Monday, September 14, 2026

Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 13 September 2026

  Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 13 September 2026). 

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Wednesday and reported on LFT Webtember, and Learning Paths, GEDmatch website redesign, the updated GLO website, new books, the "Memories Book" and 20 Record Types for genelaogists to use.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) Fall Seminar meeting on Zoom on Saturday, with Mary Sayles presenting four talks.  

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

4)  Transcribed the 1841 Deed of Hinsdale Fisher selling land in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts to Lucy Butterfield for Amanuensis Monday with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search.

5)  Wrote one Life Memoir for an ancestor, and posted it on Genea-Musings and  Substack:
6)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 
7)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my parents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
8)  Wrote an AI-assisted short story about my maternal grandparents lives and romance on Genea-Musings and Substack:
9)  Housekeeping -- updated my Randy's AI and Genealogy page and added to the AI-assisted story  compendiums. Added a number of the recent Google Notebook Videos to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver.

10)  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 75,135 profiles (up 11 from last week)  and 148,151 source citations (up 33).  

11)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,484 DNA matches (up 17 from 6 September) with 2,222  "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 0), with no new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 14,941 DNA matches (up 42 from 6 September) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity.  

12) 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 Betty and Fred’s Story: Building a Life Together – The First Week Apart, Late August 1944  with 240 views.  Genea-Musings had about 108,000 page views last week and over 608,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

13)  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 root canal doctor for Tooth #31.  Went to the church Men's Group breakfast on Saturday. Finished reading Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman and started The Dover Trunk Murder by Nathan Dylan Goodwin. Talked to grandsons Lucas and Charlie on their birthdays. Watched the Padres games - they were 6-0 this past week and are 81-68. Watched the San Diego State Aztecs football gmw ad they lost to UCLA 28-10.  Watched the Chargers game and they lost 26-14. 

NOTE:  I spent about 30 hours on these genealogy activities this week,  learned quite a bit, and had some genealogy fun!

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