Monday, January 5, 2026

Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 4 January 2026

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 4 January 2026).  

1)  Wrote down my genealogy research and family history writing goals for 2026 in Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Genealogy Goals for 2026. Created an Infographic for them: 

2)  Created summary blog posts for 2025 activities in:

4)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) DNA Interest Group meeting on Zoom on Saturday with Kathy Fernandes presenting "DNA Basics."

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

6)  Wrote two Life Memoirs, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack, in:

 7)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 
8)  Posted an AI-assisted story based on my own memories, on Genea-Musings  and   Substack in:
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 50,390 DNA matches (up 39 from 28 December) with 2,140 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 0), with no new ThruLines.  Added Notes to one Match, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 14,015 DNA matches (up 30 from 28 December) for me. Checkedo ut their new Traits feature.

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 74,870 profiles (up 1 from last week)  and 147,932 source citations (up 0).  

13) 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 A Pilgrim’s Progress: William White to Randall Seaver from England to New England to California with over 342 views.  Genea-Musings had about 60,600 page views last week and over 374,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I fear). 

14)  Real life events:  Visited Linda several days this past week at her memory care facility.  Went to the grocery store on Friday. Attended the church Men's Bible Study breakfast on Saturday. Finished reading The Hop-Picker Murders by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, and started Sins of the Fathers by J.A. Vance. Watched some of the college football playoffs and bowl games, and the Chargers game on Sunday - they lost to Denver and finished 11-6, but made the playoffs.
   
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