Off to the Family Search Center 45 minutes away to convert VHS to digital. embarrassing moments pre-social media, soon to be on social media. Muhuahahahahaha!

JK. Only to be shared with a limited audience.

Cleaning up my much neglected desk in my home office. Scanned in some of the docs I needed or received in my pursuit of UK citizenship. Now everything is filed.

Desk is still a mess.

New meds, new me!

Genealogy is not an auto-pilot activity. It takes organization, planning and critical thinking and executive function. When you’re at a deficit in one or more areas, it’s a struggle. Finding your self-care balance is so important. Sleep, nutrition, medication, reflection.

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Chat GPT helping me out tonight!

Found a legal notice in The London Gazette, about end of business partnership between #RaymondAufrerePuckle and Charles Buttanshaw for Bexhill Steam Laundry. I want the records to back that up. It was made official May 4, 1899.

Check your email - found a 70% off coupon on one year of MyHeritage. Take my money.

Haven’t had an active account in a long time. Not loving the interface compared to some of the others. Ah well. Gonna learn.

I have been trying to map out at a macro level how to get all the projects done in my estimated 20 years of researching remaining. I’ve settled on one ancestral biography per year. There’s so much more I’d like to do, but that is all there is time for while I’m working. 2025 is #RaymondAufrérePuckle

Having a difficult ADHD genealogy weekend. Using AI as a bit of a coach to help baby step my way through to my next research milestones, and just generally plan my day.

The info on #EmilyEleanorHarris came through from the Froebel archive! She got a teaching certificate in 1897 after training at “Blackheath Kindergarten”

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I looked at the holdings at U of R and sent that email directly to the archivist with some [pretty broad] requests but ranked. BUT - if need be, I will just have to plan to visit them in July 2025 when I hope to be in the UK visiting one of Emily’s granddaughters. 5 of 5 #EmilyEPuckle #Puckle

I picked up general contact info for both, but back at the Froebel Trust webpage, noticed an image of a student register, which is just what I was hoping to find. Thankfully they named the archive! 4 of 5 www.froebel.org.uk/uploads/imag...

I bounced around researching the history of the school and decided to fire off an email to see who had archives. Froebel Educational Institute (late 19th century) became Froebel College, both in Kensington (London). The school later relocated and became part University of Roehampton. 3 of 5

It’s very hard to read, but I was finally able to discern that the certificate mentioned is “National Froebel Union Higher Certificate”. Did she go to school for it? This page provided a very useful timeline of the school: 2 of 5 www.froebel.org.uk/about-us/abo...

The meandering research logic of an ADHD Genealogist:
Researching my great grandmother #EmilyEleanorPuckle. Found this advertisement in a 1912 Beckenham newspaper. She was running a school out of her house. . #Puckle #EmilyHarris #EmilyEleanorHarris #EmilyEHarris 1 of 5