2012 Genealympics

Earlier I posted my flag now for my placing in 2 events

Number of Generations back for a surname. 

10 Generations back for the Baker Surname. 

Starting with my father Edward, his father James - 2 generations born in North Dakota

Then Henry, James, Edward - 3 generations born in Ontario Canada

Then Benjamin, James, Benjamin and Joshua - 4 generations born in Colonial America

And finally the immigrant Alexander - 1 generation born in England 

Through DNA testing using my brother Tony's DNA it has been discovered that our Alexander Baker is not the one married to Alexander Baker who married Elizabeth Farrer

Medal Award: Diamond for at least 10 generations

Number of Descendant from a great-great-grandparent

James Edward Baker and Elizabeth Mattice

80 descendants 

with an explanation- I usually only go down 2 generations on Collateral lines

and this does not count Spouses who married into the family

 Medal Award: Bronze for between 50 and 100 descendants

(maybe I can carry down 1 or 2 lines for a silver, if I do I will re-post this)

The Same Barn 80 Years Later

I realized I have 2 pictures of the same barn, but there is about an 80 year difference in when they were taken.
The barn is located in Devil's Lake North Dakota. 
The barn belonged to the Baker Family.

 This is a picture my brother Tony took in 2003. the barn certainly has seen better days!

This is the same barn in 1926. Apparently the 1960 date is the date it was given to grandma.

Research Goal

This week My research goal is to clean up my sources/citations in my data base. Awhile ago I switched from using PAF to using RootsMagic, RootsMagic has better resources/ templates to make better citations. This week I'm going to clean up my Baker line and the other Loyalists that moved to Canada after the Revolutionary War.
RootsMagic offers free webinars and the other day I watched one on Sources and Citations and it explained how to make better citations. It also explained that when you move a GEDCOM from PAF to RootsMagic the citations do not always transfer very well. Some of the Source information can end up being hidden, because the Source templates are different.
This will also give me a chance to reevaluate what I've done and what still needs to be done.