Research Quickie: FamilySearch Full Text Search - Summary!

 While doing some work using the full text search feature on FamilySearch, I discovered a new (or new-to-me?) feature of the tool. They've now added an option for an AI summary of the selected document! This, for me, will be very useful - an overall summary at a glance of everything presented on a given page (or pages) in my view. Take a look at this research quickie and let me know what you think!

The video is only a few minutes long, but if you don't have time to watch or just want another example, here ya go!

Franklin County Court Minutes 1864-1860

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Thanks for stopping by!

Renate

 

Names added to NC Funeral Programs

Well, it's been a while, but I've finally added about 60 more names to the spreadsheet.  It's pretty time-consuming, and I just haven't had much time! 

The earliest funeral program I've come across is still the one from the 1940s, which I shared in the previous post, however all decades since then are represented in the collection, with persons who were born as early as the 1870's. 

Readers, please share the link to this page via social media, especially if your network includes researchers with roots in North Carolina.  So far, all of the programs are for African-Americans, but you never know who might have an interest in who! :)

Today's featured program is for Beatrice Holcomb, a distant cousin of mine, whom I never had the pleasure of meeting.

As a reminder, I will gladly scan and mail any of the programs out.  Just contact me via the blog for details. :)

I will try to post more names, very soon! Here, again, is the link to the spreadsheet.

Blessings,
Renate

Oh! I forgot to mention that I just added the column for place of birth today, when I was for than halfway finished added the newest ones. I'll have to go back and pull out all the others to add the places of birth. Can't do it tonight, but it will be soon!

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More NC-related funeral programs

I've finally gotten around to adding a few more programs to the database that I started several months ago.  I've figured out that, rather than trying to add large numbers at one time (which I haven't been able to find the time to do), I can certanily meet the more attainable goal of just updating the document with five to ten new names at a time, whenever I have the time!  So, with that said, here are the surnames of the departed whose information has just been added:  POWELL, HAWKINS, LACY, YARBOROUGH, JOHNSON, POTIS
 Please click here to see the entire database.

To read the original post about the huge collection of funeral programs I have in my possession, click here.  My goal is to provide information to the family members of the people in the database, so please pass this link along to as many researchers as possible, especially those with an interest in North Carolina genealogy!

Now that I have a new plan, it won't be long before more names will be posted.  :)

Blessings,
Renate