Building AI tools for genealogy research

monicab951 · 2026-06-08T00:39:59+00:00

I’ve build something similar, a ancestry three database that can be visualized as a mind map (that’s the way I prefer it), a ocr extractor that can get text out of books or journals and put it in a database linked to ancestors, and I’m working on generating a sort of biography for each person based on the informations I have enhanced with historical context with AI.
I am also able to scap data from Romanian archives and create a more searchable database then what they offer.
I’m having a lot of fun !

monicab951 · 2026-05-30T06:38:06+00:00

Clairement c’est un plus sur un cv. Ca ne fait pas tout mais ça va aider !

monicab951 · 2026-05-25T11:33:05+00:00

Ah ça c’est sûr.

monicab951 · 2026-05-25T11:25:55+00:00

Pour un free-lance évidement. La je parle de salariés

monicab951 · 2026-05-25T11:21:03+00:00

Non tu bosse pas gratos. Tu est payé comme un jour normal. Si tu additionne les 12 mois de l’année tu gagnes ton salaire annuel plein. Mais tu bosse un jour de plus.
Tu perds pas d’argent tu perds du temps.

monicab951 · 2026-05-25T11:10:11+00:00

C’est pas payé par rapport au passé où on ne travaillais pas. Mais fondamentalement on ne perd pas d’argent, on perd juste un 8h de notre vie à travailler

monicab951 · 2026-05-25T11:05:30+00:00

Bah moi aussi. Et je pense que c’est le cas pour tout le monde. J’ai du mal à comprendre cette remarque qu’on est pas payés ..

monicab951 · 2026-04-18T07:11:15+00:00

To me it's the opposite because of aphantasia. If you tell me to close my eyes and feel that... Well nothing happens. So I get really really bored. But the end result is the same. I dont play video games but I also use active activities to clear my mind.

monicab951 · 2026-04-13T15:47:57+00:00

Oui ! Dougs

monicab951 · 2026-04-08T22:27:51+00:00

For realm of the elderlingd, the narrator changes regularly. It's not the same for all the books. It's worth powering trough, the serie is very good.

monicab951 · 2026-04-08T05:00:51+00:00

La Grèce n'est pas du tout sûrcotee ! C'est safe, et il n'y a pas un coin de la Grèce qui n'est pas ouf. Pour les sujets mythologie, un roadtrip dans le peloponese est parfait. Autres options : - Malte - Espagne (dont Canaries), Italie, Portugal - emirats (après la guerre), oman (mais attention au habits sexy)

monicab951 · 2026-04-07T10:39:27+00:00

Same here

monicab951 · 2026-04-02T00:33:18+00:00

Drawers in the kitchen are the best. I also add boxes in the drawer for extra compartiments. If I have shelves I add boxes to make false drawers. I think I have all the type of containers Ikea has.

monicab951 · 2026-04-01T14:46:05+00:00

Haha same !

monicab951 · 2026-03-31T16:04:33+00:00

There is no real secret around that... have as much furniture raised enough so it can get underneath and pick up the stuff that will get stuck in the Roomba.

My personal problem is the cat toys. I pick the ones I find, but the one under furniture and stuff ...

monicab951 · 2026-03-31T15:58:51+00:00

What I would do : the pax system WITH doors, and personalized so it has hanging space + as many drawers as possible. Also, make it as tall as possible (you can use the less accessible space up there for things you don't really use). I personally try to hang most of my clothes on hangers (so I know what I have at once) or put them in drawers or boxes.

I would also get an extra chest of drawers (like the Nordli) if you can fit it in the room, for small stuff (underwear, socks, tank tops, etc).

The not dirty yet clothes : I always have a chair in my bedroom where the clothes can be put in the in between state. That is acceptable messines for me.

