A Blizzard & A Stay-cation.... What to do?

Here in Southern Minnesota, we've definitely been feeling Winter the last few weeks!

We've had snow and then shockingly (even for us!) cold weather. And now, today, as I write this I can hear the roar of neighboring snow blowers as they clear out from yesterday.... while our Blizzard Warning expired in the night, the temperature is currently -10 and we're in a Wind Chill Advisory until at least later today.

Oh Spring... where for art thou?

Lucky for me, I'm on vacation from work for a couple of weeks... enjoying a "stay-cation" even though I wish I was frolicking on a warm sunny tropical beach somewhere, as I was last February. And yesterday, listening to the howl of the wind I just had no motivation to tackle the dull house chores that piled up all week....

So, what did I do??

First, I did some extensive searches on Ebay to see what genealogical books were out their for both my family surnames and locations of interest! Then I headed over to the New England Historic Genealogical Society where they have a huge listing of Used Books for Sale, as well as the personal genealogy page for Dr. Michael Lacopo (Hoosier Daddy) who has an ever changing list of books for sale from the excess duplicates of his own collection.


Of course I found a number of books that I decided I MUST have! And now I'm eagerly awaiting their arrival, hopefully a few of them get here by next week when we're forecast to receive another huge Winter storm (insert some combination of sobbing/angry emoji here).

In addition to the book hoarding that I engaged in, I also took the opportunity to research a number of different societies & associations that I have interest in joining. Some societies have specific renewal dates (often the first of a new year) and I found quite a few that I want to join and organized them based on renewal dates.

I did join The Rhode Island Genealogical Society, The New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, and The Sandwich Historical Society (Carroll Co, NH) right off the bat, with their easy to join on-line application. And also printed off forms for those that require checks sent via snail mail.

Today, I'm going to putter my way through the rest of the list... I have a few family associations I want to explore and they require more in-depth forms as lineage is required. 

I'm still lingering over coffee this morning... stalling in my snow removal responsibilities, and just enjoying the morning. The sun streaming in the windows is misguiding, but still a nice addition to this frigid day.

Time to refill my coffee and then on to tackle the filling in of some paper applications.

What are you doing this Winter Friday? Perhaps you're a lucky one enjoying warm weather someplace?
What genealogical tasks await you this coming weekend?