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The Power Tools: AI and FamilySearch.org

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AI: Make It Work For You We heard you.  You wanted proof. It's easy. Let us show you how to use FamilySearch Experimental AI. The following is an excerpt  Step 1:  Log in  using your free familysearch.org accout. Step 2. Go to the home page by clicking on the  Family Search logo  on the upper left-hand coner.  Step 3.  Scroll down to the far right bottom of the page and find  VIEW EXPERIMENTS . Keep in mind it is in beta, so the image placements may change, but the wording has so far been the same.  Step 4.  In the middle of the top row, you will see this image with  Expand your search with Full Tex t. And  Go to Experiment.  Feel free to try all the buttons, but this is the one you were asking about after the last podcast.  Step 5.  Start Your Search using Keywords.  Trying to find relationships? This gave 5545 returns. With both names in quotes it translates just find ever occurence of Thomas Baird and/or Polly Baird. This would allow me to gather places, timeframes, names, et

American Veteran Ancestors Overseas

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The 1 minute short clip above, are tips to prepare for hiring overseas researchers. Original podcast episode:  Hittin' the Bricks Mailbag: Ready to Jump the Pond? Did Your American Veteran Live and Die Overseas? Our veteran ancestors may have chosen to stay in or return to a favored town or country. An overseas marriage, or even leisure travel may have encouranged your veteran ancestor to permanently relocate. Here are a few tips to researching that overseas ancestor. Remember they were still Americans. Start with the full Military File. Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) Military Records Lost in Fire? Let's Reconstruct Them! Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad Although ancestry.com has digitized the Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835 -1974, researchers must know that the original National Archive death records are archived in four reference collections: Record of Death Notices of United States Citizens Abroad, 1835 – 1855 Death Notices of Unit