Technology you already have: Use OCR to Transcribe Family Documents
Now that Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology is more widely available, you can use OCR to transcribe family documents, letters, and journals. IBM.com explains: Optical character recognition (OCR) is sometimes referred to as text recognition. An OCR program...
Why It’s a Mistake to Only Tell Happy Stories
We want our legacies to be positive. However, it’s a mistake to only tell happy stories. We miss out on opportunities to cement connections. Recently I wrote the following on social media. As I studied countless images of myself in various historical and...
How to get the most out of RootsTech Connect 2022
With 700 new classes, 360 speakers, 60 live workshops, 30 languages, not-to miss keynotes, most of us need a plan to get the most out of RootsTech Connect 2022. If you’re not registered, it’s not too late. (See also 5 Reasons to attend RootsTech Connect...
Should We Include DNA Results in Family Stories?
Should family historians and memory collectors include DNA results in family stories? Back in 2019 I published Do DNA results Help You Discover Family Stories?, opining that DNA stories are not the same as family stories but they can augment them. That’s still true....
How to Choose which Family Stories to Write
With all our collected memories and family stories, most of us aren’t sure how to choose which family stories to write. The abundance of material presents a problem common to family history storytellers and memoirists. Often, it’s paralyzing. How can we write all...
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