Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 16 November 2025

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 16 November 2025).  

1)  Hosted and moderated  the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group on Wednesday. We discussed recent genealogy news - AncestryDNA Origins, AncestryDNA custom clusters, MyHeritage Whole Genome Sequencing, WeAre.xyz family archive, Kenneth Marks'academy and articles, and RootsTech registration and classes.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society British Isles Interest Group meeting on Saturday.  Colin Whitney discussed London history and research.

3)  Attended the Mondays With Myrt webinar on Monday and we discussed Veterans Day and our ancestors who served.

4)  Transcribed the 1735 Deed of Joseph Seaver and his siblings selling land in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Thomas Boylston with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search.

5) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 5 to 11 November 2025
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 6 to 12 November 2025
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 9 to 15 November 2025

8)  Wrote two "ABC Biographies" using my AI-assisted "Ancestor Biography Creation" process,  and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack, in:

• ABC Biography of Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) of Massachusetts
• ABC Biography of Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) and Hannah (Wilson) Seaver (1646-1722) of Massachusetts

7)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• Norman Seaver's Life Memories - An AI-Assisted Memoir
• Ask AI: Robert Seaver and the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745
• Life Memories of Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) - An AI-Assisted Memoir

8)  Posted one of the AI-assisted memories of my ancestral home in the home's voice, based on my own memories, on Genea-Musings and Substack - see The Watchful House on 30th Street Remembers: "The Faithful Steed."

9)  Wrote an AI-assisted short stories about my parents on Genea-Musings and Substack:

• Betty and Fred's Story: "The First Date"

10)  Added a number of the recent Google NotebookLM Videos to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver.  

11)  Started working on my wife's ancestral family genealogical sketches.  Wrote Genealogical Sketch of the Severt Oliver and Amelia Anna (Brocke) Leland Family of Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and California.

12)  Started my free trial at WeAre.xyz, a family archive -- I love the concept.  Uploaded my GEDCOM file, navigated around, uploaded some family photos.  There is a steep learning curve and I'm low on it, it seems.

13)  My AncestryDNA now has 50,111 DNA matches (up 24 from 9 November) with 2,129 "close" matches today (up 0), with no new ThruLines.  Added Notes to 2 Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 13,900 DNA matches (up 10 from 9 November) for me, and has 5 new Theory of Family Relativity matches (but 4 of them are wrong IMHO).  

14)  Searched for more records of ancestral families on Ancestry, FamilySearch and MyHeritage, downloaded record images to my digital file folders, and added research notes, events and sources to RootsMagic profiles.  My RootsMagic family tree now has 74,800 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 147,914 source citations (up 0).  

15) Wrote 23 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was ABC Biography of Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) of Massachusetts with over 268 views.  Genea-Musings had about 103,000 page views last week and over 779,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I fear). 

16)  Real life events:  Visited Linda several days at her memory care facility and we played Uno and walked around the facility and the patio. Went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Went to the dermatologist on Friday to get my stitches removed from my chest and to the optometrist to pick up my new glasses.  Still reading The Rule of Law by John Lescroart.  Watched the Charger game on Sunday and they lost 35-6 to the Jaguars, so they are now 7-4.  Listened to the San Diego State Aztecs game on Saturday and they won 17-7 over Boise State, so they are now 8-2.  

   

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