Jeremy Verdusco
@jeremy.simplyv2.com
Genealogist, researcher with deep experience tracing family paths into and through Michigan and the U.S Midwest. APG, APG Great Lakes, Michigan Genealogical Council. Interviewer, writer and editor. Taking clients, consulting work. simplyv2.com/genealogy
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Jeremy Verdusco
@jeremy.simplyv2.com
· Oct 23
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I just joined Oakland County Genealogical Society recently, but they do seem to be doing some cool stuff. I'm totally going to attend this one in person. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #ai #michigan
Using Artificial Intelligence for Genealogy
This session will demystify Artificial Intelligence and its role in modern genealogy. You will learn the basic concepts and see practical demonstrations of how AI can help you analyze documents, summa...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I just joined Oakland County Genealogical Society recently, but they do seem to be doing some cool stuff. I'm totally going to attend this one in person. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #ai #michigan
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#Genealogy Ancestry now prohibits use of its database for law enforcement purposes--such as solving cold cases via #GeneticGenealogy analyses. “Ancestry is intended solely for family history research, not law enforcement,” company says. Gift article from NY Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Cold Case Inquiries Hampered After Genealogy Site Revisits Terms of Use
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December 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#Genealogy Ancestry now prohibits use of its database for law enforcement purposes--such as solving cold cases via #GeneticGenealogy analyses. “Ancestry is intended solely for family history research, not law enforcement,” company says. Gift article from NY Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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Reclaim the Records has done it again!
NY State Death Index 1880-2017!
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NY State Death Index 1880-2017!
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Reclaim The Records
We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reclaim the Records has done it again!
NY State Death Index 1880-2017!
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NY State Death Index 1880-2017!
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Appears 4g uncle William had impulse control issues. Accused of "seduction" in the summer of 1874, he fled to damn near Dubuque, Iowa from Kent County, Michigan. Dragged back by a deputy weeks later. I'm pretty sure he did not, in fact, wed Ms. Annis. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
![Old newspaper clip:
Alleged Seduction.
Ella Annis, a maiden 26 years old, now living in the township of Cascade, accused William Van Amburg of seduction. William went away some five or six weeks ago, and quietly dropped down in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, there to await news of further developments here. Of course letters came from him and went to him, and the officers found out his whereabouts. Ella was anxious that he should be brought back to her, and the proper papers being obtained Deputy Sheriff Steketee started after him Wednesday night, 22d. He was gone about forty-eight hours, traveled about 600 miles, and last night arrived in the city with William. William is in jail awaiting an examination, or his wedding, calamities that do not seem to dampen his spirits at all.
“Alleged Seduction.,” Grand Rapids [Michigan] Eagle, 25 July 1874, p. 1, col. 2; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1189519138/ : accessed 28 November 2025), search "William VanAmburg" in Kent County, Michigan, 1874.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dekxpx2uisvl4uqg5gjnyu2q/bafkreibxk6gnea23dl4oynw5gz7euqpbhpitdkbg4ms6642egf2nkgbrxm@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Appears 4g uncle William had impulse control issues. Accused of "seduction" in the summer of 1874, he fled to damn near Dubuque, Iowa from Kent County, Michigan. Dragged back by a deputy weeks later. I'm pretty sure he did not, in fact, wed Ms. Annis. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
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We’re pleased to share the results of APG’s recent election! Congratulations to our newly elected officers, directors, and Nominations Committee members who will begin their terms on January 1, 2026. More: www.apgen.org/news_manager... #APG #genealogy
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We’re pleased to share the results of APG’s recent election! Congratulations to our newly elected officers, directors, and Nominations Committee members who will begin their terms on January 1, 2026. More: www.apgen.org/news_manager... #APG #genealogy
The Michigan pioneer I'm researching lived in a tight-knit community in rural Kent County. How tight-knit? I found an 1860 Ag census that, on one sheet, includes two 4g gfs, two 6g uncles (one also a 5g uncle-in law), two 5g gfs, and three or four others I know are kin but can't ID yet. #genealogy
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Michigan pioneer I'm researching lived in a tight-knit community in rural Kent County. How tight-knit? I found an 1860 Ag census that, on one sheet, includes two 4g gfs, two 6g uncles (one also a 5g uncle-in law), two 5g gfs, and three or four others I know are kin but can't ID yet. #genealogy
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Genealogical info comes in odd forms. My uncle George Bruns was involved in a freak accident while riding a streetcar in Chicago in May 1939. Sounds bad but George recovered fully, married and had two daughters. I can't find any news reports via newspapers.com but my mom kept this clipping.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Genealogical info comes in odd forms. My uncle George Bruns was involved in a freak accident while riding a streetcar in Chicago in May 1939. Sounds bad but George recovered fully, married and had two daughters. I can't find any news reports via newspapers.com but my mom kept this clipping.
What do you think they ate? Look at this transcript from a 27 Nov. 1868 news report. My 4g gm Almira had wed Lorenzo Brown 4 years earlier, so she and son Augustus, my 3g gf, then almost 17, were 2 of about 35 party guests for Thanksgiving 157 years ago. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
What do you think they ate? Look at this transcript from a 27 Nov. 1868 news report. My 4g gm Almira had wed Lorenzo Brown 4 years earlier, so she and son Augustus, my 3g gf, then almost 17, were 2 of about 35 party guests for Thanksgiving 157 years ago. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
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Suffering from the sniffles? Here's a recipe to make a "fine tablet for the cough and coold" from our 18th century herbal notebook.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Suffering from the sniffles? Here's a recipe to make a "fine tablet for the cough and coold" from our 18th century herbal notebook.
