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AI For Genealogists
Alberta Family Histories Society member John Smiley introduces a new technology for genealogists: Artificial Intelligence, or “AI”. A brief description is followed by a demonstration of ChatGPT, a free-to-use AI […]
Western Wheel Newspaper Coverage
Western Wheel Newspaper Coverage. In addition to the CBC News Crew on hand in Okotoks during a recent cemetery visit, the local Western Wheel newspaper was also on hand. Read […]
A newsworthy field trip
A newsworthy field trip. AFHS volunteers have a long history of documenting cemetery burial information, going back as far as the mid to late 1970’s, even before the Society’s creation […]
Digitizing handwritten family trees
Handwritten family trees Digitizing handwritten family trees. Handwritten family trees containing names of a million and a quarter people from the medieval period onwards will be shared online by Britain’s […]
DNA Research finds father
DNA Research finds father. A Calgary man had been searching for his biological father for two years, pouring over family trees and genetic matches. “I had papers everywhere. It was […]
