Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared the documented biography of my ancestor, Charles Oliver Mentzer—a Kansas farmer whose life spanned covered wagons, prairie settlement,… Read More »Charles Mentzer’s Story via Audio
What Am I Going to Do with 39,000 Relatives? In a recent post, James Tanner over at Genealogy’s Star wondered what he was supposed to… Read More »Relatives at RootsTech
Have you ever attended a genealogy conference? In the “good old days” — that is, before the internet connected us to archives, databases, and experts… Read More »Not at RootsTech
Did AI Hallucinate “65 Tons of Cargo”? Yesterday I shared my response to Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge, which invited participants to use… Read More »Was AI Hallucinating?
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again — Time for some more Genealogy Fun! Randy Seaver’s weekly challenge is always a great excuse to… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Have you tried Randy Seaver’s ABC Biography process? If not, it’s a creative and approachable way to transform research into stories your family will actually… Read More »AI Generated Biography
Probate Petition for Clayton H. Wells (1931, Eaton County, Michigan) Today’s Friday Find is a photocopy I received from a Michigan researcher — and it… Read More »Friday Find
As genealogists, we often remind ourselves that the societal norms of the past were very different from those of today. Even so, there are moments… Read More »Say Their Names
Do you use Ancestry hints? Do you take advantage of FamilySearch’s full-text search? Have you experimented with ChatGPT to help make sense of long, difficult… Read More »Combining AI tools
As I continue telling the story of Frances Artlissa Ricketts Briles, known to family as Artie, this post explores her life through two additional formats:… Read More »Artie Briles in Song and Audio Overview