Miscellaneous items I found interesting this week.
TheGenealogist’s Extends National Probate Calendar Coverage
Now with an additional 2.5 million names from 1880 to 1899. Every field within each entry is transcribed, allowing searching beyond the deceased’s name.
Empathy, anti-empathy
From The Medium blog
What is Bona Vacantia
- A list of unclaimed estates in the UK.
- A list of properties that became available after Henry VIII abolished the monasteries.
- A branch of the Vatican that organizes pilgrimages to the Holy See.
- None of the above.
The answer will be posted tomorrow.
RootsTech
A reminder that this annual event starts on Thursday.
Google Home Frustration
Copied from Research Buzz and Android Authority
Months after the promised change, Google Home is as unreliable as it ever was. “Hundreds of users are still complaining about Gemini, or Assistant, or both on Reddit. Commands that don’t work, routines that refuse to execute, mishearing, mis-executing, black-box troubleshooting when something fails, and on top of it all, a Gemini AI that is as good as throwing a ball at a stray dog and hoping they understand the concept of catch without ever being trained to.”
FreeBMD February Update
The FreeBMD database was updated on 23 February to hold 295,226,698 unique records, up from 295,018,312 in January.
Years with more than 10,000 additions are, for births and marriages 1995-96, for deaths 1996-97.
Thanks to the following individuals for their comments and tips: Anonymous, Gail, Teresa, and Unknown.
