Family Stories

A Tedious Courtship by Jody Lutter on Family History Research

Separated by War – Orphaned Siblings Reunited After Decades Apart by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

My Dad Was a Water Witch by Sheri Bush on Twig Talk

Spats, the Wilson Family’s Favorite Pet by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Research Resources

Reclaim the Records: New York Wants to Lock Up Vital Records — Again! by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Dutch Genealogy News for January 2025 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Quick Tip – Loos at Laws and Ordinances by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Tech News

Ask Reasoning AI: Using Perplexity’s Sonar-Reasoning To Ask “What Technology Improvements In Genealogy … Are Expected In the Next 5 Years?” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

A Few Experiments Using AI for Genealogy by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors

Google Just Launched Gemini 2.0 Flash and Pro for Users and Developers by David Nield on Lifehacker

The DeepSeek Phenomenon: Bursting US Tech Supremacy Bubble? by Akriti Rana on TechPP

You Can Use an Uncensored Version of DeepSeek Through Perplexity by David Nield on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

MyHeritage Introduces Ethnicity v2.5 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

ProTools Part 23 by Jim Bartlett on segment-ology

RLP with DNA Research Log 4.1 (2025) Template Updates by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket

Learn About the MyHeritage Ethnicity Estimate v2.5 Update by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?

Methodology

Steps to Confront a Challenge by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Another Sarah Keel. . . Part 2 by Teresa on Writing My Past

Use a Wide Search to Find New Connections by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Ask AI: “What Types of Thorny Genealogical Problems Are Best Suited For AI Reasoning?” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

The 5 Most Challenging Issues with the FamilySearch Family Tree by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Please Back Up and Remember, LOCKSS by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

AI and Ancestry Hints by Doris Kenney on A Tree with No Name

Introducing MyStories: A New Service to Turn Cherished Memories into a Printed Keepsake Book by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Keeping Up with the Times

Good-bye, Old Friend: The end of an off- and on-again partnership with the California Historical Society by Debbie Mascot on California Genealogical Society Blog

Congress Might Ban DeepSeek by Michelle Ehrhardt on Lifehacker