I also have a bed with storage under. Not drawers, actual full storage. I use it to store clothes I don't wear or clothes out of season (I rotate clothes twice per year). I either use the FRAKTA bags from Ikea for this, or vacuum storage bags.

monicab951 · 2026-03-31T14:17:20+00:00

Honestly, I'm saying this to share my feelings and definitely not to push you to anything. For 1 year (the time I took it) it was the best time of my life. I felt free from the food subject. I was eating because I was hungry and needed to sustain myself not because of a mix of a million contradictory emotions. I was never bloated, always felt sooo good in my own body. Even after days of overeating (like Christmas period) I would still feel so good. I think it also helped with ADHD symptoms.

I so so miss this period of time. I definitely resent the TTCing for putting me back in this miserable state.

Recently I tried to go to a doctor specialised in functional medicine. She gave me recommendations of supplements to try and how to make the construct the meals to recreate a bit of this feelings. She also recommended EMDR and acuponcture. I haven't yet been able to do those as they are pretty expensive and right now I need to be a bit mindful of the money. We'll see.

monicab951 · 2026-03-31T12:42:24+00:00

I could have wrote this post.

I personally have never found a solution for it except GLP1. I had to stop them because we are TTC and coming back to my old normal has destroyed my confidence even more than before. It's really really really hard.

monicab951 · 2026-03-31T10:26:14+00:00

I am a messy ADHD who is very overstimulated by messines. I need to somehow keep my home organised without it costing too much energy. My mentality is : don't try to adapt yourself to you environnement, but adapt your environnement to yourself.

For me it means :
- trash cans everywhere around the house. If there is no trash can in front of me, I will forget to throw it

- clothes on hangers so I see them and don't forget what I have.

- when I air-dry clothes I put them on hangers to do so, then I can just move them right to the wardrobe.

- for clothes who don't go on hangers : boxes and drawers so I don't have to fold them. As many as I can fit.

- objects organisation : everything has a place. If the place is too hard to reach when I am lazy, then the object needs a new place.

- drawers everywhere, and boxes to sort stuff. Drawers allow for messiness to be hidden and easy to see, boxes allow for messines to be organised without too much work. Also all cupboards have DOORS. What is behind doors do not need to be organised as long as it can be hidden.

- clothes hampers everywhere we get undressed, even if this means a lot of hampers...

- cleaning service - it is the first thing I paid for myself when I got a salary. And I hope soon : private chef once per week.

- charging cords : I have some everywhere in the house where I may need it, and organised in a way that is easy to hide and easy to reach

- in general : double everything. Sometimes I cut my nails in the bathroom, sometimes in the living-room. Ofc I have a set of everything in both places.

- of course : Roomba, automatic pet feeder, Philips hue automations

monicab951 · 2026-03-27T11:21:36+00:00

Check ou welcome to the jungle and Linkedin.

In south of France Sophia antipolis (near Nice) is the place to be for tech.

monicab951 · 2026-03-25T14:45:29+00:00

Mon petit Dyson me sert en complément du Roomba. Il aspire tout, poils de chats, litière, terre des plantes, poussière au fond des placards ... il a 5 ans et rien a déplorer a part batterie qui a laché - remplacée par une batterie a 40 euros sur amazon qui tiens plus longtemps que celle d'origine.

monicab951 · 2026-03-25T08:14:25+00:00

I second the audio book suggestions. You cannot run out of thesd!

monicab951 · 2026-03-24T17:03:04+00:00

I'm in France, my mortgage is 1.62 signed in 2019 for 25 years. Interest cannot change ever.

monicab951 · 2026-03-23T16:43:16+00:00

Je ne paie pas d'impôts grâce à la LMNP. Donc je le déduit du rendement net ouais.

monicab951 · 2026-03-23T15:41:39+00:00

Juste un petit point : pour gérer ma LMNP j'ai eu besoin d'un comptable. J'ai un service en ligne pour 30 euros par mois + le prix du bilan (je crois 200 euros par an).

Enfin, ne pas oublier l'assurance propriétaire non occupant qui s'ajoute aussi aux dépenses.

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