Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
Genealogy Meets AI: Panel Discussion
It’s not just because this blog received a shoutout. Thank you Mark. I highly recommend viewing this panel discussion with Andrew Redfern, Blaine Bettinger, Diana Elder, Mark Thompson, Steve Little and Thomas MacEntee. Free until Wednesday at https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/genealogy-meets-ai-panel-discussion/
RootsTech
Find a full schedule of presentations and registration for RootsTech 2025 at https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/registration
Irish Lives Remembered
It’s January 2025. Here’s the Summer 2024 issue, just released. We can’t blame Canada Post for the delay on this one.
How Trustworthy is a Welsh Accent?
2024 was the warmest year on record globally
According to the British Meteorological Office, 2024 was the first year that was likely more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Findmypast Weekly Update
New this week are United States, Passenger and Crew Lists. For New York they are from 1915 to 1957, 1,275,830 records; and California and Guam from 1947 to 1952.
TheGenealogist adds 1935-1940 Directories
This addition has 39 directories, mainly for England, covering over 6 million individuals and businesses.
Thanks to Anonymous, Teresa, and Unknown for this week’s contributions.