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  "title": "FamilySearch Full-Text Search and Transkribus make handwritten records searchable with AI; no specific discovery documented",
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  "account": "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints newsroom (2 January 2025) reviewed FamilySearch's 2024. It says FamilySearch “can convert an image of text into a machine-readable text format, allowing users to search the full text of the records”. That uses handwriting recognition and OCR. Full-Text Search was introduced through FamilySearch Labs in 2024, and 2.5 billion searchable records and images were added overall. It gives no example of a user discovery. Transkribus, developed by the European cooperative READ-COOP SCE, says on its site it “turns centuries of handwriting into text you can search, study, and share”. It claims over 500,000 users and 200 million pages deciphered. It cites projects such as the University of Georgia transcribing 20,000 pages in two months and Archion's portal of over 200,000 German church books. No independent source documenting a specific discovery, reunion or entitlement from either system was found. FamilySearch's help article on full-text search refused access here. The feature launched in 2024.",
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      "citation": "Seaver R (13 Jan 2026). What to Expect from FamilySearch in 2026: Emerging Technologies Will Help Fuel New Family Discoveries. Genea-Musings (reproducing FamilySearch's announcement).",
      "title": "What to Expect from FamilySearch in 2026: Emerging Technologies Will Help Fuel New Family Discoveries",
      "url": "https://www.geneamusings.com/2026/01/what-to-expect-from-familysearch-in.html",
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