Does your genealogy research need help? Do you need revived to carry on your quest? Do you need a twelve step program? Well help is here. The fol- lowing is a step by step program to aid in your search. 1: Place a goal, make it realistic. You may need to make it simple, but regardless, set up a goal. 2: Make a schedule, also make it realistic to your lifestyle. If it is im- possible, you won‟t stick with it. 3: Get a check-up, make sure your infor- mation is healthy be- fore building on it fur- ther. 4: Get rid of excess whether it is junk (finally proven not your family, old magazines, etc..) or duplicates. Give the duplicates to another family mem- ber. 5: Mix up your re- search. If you find yourself growing bored, switch to another ave- nue of research. 6: Measure your suc- cess. Maybe you need to organize your re- search using computer software. Try to do one small task everyday on your research. 7: If stagnate, pick up your pace. Write that query letter and actu- ally mail it. 8: Change the location. Try going to an archive instead of the library. 9: Find a buddy. Call your buddy if you have hit a brick wall, or you want to try a new field of research. 10: Take a breather from your search. Con- sider it a recharging of your batteries. It can also be a time to re- think where your path is taking you. Should you back track and take a different one? 11: Put a new twist to your routine. Maybe you need to try a differ- ent area of research, such as looking into clubs or memberships if you haven‟t already. 12: Persist at battering that wall down. Push yourself just a little fur- ther each time you come up with a “dead end”. Think outside the box. Volume 2 Issue 1 Twelve Step Program September 2006 September Meeting What Treasures Does the Library Hold?  Thursday, September 7th  6:00 p.m. William G Reed Timberland Regional Library 7th & Alder, Shelton  Membership Dues to Pauline Aldrich  Singles: $15.00  Couples: $20.00 Italian Vital Records, an article from Ancestry.com 2 Book Review 3 Fad: Miniature Golf 3 Early Virginia Settlers 3 The National Library of Wales: NLW 4 Inside this issue: The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society Start of AnotherYear It‟s a perfect time to set a goal for your re- search. What answer do you want to find be- fore next June? Do you know how to achieve this goal? What would be your fist step? Come to the meeting this month and you just may find where to start. Maybe you don‟t have a single question to answer, but you want to learn a new area of research. Have you looked at census re- cords? Have you or- dered articles pertain- ing to your area or sur- name? What about newspapers or military records? Maybe what you need for a goal this year is to become or- ganized. Set your goal, research and learn how to achieve it, and then feel the euphoria once you have. Did you know that you can access a world wide library catalog from your home computer? The very one that Timber- land Regional Library uses is now available from our home com- puters. Go to www.worldcat.org and then start searching. , OCR Text: Does your genealogy research need help? Do you need revived to carry on your quest? Do you need a twelve step program? Well help is here. The fol- lowing is a step by step program to aid in your search. 1: Place a goal, make it realistic. You may need to make it simple, but regardless, set up a goal. 2: Make a schedule, also make it realistic to your lifestyle. If it is im- possible, you won‟t stick with it. 3: Get a check-up, make sure your infor- mation is healthy be- fore building on it fur- ther. 4: Get rid of excess whether it is junk (finally proven not your family, old magazines, etc..) or duplicates. Give the duplicates to another family mem- ber. 5: Mix up your re- search. If you find yourself growing bored, switch to another ave- nue of research. 6: Measure your suc- cess. Maybe you need to organize your re- search using computer software. Try to do one small task everyday on your research. 7: If stagnate, pick up your pace. Write that query letter and actu- ally mail it. 8: Change the location. Try going to an archive instead of the library. 9: Find a buddy. Call your buddy if you have hit a brick wall, or you want to try a new field of research. 10: Take a breather from your search. Con- sider it a recharging of your batteries. It can also be a time to re- think where your path is taking you. Should you back track and take a different one? 11: Put a new twist to your routine. Maybe you need to try a differ- ent area of research, such as looking into clubs or memberships if you haven‟t already. 12: Persist at battering that wall down. Push yourself just a little fur- ther each time you come up with a “dead end”. Think outside the box. Volume 2 Issue 1 Twelve Step Program September 2006 September Meeting What Treasures Does the Library Hold?  Thursday, September 7th  6:00 p.m. William G Reed Timberland Regional Library 7th & Alder, Shelton  Membership Dues to Pauline Aldrich  Singles: $15.00  Couples: $20.00 Italian Vital Records, an article from Ancestry.com 2 Book Review 3 Fad: Miniature Golf 3 Early Virginia Settlers 3 The National Library of Wales: NLW 4 Inside this issue: The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society Start of AnotherYear It‟s a perfect time to set a goal for your re- search. What answer do you want to find be- fore next June? Do you know how to achieve this goal? What would be your fist step? Come to the meeting this month and you just may find where to start. Maybe you don‟t have a single question to answer, but you want to learn a new area of research. Have you looked at census re- cords? Have you or- dered articles pertain- ing to your area or sur- name? What about newspapers or military records? Maybe what you need for a goal this year is to become or- ganized. Set your goal, research and learn how to achieve it, and then feel the euphoria once you have. Did you know that you can access a world wide library catalog from your home computer? The very one that Timber- land Regional Library uses is now available from our home com- puters. Go to www.worldcat.org and then start searching. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2006,V2 I1 MCGS Sep 2006 Newsletter.pdf,September+2006.pdf Page 1, September+2006.pdf Page 1