One of the things I love most about digging into my files is how a single document can illuminate an entire family network. This week’s… Read More »Monday’s Diggings – A Will That Connects the Wells Family
Turning Points Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again – time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
In several recent posts, I’ve shared how I have been using AI tools along with my genealogy software to turn narrative reports into stories, audio… Read More »More Ways to Tell the Story: Two Videos About Mary Foster Crawford
Do you have items tucked away in your files that lack solid source citations? I certainly do—and this document from my Crawford Kentucky file is… Read More »Friday Find
Have you ever tried to piece together a family when multiple families of the same surname are living in the same place at the same… Read More »One Deed – Three Generations
Most of us are aware that artificial intelligence can hallucinate. While working with Google Notebook LM, I ran into a different kind of problem —… Read More »Why AI Needs More Context: Lessons from a Mary Crawford Biography
Turning genealogy reports into readable stories isn’t easy, so I used AI to help write a biography of my 2nd great-grandmother, Mary Foster Crawford (1842–1929). This post shows the prompt, the process, and the finished story from my RootsMagic narrative report.
The McCubbins Collection and the Bryal Surprise Have you ever pulled an old photocopy from your files and realized it still has something to teach… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again – time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
In my previous posts, I explored the homestead documents for my ancestor Washington Marion Crawford and the laws that governed how settlers claimed land on… Read More »Washington Marion Crawford’s Homestead Story