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Genealogy with AI: How Gemini Helped (and Misled) My Birch Family...
Explore how AI tools like Gemini can assist genealogy research—uncovering new clues, OCR fixes, and the risks of hallucinated records.
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The Old Bailey Online: A Research Tool
For those interested in Social History, the Old Bailey Online website provides a wealth of research tools. Check out all these awesome tools and resources...
Organisation, Company and Society Histories
As you explore the social history of your ancestors, it is quite likely that you will encounter a company, a business, a society or...
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London labour and the London poor
London Labour and the London Poor was written by Henry Mayhew as a series of articles for the Morning Chronicle. The articles were compiled...
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Timeline
In my first post, I defined the problem. In this post I will go through my database and construct a simple timeline for the...
Define the Problem
This brick wall centres on the family of John and Martha Harris of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. While I know quite a bit about the...
Longest Rap Sheet Ever
Timothy O'Hare of Waterford had one of the longest rap sheets ever and was well known to the police.
11 Oct 1870 (after age...
An Irish Family Left Behind?
In my last post, I wrote about a breakthrough in my research surrounding my great-grandmother Jessie and a new Mystery in Montreal I have...
Mystery in Montreal
For years, I had a seven-year gap in my great-grandmother's story. The good news is that I've had several genealogical break-throughs this week. The...
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