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Verbal Histories with TranscriptionSubmitted by Dale E. Lee2022.04.20 One of the things I enjoy when attending RootsTech is to review all the new up and coming Innovations in the area of Family History. This year, one of the companies featured for innovation, stood out because of one salient feature they offer. The name of the company is Rakonto and they can be found at www.rakonto.io. Their offering in the Family History industry is to record and share Life Stories. You can sign up for a free account and immediately start uploading videos of your life stories, either prerecorded or on-the-fly […]

New Indexing CapabilitiesSubmitted by Dale E. Lee2022.04.06 FamilySearch recently announced some exciting new capabilities which will exponentially speed up the data storage of Family History records. They call it HRAI: Handwriting Recognition Artificial Intelligence. For many years the LDS Church has been collecting, digitizing, transcribing and storing records. Millions of records were originally microfilmed and afterward digitized. But accessing the data was difficult as users had to scroll through rolls of microfilm to find the information they needed. As technological capabilities grew, the records were then digitized and stored on digital computer media. This next step in the transformation of […]

Wait… Say What? Family Trees can be seen in 3D? Yes, of course. There are software developers that are now starting to display Family Tree information in three dimensions and in a network format. But why would we need network formatting? Aren’t the old Pedigree Charts, Family Group Sheets and Descendant charts good enough? We’ve been using them for years and years. Well no, they aren’t really good enough. If you’ve read the prior articles on Understanding Pedigree Charts, Fan Charts, and Descendant Charts, you’ll see a reoccurring theme, they have one very big gotcha. And the gotcha is that […]

Understanding DataBy Dale E. Lee2022.02.23 One of the first questions people ask in Family History is which desktop utility should I use? The answer is, it depends. It depends on the functionality you would like to have for inputting, searching and reporting on data. But a more important question to answer is what data is being stored and how is it stored. If you understand how data is stored internally it makes it easier to understand how the desktop utility interacts with that data. All data is stored in computers as either objects or as relations. Data can be stored […]

RootsTech is coming… and it’s still FREE and ONLINE! For those of you that know what RootsTech is, you’ll definitely want to sign up as soon as possible and get ready for another rousing session of all things Genealogical! Sign up for free: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/ For those that are not aware of RootsTech… mosey on over to last years article on what RootsTech is all about. http://www.seekerz.net/2020-09-18-what-is-rootstech/ RootsTech is “The world’s largest celebration of family has gone virtual! Explore 1,000+ breakout sessions across eight different tracks. All in your browser and on-demand.” All you need to do is to register and […]

The Grumpy Old Man is Surprised AGAIN! I found two Daughters, several Grandkids, and 5 Great Grandkids, all because of my journey in Genealogy. It is hard to believe the joy that came into my life. After my success in finding my Daughters, I went on the hunt for my Parent’s marriage license. One would think that a quick look on the internet should be sufficient. NO SUCH LUCK! So I resorted to Plan B. I asked my cousin if her mother (my Mother’s Sister) had information. Yes! She did, and I collected the CLUES. I was able to find […]

Seek for Fun 8By Dale E. Lee2022.01.12 See if you can trace the path from the Seeker to Grandma’s Family Bible. Many old Bible’s contain genealogical information.

Word Scramble – GenealogySubmitted by Pat Smart2022.01.05 LEATRIESV _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OTISHYR _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OREMMSEI _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EACRHS _ _ _ _ _ _ CNEATSRSO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CERDORS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ATDA _ _ _ _ SEERACRH _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ RGAOJN _ _ _ _ _ _ EUSCL _ _ _ _ _ Cheat Sheet RELATIVES HISTORY MEMORIES SEARCH ANCESTORS RECORDS DATA RESEARCH JARGON CLUES

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Seek for Fun 7By Dale E. Lee2021.12.29 See if you can find all of the Words and Phrases listed in the Word Search puzzle below. SeekerzSearch – Ask Your Relatives Items to find in the puzzle Ask Aunt Be Methodical Be Patient Books Call Clues Collect Contact List Copy Cousins Email Export Family History Family Records Family Reunion Gather Information Goal Grandparents Hint Implement Import Learn Learn by Doing Live stream Materials Parents Plan Preserve Protect Receive Records Relationship Relative Resolve roadblocks Review Roadblocks Search Seekerz Set aside time Share Show Interest STIR Study Talk Task Teach Test Text Thank […]