This week's crème de la crème - March 16, 2024 - Genealogy à la carte

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to navigate Order-in-Council records part four: online at Ancestry by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Eatons staff who served in WWI by Dr. Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog. 5 Historical Women’s … Continue reading →

Genealogy à la carte

5 Historical Women’s Magazine Databases

March marks WomensHistoryMonth in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸, so it’s a good time to explore how and what #resources we use to research female #ancestors.

Popular #magazines provide everything from #fashion and #recipes to advice articles and advertisements—all information that can help us better understand an era.

https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2024/03/historical-womens-magazine-databases.html

#genealogy 🌳 #French #NewYork - Query the Past.

My earliest memories and only childhood memories of #NewYork State are of peaks and valleys: a family trip to #Whiteface #Mountain and Ausable Chasm.

Only recently did I discover a #FamilyStory that offers precedents and speaks to a much larger past.

Query the Past / Patrick Lacroix, Historian

https://querythepast.com/french-new-york/

French New York

Tens of thousands of French Canadians already called New York home in 1860, thus establishing an enduring cultural presence.

Query the Past

#RootsTech2024 #FamilySearch 🌿 has implemented a full-text search AND transcription capability in its lab sandbox.

In a nutshell, these #AI systems are trained to recognize both words and #script and to predict which words are most likely to come next.

#DNAeXplained – Genetic #Genealogy 🌳

https://dna-explained.com/2024/03/11/rootstech-2024-paradigm-shift-familysearch-knocks-it-out-of-the-ballpark-with-full-text-ai-search-transcription-indexing/

RootsTech 2024: Paradigm Shift – FamilySearch Knocks It Out of the Ballpark With Full Text AI Search, Transcription & Indexing

RootsTech 2024 kicked off on Leap Day, offering a wealth of sessions with remarkable depth and diversity. All of the RootsTech keynotes and some of the sessions are available, here, for free. You’l…

DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy

#Genealogy Focus on #RootsTech2024 🌳

🔹️The world’s largest family history conference, brought to you by #FamilySearch 🌿

🔸️Held from Feb 29 to 2 March 2024

🔹️Many on-demand videos will remain available after these dates.

🔸️2024 Conf will be available in 28 languages !

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Focus on #RootsTech2024 🌳 🔹️The world’s largest family history conference, brought to you by #FamilySearch🌿 🔸️Held from Feb 29 to 2 March 2024 🔹️Many on-demand videos will remain available after these dates. 🔸️2024 Conf will be available in 28 languages ! ⬇️

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