{"id":2118,"date":"2008-01-01T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/01\/resolutions-for-the-new-year\/"},"modified":"2008-01-01T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-01T22:39:09","slug":"resolutions-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2118","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! I stayed up to greet the New Year and watched the fireworks in San Francisco from my house. The photograph below wasn&#8217;t as sharp as I&#8217;d hoped it would be, but I took the photo from about five miles away from the fireworks themselves. If you look closely, you can see part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the lower right of the photograph.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"New Year's Fireworks in San Francisco - 2008\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/New-Years-Fireworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image2117\" style=\"height: 325px\" height=\"325\" alt=\"New Year's Fireworks in San Francisco - 2008\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/New-Years-Fireworks.jpg\" width=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>San Francisco New Year&#8217;s Fireworks\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; 2008<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">SOURCE: San Francisco New Year&#8217;s Fireworks\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; 2008. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Jan 2008.<\/p>\n<p>I just reviewed my <a title=\"genealogical resolutions for 2007\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/30\/some-genealogical-resolutions-for-the-new-year\/\">genealogical resolutions for 2007<\/a> and was a bit shocked to discover that I hadn&#8217;t completed a single one! I made progress on most, but didn&#8217;t complete any!<\/p>\n<p>I guess I just put too much on my own plate, but I think that&#8217;s better than striving to underachieve.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, my list this year is a bit shorter than it was last year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete the coursework for a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies (PLCGS) through the <a title=\"National Institute for Genealogical Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogicalstudies.com\/\">National Institute for Genealogical Studies<\/a> \/ University of Toronto. I only need to complete a few more courses, so I think this resolution is achievable this year.<\/li>\n<li>Complete the requirements to become\u00c2\u00a0a Certified Genealogist. This is a <a title=\"huge task\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bcgcertification.org\/certification\/requirements.html\">huge task<\/a>, but I&#8217;m already well on my way. I&#8217;ve already published several of the submission requirements on my blog, so I&#8217;ll just need to polish up the work for submission.<\/li>\n<li>Become more active with the genealogy societies to which I belong. I plan to achieve this goal this year by helping out with the workshops, seminars, and conferences presented by these societies.<\/li>\n<li>Start\u00c2\u00a0a Niedzialkowski Family Association. Early this year I&#8217;ll be taking a course on One-Name Studies through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies, and the information in that course should help me get started on the right foot. I&#8217;ve already arranged for Y-DNA analysis of several Niedzialkowskis and hope to expand that database as I get the Family Association started.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, I&#8217;m <a title=\"stealing a resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/creativegene.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/2008-new-years-resolutions.html\">stealing a resolution<\/a> from Jasia at Creative Gene: Get something published! One of the articles I wrote for the Carnival of Genealogy has been reprinted in the newsletters of several local genealogical societies, but I think it&#8217;s time to get my act together and write something for publication in a major genealogy magazine or journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is still an ambitious list. I guess I&#8217;d better get cracking.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! I stayed up to greet the New Year and watched the fireworks in San Francisco from my house. 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