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-grandmother, Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848) of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
I requested ChatGPT4, Grok, Gemini, and Claude (all FREE AI LLM tools) to create a poem and song lyrics, and Google NotebookLM a podcast, about Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848).
I uploaded a PDF of my genealogical sketch which has all of the information I have about the life of Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848) -- 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 42: Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848) -- to the AI tools.
(AI ChatGPT4 image of Carringer family in Pennsylvania in 1848)
1) The prompt I used for the poem and song lyrics was: "Please write a poem and song lyrics to celebrate the life and legacy of Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848) using the attached document."
2) I chose the poem created by X.ai Grok 3 today:
SARAH'S SONG
In Mercer’s hills where wildflowers sway,
Sarah Feather bloomed in her youthful day.
Born to the earth in eighteen hundred and four,
Her heart held dreams that would forever soar.
At twenty-one, she joined her hand in love,
To Henry Carringer, blessed by skies above.
In twenty-five, their vows were softly said,
A life of love and toil their hearts would wed.
Ten children came, from Eliza to Harvey’s light,
Each cradle rocked beneath her gentle sight.
Through fields of green, in Pennsylvania’s embrace,
She built a home, a warm and sacred space.
The soil they tilled, one hundred fifty acres wide,
With Henry’s strength and Sarah by his side.
She wove their days with care, through joy and pain,
Her love a thread in sunshine and in rain.
When forty-four brought shadows to her door,
Her spirit left, yet lingered evermore.
In eighteen forty-eight, her journey stilled,
Yet in her children’s hearts, her dreams fulfilled.
From Pennsylvania’s loam to Iowa’s plain,
Her legacy stretched, a boundless, living chain.
To Colorado’s peaks and California’s shore,
Her love’s bright echo thrives forevermore.
Oh, Sarah Feather, mother, steadfast guide,
Your quiet strength in every heart resides.
Through generations, your story softly sings,
Of love and life, and all the gifts they bring.
3) Here are the AI song lyrics created by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 (used as custom lyrics on Suno.com), using a traditional American folk ballad style in an upbeat tempo - the link to the song is here: "Sarah's Song."
“SARAH'S SONG"
(Verse 1)
Born in eighteen-oh-four under Ohio skies so wide
Sarah Feather came to earth with hope as her guide
From Warren's fields to Mercer County, Pennsylvania bound
She'd marry Henry Carringer where true love could be found
(Verse 2)
Ten babies blessed their humble home in Sandy Creek's embrace
From Eliza first to Harvey last, each child knew mother's grace
Through birthing pains and sleepless nights, she never lost her way
Her hands were strong, her heart was true, through every passing day
(Chorus)
Oh Sarah, Sarah, mother of ten
Pioneer woman with heart and pen
Writing her story in children's lives
Through joy and sorrow, she still survives
In every blessing, in every prayer
Sweet Sarah's love is always there
(Verse 3)
From Pennsylvania farmland to the great wide open west
Her children carried Sarah's strength, her love within their chest
To Colorado mountains high, to California's shore
Her legacy kept traveling like never seen before
(Chorus)
Oh Sarah, Sarah, mother of ten
Pioneer woman with heart and pen
Writing her story in children's lives
Through joy and sorrow, she still survives
In every blessing, in every prayer
Sweet Sarah's love is always there
(Verse 4)
April took her from this world when she was forty-three
But all ten children lived to see what mothers hope to see
In Kelso Farm Cemetery, her earthly body rests
But her spirit keeps on living in the hearts she blessed
(Bridge)
No fancy clothes or jewels bright
Just calloused hands and heart so light
She built a nation one child at a time
Her simple life, a paradigm
Of sacrifice and endless love
Blessed by angels from above
(Chorus)
Oh Sarah, Sarah, mother of ten
Pioneer woman with heart and pen
Writing her story in children's lives
Through joy and sorrow, she still survives
In every blessing, in every prayer
Sweet Sarah's love is always there
(Outro)
So when the wind blows through the trees
And carries whispers on the breeze
Remember Sarah, brave and true
Her pioneer heart lives on in you
In you, in you, her love lives on
Sarah's song will carry on
Sarah's song will carry on
4) Here is the Audio Overview "podcast" file for Sarah (Feather) Carringer from Google NotebookLM (based on the referenced genealogical sketch): https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/372e1a69-a49b-4f4d-9ca7-711dd23cd619/audio.
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, song, and podcast 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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Links to my blog posts about using Artificial Intelligence are on my Randy's AI and Genealogy page. Links to AI information and articles about Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy by other genealogists are on my AI and Genealogy Compendium page.
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