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I have been trying to find ways to have AI be a functional research partner for my genealogy. I think I have found a great fit. Library and Archives Canada has digitized their WWI soldiers records and can be accessed with this link. I downloaded the file of a relative and uploaded to the AI…
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Genealogy demands accuracy above all else. One wrong link can unravel generations of work. I wanted to see what AI does for us researchers. What I found was that it can create more problems than it solves. A look at what happened when I researched a Family I decided to experiment its abilities on the…
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Uncovering My Family in the Québec Hôtel-Dieu Patient Registers
While performing a Full Text search on Family Search, I made a new discovery, which is rather rare for me. It was Registres journaliers des…
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The Master of the Hull: The Lifelong Service of Jeremiah Norton
In 1844, Jeremiah Norton stood in a crowded London registry office and lied. At sixty-three, he was too old for the sea, so he shaved…
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1899: Robert Norton Rents the Fourth Floor – A Glimpse into Our Ancestor’s Everyday Life in Quebec City
In 1899, my ancestor Robert Jeffery Norton rented the entire fourth floor of 66 St. John Street in Quebec City for only $5 a month.…
