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Transcribing Cursive While FamilySearch’s experimental lab showcases how AI can transcribe cursive handwriting, I had never tried it myself. Since I have several handwritten letters I’d like to feature in blog posts, I decided to test ChatGPT’s transcription abilities. I started by asking whether…

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ABC: Marion Richmond Crawford Marion Richmond Crawford (1895–1920) Early Life Marion Richmond Crawford was born on October 24, 1895, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Judson Foster Crawford and Josie Winifred Hammond. His birth was proudly announced in the Dodge City Globe on October 31, 1895,…

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Cora Was Cora Really Daniel Bryant’s Daughter? Untangling a Family Puzzle Have you ever tried to sort out a confusing family connection on the FamilySearch tree and questioned whether a child might be linked to the wrong parent? That’s exactly the puzzle I faced while researching the descendants…

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Monday’s Diggings Today’s item from my filing cabinet is a photocopied obituary for my Uncle Walter. The original clipping came from the Emporia Gazette, the hometown newspaper of his mother and sister, who were living there at the time of his death. Although I couldn’t locate a digitized version…

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1) Did you have good genealogy fun this past week? Did you add to your family Tree?…

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Our Lives Together As I continue exploring how AI tools can assist in preserving family stories, I decided to try something a little different. With our 51st wedding anniversary approaching, I asked ChatGPT to help me reflect on the life my husband, Michael, and I have built together. From college…

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ABC: Bernice Crawford Using the ABC Process to Bring Ancestors to Life Inspired by Randy Seaver’s Ancestral Biography Creation (ABC) process, I’ve been rethinking how I share my family history. Randy’s thoughtful approach combines structured research with narrative storytelling to create rich,…

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Friday Find: Memorial Service Remembering PFC Lovell J. Mentzer As I sort through my family notebooks, I recently came across a special keepsake saved by my grandmother: the memorial service program for her first cousin, Private First Class Lovell J. Mentzer, who gave his life during World War II.…

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Oklahoma Roots: Confirming a Crawford Family Story A family tradition verified through the pages of a local newspaper Family stories are powerful. They preserve memories, convey emotion, and often fill in the blanks that formal records leave behind. For years, one such story in our family…

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Questioning Unraveling the Parentage of Helen Bryant Do you ever come across a record that raises new questions about the structure of a family? That was exactly my experience when researching the family of Daniel R. Bryant. According to the FamilySearch tree, Daniel and his first wife, Mary Lois…

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Was Oliver Miles a Minute Man Do you have ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War? If so, do you know which battles they fought in? While I’ve identified some of the colonies my patriot ancestors served with, I haven’t yet fully researched the specific battles they may have participated in.…

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Sharing ABC Biographies As a blogger, have you ever wondered whether your posts are actually reaching your cousins—the very people who share your family history? While I have a loyal group of regular readers, most of them aren’t related to me. As I begin using AI tools to turn my RootsMagic data…

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1) Sunday, 11 May is Mother's Day in the USA. Let's celebrate it by showing some of…

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Why ABC? Have you heard about Randy Seaver’s innovative use of AI in his Ancestral Biography Creation (ABC) process? This multi-step approach transforms what might otherwise be a dry and static RootsMagic printout into something far more engaging—turning basic genealogical facts into a compelling…

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ABC Part 4: Podcast Thanks to Randy Seaver and his Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) process, I’ve not only discovered new tools—I’ve also created a mini podcast about my grandfather, Leon Crawford. In addition to Randy’s original ABC post, I found his follow-up article—“Betty (Carringer) Seaver’s…

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ABC Part 3B: Songs to Video Sharing Family History Through Song: Using AI and YouTube to Reach Cousins Have you been following Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings? I consider Randy one of the pioneers in applying AI tools to genealogy. His recent introduction of the ABC (Ancestral Biography Creation)…

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ABC Part 3: Song While I've followed Randy Seaver's use of AI to create songs about his ancestors, I haven't used AI to create any songs for my ancestors. That was until I learned about Randy's Ancestra Biographical Creation (ABC) Process. Having completed the steps 1 thur 3, I'm not to the second…

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ABC Part 2: Poem or Song Lyrics Introduction I’ve been exploring Randy Seaver’s Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) process as a structured way to tell my ancestors’ stories. After completing the first step—writing a biography of my grandfather, Leon Crawford—I moved on to Step 2: turning that…

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ABC Part 1:ChatGPT vs Claude Have you heard about Randy Seaver’s Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) process? Although I regularly follow Randy’s blog, I somehow missed the original post introducing this method. Fortunately, he discussed it in more detail during the April 26th session of Mondays…

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 1) How many autosomal DNA matches do you have descended from your eight…

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Relatives in My Tree Helen Marjorie Crawford Horton: A Life Rooted in Dodge City and BeyondMy great-aunt Helen Crawford was born and raised in Dodge City, Kansas. She married World War I veteran Russel Horton and together they raised a family through decades of change, wartime service, and…

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Friday Find: Social Security Application Discovering a Social Security Application in My Files Have you ever requested an "Application for Social Security Account Number" (Form SS-5) from the Social Security Administration? Back in 2001, I submitted such a request for one of my mother's cousins.…

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Confirming Hints Confirming Ancestry Hints with Local Records and Obituaries Do you use Ancestry’s hinting system in your research? When working on descendancy projects, I often rely on these hints to guide my investigation. However, experience has taught me to approach them with a healthy dose of…

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Quick and Dirty – Not Quite Why I Don’t Use Quick and Dirty Trees Have you ever tried using a “quick and dirty tree” to identify a DNA match? After watching Genealogy TV’s podcast, Quick and Dirty Tree Strategies, I realized I take a different—and more deliberate—approach. So, I thought I’d share…

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Merging Citations Cleaning Up Duplicate Citations in RootsMagic Do you have an overwhelming number of citations in your genealogy software? According to RootsMagic 10, my file contains 6,475 sources and over 30,000 citations. However, many of those citations aren’t unique—they’re duplicates…

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Monday’s Diggins Do you have photocopies of obituaries tucked away in your research files? Today’s find from my filing cabinet is the obituary of my aunt, Barb. While I could have used the old photocopy and ChatGPT to transcribe it, I opted to locate a cleaner version on Newspapers.com for better…

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Time Traveler Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 1) We all wish that we knew more about our most elusive ancestors - the…

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