Collaborative Family History

I had some discussions with Alisha during the family reunion regarding family history, and as she was talking to Josh, they had an idea that revolved around collaborative family history work.  She mentioned that it was difficult for her to start family history because she felt like she didn't have the information at her fingertips.

So, I have uploaded my entire genealogy file from my computer to Google drive (sans personal information for those still living, i.e. all of you birth certificates).  I am going to be sending you all e-mails so that you can have access to the files (hopefully I have all of the right e-mail addresses for you.

Also, within the folder I have created folders for each of the immediate family members.  The idea is that, when one of you does some research, you can upload the photos or information you find to your fold for all to see, then I can log it away in the master catalog of Bean/Petersen family history.

It will also make it easier for anyone who wants to participate in the construction of the Ultimate Research Log.  In each of your folders, I have put a template for the Log.  If anyone wants, they can pull a photo from anywhere in any of the folders, transcribe the information, save your work, re-upload the template and the photo you worked on to your folder, and inform me and I will incorporate your work into the Ultimate Log.  This likely requires more explanation, and if anyone wants to help, they can give me a call or shoot me an e-mail.

Let me know what you think of this (Josh and Alisha's) idea and how we can make it better! Thanks.

Progress: Ultimate Genealogy Research Log

As some of you know, I have been working through each and every source for our family history and painstakingly logging each piece of information.  This is an attempt to provide the very most accurate data for our family tree so that we can more easily spot holes or new work that has not been done yet because of prior mistakes.

I am happy to say that I have completed sourcing all of my records for our ancestors with surnames A-I. I have logged over 6,250 lines of uniquely sourced data.  I have been prompted to complete this project due to a couple of people in the family's desire to start family history and my inability to help because of my enslavement to the project.

If any of you are interested, I have uploaded the excel sheet to Google and you can check it out or download it here: Ultimate Research Log

It's actually too big to actually view online, so if you want to look at the breadth of it, you will probably have to download it.

I am hoping to finish the log in the next couple of months so that we can really get crackin'! Family History is exciting!!!!!