Recently, Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings challenged his readers to use Research Notes to create a biography of an ancestor. [Saturday Night Genealogy Fun] His prompt… Read More »Research Notes in Practice: A RootsMagic Perspective
The following narrative focuses on a formative period in the life of Eugene David Crawford—his service in the United States Navy during the closing months… Read More »Eugene Crawford’s Military Career – A Narrative
Digging through my BRILES folder has uncovered yet another Randolph County, North Carolina land transaction. This 1814 deed documents the transfer of 100 acres of… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again— Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody—join in, accept the mission, and execute it with… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Introduction Some family stories are long and winding, stretching across decades. Others are brief, but no less meaningful. Marion Richmond Crawford’s life falls into the… Read More »ABC Biography: Marion Richmond Crawford
A Marriage Record, Then and Now Today’s Friday Find comes from my paper files and carries a reminder of just how much genealogical research has… Read More »Friday Find
For this week’s family history project, I turned to a pair of AI tools to help bring the story of Pauline Edith (Mentzer) Briles to… Read More »Bringing Pauline’s Story to Life Through Audio and Song
In the summer of 1932, an airplane circled over Emporia, Kansas, drawing the attention of nearly everyone below. Aviation was still new, exciting, and just… Read More »Pauline’s Airplane Ride
Are you an avid user of AI to assist with your genealogy research? If so, do you have a collection of carefully crafted prompts—or do… Read More »A Conversation with ChatGPT
This week’s Monday’s Diggings takes me back once again to Randolph County, North Carolina, and to another land record involving Adam Broils. This deed documents… Read More »Monday’s Diggings