Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 15 February 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 15 February 2026). 

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on Wednesday with 14 in attendance.  We discussed RootsTech 2026, Relatives at RootsTech, Ancestry "Ideas" and Full-Text Search, AutoKinship on Genetic Affairs, Goldie May's new AI features on YouTube, and my AI research and writing work. Our discussion question was about genealogy goals for 2025.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society meeting on Saturday, including Doug's AI class, and David Flint's two classes on British Isles Jurisdictions and Names. 

3)  Attended the GeneaBloggers webinar on Sunday with Steve Little discussiing Artificial Intelligence. 

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 4 to 10 February 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 5 to 11 February 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 8 to 14 February 2026

5)  Transcribed a mortgage released for Amanuensis Monday in 1788 Mortgage Release of Daniel Campbell to Dirck Lefferts For Land in Ballstown, Albany County, New York That George Wakeman Had Mortgaged In 1772.

6)  Researched and wrote Genealogical Sketch of Thomas Dill (1755-1839) and Hannah Horton (1761-1796) Family of Eastham, Massachusetts.

7)  Wrote two ABC Biographies and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack, in:

• ABC Biography of the Elling Eriksen (1820-1896) and Anna Ellingsdatter (1812-1901) Natvig Family of Sogndal, Norway and Dane County, Wisconsin
  
  
  
• ABC Biography of the Thomas Dill (1755-1839) and Hannah Horton (1761-1796) Family of Massachusetts  
  
• Life Memoir of Brita Olsdatter Leland (1818-1895) of Norway and Wisconsin in 1894

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

• Ask AI: A Mother's Wisdom for Daniel Spangler Before His Marriage in 1815
• Ask AI: Describe Lyle Carringer Family's Daily Life in San Diego, California in March 1935

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

• Betty and Fred's Story: "Celebrations and War Worries"

10)  Wrote an AI-assisted family story of my own memories on Genea-Musings and   Substack: 

• Randy's Memories -- My Life at Age 40 in 1983

11)  Updated my Randy's AI and Genealogy page. Added a number of the recent Google NotebookLM Videos and Slide Shows to my YouTube channel at   https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver. 

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 50,779 DNA matches (up 146 from 8 February) with 2,152 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 3), with one new ThruLines.  Added Notes to one Match, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.    MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,150 DNA matches (up 33 from 8 February) for me. 

13)  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 74,914 profiles (up 32 from last week)  and 147,956 source citations (up 6).  

14) Wrote 25 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Betty and Fred's Story: "Building a Life Together" with over 351 views.  Genea-Musings had about 269,000 page views last week and over 963,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

15)  Real life events:  Visited Linda several days this past week at her memory care facility.  Went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Finished reading Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance and started The Widow by John Grisham.  Watched selected Winter Olympic events, especially curling. The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team was 1-0 last week, so now are 18-6 on the season.

   

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