Note: This article appeared previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site by James Tanner and shared on The Family History Guide blog site. It is a remarkable time to be a genealogist. For those of us who have spent decades cranking through microfilm, squinting at faded ink, and meticulously tracking down obscure court records, the… Read More Developing an Ethical and Safe Use of AI for Genealogy
Note: On April 27, 2025, this article was previously published on The Family History Guide Blog by Bob Taylor. You could say it’s the end of an era and the beginning of a new one – volunteer indexing of FamilySearch records came to a close on April 21, which means that record batches can no… Read More New at FamilySearch: “Get Involved” Replaces User Indexing
Note: This article was published previously on the FamilySearch Blog site. While FamilySearch has billions of digitized historical records available to browse, only a small portion of them is indexed and searchable. However, with the aid of artificial intelligence and handwriting recognition technology, now over 1 billion more historical records can be searched. Full-Text Search is… Read More Full-Text Search: Find Records Faster with the Help of AI