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What happens when AI challenges your family tree? After uploading Hutchinson records to NotebookLM, I was forced to reconsider the parents of my 2nd great-grandfather,… Read More »When AI Challenges the Family Tree

One of the most rewarding aspects of genealogy research is discovering how records from different places and time periods fit together to reveal a family’s… Read More »Piecing Together the Rupert Family

As I continue working through the records surrounding the estate of Lewis N. Hutchinson, I keep finding new pieces of the puzzle. An 1885 deed… Read More »Who Was Esther Lusk?

Have you ever tried to identify all of the parties in a complicated probate case? That’s the challenge I’ve been facing with the estate of… Read More »Color Me Confused: Following the Heirs of Lewis N. Hutchinson

Have you ever come across a deed or probate record that named dozens of heirs? If so, were you able to determine how they were… Read More »Color Me Confused!

One of the pleasures of genealogy is finding a record you didn’t know existed. Recently, Ancestry served up a hint for Cynthia Hutchinson, sister of my… Read More »An Unexpected Hutchinson Family Discovery

Old probate records often contain much more than a simple distribution of property. Sometimes they preserve family tensions, medical testimony, and details about relationships that… Read More »When a Will Became a Court Battle — The Probate of Aaron Hutchinson