Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 15 March 2026).
1) Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group on Wednesday. We discussed RootsTech 2026, especially the new MyHeritage, Ancestry, and FamilySearch features, plus the attendees favorite classes.
3) Curated genealogy-related articles to keep myself and my readers updated on the genealogy world in:
3) Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1805 Deed Indenture of George and Sarah Wakeman Selling Land in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to Aaron Applegate for $720.
4) Wrote one ABC Biography and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack:
- ABC Biography of the Ignatius Grieser (1835-1879) and Katharina Gute (1837-1920) Family of Germany, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho
- Life Memoir of Joseph Champlin (1757-1850) of Rhode Island, a Revolutionary War Soldier
- Ask AI: Describe Sarah (Read) Seaver's Years of Widowhood, 1787-1808
- Ask AI: Describe Lucretia Smith's Life in 1841 At Age 12 in Massachusetts
- Ask AI: Write a Story About Thomas Richmond and Juliett White Courting and Early Married Life (1867-1869)
6) Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
7) Wrote an AI-assisted family story of my own memories on Genea-Musings and Substack:
8) Checked out the relatively new Ancestry.com Photo Insights in Exploring Ancestry's Photo Insights Feature - Henry A. Carringer's Land Patent - Updated which worked well, but the Transcription of the document was poor.
9) 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.
10) My AncestryDNA test now has 51,168 DNA matches (up 103 from 8 March) with 2,167 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 4), with four new ThruLines. Added Notes to four Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,278 DNA matches (up 37 from 8 March) for me.
11) 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 74,956 profiles (up 9 from last week) and 147,975 source citations (up 2).
12) Wrote 24 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which four were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Exploring Ancestry's Photo Insights Feature - Henry A. Carringer's Land Patent - Updated with over 292 views. Genea-Musings had about 283,000 page views last week and over 1,476,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think).
13) 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 cardiologist on Thursday for my yearly visit. Finished reading Shock Wave by John Sandford and started Toys by James Patterson. The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team was 2-1 last week, so finished 22-11 on the season, and not in the NCAA Tournament.
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