2026 Index of Blog Posts

This page provides a chronological index to posts published on Heartland Genealogy during 2026.

January 2026

  • January 1, 2026 — 2025 Stats
  • January 2, 2026 — 2025 Goals
  • January 3, 2026 — ABC Biography: Judson Foster Crawford
  • January 4, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • January 5, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Adam Broils Deed, Volume 7, Page 21
  • January 6, 2026 — A Conversation with ChatGPT
  • January 7, 2026 — Pauline's Airplane Ride
  • January 8, 2026 — Bringing Pauline's Story to Life Through Audio and Song
  • January 9, 2026 — Friday Find: A Marriage Record Then and Now (Preston Wells)
  • January 10, 2026 — ABC Biography: Marion Richmond Crawford
  • January 11, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • January 12, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Fredrick Broyls to John Broyls Deed (1814)
  • January 13, 2026 — Eugene's Military Career: A Narrative
  • January 14, 2026 — Research Notes in Practice
  • January 15, 2026 — How I Cited a FamilySearch Brief Life History
  • January 16, 2026 — Friday Find: Following a Marriage Record Through Changing Systems
  • January 17, 2026 — ABC Biography: Josie Winifred Hammond Crawford
  • January 18, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • January 19, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: George Briles Purchases Land from Frederic (Rowan County, Volume 20, Image 253)
  • January 20, 2026 — Josie's Story in Song and Video
  • January 21, 2026 — Ancestry Hints
  • January 22, 2026 — William Crawford's Granddaughter
  • January 23, 2026 — Friday Find: Death Record of an Orphaned Child (Maude Wells)
  • January 24, 2026 — ABC Biography: Hiram Miles Currey
  • January 25, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • January 26, 2026 — Full-Text Search Challenge: Briles Deed
  • January 27, 2026 — Hiram's Story in Video and Song
  • January 28, 2026 — Jeremiah Browning Will
  • January 29, 2026 — Splitting a Family
  • January 30, 2026 — Friday Find: Frederick Briles Deed (1847, North Carolina)
  • January 31, 2026 — ABC Biography: Winnie Hutchinson Currey

February 2026

  • February 2, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: 1814 Briles to Pearce – 320 Acres
  • February 3, 2026 — ABC Biography: Winnie Currey's Life in Song and Video
  • February 4, 2026 — Browning on WikiTree
  • February 5, 2026 — Using RootsMagic Groups to Identify Missing 1950 Census Records
  • February 6, 2026 — Friday Find: William Wells Records
  • February 7, 2026 — ABC Biography: Edward Grant Briles
  • February 8, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • February 9, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: 50 Acres
  • February 10, 2026 — Edward Grant Briles in Song and Video
  • February 11, 2026 — WikiTree Connect-A-Thon
  • February 12, 2026 — Claude AI and Genealogy
  • February 13, 2026 — Friday Find: Wells-Doolittle Marriage
  • February 14, 2026 — Valentine's Day
  • February 15, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • February 16, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Mom's Notes from Randolph County
  • February 17, 2026 — DNA and Trees: Accuracy Matters
  • February 18, 2026 — Piecing Together a Family
  • February 19, 2026 — Using WikiTree's Free Pages
  • February 20, 2026 — Friday Find: Michigan Death Record for Martha Wells
  • February 21, 2026 — ABC Biography: Francis Artlissa Ricketts
  • February 22, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • February 23, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Rush Dower Petition
  • February 24, 2026 — Artie Briles in Song and Audio Overview
  • February 25, 2026 — Combining AI Tools
  • February 26, 2026 — Say Their Name
  • February 27, 2026 — Friday Find: Clayton H. Wells Probate
  • February 28, 2026 — ABC Biography: Charles Mentzer

March 2026

  • March 1, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • March 2, 2026 — Was AI Hallucinating?
  • March 3, 2026 — Not at RootsTech
  • March 4, 2026 — Relatives at RootsTech
  • March 5, 2026 — Charles Mentzer in Song and Video
  • March 6, 2026 — Clinton Wells' Probate File
  • March 7, 2026 — Nettie Wells Mentzer: Rooted in Kansas Soil
  • March 8, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • March 9, 2026 — From Probate File to Video
  • March 10, 2026 — AI: From Transcription to ...
  • March 11, 2026 — Nettie Mentzer in Song and Overview
  • March 12, 2026 — Using Claude to Analyze Genealogy Data
  • March 13, 2026 — Can AI Help Untangle a Crawford FAN Mystery?
  • March 14, 2026 — From Rapidan to Andersonville
  • March 15, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • March 16, 2026 — How a Wrong Residence Revealed a Database Problem
  • March 17, 2026 — Am I Irish?
  • March 18, 2026 — Going Sideways
  • March 19, 2026 — Why We Struggle: When Two James Crawfords Die in the Same Year
  • March 20, 2026 — When a FamilySearch Reason Statement Becomes a Proof Argument
  • March 21, 2026 — From Enlistment to Andersonville
  • March 22, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • March 23, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Photo of Chimneys on the Briles Plantation
  • March 24, 2026 — When Records Begin to Speak
  • March 25, 2026 — Understanding Homestead Laws
  • March 26, 2026 — Digging into a Homestead File: Washington Marion Crawford's Kansas Land Claim
  • March 27, 2026 — A Homestead on the Kansas Prairie: Washington Marion Crawford in Ford County, Kansas
  • March 28, 2026 — Washington Marion Crawford: Homestead Story
  • March 29, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • March 30, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: McCubbins Collection
  • March 31, 2026 — Mary Foster Crawford: Narrative

