Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 5 April 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 5 April 2026). 

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Board Meeting on Wednesday, and reported on the Research Group Zoom meeting, the Family Tree Roundtable Zoom meeting, and the monthly newsletter.  Wrote, edited and published the CVGS Newsletter for April 2026.

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 25 March to 1 April 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 26 March to 2 April 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 29 March to 5 April 2026

3)  Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1837 Deed of Ranslow Smith Buying Land in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York From Isaac and Anne Bronson.

4)  Wrote a Genealogical Sketch of the Burgess and Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf Family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

5)  Wrote a blog post using Steve Little's Genealogy Research Assistant Version 8.5.1c to create a research plan to find Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf's parents in Using Steve Little's AI Genealogy Research Assistant V8.5.1c To Develop a Research Plan.

6)  Tried several more MyHeritage Scribe AI desciptions and transcriptions, including a Danish record in Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1838 Birth and Baptism of Hans Lauritzen Hede in Gram, Haderslev, Denmark.

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

• ABC Biography of the Burgess and Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf Family of New England

• Life Memoir of Frederick Schaffner (1828-1899) in San Francisco in 1899

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

• Ask AI: "Am I Wrong To Write Historical Fiction About My Ancestors?"
• Ask AI: Write a Newspaper Article About Julia (White) Richmond's Life in 1908 in Killingly, Connecticut
• Ask AI: Describe the Life of Alexander Sovereen At Age 16 in 1830 in Norfolk County, Upper Canada

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

• Betty and Fred's Story: September to Mid-October 1943

9)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my grandparents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:

• Emily Auble's Story: She Goes To Work in July 1916

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

• The Watchful House on 30th Street Remembers: "The South Lot On the Block"

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)  Updated my presentation for my GSSCC talk "From Census To Story" on 7 April, and created the syllabus.  It is Tuesday, 7 April at 1 p.m. Pacific time - see Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (GSSCC) Program on Tuesday, 7 April 2026 Features Randy Seaver for details.

13)  My AncestryDNA test now has 51,466 DNA matches (up 65 from 29 March) with 2,181 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 3), with eight new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.    MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,332 DNA matches (up 20 from 29 March) for me. 

14)  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 0 from last week)  and 147,976 source citations (up 0).  

15) 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: Late July and August 1943 with  over 272 views.  Genea-Musings had about  379,000 page views last week and over 1,404,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

16)  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 dental hygienist on Friday. Went to the Men's Bible Study breakfast on Saturday and attended church on Easter Sunday (surprised everyone there!). Still reading Bloody Genius by John Sandford.  Watched several games in the NCAA Men's basketball tournament. Watched the Padres games - they were 3-3 this past week and are 4-5 on the season.

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