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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 of that obituary on Newspapers.com, I did find a death notice in The Sun of Biloxi, Mississippi—where Uncle Walter…
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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? Did you make a great discovery? Did you try something new? Did you make family history? Did I have good genealogy fun…
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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 classrooms to retirement hobbies, here’s a look back at five decades of partnership, purpose, and shared passions. A…
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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, readable biographies of ancestors—moving beyond just names and dates to reflect the people and the times they lived…
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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. MEMORIAL SERVICEJune 17, 1945, 2:30 P.M.Methodist ChurchYates Center, Kansas PFC Lovell J. MentzerUnited States InfantrySon…
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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 recounted a difficult chapter in the lives of Bernice Crawford and her younger brother Leon Crawford. According to my grandmother, the Judson and Josie…
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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 Andrews, had a daughter named Helen [LBPK-968], born in 1890 and noted as living beyond 1955. Based on that…
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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. That curiosity was sparked again during the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. I…
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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 into engaging biographies, I’m rethinking how and where I share these stories. If my goal is to reach cousins, then I need to…
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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 our photos with our mother. Previous posts – Include many more photos: Band Member Wedding Tales My Baby…
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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 narrative, poem, song lyrics, or even a podcast. While I may not follow every step in the ABC process, I’ve…
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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 Life Summary, Chat Q&A, and Audio Overview Using the Google NotebookLM AI Feature”—especially helpful. While the…
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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) process has inspired many of us to take our family stories to the next level. By following the steps in Randy’s ABC process, you…
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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 part of step 4: Song Creation. Follwing Randy’s directions, I submitted the song lyrics created by ChatGPT to…
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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 narrative into a poem or song. To see how different AI tools might approach this task, I asked both ChatGPT and Claude to…
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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 with Myrt. Randy incorporates several AI tools as part of his ABC workflow. During the session, he mentioned that he prefers the…
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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 2nd-great-grandparents (they would be your third cousins)? Do you know how they are related to you? Have you corresponded with them? Why…
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