Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 8 February 2026).
1) Wrote, edited and published the Chula Vista Genealogical Society newsletter for February 2026.
2) Attended and participated in Mondays With Myrt on 2 February - we discussed Jill's award, GeneaBloggers webinar, Miles' NotebookLM post, Liv's story, and my Flexible Flyers post.
3) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:
4) Transcribed a mortgage deed for Amanuensis Monday in Amanuensis Monday -- 1776 Mortgage Deed of George Wakeman to John Heugan For Land in Ballston, Albany County, New York.
5) Researched and wrote Genealogical Sketch of the Elling Eriksen (1820-1895) and Anna Ellingsdatter (1812-1901) Family of Sogndal, Norway and Dane County, Wisconsin
6) Wrote one ABC Biography and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack, in:
- ABC Biography of the Sjur Torgersen Leland (1804-1889) and Brita Olsdatter (1818-1895) Family of Voss, Norway and Dane County, Wisconsin
- Life Memoir of Elizabeth (Prescott) Hildreth (1734-1812) of Westford, Massachusetts
7) 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 Nicholas Brocke's Life At Age 15 in Cedar County, Nebraska in 1870
- Ask AI: The Journey From Voss, Norway to Dane County, Wisconsin in 1856
- Ask AI: Describe Lieutenant Zachariah Hildreth's Homecoming After the Saratoga Campaign in 1777
8) Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
9) Wrote an AI-assisted family story of my own memories on Genea-Musings and Substack:
10) 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.
11) My AncestryDNA test now has 50,633 DNA matches (up 28 from 1 February) with 2,149 "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 test now has 14,117 DNA matches (up 16 from 1 February) 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 74,882 profiles (up 2 from last week) and 147,950 source citations (up 6).
13) Wrote 24 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: "A Home and Planning Ahead" with over 355 views. Genea-Musings had about 262,000 page views last week and over 760,000 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. Brother-in-law Paul came to visit on Tuesday through Thursday to visit Linda, and we wneto ut to dinner three nights. Still reading Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance. Watched the Super Bowl with friends in Coronado. The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team was 2-0 last week, so now are 17-6 on the season.
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