Can AI help tell an ancestor’s story? I used ChatGPT to transform a RootsMagic narrative report into a friendly, FamilySearch-style Brief Life History for my… Read More »From a RootsMagic Narrative to a FamilySearch Life Story
Can AI help tell an ancestor’s story? I combined Noah W. Briles’ Civil War military record with research on the 1st Iowa Cavalry to create… Read More »From Muster Rolls to Moving Stories
Can AI help uncover new genealogy sources? A few prompts in Google Gemini about Civil War ancestor Noah Briles led me to an unexpected pension… Read More »When an AI Search Leads to a New Genealogy source
What happens to a lifetime of genealogy research? Inspired by Randy Seaver, I asked ChatGPT how to preserve 48 years of family history research. The… Read More »Genealogy Preservation
Ever tried building a custom “Gem” in Google Gemini? 💎 I went from hesitant to hooked after realizing how much AI can streamline a research… Read More »Discovering Google Gemini: How I Started Creating Custom “Gems”
For years, my Ancestry tree has contained the records documenting my ancestors’ lives—census records, marriage records, deeds, military files, and obituaries. Those records are invaluable,… Read More »Sharing AI-Assisted Genealogical Biographies on Ancestry
One of the goals of my genealogy research is to move beyond names, dates, and places and find ways to tell the stories of my… Read More »Julia Harding Hutchinson – From Biography to Ballad
Trust, Verify, and Think Like a Genealogist Over the past six months, I have spent a considerable amount of time experimenting with various artificial intelligence… Read More »Using AI in Genealogy
Did Albert Hutchinson Desert for Family or for the Harvest? One of the things I enjoy about using artificial intelligence tools with genealogy is that… Read More »Why Did Albert Hutchinson Desert?
One of the challenges of family history research is moving beyond names and dates to better understand an ancestor’s life experiences. Military records can be… Read More »The Paper Trail of Albert Hutchinson’s Civil War Service