There is an interesting article by Diana Yates published in the University of Illinois web site: Some political figures seek to remove references to slavery from the study of American history, adding to the vast knowledge gaps that stem from the transatlantic slave trade. To better understand these histories, scholars and individuals are turning to …
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Can Genetic Genealogy Restore Family Narratives Disrupted by the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
There is an interesting article by Diana Yates published in the University of Illinois web site: Some political figures seek to remove references to slavery from the study of American history, adding to the vast knowledge gaps that stem from the transatlantic slave trade. To better understand these histories, scholars and individuals are turning to …
FamilySearch Full Text Search Feature Is a Game Changer
Most of us just learned about the FamilySearch.org full text search option about a month ago, but it’s already in their laboratories area and is already proving to be a research game changer. The full text function used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to index people’s names and other attributes. They’ve indexed both handwritten original papers and …