Newsletter
WikiTree support, tool to find DNA matches in FamilySearch Tree
It's been a long time!
Our biggest news: my wife Hilary delivered a baby boy two months ago. We're excited and grateful.
As such, I've been slow to respond to emails. If I missed anything, please let me know!
Recent podcasts & videos
- Research Like a Pro 406: "Goldie May's New AI Tool" — Also discussing AI in general, it was a lot of fun talking with Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer.
- "Find historical places near you using a hidden feature of Wikipedia" — No Goldie May at all, this was a short tech presentation at Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
- Miles Meyer's interview at our RootsTech booth
Product updates
- WikiTree support. Open the Subway Map and navigate to any WikiTree profile to see the data plotted. You can now compare the same ancestor across FamilySearch, Ancestry, and WikiTree.
- The project and research log fields are now auto-saved.
- (Subscribers only) The tool to identify DNA matches in your FamilySearch Tree, now called "Collateral Names", is back. A 5-minute video shows you how to use the FamilySearch Tree with DNA matches.
Outside of Goldie May
- Lisa Louise Cooke on Time and Place: This principle of focusing on time and place is right where Goldie May is trying to be.
- A new Internet Archive in Switzerland will begin archiving historical records.
Best wishes,
Richard