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Claude-assisted German genealogy transcription
Personal genealogy research that uses Claude to transcribe old German cursive, especially for broad hits in non-indexed 17th-century parish records, which helped trace family lines further back on Ancestry.
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Claude-assisted German genealogy transcription
Personal genealogy research that uses Claude to transcribe old German cursive, especially for broad hits in non-indexed 17th-century parish records, which helped trace family lines further back on Ancestry.
Posted by @josters · Original comment ↗
“Noticed how well Claude works for transcribing old German cursive, especially for broad hits in non-indexed 17th century parish records. Motivated me to pick up Ancestry again and helped me quite a bit in following some lines further back.”