MyHeritage Scribe AI ~ A Very Helpful Family History Research Tool

I was doing some family history research today and had to write a blog post about the amazing Scribe AI research tool by MyHeritage.

I have used Scribe AI for several translations lately in my family history research. My maternal ancestry includes Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. Unfortunately, I do not speak Spanish or Portuguese. I often use Google Translate to help me with documents in Spanish and Portuguese. Lately I have also used Scribe AI to help me with these types of documents.

As you can see from the screenshot above, Scribe AI not only translates documents, it also provides historical context, details mentioned, key findings, suggested next steps, and full text transcription located in the dropdown arrows next to the uploaded document.

The document at the top of this blog post is a Catholic baptismal register from Lisbon, Portugal. I uploaded it to Scribe AI. Scribe AI has been extremely helpful, not only with translation, but with understanding this type of document from Portugal.

Here is a screenshot of the historical context for this document.

It may be difficult to read, so here is Scribe AI's Historical Context for this document:

This document is a Catholic baptismal register (Assento de Baptismo) from the parish of Nossa Senhora do Socorro in Lisbon, Portugal, dated 1885. It officially records the birth and baptism of Constancia. Notably, the document features extensive marginal notes (averbamentos) added decades later. In Portuguese record-keeping, it was customary to update baptismal records with significant life events. These notes provide a comprehensive overview of Constancia's life, detailing her 1912 civil marriage, her husband's death in 1956, and her own passing in 1967. The record also highlights a common social aspect of the era, noting that her mother was an 'exposta' (foundling) raised by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Wow, this is amazing information! Before I uploaded this document to Scribe AI, I was a bit confused about what the writing in the margin was about, but Scribe AI cleared that up for me.

It is exciting to know that Portuguese baptismal records can include other life events for ancestors  including details about their marriages and deaths.

Here is a screenshot for the Details Mentioned tab:

This is also amazingly helpful as it provides specific details from the document. After opening a tab, there is a "Copy to clipboard" button, which is great. Here is Scribe AI's information from the Details Mentioned tab:

Principal Individual:

• Name: Constancia (later recorded as Constancia Amelia Esteves)
• Role in Document: Subject of Baptism
• Birth: January 7, 1885, at 12:00 PM in the parish of Socorro, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Baptism: April 29, 1885, at 5:00 PM in the Parish Church of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Lisbon.
• Marriage: Married Tomas da Silva (age 22, born in Fanhões, Loures) on August 11, 1912, at the 1st Civil Registry of Lisbon.
• Death: Died in Penha de França, Lisbon, on January 17 (registered March 31, 1967).

Parents:

• Father: Alberto Magno Esteves, fireman (bombeiro), born in the parish of Socorro.
• Mother: D. Amelia Esteves, a foundling (exposta) of the Misericórdia of Lisbon.
• Residence: Largo do Colleginho, No. 5, Socorro, Lisbon.

Grandparents:

• Paternal Grandparents: José Maria Esteves and Marianna Perpetua Esteves.
• Maternal Grandparents: Unknown (incógnita).

Spouse (from margin note):

• Name: Tomas da Silva
• Parents: Bernardo da Silva and Delmira Candida
• Death: August 12, 1956, in Socorro, Lisbon.

Godparents:

• Godfather: Eduardo José da Silva, married, upholsterer (estufador), resident at Rua dos Ganos.
• Godmother: Amelia Esteves, married, domestic worker, resident at Escadinha da Barroca.

The Key Findings tab provides a summary of the information as follows:

Here is Scribe AI's information from the Key Findings:

• The document is an 1885 baptismal record for Constancia, born January 7, 1885, in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Her father was a fireman, and her mother was a foundling from the Misericórdia of Lisbon.
• Marginal notes added later transform this single document into a lifelong biographical summary, recording her 1912 marriage to Tomas da Silva, his death in 1956, and her death in 1967.

The Suggested Next Steps tab is pretty amazing too.

Here are the suggested next steps:

• You should search MyHeritage for the 1912 civil marriage record of Constancia Amelia Esteves and Tomas da Silva in the 1st Civil Registry of Lisbon to uncover more details about their witnesses and residences.
• You can look for the baptismal record of the father, Alberto Magno Esteves, in the parish of Socorro to trace the paternal ancestry back to José Maria Esteves and Marianna Perpetua Esteves.
• Consider researching the archives of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Although the mother, Amelia Esteves, was a foundling, admission records (autos de exposição) sometimes contain clues left with the infant, such as notes or tokens.
• You should check the civil death registers for Constancia (1967, Penha de França) and Tomas da Silva (1956, Socorro) for additional genealogical clues, such as the informant's name, who might be a child or close relative.

I won't share all of the full text transcription or translation of this document from Scribe AI, but I will share the screenshots of those tabs. They don't include the full transcription or translation, however. But you can see that Scribe AI breaks down the text by left margin notes and the main text of the document. Pretty cool!

Full Text Transcription:

Translation:

I am incredibly impressed with the MyHeritage Scribe AI research tool. It has proved to be helpful in my family history research.

Have you tried the MyHeritage Scribe AI tool?

Thank for stopping by!

Jana

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