Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 10 May 2026

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 10 May 2026). 

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Board Meeting on Wednesday and discussed the Newsletter, the Research Group meeting and the Family History Roundtable meeting.  Wrote, edited and published the May 2026 CVGS newsletter.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) Program Meeting on Saturday with Craig R. Scott presenting talks on the Revolutionary War pension files.

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 29 April to 5 May 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 30 April to 6 May2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 3 to 9 May 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

4)  Transcribed a land deed for John Underhill with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search in Amanuensis Monday -- 1774 Deed of John Underhill Buying Land in Rockingham County, New Hampshire From Joseph Colby.

5)  Researched and wrote  Genealogical Sketch of the Alexander Whittle (1818-1853) and Rachel Morley (1819-1861) Family of Lancashire, New South Wales and California.

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

• ABC Biography of Alexander and Rachel (Morley) Whittle of Lancashire, New South Wales and California (1818-1861) (with slide show presentation)
  
  
  
• Life Memoir of John Underhill (1745-1816) of Plainfield, New Hampshire in 1814

7)  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 the Life of the Isaac Seaver Family In Leominster, Mass. in 1873" -- Part 2
• Ask AI: Edward Hildreth Courts and Marries Sophia Newton in 1852 in Northborough, Massachusetts
• Ask AI: "Describe the Life of Devier J. Smith In Dodge County, Wisconsin in 1860"
  

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

• Betty and Fred's Story: Building a Life Together -- December 1943

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: Letters From Boot Camp – Part 1, May 1917

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)  Tried out the new MyHeritage features -- Family Infographics and Tribute Reel.

12)  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 16 from last week)  and 148,022 source citations (up 17).  Added some land deeds and biographies to some profiles in RootsMagic from Genea-Musings posts.

13)  My AncestryDNA test now has 51,793 DNA matches (up 67 from 3 May) with 2,194 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 1), with 2 new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,442 DNA matches (up 7 from 3 May) for me. 

14) 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 Life Memoir of John Underhill (1745-1816) of Plainfield, New Hampshire in 1814 with  over 400 views.  Genea-Musings had about 385,000 page views last week and over 2,564,000 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. Visited the financial advisor on Friday -- she said "everything will turn out fine." Still reading The Waiting by Michael Connelly.  Watched the Padres games - they were 4-3 this past week and are 24-16 on the season.  

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