Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 1 November 2026

  Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 1 November 2026). 

1)   Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) General Meeting on Zoom on Wednesday.  Sunny Jane Morton was the speaker about Using PowerPoint.

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 21 to 27 October 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 22 to 28 October 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 25 to 31 October 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

3)  Transcribed the 1762 Deed of Benjamin Wing selling land in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Samuel Wait 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:

• Life Memoir of Sarah (Read) Seaver (1736-1808) of Westminster, Massachusetts
  

5)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• The Life of the Charles Auble (1849-1916) Family of Chicago in 1903 - Part 1 of 2
  
• A Day In the Life of Elizabeth (King) Spangler in Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1850
• The Life of Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) at Age 14 of South Petherton, Somerset in 1830
• A Hallowe’en Reunion Story – The Seaver Families
  

6)  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 – Winter Words -- Early 1945

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: After the Armistice -- Mid-November to Early December, 1918
  

8)  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 (now 527 videos).

9)  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 75,164 profiles (up 3 from last week)  and 148,198 source citations (up 9).  

10)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,768 DNA matches (up 65 from last week) with 2,235 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 3), with 2 new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 15,085 DNA matches (up 37 from last week) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity; 

11) Wrote 22 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Family Historian 8 Introduces Smart Folders, an AI Connector, and Integration with FamilySearch User Trees with over 423 views.  Genea-Musings had about 532,000 page views last week and over 2,293,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

12)  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 health center for my routine appointment with my family practice doctor. I finished  reading Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson.  I watched NFL Football on Sunday -- my Chargers lost again, so now 0-7 on the year.

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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Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 25 October 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 25 October 2026). 

1)   Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Family History Roundtable Meeting on Zoom on Wednesday. I reported on Family History Month activities and projects, the Scribe AI tool, MyStories audiobooks, AI webinars, and Muse.ai for photo animation. Several attendees told stories or made presentations about their hobbies.

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 14 to 20 October 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 15 to 21 October 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 18 to 24 October 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

3)  Transcribed the 1761 Deed of Benjamin Wing buying land in Dartmouth, Massachusetts from Samuel Wait 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:

• Life Memoir of Hattie Louisa (Hildreth) Seaver (1857-1920) of Leominster, Massachusetts
  

5)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• The Cows on Henry Carringer’s Farm In Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1850-1851
  
• A Day In the Life Of Julia (White) Richmond of East Killingly, Connecticut in 1890
• The Life of Rebecca Hill at Age 13 in 1802 in Hilperton, Wiltshire
• Ask AI: Two Genealogy Truths and Judging Certainty
  
• Happy Birthday To Me -- An Ode to Randy the Genealogist at 83
  

6)  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 – A Wartime Christmas, December 1944

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: Lyle’s Party and an Armistice, Mid-November 1918
  

8)  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 (now 520 videos).

9)  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 75,161 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 148,189 source citations (up 1).  

10)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,703 DNA matches (up 48 from last week) with 2,232 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 1), with 1 new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 15,048 DNA matches (up 16 from last week) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity; Linda jas 17,042 matches.

11) 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 Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 26 September to 2 October 2026 with over 2,860 more views.  Genea-Musings had about 448,000 page views last week and over 1,969,000 views over the past month (lots of bots I think). 

12)  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 health center for my lab tests. Daughter Lori came to visit on Wednesday nd returned home on Sunday. She helped me around the house, we went out to dinner one night, and went to Huntington Beach on Saturday to see daughter Tami's family. I'm still reading Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson.  

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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Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 18 October 2026

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 18 October 2026). 

1)   Hosted andm oderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Zoom on Wednesday. I reported on AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimates (Origins), Fold3 Revolutionary War Pension Files Full-Text Search feature, RootsMagic Version 12 release, RootsTech 2027 registration is open, All About That Place podcasts and videos, interesting Family Tree Magazine and Thomas MacEntee articles, new genealogy books, and my own work.  The discussion topic was “What new research technique, or research tool  have you learned in the past year?”

