Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 1 February 2026). Just like that, 2026 is 8% over.
1) Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society General Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom. J. Mark Lo we presented "Research in the South and Everywhere Else: Review, Prepare and Plan."
2) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:
3) Transcribed a mortgage deed for Amanuensis Monday in Amanuensis Monday -- 1774 Mortgage Deed of George Wakeman to Daniel Campbell For Land in Ballstown, Albany County, New York.
4) Researched and wrote Genealogical Sketch for the Sjur Torgersen Leland (1804-1889) and Brita Olsdatter (1818-1895) Family of Norway and Wisconsin.
5) Wrote one ABC Biography and two Life Memoirs, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack, in:
- ABC Biography of the Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784) and Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812) Family of Massachusetts
- Life Memoir of John Kemp (1723-1795) of New York and Upper Canada in 1794
- Life Memoir of Nicholas Brocke (1855-1938) of Nebraska and Idaho
6) Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack:
- Ask AI: Describe My Father’s US Navy Service In World War II
- Ask AI: Describe Emily Carringer's Life in San Diego, California in June 1945
7) Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
8) Wrote an AI-assisted family story from the Watchful House on Genea-Musings and Substack:
9) Added a number of the recent Google NotebookLM Videos and Slide Shows to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver.
10) User Perplexity Comet browser extension to obtain short ancestor biographies from my Ancestry Member Tree for selected persons, and added them to my RootsMagic Person Notes. Also added past ABC Biographies to RootsMagic Person Notes. Lots more to do here!
11) My AncestryDNA test now has 50,605 DNA matches (up 61 from 25January) with 2,149 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 2), with no new ThruLines. Added Notes to one Match, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,101 DNA matches (up 30 from 25 January) 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 74,880 profiles (up 7 from last week) and 147,944 source citations (up 3).
13) Wrote 21 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Life Memoir of John Kemp (1723-1795) of New York and Upper Canada in 1794 with over 430 views. Genea-Musings had about 170,000 page views last week and over 570,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think).
14) Real life events: Visited Linda several days this past week at her memory care facility. Went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Had my tooth implant installed on Thursday after 8 months. Finished reading 23-1/2 Lies by James Patterson and started Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance. Watched the NFL playoff games. The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team were 1-1 last week, so now are 16-6 on the season.
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