Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. While history in general is a broad subject with many specialized subdivisions, genealogical research is one of the more focused parts of the overall historical research community.  An example of the limits of genealogical research is the lack of academic standing in the greater educational community. In universities around...

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Comment on this AI generated image: I realize that a substantial number of people use their laptop as their main computer, but many of us also have more than one monitor, a tangle of cables to various hard drives and peripherals, and other random items on our work desks...

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star bolg site. Not long ago, I found myself staring at a record review generated by a cutting-edge AI. It was fast, it was clean, and at first glance, it was impressive. But as I looked closer, I felt that familiar “genealogical itch”—the one that tells you something is fundamentally wrong even...