Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Your Unfinished Genealogy Projects

I'm pretty sure tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun topic from Randy Seaver is going to include everyone.  And if it doesn't, that person (could there be more than one?) is amazing and very, very special.

Here is your assignment, if you choose to play along (cue the Mission:  Impossible! music, please!):

1.  What started but unfinished projects do you have?  Define one or more of them and how far along you are in the project(s).

2.  Share one or more of your unfinished projects in your own blog post or in a comment on this blog post, or write a Substack post, Facebook Note, or post in some other social media system.  Please leave a comment with a link on this post so others can find it.

Oh, I have so many, and it's hard to keep track of them all.  But some of the most important are:

• Enter all the information I gathered from research I did before my computer crashed, with citations.  I had a great research streak for a while, and I was finding lots and lots of information.  I probably had entered only about 20% of what I had found.  Oh, but this requires that I . . .

• Get my computer all fixed up, including connecting the storage disk I have already purchased and transferring all my retrieved files.  Part of the benefit of getting the computer fixed and transferring the retrieved files is that most of the research I haven't entered is among the retrieved files.  Oh, and the updated family tree program files are there also.  I think I have everything I need, it's just getting it done.  Since that's the time-consuming part, I'm only about 10% done?

• Properly file all those documents, both physical and electronic.  I have to regain access to the electronic files before I can file them properly, of course.  I haven't started this at all.

• Get my online back-ups started again.  I am woefully behind (about four or five years' worth).  Also not started at all.

• Like Randy, I need to regularize my locations in my family tree program.  Tedious but necessary.  I probably have done about 5–10% of them.  Maybe it isn't that bad.  Maybe about 20%.

• Restart sending updated copies of family information to every relative with whom I am in contact, for every family line each person is a descendant of.  This will be easier than when I used to do it, because previously I printed out everything on paper and mailed it to everyone.  That equaled about 50 to 75 big manila envelopes going out for Chanukah and Christmas every year.  This time around, I intend to send everyone electronic files, unless specifically requested otherwise.  I haven't started this at all.

Okay, that's enough to make me feel overwhelmed, so I better stop while I'm behind.