The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
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Research Resources
More Free Cemetery Databases Are Helping to Find Graves in Eastern Europe by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Tech News
De-AI Your Digital Life: Disable AI Features on All Apps and Devices by Guru Prasad on TechPP
When AI Meets Ancestry: How New Technology Illuminates Family Narratives by Carole McCulloch on NextGen Genealogy
Ancestry AI Image Transcript Feature – How to Use by Mercedes Bron on Who Are You Made Of?
Use Gemini Deep Research for Free This Way by Guru Prasad on TechPP
Genetic Genealogy
23andme: Don’t Panic by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
New “Share” Features at FamilyTreeDNA Blur Match Information and Make Sharing Easy by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Discover Your Cousins Without a DNA Test: MyHeritage’s New Cousin Finder Tool by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family
Methodology
Between the Lines by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Breaking Brick Walls: AI Solutions for Genealogical Roadblocks by Carole McCulloch on NextGen Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Why You Should Fill Out Lineage Society Apps by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
4 Reasons to Digitize All Your Genealogy Work by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
Keeping Up with the Times
‘Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland’ — New Book by Chris Paton by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
So much AI everywhere these days…
Too much! People won’t be able to think and do for themselves anymore.
I like the idea of getting AI out of my apps and out of my life. I’m retired, so I have time. I can do tasks like transcribing for myself. Doing the transcribing gives me a good feel for the document, helps me understand it. I saw what AI did to the 1950 census, including skipping lines, conflating lines, leaving out entire households, and royally messing up my father’s name! I am a better paleographer (reader of old handwriting) than AI. There are nuances to handwriting that AI just does not have the capability to deal with because AI is not flexible like a human mind is.