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  • New Cousin contacted

    When I was on Family Search recently, I happened across a name associated with Aunt Minnie Lawless’ branch of the family. I contacted Marie Nelson and she answered.…

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  • January 2025 Update!

    For several months I have been working on transcribing family letters. I have been using ChatGPT to do the transcription and it does a pretty good job. There…

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  • Eugenia and Minnie Lawless Stories

    I didn’t know either of Anne’s two sisters. I remember her talking about them, but don’t remember anything she said about them. I also remember her talking about…

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  • Letters!

    I have started going through letters and using ChatGPT to transcribe them. The letters reveal more information about the families that are not found in public records. Examples:…

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  • Eugene Lawless Story Update

    Anne Johnson sent a note to her son Victor on April 26, 1959. She identified a picture of Mathew DeCourcy as her mother’s brother, not her mother’s father…

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  • John Lawless Story uploaded

    The John DeCourcy Lawless is as finished as I can make it at this time. I have gathered information from Uncle Victor’s records as well as from FamilySearch…

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  • New Cousin contacted
    When I was on Family Search recently, I happened across a name associated with Aunt Minnie Lawless’ branch of the family. I contacted Marie Nelson and she answered. She is Aunt Minnie’s great granddaughter. This is the lineage. Minnie (Marie Louise) had two children, Bernice and Donald. As far as… Read more: New Cousin contacted
  • January 2025 Update!
    For several months I have been working on transcribing family letters. I have been using ChatGPT to do the transcription and it does a pretty good job. There is much more to learn about it as I have been finding out in several webinars. Besides the interpretation of handwriting, it… Read more: January 2025 Update!
  • Eugenia and Minnie Lawless Stories
    I didn’t know either of Anne’s two sisters. I remember her talking about them, but don’t remember anything she said about them. I also remember her talking about Blanche, her brother John’s wife. I am putting together their stories from letters and facts found on Family Search. I have some… Read more: Eugenia and Minnie Lawless Stories
  1. This story is very interesting related to the connection with the Omaha Indian tribe. Charles has no living descendants.

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