Y'all in #genealogy land, Pro Tools or no? Honest reviews welcome.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Y'all in #genealogy land, Pro Tools or no? Honest reviews welcome.
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APG members, mark your calendars! Join us on 16 December at 2pm ET for our Annual Members Meeting. We’ll review highlights from the past year, announce the 2025 award recipients and introduce the newly-elected Board members. Register at members.apgen.org/Calendar/mor.... #Genealogy
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
APG members, mark your calendars! Join us on 16 December at 2pm ET for our Annual Members Meeting. We’ll review highlights from the past year, announce the 2025 award recipients and introduce the newly-elected Board members. Register at members.apgen.org/Calendar/mor.... #Genealogy
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Excellent piece by The Quantum Record on #AI and photo regeneration that cites Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy photo policy. #craigen #quantumrecord #artificialintelligence
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Genealogists Warn that AI Image Generators Threaten Historical Records - The Quantum Record
AI is useful for piecing together fragmented historical records, but genealogists warn that image generators distort old and damaged photos.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Excellent piece by The Quantum Record on #AI and photo regeneration that cites Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy photo policy. #craigen #quantumrecord #artificialintelligence
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I swear a good third of client work is just having a crapload of experience reading these records and seeing things that newbies miss on documents they already have. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I swear a good third of client work is just having a crapload of experience reading these records and seeing things that newbies miss on documents they already have. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
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Last night, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry into me in response to a video President Trump did not like.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Last night, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry into me in response to a video President Trump did not like.
Michigan pioneer research into Orleans Spaulding of Kent County. Very close-knit families. Orleans married Rilla Spaulding. Rilla's brother Miner married one of Orleans' daughters, Sally A., from his first marriage to Sally VanDyke Spaulding. So, his brother in law is also his son in law. #genealogy
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Michigan pioneer research into Orleans Spaulding of Kent County. Very close-knit families. Orleans married Rilla Spaulding. Rilla's brother Miner married one of Orleans' daughters, Sally A., from his first marriage to Sally VanDyke Spaulding. So, his brother in law is also his son in law. #genealogy
Continuing research on 5g gf Orleans Spaulding to prove Michigan pioneer lineage. Thought he snuck in just months before statehood, but now know he lived here several years prior. Here he is about three years before, paying $50 for the 40 acres he patented. #genealogy #ancestry #puremichigan
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Continuing research on 5g gf Orleans Spaulding to prove Michigan pioneer lineage. Thought he snuck in just months before statehood, but now know he lived here several years prior. Here he is about three years before, paying $50 for the 40 acres he patented. #genealogy #ancestry #puremichigan
For fun, I’m going to prove descent from my 5g gf Orleans Spaulding for this Michigan Pioneer Certificate Program. I didn’t think I had pre-statehood Michiganders, but digging around today I found a land patent for him from about 6 months before. #genealogy #ancestry #puremichigan #history
Pioneer Certificates - Michigan Genealogical Council
MGC Pioneer Certificate Brochure Pioneer Certificate Brochure Instructions and Sample application Instructions and sample Pioneer certificate application Pioneer Certificate Application Pioneer Certif...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
For fun, I’m going to prove descent from my 5g gf Orleans Spaulding for this Michigan Pioneer Certificate Program. I didn’t think I had pre-statehood Michiganders, but digging around today I found a land patent for him from about 6 months before. #genealogy #ancestry #puremichigan #history
Deep dive at Michigan Archives today. Found oath of naturalization from 1904 for my 2g gf Herman Stielow, a Prussian immigrant born in 1867 in what is is now Dolicë, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Filed while his wife Minnie was pregnant with my g-gm. #genealogy #ancestry #immigration #history
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Deep dive at Michigan Archives today. Found oath of naturalization from 1904 for my 2g gf Herman Stielow, a Prussian immigrant born in 1867 in what is is now Dolicë, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Filed while his wife Minnie was pregnant with my g-gm. #genealogy #ancestry #immigration #history
It’s such a joy when clients pay on time and without a fuss. Like, it never gets old. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s such a joy when clients pay on time and without a fuss. Like, it never gets old. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history
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The Coalition for Responsible AI in #Genealogy has released its new official position statement: "Protecting Trust in Historical Images."
While AI "photo restoration" tools can be helpful, they also risk altering or fabricating features, misleading researchers. Link and more ►
While AI "photo restoration" tools can be helpful, they also risk altering or fabricating features, misleading researchers. Link and more ►
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Coalition for Responsible AI in #Genealogy has released its new official position statement: "Protecting Trust in Historical Images."
While AI "photo restoration" tools can be helpful, they also risk altering or fabricating features, misleading researchers. Link and more ►
While AI "photo restoration" tools can be helpful, they also risk altering or fabricating features, misleading researchers. Link and more ►
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This spring, new AI photo tools arrived. Genealogists experimented. Then quickly we realized: these tools don't "restore" historical photos—they may fabricate new faces.
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This spring, new AI photo tools arrived. Genealogists experimented. Then quickly we realized: these tools don't "restore" historical photos—they may fabricate new faces.
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
One thing I love about #genealogy is that making a breakthrough can often lead to a bigger, more baffling problem. #ancestry #history #familysearch
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
One thing I love about #genealogy is that making a breakthrough can often lead to a bigger, more baffling problem. #ancestry #history #familysearch
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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An amazing story made possible in part by #genealogy. Family history and social justice go hand in hand. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/a...
In landmark agreement, the MFA restores enslaved potter’s work to descendants - The Boston Globe
The agreement conferring ownership of two ceramic vessels by David Drake sets “a new standard for ethical restitution.”
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
An amazing story made possible in part by #genealogy. Family history and social justice go hand in hand. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/a...