Arrggh, the power is out again!! Sadly this is a phrase that is heard a lot in my house. With three power outages in the past week, and the most recent one so far being out for 16 hours (and still going), I am writing this from elsewhere. It has not only been frustrating, as well as confronting about everything that we do that requires internet and/or power. I swear we must live in the most power-outage-prone place in the Adelaide Hills. Seriously it must attract power outages! Anyway enough complaining, on to something useful … In the darkness of last night, I got thinking about all the things a genealogist can do when the power goes off, so as to use the time effectively. And assuming that the power goes off at night (so it is dark), and you’ve either got torchlight or candlelight to work with, here 5 suggestions: 1. Quality reading Read the latest genealogy magazines by candlelight (ok, so it’s not great for the eyes, but it might get the backlog of magazines waiting to be read down a little) 2. Write your next blog post Grab a pen and paper and start writing your next blog post. It might be a forgein concept to some to handwrite your blog post first, but in fact most of mine start out that way, as when I go somewhere and have to wait, I take my Blog Notebook with me, and start writing. 3. Create a timeline Something I thought of that would be a very cool idea, and I must do this myself, was to get those in your house to think of 10 events or things in their life that really stand out (good or...
