Monday, May 18, 2026

Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 17 May 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 17 May 2026). 

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Wednesday.  We discussed MyHeritage's Family infographics and Tribute Reel features, the 1926 Irish census, new Terms of Service on Ancestry and MyHeritage, several Family Tree Magazine articles, two new book offerings, the Library of Congress, SDGS education classes, and a review of FamilySearch features.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) British Isles Group with Colin Whitney and the AI for Genealogy Group with Doug Shaw on Saturdays.

3)  Was a panelist on Mondays With Myrt on Monday.  We discussed the 1926 Irish census, Robin Stewart and Internet Archive, Barbra Tien and Stories250, and the MyHeritage new features.

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

5)  Transcribed a land deed for John Underhill with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search in Amanuensis Monday -- 1784 Deed of John Underhill and John Underhill Jr. Buying Land in Rockingham County, New Hampshire From Peter Wells.

6)  Wrote one ABC Biography and one Life Memoir, and posted them on Genea-Musings and   Substack:
7)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

8)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
9)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my grandparents lives and romance 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)  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 75,048 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 148,023 source citations (up 1).  

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 51,823 DNA matches (up 30 from 10 May) with 2,195 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 1), with no new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,460 DNA matches (up 18 from 10 May) for me. 

13) Wrote 21 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which one was a press release. The most viewed post last week was Betty and Fred's Story: Building a Life Together -- December 1943 with  over 385 views.  Genea-Musings had about 463,000 page views last week and over 2,688,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

14)  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 The Waiting by Michael Connelly and started . Woman of God by James Patterson. Watched the Padres games - they were 4-2 this past week and are 28-18 on the season.  

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