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Learning While You Work: My Favorite Genealogy Podcasts
June is here already! Where does the time go? Here in New Jersey, the school year is winding down, the town pool is getting ready to open, and even the library (and its computers) has switched to summer hours. During the warmer months, I tend to tackle a long list of projects both inside and…
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Scribe AI: The New AI Analysis Tool From MyHeritage
Have you tried MyHeritage’s Scribe AI since they launched it in March? Unfortunately, I was not at the debut at RootsTech, but I’ve played around with it a bit since then. If you’ve tried it yourself, or if you are wondering what all the buzz is about, read on! Scribe AI, in a nutshell, is…
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Lock It Down: Password Managers Help Protect Your Genealogy Research
These days, much of our genealogy research happens online. Many of us have accounts with several online research sites, such as FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, in addition to DNA testing companies, cloud storage platforms, archives and libraries. Those accounts hold a lot more than simple records. They often contain family trees, DNA matches, payment details, private…
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Free Copy of AI For Genealogists!!
“Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system.“ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) It’s my birthday! And as a long-time J.R.R. Tolkien aficionado, the thing to do is…
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How To Create Images Using AI
Last night I gave a webinar on Basic AI for Genealogists for the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. The highlight of the entire session was the different types of images that we can create using AI. It was such a hit that I thought you would like to read about it as well.…
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The WindMill Mystery, or…
How to Use Google Image Search to Uncover Your Family Stories About ten years ago, I was entrusted with my family’s photo collection. There were more than 1,500 snapshots spanning roughly a century, stacked in albums and tucked into boxes. Even now, working through them is an ongoing project. I’ve been sorting the images into…