Free Stuff - The Sleepless Genealogist

Templates/Workbooks

(download the file from Google Drive)

Transcription/Abstraction Template – A formatted word document to help you with your transcriptions and abstracts.

Pre 1850 Census Workbook – An Excel Workbook to help analyze all the tick marks from Early census records for a particular person.

Automated Tools

ICD Look up Enter the ICD Code from a Death Certificate, to find out what the cause of death is for that code.

DNA cM Look Up Enter shared cM and see all the relationships at a glance.

Land Plat Studio Land Platting tool –
Updated 7/30/2026
Added meter, kilometer measurements(for our Canadian cousins)
Expanded Vara and Arpent measurements (thanks Kelvin)
Added Point labels to the Key (planned update)
Made the North Pointer rotatable (planned update)
ability to move the Key and the North Pointer anywhere on the grid, for easy viewing

AI Prompts

CUSTOM GPT

Transcription Prompt Provides a detailed transcription, with annotated notes.

Locality Guide Prompt Paid version is needed to get the best output (well formatted 15 to 25 pages)

Zoom Chat summary – removes the noise from saved chats. (7/30/2026 – Updated to add Word DOC output)

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