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

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 7 to 13 October 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 8 to 14 October 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 11 to 17 October 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

4)  Transcribed the 1752 Deed of Benjamin Wing buying land in Dartmouth, Massachusetts from Thomas Briggs 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:

• Life Memoir of Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784) of Westford, Massachusetts

6)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• The Life Of the Jonathan White Family of East Killingly, Connecticut in 1845 (17 October 2026)
  
• The Life of Ann Marshman of Hilperton, Wiltshire at Age 11 in 1795 (16 October 2026)
• The 1826 Courtship and Marriage of Elizabeth Dill and Alpheus Smith in Massachusetts (15 October 2026)
• The Horses of Henry Carringer’s Pennsylvania Farm, 1850-1851 (12 October 2026)
  

7)  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 -- Parallel Lives, November 1944
  

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: September to Early November 1918 

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 (now 513 videos).

10)  Found some more information about my grandsons' Italian and Danish heritage, and emailed an ancestor report, a pedigree chart and some records for them.

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 75,161 profiles (up 10 from last week)  and 148,188 source citations (up 5).  

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,655 DNA matches (up 59 from last week) with 2,231 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 2), with 3 new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 15,032 DNA matches (up 14 from last week) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity.  

13) Wrote 20 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 26 September to 2 October 2026 with over 1,850 more views.  Genea-Musings had about 487,000 page views last week and over 1,698,000 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. Attended the Rohr Engineers lunch on Thursday. Finished reading  A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman and started Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson.  Watched the Chargers game and they lost 22-6 to the Kansas City Chiefs so now 0-6).

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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Updates to RootsMagic 12

 Version 12.1.0 to RootsMagic 12 was released with a list of changes noted on the Facebook User Group and the Update History page.

The changes listed include:

12.1.0 - 15 Oct 2026

• New/Fixed: Citation Editing / Adding - Removed tabbed pages from citation edit panel. Pages are now collapsible sections in the edit panel
• New: Citation editor - free-form and notes drop down in place to edit instead of sliding
• Fixed: Adding new children, etc. could randomly crash
• Fixed: Hover bubbles over notes, links, etc. in the edit panel are back
• Fixed: Info box icons were not opening to correct view
• New: Family View adds “move to primary position” to right menu
• Fixed: Citation name is no longer required
• Fixed: Blurry text on some Macs
• Fixed: Overly pixelated thumbnails on some systems (use Build Thumbnails on main Media page to fix existing ones all at once)
• Fixed: Relationship calculator not showing relationships
• Fixed: Set Relationships working
• Fixed: Home page, On This Day showed incorrect relationship
• Fixed: DNA Matches Tree Relationship not showing
• Fixed: Report titles with a person name with double surname or suffix put nickname in wrong place
• Fixed: Ancestry Record sources were showing formatting code (like <[Footnote]>)
• Fixed: Down arrow in note editor was jumping to wrong place at paragraph breaks
• Fixed: Source templates could randomly show a URL field as a date field
• Fixed: Property editor loses focus when Alt+Tab switches between windows
• Fixed: There were two search boxes on “Find a citation” screen
• Fixed: Numerous minor issues
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

There are a number of YouTube videos about RootsMagic 12 including A Quick Tour of RootsMagic 12.  

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Disclosure:  I have been a RootsMagic user and paying customer since about 2008 and have downloaded and am using RootsMagic 12.  

Copyright (c) 2026, Randall J. Seaver

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Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 11 October 2026

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 11 October 2026). 

1)   Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Board Meeting on Zoom on Wednesaday and reported on the newsletter, Research Group meeting and Family History Roundtable meeting. Wrote, edited and emailed the CVGS Newsletter to the contact list.

2) Attended the San Diego Genelaogical Society (SDGS) Program Meeting on Saturday with Jim Jackson presenting two talks. 

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 30 September to 6 October 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 1 to 7 October 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 4 yo 10 October 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

4)  Transcribed the 1841 Lease of Elizabeth H. Smith from Lucy Butterfield for two rooms in Medfield, Massachusetts 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:

• Life Memoir of Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) of Leominster, Massachusetts 
  

6)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• Henry Carringer's Pennsylvania Farm Work In the Winter Of 1850-1851 
  
  
  
• A Day in the Life of Alpheus Smith at Age 14 in 1816 in Medfield, Massachusetts – Part 1
• A Day in the Life of Alpheus Smith at Age 14 in 1816 in Medfield, Massachusetts – Part 2
  
• Genealogy Use Case Description of "ChatGPT For Work" for a "Genealogy Research Manager"

7)  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 – Treasure Island and Randy’s First Birthday

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: Monday People -- July and August 1918

9)  Purchased, downloaded, installed and check out the RootsMagic 12 update.  

