Monday, December 1, 2025

Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 30 November 2025

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 30 November 2025).  

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Family History General Meeting on Wednesday. Diana Elder presented a fairly basic talk on AI And Genealogy Research.

2)  Participated as a panelist on Mondays With Myrt and we discussed the genealogy research process, reliability of informants, and the Google NotebookLM Infographic and Slide Deck.

3)  Transcribed the 1693 Deed of Shubael and Hannah Seaver selling two parcels of land in Roxbury, Mass. to John Davis for 10 pounds with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search.

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

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

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

7)  Created two narrated videos using Google Vids and the Google NotebookLM Slide Deck feature. Google suspended using the Slide Deck and Infographic features for free accounts.

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 - in The Watchful House on 30th Street Remembers: "Fred's Backyard Patio Project."

9)  Wrote an AI-assisted short stories about my parents on Genea-Musings and Substack:
10)  Added a number of the recent Google NotebookLM Videos to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver.  

11)  My AncestryDNA now has 50,162 DNA matches (up 35 from 23 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 13,935 DNA matches (up 22 from 23 November) for me.

12)  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 74,814 profiles (up 1 from last week)  and 147,922 source citations (up 0).  

13) Wrote 25 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was ABC Biography of Severt Oliver Leland (1878-1940) and Amelia Anna Brocke (1884-1975) Family of San Francisco, California with over 271 views.  Genea-Musings had about 75,700 page views last week and over 523,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I fear). 

14)  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. Still reading  The Whisperer by John Grisham.  My Chargers beat the Raiders on Sunday so they are now 8-4.  San Diego State Aztecs lost their football game on Friday to New Mexico and are 9-3 on the season. Watched the three San Diego State basketball games and they lost to Michigan and Baylor, and beat Oregon, so they are now 3-3 on the season.
   
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