Tombstone Tuesday - William John Perry (1896-1964)

William John Perry (1896-1964)

 William John Perry was born 13 May 1896 in the Azores Islands, which are part of Portugal. According to the family story, he came to America when he was 12. He settled in Lompoc, California and opened Perry Auto Shop, which is still run by family today. He died on 19 Feb 1964 in Lompoc, California. He was predeceased by his wife, Lena, and infant daughter, Helen. His grave marker is located in the Catholic section of Lompoc, Evergreen Cemetery in the Perry family plot.

Source: Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery (Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California), William John Perry marker, Catholic Cemetery, Lot 257, Grave 10; personally read and photographed, 15 Sep 2008. 
© copyright Monica Palmer, 2011

Motivation Monday - DearMYRTLE's March 2011 Organization Checklist

I have completed the next section of DearMYRTLE's Organization Series, 2011 March Organization Checklist! I have done almost everything on this segment of the Organization series, with the exception of joining a Second Life genealogy chat. I will be starting a class with National Institute of Genealogical Studies in May called Social Media for the Wise Genealogist and I've put any new experiences in social networking on hold so that I can experience them with the class.

I have been distracted from the tediousness of entering in the paperwork I have on hand into my genealogy program because it's, well... tedious. I really need to get back on track and this is my motivation this week. Since I am a stay at home mom and life does seem to interrupt my genealogy pursuits, I will focus on attacking the paperwork in small spurts and hopefully make some headway by the end of the week. I think I need to get working on that before moving on in DearMYRTLE's series.

So I will be hunkering down and trying to make a dent in the paperwork. Since entering some of this information that I had already looked at, I've already discovered some information I hadn't known before! Living proof of the "Go back and check your information from time to time" tip!! I am excited to find more and this is my inspiration! Wish me luck!

© copyright Monica Palmer, 2011

Wordless Wednesday - The House That Grandpa Built

My great-grandfather, George Rienerth, was a brick mason and built and/or helped to build several of the houses on that side of the family, including his own. According to a family member (whom I also obtained this picture from) this house is a combination of stucco and brick. It was on McClurg Road in Boardman, Mahoning, Ohio. It is no longer there to my understanding.

McClurg Road

Tombstone Tuesday - Lena Perry (1902-1939)

Lena Ann Perry 1902-1939

Lena Ann (Lucas) Perry, born 18 Oct 1902 in San Luis Obispo, California to Frank & Emelia (Wages) Lucas. She married William John Perry ca 1922. She died 09 Aug 1939 due to childbirth. She is buried in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery in Lompoc, California.

Source: Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery (Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California), Lena Ann Perry marker, Catholic Cemetery, Lot 257, Grave 9; personally read and photographed, 15 Sep 2008.

Motivation Monday - DearMYRTLE Feb 2011 Organization Checklist

I finally completed all the tasks in DearMYRTLE's January 2011 Organization Checklist. I have to admit I am not completely sold on transferring all my files into Dropbox. I love Dropbox and it's capabilities, but there are several reasons why I do not want to transfer all of my stuff there.

• I already have links in my Legacy program connected to where all my media is currently located. If I switched them all it would take a lot of work to go through my program and switch everything over. 
• I don't want to pay for space on Dropbox. I have a hard enough time justifying the money I spend to my non-genealogist husband without adding to it. I don't think my multitudes of media will fit in the free 2 GB provided. 
• I don't want some of my personal information in the "cloud." I have it on my hard drive and feel that it is safe on there. I am not convinced of the safety of my information on the "cloud." If I put some stuff in Dropbox and others on my hard drive it is then breaking all my information apart and I currently have it all under one parent file "Family History" (with plenty of subcategories). 

I do like the convenience of having some of that media available, so I am considering making copies of some of it and filing it in Dropbox, but I haven't made any final decisions yet due to the lack of determining which would be important enough to copy.

So I am moving on to February's Checklist. I have yet to participate in a Scanfest. Unfortunately, my alarm on my phone went off for yesterday's Scanfest during the movie Hop that I was watching with my daughter during our Girls Day Out. I don't regret missing it because it was time well spent with my little girl! So I will have to schedule for the next one and hopefully remember the day before instead of 10 minutes before it starts!

February's checklists consists of choosing a genealogy program, volunteer indexing, joining mail lists, getting started on photos, and continuing to work on the genealogy binders. As I read through the checklist, I've realized I've already done everything on this list! I actually have been in the process of categorizing, scanning and organizing my photos for some time now. It is as huge project because I have always been an avid photographer! I managed to check everything off the list in the 5-10 minutes it took me to read it!

I am doing my data entry differently than she is recommending it since I already had a system set up and will just continue to use that. So this week I will continue to work on getting those papers entered into my Legacy program and move on to the DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog: 2011 March Organization Checklist! I'm hoping to be completely caught up by the time she posts the May Checklist!