Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 1 March 2026).
1) Atended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society General Meeting on Wednesday with about 35 in attendance. Ann L awthers presentation was "Migration in the United States."
2) Received an email about George Carringer which asked if I had his 1874 will. I didn't, but I found it on the FamilySearch Catalog for Mercer County, Pennsylvania, then used Google Gemini 3 to transcribe it, and posted it at Transcription of the 1874 Will of George Carringer (1795-1876) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. I also improved my Research Notes for George, who is a 3rd great-granduncle.
3) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:
4) Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1800 Deed of George and Lucy Loveless Selling Land in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to George Wakeman for $250.
5) Compiled a genealogical sketch of Linda's second great-grandparents - see Genealogical Sketch of the John Peter Brocke (1826-1891) and Christina Webber (1831-1914) Family of Germany and Nebraska.
6) Wrote one ABC Biographies and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack:
- ABC Biography of the John Peter Brocke (1826-1891) and Christina Webber (1831-1914) Family of Prussia and Nebraska
- Life Memoir of Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) of Townsend, Massachusetts in 1856
- Ask AI: Describe Ann Marshman's Life At Age 10 in Hilperton, Wiltshire in 1795
- Ask AI: Describe Frank Walton Seaver’s Life at Age 13 in 1865 in Westminster, Massachusetts
- Ask AI: Describe Hattie Hildreth’s Life in 1871 At Age 13 In Leominster, Massachusetts
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) Created a narrated slide presentation using NotebookLM Slide Deck, Google Slides, and Google Vids for Slide Show for the John and Anna (Van Vorst) Kemp Family of New York and Upper Canada. Added the presentation to the ABC Biography for John and Anna.
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 50,863 DNA matches (up 84 from 15 February) with 2,155 "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 14,176 DNA matches (up 26 from 15 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 74,929 profiles (up 9 from last week) and 147,971 source citations (up 4).
14) Wrote 23 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Randy's Memories: A Summer In Scandinavia - Part 1: Sweden and Finland Adventures with over 299 views. Genea-Musings had about 335,000 page views last week and over 1,413,000 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 The Widow by John Grisham, and started Shock Wave by John Sandford. The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team was 1-1 last week, so now are 19-9 on the season.
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