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AI enhanced search facility for text in old hand written historical records - Familysearch website
Hi all,
The Familysearch website has introduced a new experimental AI search facilty that renders old, largely unintelligible, hand written documents 'searchable', available online here:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/
It is still under development and can only be used on a [fairly large] selection of Familysearch records but already it is yielding impressive results -…
ContinueAdded by Ronald Drysdale on November 3, 2024 at 18:31 — No Comments
Freskin the Fleming - then and now
As many will know, one theory on the origins of the Douglas family is that we are descended from Freskin the Fleming. Looking for early connections between the Douglases and the Freskins, I have been rooting around in the Freskin one name study.
However, there is not much there to help. Indeed, the study is looking for someone to take over the project as it seems to have stalled.
The Friskens/Freskins are a Scottish family, heavily based around the Borderlands and the River…
ContinueAdded by William Douglas on November 2, 2024 at 12:24 — No Comments
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