Category Archives: General

General category for Annie Barnes’ blog posts.

Six Months, Two Domains, One Fresh Start – Why My Blog Moved House

Over the past six months, I’ve been immersed in a major technical overhaul of my family history website and blog – work that’s mostly happened behind the scenes but was essential to keeping everything running smoothly and securely. What began … Continue reading

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Transcribing Audio Files With NotebookLM

I recently posted about the Audio Overview feature in NotebookLM by Google. This time, I wanted to try something else. I created a new Notebook and imported an old digital audio recording (an mp3 file which I’d converted from an … Continue reading

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Blown Away By Artificial Intelligence – Reviewing NotebookLM

I’ve recently been following a few Facebook Groups related to genealogy and AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools. I’m a complete AI novice but someone in the group mentioned NotebookLM so I thought I’d take a look. NotebookLM is an AI-powered research … Continue reading

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Their Finest Hour

Last November, Harvey and I attended an event at Plymouth University in order to contribute to a new online archive called ‘Their Finest Hour’. The University of Oxford project was devised in order to preserve stories and take photographs and … Continue reading

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Flying Log Books For C N ELLEN

If anyone reading this knows the whereabouts of the flying log books, or any other items, for Air Commodore Cyril Norman Ellen D.F.C. (03233), we’d be enormously grateful if you would get in touch via my contact form. Cyril Ellen … Continue reading

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Plymouth England, The Mayflower And The Pilgrims

I was recently asked by Heather Rojo, a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Hampshire, if I’d write an article about my home town of Plymouth, England, for their newsletter, The Shallop. I’m no … Continue reading

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How To Organize Your Digital Family History Data

There’s no one particular way to keep your digital genealogical research organized but I thought I’d mention how I do it. My research is organized within a series of folders on my computer, two of which are named Family Members … Continue reading

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