52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 2 Favorite Photo

I am blessed to have access to many family photos and have many favorites. This is one of them.

Photo in my possession
received from Dominican Sisters Archives,
Adrian, Michigan

The woman standing on the bridge is my grandmother Alice Fleming Connery.

The bridge is in Adrian, Michigan. Adrian is where Alice would send her daughters for their education. As early as 1900, her oldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, age 6, would appear to be living there in the 1900 census.[1] Mary was attending St Joseph Academy, where her Uncle Michael Fleming was the Chaplain.

Over the years, Alice made many trips to Adrian as five of her daughters attended the academy and later two of her daughters joined the Sisters of St Dominic.

What was Alice thinking as she stood on that bridge? Was she wondering what the future held for her family? Was she thinking about her aging parents left in Ireland? Wishing they could know her children?

I do wonder what she was thinking.

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[1]  1900 US Federal Census,  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240725; Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 1 Fresh Start

Yesterday I reviewed my success or failure of my 2019 Genealogy Goals. Since I wasn't very successful it's time for a Fresh Start. The new year brings a chance for just such a start so today I am stating my goals for 2020.

I will remain in the 52 Ancestors writing challenge and will probably be more successful if I set aside a specific day each week to write.

I will continue to pursue my genealogy education using virtual classes, although this month I will be at SLIG (Salt Lake Institute for Genealogy) for a class in the Introduction to Genetic Genealogy. Webinars will play an important role in this as will a study group I have enrolled in “National Genealogy Society Quarterly – Mastering Genealogy Proof (NGSQ-MGP). As part of this group I will be reading selected articles from the NGSQ and analyzing them in a monthly group meeting.

I will continue working on the “Do-Over” concentrating on one line per month. Re-vamping my blog site is another plan for this year.

On the topic of organization, I will work on both my drop box and download files to rename and place files where they belong. I have way too many things just dumped in those locations. Perhaps 2 hours per week on each area will show a marked improvement in both files.

I will keep volunteering weekly at both the local library genealogy room and the local Family History Center in addition to continuing to maintaining the website for our local genealogy group and planning the programs for their meetings.

I think I have mapped out my goals for the coming year so I hope I can meet my goals this year.

Happy New Year!