Today was a busy day at the German/Slavic desk. There were two groups that came in, one from Minnesota [I think] and one from St. Louis! Members of the St. Louis Genealogical Society apparently make one or two trips a year to do research at the Library. Some of them made arrangements to meet with specialists, so the work load for the missionaries did not seem to be overwhelming--although I spent very little time out on the floor, so I may have just missed the big push.
I did get to do a Latin translation today, and had it almost all right, but resisted the correct notion that the groom was listed as a widower--I think I will not make that mistake again! I also got to help a guest with whom I have worked before on German records. She was quite excited to find records of her ancestor's birth and marriage. The mother and father's names were on the records, too, as well as a note indicating where the family register was! Despite the difficulty in reading the old records due to darkened pages, one of the more experienced missionaries was able to make out the two words I couldn't decipher, one the middle name of the father, and the other the surname of the husband. I was able to find that surname through a Google search--at present there are 51 people world-wide with that surname, and 3 of them are still in the general area where the records we looked at were from.
I spent three hours in the Training Room, and actually was needed there by the couple who just started recently, and a long-time missionary who requested and was given designated study time. We actually got notes with our next week's schedule today indicating that in the slower winter months we would be given such time for skill development. In the last couple of days I had been working a little on How to Guides for GenTeam, an online collection of genealogical databases in Austria, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. So maybe I will actually achieve my Level 3 certification.
I began a PowerPoint today for the in-service on the next training module. First I went through to prove to my own satisfaction that there are parts of the certification that were not covered in the lesson or in the quiz. I then gave some feedback on that issue. After getting through that process I was able to make a start on the PowerPoint.
During my lunch hour I went to the nearby market to get Honey Crisp apples. Then after my shift I went to the market farther away to get some cheese and more celery. I did not know at the time that I would be asked to make some dinners for a sister who had surgery, but all this will come in handy.
Made flax seed crackers tonight, but they did not dry out as well as I had hoped. I tried again to make sweet ones, this time with coconut sugar. Maybe after they sit a while they will be OK.
Talked with my Sweetheart tonight and I am ready to hit the hay, as my Mom used to say on occasion.
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