{"id":1200,"date":"2016-06-06T19:48:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T19:44:51","slug":"power-up-sig-notes-planning-a-genealogy-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/2016\/06\/power-up-sig-notes-planning-a-genealogy-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Power-Up SIG Notes: Planning a Genealogy Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Questions to ask yourself <i>before<\/i> you hit the road.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where are you going?\n<ul>\n<li>Family<\/li>\n<li>Archive\/Library\/Genealogy Society<\/li>\n<li>Cemetery<\/li>\n<li>Courthouse<\/li>\n<li>Family homestead, house, town<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What are your goals?\n<ul>\n<li>Pictures<\/li>\n<li>Records<\/li>\n<li>Interviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How do you prepare?\n<ul>\n<li>Google to find websites<\/li>\n<li>Call\/email to ask questions &amp; confirm hours and availability, rules, copy costs, policies about lockers, bags, pens, etc<\/li>\n<li>Use online catalogs to make lists of things to research to save time onsite<\/li>\n<li>Review what you know and what you need<\/li>\n<li>Make a cheat sheet of surnames that might be relevant in area cemeteries, deeds, etc<\/li>\n<li>Practice with your tools and apps<\/li>\n<li>Turn on the GPS option on your camera or phone<\/li>\n<li>Make a map<\/li>\n<li>Pack lightly but completely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What do you take?\n<ul>\n<li>Camera<\/li>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Phone, computer and camera chargers<\/li>\n<li>Scanner or app (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.camscanner.com\/\">CamScanner<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Paper notetaking supplies<\/li>\n<li>Magnifier<\/li>\n<li>Digital recorder or app<\/li>\n<li>Change<\/li>\n<li>Snacks<\/li>\n<li>Directions &amp; maps<\/li>\n<li>Cemetery kit (flashlight, bug spray, water bottle, hat, first aid kit, buddy, umbrella, silver car shade, sturdy shoes or boots, tripod, whisk broom, grass clippers)<\/li>\n<li>Computer\/tablet<\/li>\n<li>Research binder<\/li>\n<li>Gifts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What do you do when you get home?\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you notes<\/li>\n<li>Back up photos and scans<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate, transcribe, enter data, etc<\/li>\n<li>Make notes for next time<\/li>\n<li>Plan next trip!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyndi\u2019s List:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/travel\/general\">http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/travel\/general<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thomas MacEntee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flip-pal.com\/what-to-pack\">flip-pal.com\/what-to-pack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Family Tree Magazine: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familytreemagazine.com\">familytreemagazine.com<\/a> Home&gt;&gt;Get Started&gt;&gt;Interviewing<\/li>\n<li>Cyndi\u2019s List: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/cemeteries\/how-to\">cyndislist.com\/cemeteries\/how-to<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Your Guide to Cemetery Research<\/em>, Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, I 264<\/li>\n<li><em>Getting the Most Mileage From Genealogical Research Trips<\/em>, James &amp; Paula Stuart Warren, I 221<\/li>\n<li><em>Land &amp; Property Research in the United States<\/em>, Wade Hone, I 254<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to ask yourself before you hit the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powerup-sig"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhgswichita.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}