52 ancestors Week 52 (Dec. 23-31): Resolution

Week 52 (Dec. 23-31): Resolution

From Amy Johnson-Crow - Are you thinking about research goals for next year? Who or what are you wanting to find?

SO, for the final week of this 52 ancestors challenge the theme is “resolution”. This could cover many things. But I have decided that as I started this challenge with me, I am going to end it with me as well.

This year has been very challenging in many ways. Not only with the pandemic that hit the world but in my every day life. I had been doing so well with the weekly challenges set by Amy Johnson-Crow and had them all planned out, with a name of who I was going to use and all sorts. THEN, disaster stuck and my laptop died a very painful death whilst it was in the process of backing everything up to the external hard-drive and not only did I lose my laptop but the external drive as well. This meant that I lost everything! And this included all of the family history documents I had gathered from online sites, newspaper cuttings, birth and marriage certs that had been sent to me, and copied photos (still have orignals) etc. This hit me hard and it took me weeks to get back into doing the weekly challenges as I now would only have written words and no images etc that I could use.

I started up my own business in July 2020, and although it’s going well, I want it to go better and help me make more money. So the plan of this is to do more and work harder.

Therefore, my “resolution” going forward into 2021 is to get my butt into gear and try and find as many documents as I can linked to my ancestors and save them all again. I also plan to take part in the 52ancestors weekly challenge (if it is being run). And not linked on a family history basis but to take my business venture further than I have done.


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  1. purple-roses10:00 am GMT-8

    THE ABOVE POST SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:
    Week 52 (Dec. 23-31): Resolution
    From Amy Johnson-Crow - Are you thinking about research goals for next year? Who or what are you wanting to find?

    SO, for the final week of this 52 ancestors challenge the theme is “resolution”. This could cover many things. But I have decided that as I started this challenge with me, I am going to end it with me as well.

    This year has been very challenging in many ways. Not only with the pandemic that hit the world but in my every day life. I had been doing so well with the weekly challenges set by Amy Johnson-Crow and had them all planned out, with a name of who I was going to use and all sorts. THEN, disaster stuck and my laptop died a very painful death whilst it was in the process of backing everything up to the external hard-drive and not only did I lose my laptop but the external drive as well. This meant that I lost everything! And this included all of the family history documents I had gathered from online sites, newspaper cuttings, birth and marriage certs that had been sent to me, and copied photos (still have orignals) etc. This hit me hard and it took me weeks to get back into doing the weekly challenges as I now would only have written words and no images etc that I could use.
    I started up my own business in July 2020, and although it’s going well, I want it to go better and help me make more money. So the plan of this is to do more and work harder.
    Therefore, my “resolution” going forward into 2021 is to get my butt into gear and try and find as many documents as I can linked to my ancestors and save them all again. I also plan to take part in the 52ancestors weekly challenge (if it is being run). And not linked on a family history basis but to take my business venture further than I have done.

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