2023 May

31 May 2023:- Total 45,206 including living. Two Daily Context day entries.  Some sources for existing people.  Out in garden pretty much all day again, trimming hedges.

30 May 2023:- Total 45,206 including living. Two Daily Context day entries.  Three more census sources for existing Wisconsin family and some tidying-up.  Out in garden pretty much all day again.

29 May 2023:- Total 45,205 including living. Just a census source for existing Wisconsin family.  Out in garden pretty much all day.

28 May 2023:- Total 45,203 including living. Sunday Single Back Up. Some additions to the Dowling to Presley family and some sources added to some Wisconsin Dowlings.

27 May 2023:- Total 45,169including living. Two days of Daily Context added. Some additions to the Dowling to Presley family.

26 May 2023:- Total 45,161including living. Just two days of Daily Context added. Busy visiting old colleagues.

25 May 2023:- Total 45,161 including living. Two days of Daily Context added.  An e-mail from a Guild of One-Name Studies member pointed out that one of the Dowlings in my Study married Elvis Presley's aunt!  So, after a trip into town for the dentist, I got on with some sources for that fun connection.  I'll make some more of it when I am done.

24 May 2023:- Total 45,147 including living. Added some Cottrell's in Cork, who for some reason have instituted using Dowling as a first name... Have not found why yet... probably a Dowling wife in the mix somewhere!

23 May 2023:- Total 45,127 including living. Added some Northern Ireland Dowlings, interestingly in the census these were shown with the Surname as first name.  Looking at a search of Dowling in the census first name box has opened-up a few more people that might otherwise be lost.  In the garden again... lots of maintenance this week.

22 May 2023:- Total 45,109 including living. Looked around for the Cork Cottrell/Dowling connection.  Beautiful day in garden... lots to do.

21 May 2023:- Total 45,105 including living. Sunday Single Back Up. Relaxing day.  Just added a graphic for Bakers' Day, as we have some Dowling bakers.  Added someone with a Dowling firstname from Cork... looks interesting.

20 May 2023:- Total 45,099 including living. Two Daily Context entries.  Added one Carlow Dowling from the census and pretty much immediately merged her with someone already in the Study, so numbers stayed the same.  She comes from a Carlow family that, while in 1901/1911 censuses, seems to have missed births and marriage registration completely, so I spent time looking again but not finding.  I can only assume there is one serious spelling mistake somewhere!  Spent some time on an e-mail to support a Guild member with GedSite; I find it tricky to use but worthwhile, I hope I can get her to a website that satisfies her needs for the Hunter clan as she has good material.  Out in the garden on another glorious day.

19 May 2023:- Total 45,099 including living. Two Daily Context entries.  Some more sources regarding the Ohio from Kildare Dowlings and some other Dowling who just happened to be on the same baptism pages.  I pick-up these others as I go so I only have to attach one image of the baptism to several families.

18 May 2023:- Total 45,078 including living. Two Daily Context entries.  Some sources added to existing people in Ohio, USA relating to correspondence on Forrester m. Dowling.

17 May 2023:- Total 45,071 including living. Some source confirmation and review.  Reading-up on some new genealogy software and news... Two Daily Context entries.  more gardening.

16 May 2023:- Total 45,071 including living.  Gardening painting fences. One Daily Context entry.  Busy, busy, busy.

15 May 2023:- Total 45,071 including living. A few Carlow baptism.  Mostly in garden today.

14 May 2023:- Total 45,054 including living. Sunday Single Back Up.  Just added a source to an existing Massachusetts Dowling, as feeling a little under the weather.

13 May 2023:- Total 45,054 including living. Some sources added to existing people in Massachusetts, graphics and some website page work.

12 May 2023:- Total 45,053 including living. Where did the time go today?  Did some graphics and some other admin.  No new people added but a busy day nonetheless.

11 May 2023:- Total 45,053 including living.  Added two day's of Daily Context.  Family from Hopkinton, Massachusetts added and one from Athy, Kildare.  Busy in garden today too.

10 May 2023:- Total 45,043 including living.  Added two day's of Daily Context.  Some merging of duplicates for 1911 census guy... at least his sister and parents, but I can't pinpoint him yet in 1901... I must be slowing down!

9 May 2023:- Total 45,037 including living.  Added two day's of Daily Context and some graphics.  Just one person added from 1911 census but couldn't find him anywhere else.

8 May 2023:- Total 45,036 including living.  Added some sources for Newtown, Massachusetts to existing people.  Media here still gushing with the coronation, so walked in my local wood and valeted my car in between the showers.

7 May 2023:- Total 45,034 including living. Sunday Single Back Up. Added some sources for Newtown, Massachusetts to existing people and added some more other Dowlings there.

6 May 2023:- Total 45,010 including living. Added lots of sources for Newtown, Massachusetts to existing people and a number of other Dowlings there that maybe do not connect to the correspondents family for elimination purposes...  but an interesting coincidence they are there so, they maybe cousins.  Not interested in the English king's coronation today (not my king), but did see a local Elvis Presley impersonator at work in a local community gathering, that king singing Suspicious Minds will do for me!  The family tree entries were a good piece of work on the study and took me over the 45,000 milestone.  So, a little indulgence with a new 45k medal graphic on the home page... and, of course, chocolate.

5 May 2023:- Total 44,999 including living. Added two day's of Daily Context entries.  Revisited another correspondent's additions to a family that was in the system.  She sent some nice old photos and a photo of a research document.  Left me just one short of a 45k milestone, oh well, tomorrow!

4 May 2023:- Total 44,934 including living. Added one day's of Daily Context entries with some other calendar dates.  New people added from the USA, as a result of correspondence, and they connect to a Carlow family already in the system... with what appears to be a birth out-of-wedlock... More to do on this and other current correspondence.  Busy, busy.

3 May 2023:- Total 44,920 including living. Added two day's of Daily Context entries.  No new people added as working on some graphics.

2 May 2023:- Total 44,920 including living. Added two day's of Daily Context entries.  Connected the Dublin racquet makers with their Laois father... that took me ages analysing all the possible candidates.  Added another Dublin family from nearby but they are not directly related yet.  Acquired that medal mentioned yesterday which was lucky as the biding stopped earlier than I thought it might.  My collection of Dowling medals is not immensely valuable as I often keep very low bids and don't get dragged into silly money.

1 May 2023:- Total 44,916 including living. Monthly Double Back Up.  Added some information on a medal to W Dowling for sale on e-bay...  Once they're sold the information disappears fairly swiftly.  It is already bid more than it is apparently worth in the Medal Year Book so I may not be in the running... I am not rich enough to buy them all!  Added another Dublin family on the latest query and spent time hunting for births... as I was uploading the updates I browsed and found some so they must wait until tomorrow.  Working back then I have to work forwards again for this particular query.  Also, trying to help someone with GedSite which can be quite technical at times... a case of the partially sighted leading the partially sighted!!!  Looking at my numbers I expect to reach 45,000 names this month so will have to make a new frontpage medal for fun.

30 April 2023:- Total 44,902 including living. Sunday Single Back Up.  Added several great photos to the Kilkenny branch.  Spending time with my sister today, nice.