I really don't know why I choose goals for my family history when I don't make New Year's resolutions!!!
This year I am going to try to be a little more committed about my family history because I have found that covid and other personal issues have taken my mind off the ball. It is almost as though there is little room left in my brain to tackle DNA and brickwalls. It has been so easy to watch webinars, follow ancestry tweeps on Twitter and occasionally be prompted by a new match on my DNA.
To that end, my goals are fairly small and can be broken down into small bits but it will need the support of my family history friends to keep me on track and kick me up the posterior sometimes.
My first goal is to switch on my laptop more as that is where I find it easier to work across multiple internet sites and compare to matches and research finds.
My second goal is take part in 52Ancestors in 52Weeks run by Amy Johnson Crow. She sets topics for every week of the year to prompt you into doing research and sharing but this year it is also possible to do 12Ancestors in 12Months by just working on the month's theme.
My third goal is to do more about researching on my Dad's Kentish side from the villages around Ashford, Kent.
Finally my fourth goal is to start writing short stories about my ancestors so that my grandchildren are more likely to be interested.
I haven't included a DNA target because I am hoping that will come naturally within my four goals.
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