinner
• Two Tips for Searching Online Newspapers
• The Problems with Transcriptions
• Dealing with an Impasse in Research

Posts with the most comments (least to most)

• What Love Looks Like
• The Children's Blizzard - A Book Review
• What to Do about Raymond?
•  If My Ancestor Spoke, Would I Understand?
• The Problems with Transcriptions
• 1917 Coroner's Inquest and Report for Jacob Meinzen
• The Darker Side of Family History

I hope to spend more time working on family history this year, if I can keep the rest of my life out of the way.  It brings me so much joy and peace to search for my ancestors, learn about the places and times in which they lived, and share with others here on my blog.

Here's looking forward to great research and great blog posts for all fellow researchers and bloggers in 2019!

--Nancy.

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