Tim
@tdoyle.bsky.social
Passionate genealogist for 50 years.
he/him/his
Family archivist
#genealogy
he/him/his
Family archivist
#genealogy
Experimenting with AI and a RAG vector database to leverage with querying family history documentation. Added additional content. Seems to be performing fairly well. #genealogy
February 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Experimenting with AI and a RAG vector database to leverage with querying family history documentation. Added additional content. Seems to be performing fairly well. #genealogy
Experimenting with generative AI, RAG vector databases, and family history documents. Mixed results, but improving.
February 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Experimenting with generative AI, RAG vector databases, and family history documents. Mixed results, but improving.
My project to auto-generate a website leveraging my Photos libraries is going well.
January 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My project to auto-generate a website leveraging my Photos libraries is going well.
Getting prepared for my movie collection scanning project. My personal holdings include about 15 hours of movies including 16mm, Regular 8mm, and Super 8mm film, dating from the 1930s to 1970s.
December 15, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Getting prepared for my movie collection scanning project. My personal holdings include about 15 hours of movies including 16mm, Regular 8mm, and Super 8mm film, dating from the 1930s to 1970s.
My photo scanning & organizing project is progressing. Over 12,000 family photos scanned, people tagged, locations added, dates approximated, keywords added, etc. Here's the organization for the first 3/4 of 1964, as an example.
December 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
My photo scanning & organizing project is progressing. Over 12,000 family photos scanned, people tagged, locations added, dates approximated, keywords added, etc. Here's the organization for the first 3/4 of 1964, as an example.
My Mother-in-law Shirley wanted Tex Mex for her 90th Birthday lunch outing.
December 6, 2024 at 5:45 PM
My Mother-in-law Shirley wanted Tex Mex for her 90th Birthday lunch outing.
When you find a mystery tape in a box. What’s on it? Recording of Grandma? Nope… darn.
December 5, 2024 at 8:27 PM
When you find a mystery tape in a box. What’s on it? Recording of Grandma? Nope… darn.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
November 28, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
This is my tree to 7 generations after 50 years of research. Still a few blank spaces. Noah Austin's parents remain a mystery after significant research. Records are missing where Ferdinand Schreier was born. Wm Treffeisen was illegitimate & father not recorded. Fanny Humble remains elusive.
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 PM
This is my tree to 7 generations after 50 years of research. Still a few blank spaces. Noah Austin's parents remain a mystery after significant research. Records are missing where Ferdinand Schreier was born. Wm Treffeisen was illegitimate & father not recorded. Fanny Humble remains elusive.
When you search, search more, search for years, and keep searching. Who were the parents of Mary "Polly" Kiger? And then, there it is... In her words... signed... "I am a daughter of Philip Kiger and my age is twenty-two years." Dated 16 Sep 1823. That makes her exactly the correct age. Happy days!
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 AM
When you search, search more, search for years, and keep searching. Who were the parents of Mary "Polly" Kiger? And then, there it is... In her words... signed... "I am a daughter of Philip Kiger and my age is twenty-two years." Dated 16 Sep 1823. That makes her exactly the correct age. Happy days!
Uh oh... just found that in 1814, my 5th great-grandfather, Aaron Jones, was found guilty of "keeping a disorderly house." This was, at the time, a phrase often used for a brothel.
November 19, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Uh oh... just found that in 1814, my 5th great-grandfather, Aaron Jones, was found guilty of "keeping a disorderly house." This was, at the time, a phrase often used for a brothel.
50 years researching, but still have empty spaces on my tree.
November 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM
50 years researching, but still have empty spaces on my tree.
BEWARE: Apple Photos will not respect your face tagging, and will REMOVE or CHANGE your tags, at will. Thankfully, I have used keywords and smart albums to monitor. Just added back my Dad's name to 87 photos the AI removed his name from last night. Multiple other people to fix now too. Shame.
November 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
BEWARE: Apple Photos will not respect your face tagging, and will REMOVE or CHANGE your tags, at will. Thankfully, I have used keywords and smart albums to monitor. Just added back my Dad's name to 87 photos the AI removed his name from last night. Multiple other people to fix now too. Shame.
What's in the family archives? Photo collections (mine, parents, both sets of grandparents, several great-grandparents), watches, movies (16mm & 8mm), letters, postcards, diaries, heirlooms, tape recordings, and much more. Organization and digitization in progress.
November 17, 2024 at 2:07 PM
What's in the family archives? Photo collections (mine, parents, both sets of grandparents, several great-grandparents), watches, movies (16mm & 8mm), letters, postcards, diaries, heirlooms, tape recordings, and much more. Organization and digitization in progress.
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And just when I am fully relaxed, the cruise is coming to an end tomorrow.
November 15, 2024 at 9:17 PM
And just when I am fully relaxed, the cruise is coming to an end tomorrow.
This photo is a great comparison showing just how huge our current ship, Icon of the Seas, actually is.
November 12, 2024 at 5:12 PM
This photo is a great comparison showing just how huge our current ship, Icon of the Seas, actually is.
Years ago, I convinced my Mom and my Aunt Nancy that I should be entrusted with the years of family photos that my grandparents had taken, and that I would digitize them. While I did organize them, I never scanned them. When my Uncle recently died, I decided it was time. Over 11,000 scanned so far.
November 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Years ago, I convinced my Mom and my Aunt Nancy that I should be entrusted with the years of family photos that my grandparents had taken, and that I would digitize them. While I did organize them, I never scanned them. When my Uncle recently died, I decided it was time. Over 11,000 scanned so far.