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A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

This is a story about genealogy research breakthroughs using FamilySearch.com’s recently released Artificial Intelligence (AI) program. A recent search with AI located two deeds with high value information. Background – A Missing Birth Record I first applied to the lineage society SAR (Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) through descent from my third-great-grandfather Thompson J. Wright, a son of Solomon Wright, a Revolutionary … Continue reading A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

The Fighting Seeleys

Knowledge of an ancestor’s participation in historical events can be fascinating. It is not a good thing when participation in those historical events is forgotten, lost or obscured. Stories like the sacrifices that the Seeley’s made to meet the challenges that they encountered in the early settlement of America are in jeopardy of being lost and forgotten. Robert Seeley was born in England on 4 … Continue reading The Fighting Seeleys

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The Big Picture, a Family Tree View

The Boating Genealogists dig into genealogy, family history and history so much that one can forget that others don’t have the background to connect who we are writing about and where they fit in the family tree and history.   However, replicating an ever developing family tree on this blog would be silly, if not just plain time-consuming without obvious gain.   And human history is an … Continue reading The Big Picture, a Family Tree View

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