 

10)  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 (now 506 videos).

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 75,151 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 148,183 source citations (up 2).  

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,596 DNA matches (up 6 from last week) with 2,229 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 0), with one new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 15,018 DNA matches (up 18 from last week) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity.  

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 Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 26 September to 2 October 2026 with 3,710 views.  Genea-Musings had about 489,000 page views last week and over 1,217,000 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.  Still reading  A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman. Watched the Padres games - they were 1-1 this past week in the playoffs and out of the playoffs.  Watched the San Diego State Aztecs football game asd they lost 66-14, so now 2-4. Watched the Chargers game and they lost 23-17 to the Denver Broncos so now 0-5).

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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Genealogy Software: RootsMagic 12 Announced!

 RootsMagic announced Version 12 on Facebook today.  The RootsMagic What's New web page  shows this:

This is a new version, so it requires an additional payment.  Existing users can upgrade to RootsMagic 12 for $19.95.  Users can download the free version also (which does not include all of the prime features).  The retail price for new users is $29.95.

The new features on the RootsMagic What's New web page include:

• A new Tree View
• Simpler Sources
• More AI Prompts
• New Charts
• Revised Life Summary
• New Note Editor
• More!

Check out the information about each new feature on the What's New web page.

There are several videos about RootsMagic 12 including A Quick Tour of RootsMagic 12.  

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Disclosure:  I have been a RootsMagic user and paying customer since about 2008 and have downloaded and am using RootsMagic 12.  

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Randy's Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 4 October 2026

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week (ending Sunday, 4 October 2026). 

1)   Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) General Meeting on Zoom on Wednesaday with speaker Sylvia Tracy Doolos on "Europeans to North America: Who, When, and How They Came".

2) Attended the San Diego Genelaogical Society (SDGS) DNA Special Interest Group meweting on Saturday with several speakers sharing DNA stories and processes.

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

• Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 23 to 29 September 2026
• Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 24 to 30 September 2026
• Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 27 September to 3 October 2026
• Listed new and updated record collections for MyHeritage, Findmypast, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch.

4)  Transcribed the 1752 Deed of Benjamin and Rhoda Wing to Thomas Wilks in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony 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:

• Life Memoir of Hannah (Rich) Richmond (1824-1911) of Wiltshire and Connecticut
  

6)  Requested free AI tools to tell me about these genealogy and family history subjects, and posted them on Genea-Musings and Substack: 

• Henry Carringer's Pennsylvania Farm in Autumn 1850 -- Bringing in the Harvest
  
  
  
• The Life of Bessie Richmond at Age 14 in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1896
• Complex Genealogy Use Cases for “ChatGPT Work” - Part 2
• A Day In the Life of Sarah (Feather) Carringer of Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1847

7)  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 -- Early October 1944
  

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

• Emily and Lyle’s Story: Georgia Moves In, Late June 1918

9)  Had Google Gemini 3 summarize my talk to GeneaBloggers in Summary of “From Census to Story: Bringing Ancestors to Life with Evidence, Context, and AI” Presentation.

 

10)  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 (now 499 videos).

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 75,151 profiles (up 0 from last week)  and 148,181 source citations (up 2).  

12)  My AncestryDNA test now has 52,590 DNA matches (up 44 from last week) with 2,229 "close" matches (20 cM or more) today (up 4), with one new ThruLines.  Added Notes to no Matches, and added no new DNA match lines to RootsMagic. MyHeritageDNA test now has 15,000 DNA matches (up 15 from last week) for me, with 26 Theories of Family Relativity.  

13) Wrote 23 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 26 September to 2 October 2026 with 1,647 views.  Genea-Musings had about 238,000 page views last week and over 856,000 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.  Attended the Aero-Thermo Engineers luncheon on Friday and the church Men's Bible Study breakfast on Saturday. Still reading  A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman. Watched the Padres games - they were 2-2 this past week in the playoffs.  Watched the San Diego State Aztecs football game asd they won 31-29, so now 2-3. Watched the Chargers game and they lost 30-23 to the Seattle Seahawks (so now 0-4).

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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