April 2026

  • April 1, 2026 — Why AI Needs More Context: Lessons from a Mary Crawford Biography
  • April 2, 2026 — One Deed – Three Generations
  • April 3, 2026 — Friday Find: Kentucky Archives Case File
  • April 4, 2026 — More Ways to Tell the Story
  • April 5, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • April 6, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Will of Eltha Wells
  • April 7, 2026 — Genealogy Proof Argument
  • April 8, 2026 — AI Used to Create a Genealogy Proof Argument
  • April 9, 2026 — WikiTree Bio Based on a Genealogy Proof Argument
  • April 10, 2026 — Friday Find: Crawford Family Bible
  • April 11, 2026 — Richmond Hammond's Civil War Service
  • April 12, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • April 13, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Two Wells Marriages
  • April 14, 2026 — A Different Look at Richmond Hammond's Military Career
  • April 15, 2026 — Family Reconstructed from a Pension File (Richmond Hammond)
  • April 16, 2026 — WikiTree Connect-A-Thon
  • April 17, 2026 — Friday Find: A Mystery – Polly Crawford, Orphan of 1816
  • April 18, 2026 — ABC Biography: Richmond Fisk Hammond
  • April 19, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • April 20, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Wells Chancery Record
  • April 21, 2026 — Sharing AI Stories Beyond the Blog
  • April 22, 2026 — Sorting Fact from Assumption
  • April 23, 2026 — Casting a Wider Net
  • April 24, 2026 — Friday Find: Andrew Jackson's Birthplace
  • April 25, 2026 — ABC Biography: Sarah Ellen Ralston Hammond
  • April 26, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • April 27, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Obituary of Nancy Hutchinson
  • April 28, 2026 — Cinematic Video
  • April 29, 2026 — RootsMagic Role Notes
  • April 30, 2026 — Peace Be Still (Sarah Ellen Ralston Hammond's Song)

May 2026

  • May 1, 2026 — Friday Find: James Crawford Guardian – Preble County, Ohio
  • May 2, 2026 — A Day in the Life of Mary Crawford (Boarding House)
  • May 4, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Captain David Wells Hutchinson Unsourced Biography
  • May 5, 2026 — Bringing Sarah's Story to Life with AI (Audio Overview)
  • May 6, 2026 — A Time in the Life of Sarah Ellen (Ralston) Hammond
  • May 7, 2026 — Transition PC to Mac
  • May 8, 2026 — Friday Find: Madison County, Kentucky Land Entry – James Crawford and Maxwell
  • May 9, 2026 — List of ABC Biographies Completed So Far
  • May 11, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: David Hutchinson Bible
  • May 12, 2026 — Questionable Children – Hammond
  • May 13, 2026 — Comparing Infographics
  • May 14, 2026 — Military Discharge Paper at the Courthouse
  • May 15, 2026 — Friday Find: Lida Lighter Death
  • May 16, 2026 — ABC Biography: Hiram Currey (1901)
  • May 18, 2026 — Fifty-Two Years
  • May 19, 2026 — Religious Heritage
  • May 20, 2026 — AI Mentors
  • May 21, 2026 — Data Centers
  • May 22, 2026 — Friday Find: Lita Lighter Marriage Article
  • May 23, 2026 — Which Version Do You Prefer? (Suno Songs – Hiram Currey)
  • May 25, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Fulton County, New York Deed – Thomas Wells to Green Wells
  • May 26, 2026 — Bringing Hiram Currey's Story to Life with Google NotebookLM
  • May 27, 2026 — From GeoCities to WordPress
  • May 28, 2026 — Trip Down Memory Lane
  • May 29, 2026 — Friday Find: A Handwritten Note about the "Other" James Crawford
  • May 30, 2026 — ABC Biography: Angelina Jane Burke Currey

June 2026

  • June 1, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Thomas Wells Genealogy (Not My Line)
  • June 2, 2026 — Angelina's Song
  • June 3, 2026 — Getting Better Historical Infographics from Google Notebook LM
  • June 4, 2026 — When Google Notebook LM Gets the Visuals Wrong
  • June 5, 2026 — Friday Find: Ordering a Social Security Application
  • June 6, 2026 — Bringing Angelina Jane Burke Currey's Story to Life with Google Notebook LM and Canva
  • June 8, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Following a Wells Family Tombstone Trail in Genesee County, New York
  • June 9, 2026 — Sharing a Genealogy Treasure (Percy Crawford Social Security Application)
  • June 10, 2026 — Will of Aaron Hutchinson
  • June 11, 2026 — Unexpected Hutchinson Family Discovery
  • June 12, 2026 — Friday Find: When the Wrong Record Still Tells a Story
  • June 13, 2026 — ABC Biography: Albert Hutchinson
  • June 14, 2026 — Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
  • June 15, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: A DAR Application for My Ancestor Nathaniel Wells
  • June 16, 2026 — Albert Hutchinson's Song
  • June 17, 2026 — When AI Makes Assumptions
  • June 18, 2026 — Thinking AI and Genealogy
  • June 19, 2026 — Friday Find: Another Case of the Wrong John Crawford
  • June 20, 2026 — The Paper Trail of Albert Hutchinson's Civil War Service
  • June 22, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: Mentzer Marriages in Woodson County, Kansas
  • June 23, 2026 — Why Did Albert Hutchinson Desert?
  • June 24, 2026 — Using AI in Genealogy
  • June 25, 2026 — Color Me Confused!
  • June 26, 2026 — Friday Find: John S. Oliver Bible Record
  • June 27, 2026 — ABC Biography: Julia Harding Hutchinson
  • June 29, 2026 — Monday's Diggings: George Mentzer Purchases 304 Acres in Woodson County
  • June 30, 2026 — Julia Harding Hutchinson: From Biography to Ballad

July 2026

August 2026

September 2026

October 2026

November 2026

December 2026

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