Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 22 March 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 22 March 2026). 

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Family History Roundtable Group on Wednesday with 12 in attendance.  We discussed RootsTech 2026, especially the writing and photo features, and then the attendees told their stories about starting their genealogy research (the homework for March); using AI tools to describe, transcribe or enhance images; AI image creation; MyHeritage coming image features; and demonstrating writing a Substack blog post. 

2)  Attended the CVGS Spring Fling (basically a noontime snack and chat) at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library outdoor patio before the CVGS Education Meeting in the library on Tuesday. Being St. Patrick's Day, we discussed Irish research.

3)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) British Isles Interest Group (hosted by Colin Whitney) and the Genealogy and AI Group (hosted by Doug Shaw)  on Zoom on Saturday.  

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 11 to 17 March 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 12 to 18 March 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 15 to 21 March 2026

5)  Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1795 Deed of Martin Carringer Buying 200 Acres of Donation Land in Mercer County, Pennsylvania for 5 Shillings.

6)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for Peter Victorse Putman and Sarah Kinnan Family of New Jerswey and New York. Peter was a Revolutionary War soldier.

7)  Tried several more MyHeritage Scribe AI desciptions and transcriptions, including several German records.

8)  Wrote one ABC Biography and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and   Substack:

• ABC Biography of Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1835) and Sarah Kinnan (1761-1841) Family of New Jersey and New York 
  
• Life Memoir of Katharina (Gute) (Grieser) Henry (1837-1920) in 1918
  
  
  

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

• Ask AI: David Auble's Life At Age 13 in Early 1831 in New Jersey
• Ask AI: Charles Auble's Last Day In Newark in 1864
• Ask AI: Tell Me Tales From Kemp's Hotel In Ontario In the Early 1870s

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

• Betty and Fred's Story: Early Summer 1943

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

• Randy’s Memories: Our October 2008 New York City and Caribbean Vacation -- Sightseeing

12)  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. 

13)  Updated my presentation for my GSSCC talk "From Census To Story" on 7 April, and created the syllabus.  I still have more to add.

14)  My AncestryDNA test now has 51,291 DNA matches (up 123 from 15 March) with 2,175 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 8), with six new ThruLines.  Added Notes to three Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.    MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,300 DNA matches (up 322 from 15 March) for me. 

15)  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 74,974 profiles (up 18 from last week)  and 147,975 source citations (up 0).  

16) 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 ABC Biography of Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1835) and Sarah Kinnan (1761-1841) Family of New Jersey and New York with  over 369 views.  Genea-Musings had about  254,000 page views last week and over 1,399,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

17)  Real life events:  Visited Linda several days this past week at her memory care facility.  Went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Went to the Rohr Engineer's lunch on Thursday.  Still reading Toys by James Patterson.  Watched several games in the NCAA Men's basketball tournament. Baseball season starts next Friday -- hope for my Padres springs eternal. 

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