Monday, June 29, 2026

Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 28 June 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 28 June 2026). 

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Annual Picnic.  Sat with two couples I didn't know.  Forgot to take photos.  Won two of the three contests. 

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

3)  Transcribed an 1830 Deed of Mary Row to John Row in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for Amanuensis Monday with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search.

4)  Wrote one Life Memoir for an ancestor, and posted it on Genea-Musings and  Substack:
5)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 
6)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
7)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my grandparents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
8)  Experimented with Steve Little's "Deep Look" forensic photo analyst in Using Steve Little's Deep Look Forensic Photograph Analyst.

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)  Compiled all of my AI-assisted material into a blog post for the research and writing I've done for my  my Carringer family line in:
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 75,090 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 148,062 source citations (up 2).  

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,097 DNA matches (up 38 from 21 June) with 2,203  "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 14,624 DNA matches (up 8 from 21 June) for me.  

13) Wrote 21 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 the Life of the Alexander Sovereen Family in Norfolk County, Ontario in 1865" (Part 1) with 318 views.  Genea-Musings had about 246,000 page views last week and over 2,145,000 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. Grandson Logan flew in on Friday and we went to the Padres game on Saturday.  Finished reading Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman. and started Fatal by John Lescroart. Watched the Padres games - they were 4-2 this past week and are 43-39 on the season.  

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