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Tag Archives: AI
This week’s crème de la crème — March 1, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew database helps users to find scanned Ukrainian archive records in a few clicks by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Finally! A Great Tool to Transcribe Handwritten Documents … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — January 18, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1921 Censuses of England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man on Ancestry by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America by Joanna Colclough … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDiscovering the Resilient Spirit of Canada’s Early French Settlers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. More WWII Morning Reports using the NARA Catalog by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged AI, books, England, family history writing, France, GEDmatch, Italy, LiveMemory, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New France, writing, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 26, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFree searchable database details victims of Russian pogroms by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for October 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Far too … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AncestryDNA, Britain, FamilySearch, Internet Archive, Ireland, Netherlands, oral history
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Ontario Newspapers Online by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Porter Talk”: Podcasting and the Power of Oral History by Stacey Zembrzycki on Active History. Court Records Added to FamilySearch AI … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AI, AncestryDNA, FamilySearch, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, newspapers, Ontario, oral history, railway porters
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 5, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanadian Pacific Steamship Company Records by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. PANB Photo Updates by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. FamilySearch Full-Text Search Is a Genealogy Goldmine by Randy Seaver on … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Canada, DNA, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, full-text, immigration, New Brunswick, photos, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, ship lists, TheGenealogist, United States, WikiTree
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 28, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Free to View on the British Newspaper Archive and FamilySearch Labs Experimental Search Watch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 10 Details Not to Miss on Italian Vital Records by DiAnn … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Franco-Americans, Indigenous, Italy, military, Netherlands, occupations, South Africa
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 24, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – Part 4: The Treasures We Found by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Trouble at FindMyPast? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. IGRA Announces Partnership With MyHeritage … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, England, family history writing, Findmypast, Jewish, MyHeritage, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 17, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDutch Genealogy News for August 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Criminals in Your Family Tree: How to Deal with the Most Common Problems by Maddy on Family Wise Ltd. Preserving … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Netherlands, social media, Y-DNA
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 3, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding a War Bride in the Directorate of Movements Microfilms by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – part 2: a brief guide to researching … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Asia, Canada, Canada war brides, DNA, England, estate planning, family history writing, FamilySearch, legacy, MyHeritage, Quakers, scams, societies, war brides, writing
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