This morning I was able to talk a bit with my Sweetheart. He stopped during the night at a rest area in Ohio, and slept a little while before continuing his journey to West Virginia. I expect we will talk again tonight.
As usual, study group got started late because the room is used for a group that is studying German script. Despite that we were able to learn about Movable Feast Days, and how to figure out what calendar day an event fell on even if it was recorded only as a feast day. [In the afternoon I observed one of the staff indicate that an unusual entry in a family book was a feast day.] There is a comprehensive site that has all that is needed to figure out those dates, or one can use a book by the same people.
Then we learned about Archion, a German online databased church record site. This is a fee-based site, and even the Library has not been allowed to film or digitize the records. This precipitated a bit of talk about certain churches not liking Mormons. I could confirm from my own experience that this can be so. Some of the group had a hard time comprehending this.
A question arose about village books, usually found in Southern Germany, so we decided to take a field trip to the stacks where these books are found. Wonder of wonders, there was the Ortsippenbuch for Eppingen! The binding is nicely repaired. I was so happy to get to use it again! I am grateful that the images have been available through microfilm, but the book is much more convenient to see and use.
As I was walking home for lunch I decided to take a quick trip to the market for apples and onion, both of which were on sale. As I entered the store I noticed a bag of bananas for sale, as was a double pack of cauliflower. When I was prompted to look at the receipt I noticed I had been charged the regular price. Of course, I was able to take care of that fairly easily. But on the parking lot I was approached by a panhandler. I gave him 2 bananas, which was not the money he wanted, but he did take them. I hope he enjoyed them.
Back at the Library I completed the rest of the training modules. I am now going through to proof-read the slides and the quiz answers. I needed help understanding why one question was marked as answered incorrectly.
I went on to my next assignment [I thought], but it was a blessing that I happened to notice the clock, since I thought I knew what my schedule was. My Whoops was that I was supposed to be setting up for the in service lesson I was to teach. Blessedly I still had five minutes, and it was not hard to get that set up. The in service presentation itself went well, with lots of discussion generated.
I helped some guests today who had ancestors living in Cape Girardeau, Missouri! It was fun to recognize our wonderful Missouri Death Certificates online. I taught the guest how to use Tree Seek to attach the url as a source in Family Tree. I also taught her how to name her files to make them easier to find--and she recognized that this would be a big help. I was happy to pass on what I had learned from my trainer.
I am not sure why, but when i left the Library at 6, I was quite tired. I am glad I can sleep a little later in the morning.
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