I just found a relative on my mothers side who died in Normady in 1944. He was only 23. War is such a waste.

I have just published a very detailed (lengthy) article on both my eirenicon & ManyRoads websites, entitled:

"The Revolutionary Impact of AI on Genealogy and Historical Research"

#AI #Technology #History #Genealogy #Research #News #USA #Education #FamilyHistory #Ancestry

https://eirenicon.org/the-revolutionary-impact-of-ai-on-genealogy-and-historical-research/

https://www.many-roads.com/2025/04/04/the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-genealogy-and-historical-research/

We start to think something’s gone wrong

Everything Changes
Philip Dunkerley

#Poetry #PhilipDunkerley #EverythingChanges #InkSweatAndTears #Brazil #RecordsOffice #Genealogy

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-dunkerley-5/

#OTD 3 April 1809 Michael Voßeler was born in Talhiem, Freiburg, Württemberg, to Hans Jerg Voßeler and Katharina Ulrich. He was the oldest of 7 children born to Hans Jerg and his two wives. My great-great-grandfather was the second. Michael married Christina née Voßeler and they had two children, with one dying young. After Christina died in 1855, Michael and his son, Johann Georg, emigrated to North America. They sailed on the ship Oregon from Le Havre to New York, arriving in September 1855. Their fates are unknown.
#genealogy

Trying to do a bit of research, at 3.40am, on my adoptive family tree. Stonewalled by the lack of communication with my birth-mother. Oh to be able to afford #Ancestry.com or #Heritage.com. They may well open up new avenues to me. Contemplating trying to save for a DNA test, but not sure about privacy issues & having my data saved online. Does anyone have experience of DNA tests? #genealogy

Do you subscribe to JSTOR Daily? This issue points toward a topic I'd never considered.

"The US Army as a Slaveholding Institution" by Matthew Wills for JSTOR Daily in Politics and History

"“Servants not Soldiers”: The Origins of Slavery in the United States Army, 1797–1816" by Yoav Hamdani from the Winter 2023 issue of Journal of the Early Republic.

#MilitaryHistory #Slavery #USArmy
@histodons
@geneadons
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
#JSTOR #JSTORdaily

https://daily.jstor.org/the-us-army-as-a-slaveholding-institution/

For people who want to view tariff's of historical precedent to yesterday's... here's what I have found- there exists 1 precident/ example:

"1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariffs
Aggressive tariffs deepened the Great Depression, reducing global trade by ~65% and U.S. GDP by ~4%."

Looks like #Trump has accomplished a lot TODAY. As of this writing the DJIA has lost about $1.4 trillion in value (today).

Don't worry, be HAPPY. #MAGA is in charge.

For those interested in History 'repeating itself'- Welcome to 1937.

"Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Parallels Between 2025 and 1937: A Global Historical Crossroads"

#Crisis #Tariffs #USA #EU #News #Democrats #MAGA #Fascism #Security #Canada #Economy #GDP #Oligarchy #Inflation #USA #Reading #History #Constitution #Genealogy

https://www.many-roads.com/2025/04/03/geopolitical-and-socioeconomic-parallels-between-2025-and-1937/

Mainly, the #grandma recordings of today were about me telling her about my #genealogy research results, though. I would have preferred her telling more stories, but hopefully the next recording will contain revelations again. I'm still pretty impressed with all the traveling she did, especially that she went on a cruise which even led her to St. Petersburg (Russia) in the 1970s. She said, she already kept a diary back then, but I don't have any diaries of her, unfortunately.

In today's #grandma recording, she told me how he transcribed an old contract about our farm. Apart from the old German script as such, she struggled with the spelling that was in dialect. The last world kept her up until 4 am, she said, when she finally was able to go to sleep after deciphering it. After her death, the folder with the 1821 contract was found, together with her transcript and was handed over to me. I'm so proud of her, how she pulled all this!
#genealogy #kurrent #palaeography

#OTD 2 April
Nerinda Margaret Kerr was born to William Kerr and Mary Williams near Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. My great-great-grandmother excelled at lying about her age, but the early census records reveal the truth. She was born in 1841 or 1842, the youngest of four known children. She married Jacob Crispen and signed a deed of sale by the time she was 16 and had her first child by 17. The marriage was troubled and the couple separated, later divorcing. They had either 3 or 4 children, with 2 having living descendants. Margaret married again either once or twice. Her story may never be fully known.
#genealogy
https://scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/09/52-weeks-of-abundant-genealogy-week-36.html

Ars Technica: FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data. “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s keeping an eye on 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding and the company’s planned sale because of privacy concerns related to genetic testing data.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/ftc-23andme-buyer-must-honor-firms-privacy-promises-for-genetic-data-ars-technica/

Join us at 9 AM EDT (1 PM UTC) for the next monthly session of "Ask Aleš"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5PpLInkRw
#Genealogy #Technology #AskAleš

Bonus #Joke :
Q: What do you get when you inject human DNA into a goat?

A: Banned from the petting zoo.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#OTD 1 April 1751 Brita Jönsdotter married Carl Nilsson Skärkarl, a Navy man, in Trosa landsförsamling parish, Södermanland. They had 8 children, with 5 dying in childhood and one as a young man. Carl served in the Navy an unusually long time. He had served for about 34 years when he succumbed to a fever while on duty at the Karlskrona Naval base, about 200 miles from his home. He left a widow and two daughters. Carl and Brita were my 6th-great-grandparents.
#genealogy

"To accelerate my output, AI Chatbots and their use seemed to provide a great opportunity to grow and expand what I am able to accomplish. That’s how I arrived where I am in my AI journey."

#Technology #Information #Sharing #Webiste #FreeSpeech #OpenSource #FOSS #News #Freedom #Archive #Security #AI #ChatBot #Genealogy #Writing #Research

https://eirenicon.org/choosing-primary-chatbot-environments-ai/

Now published by Pen and Sword, my new #genealogy book, "Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland". Crisis situations affected many of our ancestors - so what records were created when that happened, & how do we find them? Available in the UK from https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Researching-Ancestral-Crisis-in-Ireland-Paperback/p/51770 - US release in May (US pre-order via https://www.penandswordbooks.com/9781036110376/researching-ancestral-crisis-in-ireland/ ) I hope it helps! #Ireland #NorthernIreland #FamilyHistory