What the Forbes Book Adds (and What It Doesn’t) As I continue working through the Craig and Crawford families of Augusta County, Virginia, I’ve been… Read More »The Crawford-Craig Connection in a Compiled Source
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
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.
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
When Washington Marion Crawford settled on his homestead in Ford County, Kansas, in the mid-1880s, he arrived in a place that had only recently begun… Read More »A Homestead on the Kansas Prairie: Washington Marion Crawford in Ford County, Kansas
One of the most interesting types of records available for genealogists researching ancestors in the American West is the federal homestead file. These files can… Read More »Digging Into a Homestead File: Washington Marion Crawford’s Kansas Land Claim
When researching ancestors who settled in the American West, it is common to encounter references to homesteads and land patents. These terms often appear in… Read More »Understanding Homestead Laws: What They Required of Kansas Settlers