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ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation

Genealogy Assistant, FamilySearch & MoreJanuary 6, 2025By

What problem does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation solve?

Navigating between search results pages on ScotlandsPeople can be time consuming when flipping through pages using the pagination (page number) links. Keyboard navigation streamlines this process, offering a consistent and efficient way to move between pages with ease.

How does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation work?

With ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation, all search results pages on Scotlands People have keyboard navigation enabled. You can press the left arrow to go back a page and press the right arrow to go forwards a page. This helps you to quickly find the record you’re looking for with fewer clicks.

How do I use ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation?

Ensure ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation is enabled in the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel.
Make any search on the ScotlandsPeople website and view the search results.
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move forwards and backwards between pages.
- Press the Left Arrow to move backwards one page.
- Press the Right Arrow to

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GEDmatch DNA Painter Shared cM Tool

FamilySearch & MoreJune 4, 2025By

Dan Maloney

When using the GEDmatch OneToMany DNA comparison tool, values in the field Total cM become clickable links to DNA Painters Shared cM Tool. Clicking these links will open a new tab, pre-filled with the shared cM value from the match.

Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension

Genealogy ToolsJune 21, 2024By

Dan Maloney

Supercharge your family history research!

Genealogy Assistant adds 50+ custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more!

Get access to all of our tools in an easy to use, one-click install. All features are automatically updated and new tools are added regularly.

Enjoy a FREE two-week trial and unlock the full version for $2.95 per month, or a one-time payment of only $24.95.

Install Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome | Install for Microsoft Edge

To access the extension, click the “puzzle piece” icon in your web browser’s menu bar and then click the “pin” icon next to Genealogy Assistant. This will add the Genealogy Assistant icon to your browser’s menu bar for easy access.

By clicking on the Genealogy Assistant icon you can enable and disable each feature of the extension. Hover over the information icon to the right of each item for a short description of what that specific feature does.

Click here to

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AI Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Tool – Free Download

Genealogy Tools2 days agoBy

Dan Maloney

Batch transcribe historical handwritten documents with ease!

Genealogy Assistant AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tool is a free cross-platform application designed to transcribe collections of historical documents into an easier-to-read format. It serves as a front-end to the OpenAI API, allowing you to convert image files into searchable, transcribed PDF’s with the source image attached.

This tool can transcribe thousands of images in a single batch, without the need for user intervention. It is generally not meant to provide 100% accurate transcriptions, as AI transcription are still not perfect, but it is designed to make large collections of documents more readable for humans.

From within the application you can modify the prompt, model and parameters, enabling you to fine-tune how your images are processed. You can also enable multi-threading to have the application work on more than one image at a time.

Download for Windows | Download for MacOS | Download for Linux | Download Source + Python Version

IMPORTANT NOTE: The binaries

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Free Genealogy Blurring Tool Browser Extension

Genealogy ToolsJanuary 8, 2025By

Dan Maloney

Forget complicated editing software.

Genealogy Blurring Tool is a free extension that automatically blurs sensitive details like DNA match names and names of living people on popular genealogy websites. This tool works seamlessly when navigating between pages and can be enabled/disabled with a single click.

Click here to install Genealogy Blurring Tool for Google Chrome

Focus on sharing your discoveries without worrying about complicated editing software. Whether you’re hosting an online presentation, collaborating with fellow researchers, or posting screenshots online, Genealogy Blurring Tool works instantly on every page you load to blur any sensitive personal information.

The blurring effect is applied instantly, allowing you to effortlessly capture and share secure screenshots or screen recordings of personal genealogy pages. This extension ensures you adhere to genealogical privacy standards by protecting the sensitive information of your DNA matches and any living individuals.

Genealogy Blurring Tool works with Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and FamilyTreeDNA.

If you notice any place that is not being blurred, click here to let us know!

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Protecting Your Privacy with Genealogy Assistant

UncategorizedApril 20, 2025By

Dan Maloney

As Genealogy Assistant continues to grow we will be supporting an expanding list of family history websites!

In a future update, your browser may ask you to review the pages which Genealogy Assistant can read. This is part of an industry-wide initiative by browser creators to enhance transparency, which we fully support. It also gives us the opportunity to clearly reaffirm our stance on user privacy, particularly important in our community.

Genealogy Assistant is not a cloud-based or web-based application. Each feature operates entirely on your own computer. Apart from your customized user settings, such as enabling or disabling features, Genealogy Assistant does not store any information whatsoever. The extension does not track user data in any way.

The permissions requested allow Genealogy Assistant to interact with specific websites used in family history research. Although the extension can read certain data from these predefined sites, all processing occurs exclusively within the privacy of your own device and is never recorded.

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Research notes: Maloney families from famine-era Ireland who immigrated to Upper Canada

Research NotesMay 16, 2024By

Dan Maloney

I have an interest in researching Maloney families who left famine-era Ireland, particularly Clare and Tipperary for a life in Upper Canada. This page will contain notes on these families which others may find interest in. If you are researching a Maloney family in Canada with Irish origin I would love to chat: Contact me

Maloney surnames transcriptions on Ancestry in Ontario in 1851, where at least one member of the family was born in Ireland. Brackets are the number of total people listed by that spelling:

Maloney (181)
Malony (85)
Molony (48)
Meloney (26)
Mullowney (15)
Moloughney (9)
Malowney (8)
Mulony (7)
Melony (7)
Moloney (7)
Mallony (6)
Mullhllolny (6)
Mulloney (2)
Mullony (2)
Mollony (3)
Milloney (1)
Molonny (1)

The Harrington’s of Florence Road

Family History StoriesJune 1, 2023By

Dan Maloney

Born in the London Borough of Southwark, sisters Ellen and Mary Ann Harrington became orphaned as young girls after their parents had both died. They remained close and in the late 19th century were together again at Florence Road in Leytonstone, East London.

Rows of brick terraced homes lined Florence Road and the area as far as one could see. Built in 1879 this working-class housing block ran between Cathall Road and Trinity Street.

The houses of Florence Road were simple “one-up one-down” style brick, terraced buildings. These small homes would have a single room upstairs for sleeping and a living kitchen on the ground floor. There was no washroom or toilet inside the home.

Florence Road was demolished in the 1960s as part of the ‘Cathall Estate’ council housing development, a social housing complex of multiple apartment towers connected by common courtyards. Many of the families from Florence Road were relocated to these…

Dan Maloney

ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation

What problem does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation solve?

How does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation work?

How do I use ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation?

GEDmatch DNA Painter Shared cM Tool

Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension

Supercharge your family history research!

AI Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Tool – Free Download

Batch transcribe historical handwritten documents with ease!

Free Genealogy Blurring Tool Browser Extension

Forget complicated editing software.

Protecting Your Privacy with Genealogy Assistant

Research notes: Maloney families from famine-era Ireland who immigrated to Upper Canada

Maloney surnames transcriptions on Ancestry in Ontario in 1851, where at least one member of the family was born in Ireland. Brackets are the number of total people listed by that spelling:

The Harrington’s of Florence Road

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