Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 12 April 2026

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 12 April 2026). 

1)  Gave my presentation for my GSSCC talk "From Census To Story: Bringing Ancestors to Life with Evidence, Context and AI" on 7 April, with good reviews. It is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_jU3bksD9M.

2)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group  Meeting on Wednesday. Reported on MyHeritage videos, Family Tree Magazine articles, Fold3 RevWar pension files, and Steve Little's Genealogy Research Assistant, plus my Scribe AI work and GSSCC presentation. 

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 1 to 7 April 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 2 to 8 April 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 5 to 11 April 2026

4)  Transcribed a land record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1840 Deed of Ranslow and Mary Smith Selling Land in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York To Charles W. Bishop.

5)  Wrote a Genealogical Sketch of the John Charles and Maria (Beamish) Paul Family of Ireland and San Francisco.

6)  Updated my ABC Biography process in Using Artificial Intelligence In the Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) Process -- Updated.

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

• ABC Biography of John Charles and Maria (Beamish) Paul of Ireland and San Francisco
  
  
  
• Life Memoir of Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816) in Piermont, New Hampshire in 1816

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: Describe Jonathan and Amy Oatley Discussing the Call to East Killingly in 1834
• Ask AI: What Is the "Interactive AI Digital Twin" Conversational Experience?
• The Golden Shore -- A Schaffner Family Story: Parts 1 and 2
• Ask AI: " Describe a Day In the Life Of the Shubael Seaver Family in Massachusetts in 1690?"

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

• Betty and Fred's Story: October, 1943 -- Baby Randy Is Born

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

• Lyle's Story: Finding Courage in 1916-1917

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 51,541 DNA matches (up 75 from 5 April) with 2,185 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 4), with no new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic.    MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,363 DNA matches (up 31 from 5 April) 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 0 from last week)  and 147,981 source citations (up 5).  

14) Wrote 22 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Ask AI: Describe Jonathan and Amy Oatley Discussing the Call to East Killingly in 1834 with  over 362 views.  Genea-Musings had about  503,000 page views last week and over 1,680,000 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 Bloody Genius by John Sandford and started The Confession by John Grisham.  Watched the NCAA Men's basketball tournament final game. Watched the Padres games - they were 6-1 this past week and are 10-6 on the season.

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