I've used FREE Artificial Intelligence tools to create biographies, poems, songs and podcasts about my ancestors lives, plus my genealogy research and family history in the recent past. Every ancestor lives a unique life with unique relationships and life stories. Today, I want to share a poem, song and podcast about my third great-grandfather, Lambert Brigham (1794-1834).
I requested ChatGPT4, Grok, Gemini, and Claude (all FREE AI LLM tools) to create a poem and song lyrics, and a podcast, about Lambert Brigham.I uploaded to the AI tools a PDF of my genealogical sketch which has all of the information I have about the life of Lambert Brigham - see 52 Ancestors - Week 413: #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) of Westborough and Sterling, Massachusetts.
(image created by X Grok 3 (with an extra young man))
1) The prompt I used was: "Please write a poem and song lyrics to celebrate the life of Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) using the attached document."
2) I chose the poem created by Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet today:
LAMBERT'S LEGACY
In Westborough born, a summer's early light,
The year of seventeen ninety-four,
Lambert Brigham entered this world bright,
The youngest child his parents bore.
Too soon orphaned by fate's cruel hand,
His mother gone when he was barely one,
His father followed to that distant land,
Leaving the boy with life just begun.
Yet resilience ran deep within his veins,
Through kindred hands, he found his way,
In Massachusetts fields and lanes,
A young man growing day by day.
When war called in eighteen-twelve,
A patriot's heart beat in his chest,
As Private Brigham did himself delve
Into service, meeting freedom's test.
In Sterling town, with winter's chill,
He wed young Sophia Buck so fair,
Their love announced in papers still,
A union formed with hope and care.
Three children blessed their humble home,
Augustus, Aurelius, fine and strong,
And Sophia, though her father had flown
Before her birth, his blood lived on.
For thirty-nine brief years he walked this earth,
A husband, father, soldier true,
Though consumption claimed him, still his worth
Lives on in descendants old and new.
From Massachusetts soil to distant shores,
The Brigham blood flows strong and free,
Through Hildreths, Seavers, and many more,
A living, breathing legacy.
So raise a glass to Lambert's name,
Though centuries have passed away,
His story kept from time's cruel claim,
In our hearts, his memory will stay.
We cannot know each smile, each tear,
Each triumph or each daily strife,
But through these words, we hold dear
The echo of Lambert Brigham's life.
3) Here are the AI song lyrics created by X Grok 3 (used as custom lyrics on Suno.com), using an Americana storytelling style in an upbeat tempo - the link to the song is here: "Lambert's Legacy."
LAMBERT'S LEGACY
Verse 1
Born in Westborough, seventeen-ninety-four,
Lambert Brigham, seventh child, through the farmhouse door.
Lost his mama young, his daddy soon would fall,
But in Worcester’s fields, he grew up strong and tall.
Verse 2
At twenty years, he heard the war drums beat,
War of Eighteen-Twelve, he marched on steady feet.
A private’s heart, he served by the ocean’s roar,
Guarding Massachusetts from the battle’s shore.Chorus
Oh, Lambert Brigham, with a fire in your soul,
Carved a life through hardship, made your story whole.
From the fields to the fight, to the family you’d raise,
Your legacy lives on through the passing of days.
Verse 3
In Sterling’s arms, he found sweet Sophia Buck,
Built a home with love, and a bit of country luck.
Three children laughed beneath the old oak tree,
Augustus, Aurelius, Sophia, wild and free.
Verse 4
But consumption came, in thirty-four it struck,
At thirty-nine, his breath ran out of luck.
In Westborough’s field, he laid his burdens down,
Yet his spirit lingers in each New England town.
Bridge
Through the years, his name still calls,
In the Brigham line, it never falls.
From the Constitution’s dawn to the railroad’s hum,
Lambert’s heart beats on in the lives to come.
Chorus
Oh, Lambert Brigham, with a fire in your soul,
Carved a life through hardship, made your story whole.
From the fields to the fight, to the family you’d raise,
Your legacy lives on through the passing of days.
Outro
So raise a glass to Lambert, under starry skies,
A humble man whose spirit never dies.
In our blood, his courage flows, forever strong,
Lambert Brigham, we’ll sing your song.
4) Here is the Audio Overview "podcast" file for Lambert Brigham from Google NotebookLM (based on the referenced genealogical sketch):
5) The AI tools do this so much better than I could, and weaves the poem and song along a story theme that is true and heartfelt. Each tool provides a different poem and song from the same prompt --I love fishing in all of the AI streams!! Frankly, doing the poems and song are the most genealogy fun I have every week!
6) These stories, told in verse and song, are part of my genealogy and family research. My hope is that they will be passed down to my grandchildren and their descendants to highlight the importance of sharing stories, memories, admiration, and love of our ancestors. I will add them to my Google Drive and to my YouTube channel and my FOREVER account.
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