Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 29 March 2026).
1) Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) General Meeting which featured Christine Cohen on "Indexes Are The Key To Unlocking The Records." Who knew there were so many index types?
2) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:
3) Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1819 Deed of Martin Carringer Buying Fur Lots in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania From William and Sarah Scott for $74.
5) Tried several more MyHeritage Scribe AI desciptions and transcriptions, including a Norwegian record in Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1796 Marriage Record of Torjer Olsen and Anna Sjursdatter in Voss, Norway.
6) Wrote one ABC Biography and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack:
- ABC Biography of Frederick Schaffner (1828-1899) Family of Germany, New York and San Francisco
- Life Memoir of Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1835) in 1834, a Revolutionary War Soldier
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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) Updated my presentation for my GSSCC talk "From Census To Story" on 7 April, and created the syllabus. I'm almost done - needs more images.
12) My AncestryDNA test now has 51,401 DNA matches (up 110 from 22 March) with 2,178 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 3), with five new ThruLines (but two are probably wrong). Added Notes to five Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,312 DNA matches (up 12 from 22 March) 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 74,990 profiles (up 16 from last week) and 147,976 source citations (up 1).
14) 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 Betty and Fred's Story: Early Summer 1943 with over 418 views. Genea-Musings had about 345,000 page views last week and over 1,370,000 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. Got the hillside, sideyard and front cypress trees trimmed and whacked by a company. Finished reading Toys by James Patterson and started Bloody Genius by John Sandford. Watched several games in the NCAA Men's basketball tournament. Watched the Padres season start poorly - they are 1-2 on the season.
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