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How do I renew my membership by credit card?  I am in Canada and cannot do bank transfer, cash or cheque.  Wayne

...I love the anecdote about Addock!!

A reminder, for those attending our next Members' Meeting, please bring cash for the raffle and greetings cards - as well as your entrance fee.

I think we have been using AI, whenever we do research, for a long time now, without realising it.  The US 1950 census, for example, was transcribed by AI in just 9 days.  FamilySearchLabs is an AI-driven site which has been transcribing older, more obscure, records worldwide.  The index is clunky - in so far as it is alpha by continent - not country.  A wonderful resource for one-namers and others who have the time to dip in and out to see what else has been recently added.

MyHeritage has utilised AI to create moving photographs - yes, those Harry Potter fans amongst us will know that J K Rowling mentioned the portraits on the Hogwort's school walls, with the people in them talking and moving!!!  I have seen examples of the MyHeritage animated photos - I think you will be divided into two camps: those who think they are wonderful and those, like me, who think they're...um...creepy.

AI pitfalls?  See if you can find the original documents (especially for Wills and vital records) to check them out for yourself.

Thanks, again, Pat - and Christmas greetings to you and your family.

The new website has a list of over 60 (and growing) sites that you find useful at Research Links – Weston-super-Mare & District FHS. If as Pat says you know of any more sites that should be included please let us know.

I can understand the mix up with the Puddy family as it is very extensive.  I started to make a spreadsheet with births, marriages and deaths recorded on it.  Unfortunately, I had a crash on my external hard drive and lost everything.  I paid a lot of money to get it all restored and thought all was OK but a lot of the file was missing although there was still some of it there.  It has been very hard trying to pick it all  up again.

I am stuck on one part of my tree which is why I started the spreadsheet but so far still not convinced that some of the entries on mine and other dna matches trees are correct.  Maybe I can pick it up again in the winter months.

Many thanks for your lengthy response to my Rogers query: your suggestion that William Lyant was the reason for her death is the most plausible I have come across so far.

Thank you for your time and effort.

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