Randy's AI and Genealogy

 This Genea-Musings page will "collect" information and blog posts about my own Artificial Intelligence (AI) and genealogy/family history in one place.

1)  Randy's Genealogy-Related Research and Education Questions of AI (newest at top): 

• Ask AI: "Please Describe the Work of a Cooper in the Early 19th Century in Massachusetts" (22 April 2025)
• Ask Deep Research AI: "Please Write a Narrative Descendants Report for Martin Carringer (1758-1835) of Pennsylvania" (18 April 2025)

• Ask AI: "Please Describe Genealogy Projects That Can Be Performed by AI Deep Research" Plus the Devier Smith Birth Parent Case (15 April 2025)

• Ask AI: "Please Describe the Process of Creating Clothing From Sheep Wool in New England in the 1850-1900 Time Frame" (12 April 2025)

• Ask AI: "Please Create a Dialogue for the Isaac and Lucretia Seaver Family in 1872 in Leominster, Mass." - Historical Fiction! (10 April 2025)

• Using Artificial Intelligence In the Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) Process (5 April 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Describe a Day in the Life of My 3rd Great-Grandmother, Mary Ann Vaux (1816-1882)" (8 April 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Create Dialogue Between Norman and Sarah Seaver in 1780 in Westminster, Mass." - Historical Fiction! (3 April 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Create a Photorealistic Image of a Sod Cabin On the Windy Northwestern Kansas Plains in 1885" (1 April 2025)
• Ask Claude AI: "Please Create a Dialogue Between Rebecca Carringer and Her Family About Surviving the Tornado" (26 March 2025)
• Ask Google Gemini Deep Research AI: "Provide a Family History of John Nicholas Brocke (1853-1938)" (25 March 2025)
• Ask NotebookLM AI: A Summarization of Information About Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) (22 March 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Describe and Analyze This Photo of a Wiltshire Man" (18 March 2025)
• Ask (Diana Elder's "Genealogy Locality Guide Builder") AI: "Please Create a Locality Guide For Cheyenne County, Kansas" (15 March 2015)

• Ask AI: "Was Typhoid Fever Prevalent In 1874 In Ontario?" (11 March 2025)
• Ask AI: "What Are the Best Resources For Finding Family History Records For My German Ancestors In the 17th Through 19th Centuries?" (8 March 2025)
• Ask AI: "What Is the Research and Documentation Process for Solving a Private Adoption Case Using Genealogy Records and DNA Testing?" (4 March 2025)
• Ask AI (Claude Sonnet 3.7): "Please Create a Biography From the Attached File [an Ancestry.com Profile PDF]..." (1 March 2025)
• Ask AI (Grok 3 DeepSearch): "What Are Genealogy Best Practices For Adding a Person To My Family Tree?" (25 February 2025)

• Ask AI (Sam the Digital Archivist): "Exploring Some Unique 1880 Occupations" (22 February 2025)
• Ask AI: "Describe Shoe and Boot Making In the mid-19th Century In America."(18 February 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Create a Summary Of the Life of Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894) ..." From a RootsMagic Timeline, and then "Include Important Events..." (15 February 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Create a Summary of the Evidence That Supports a Birth Date of 1839, or 1842, of Devier James Lamphier Smith" And Then "Construct a Proof Argument…" (11 February 2025)
• Ask AI: "What Are the Secrets of Time Management In Genealogy Research and Family History?" (8 February 2025)

• Ask AI: "What Types of Thorny Genealogical Problems Are Best Suited For AI Reasoning?" (4 February 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Describe and Analyze This Photo of a San Diego Family and Home." (1 February 2025)
• Ask Reasoning AI: Using Perplexity's Sonar-Reasoning To Ask "What Technology Improvements In Genealogy ... Are Expected In the Next 5 Years?" (31 January 2025)
• Ask AI: NotebookLM Podcast and Podcast Transcription of "Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894) Life Story" (28 January 2025)
• Ask AI: "Provide a Summary and a Source Citation For An 1851 English Census Record For John Richman Household" (25 January 2025)

• Ask AI: "1890's Health Risks and Injuries, and Medical Care In a Small Town?" (21 January 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please Create a Transcription, a Summary and a Source Citation for an Attached Marriage Record" (18 January 2025)
• Ask AI: "What tasks did a female perform as a housewife in the 1890s?" (14 January 2025)
• Ask ChatGPT4 Canvas AI: "What are the hardest tasks in genealogy and family history research?" (11 Januaey 2025)
• Audio-to-Text Transcription of the NotebookLM Podcast of Betty Carringer Seaver (7 January 2025)

• Ask AI: "What are the future trends in AI-driven tools for genealogy research and family history?" (4 January 2025)
• Ask AI: "Please describe the challenges faced by Pennsylvania German immigrants in the 1700s" (31 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "How do I prove that family history information in a family tree is correct?" (28 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "What were Christmas celebrations like in the years 1700, 1800, 1900, 1950, 2000?" (24 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "Please create a multi-class outline with short descriptions for a 'Beginning Genealogy' class with homework assignments" (21 December 2024)

• Ask AI: "What online tools can be used to perform reverse genealogy and/or descendancy research?" (17 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "What have I missed in my AI queries about genealogy research and story-telling? Are there glaring omissions?" (14 December 024)
• Ask AI: "Can You Create Song Lyrics and a Festive Graphic For '12 Days of a Genealogist's Christmas?'"(11 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "What's one thing you can tell me about myself that I may not know about myself?" (10 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "What questions can I write about concerning family gatherings and celebrations during the December holidays?" (7 December 2024)

• Ask AI: "Please Create a Dialogue Between Devier Smith and His Wife About the Hair Tonic Ad'" (5 December 2024) 
• Ask AI: "Please Create a One-Place Study Research Plan For Hilperton In Wiltshire" (3 December 2024)
• Ask AI: "Suggest Novel Ways that Could Be Used To Research Genealogy and Family History and Tell Stories Of Ancestors and Relatives?"
• Ask AI: "What Skills Are Necessary For a Professional Genealogist To Use in Genealogical Research?" (26 November 2024)
• Ask AI: "How Might A Family Travel From New York To Wisconsin In 1845?" (23 November 2024)

• Ask AI: "What Process and Evidence Comprises a Proof Argument That Meets the Genealogical Proof Standard?" (19 November 2024)
• Ask AI: "Please Help Me Find All Useful Genealogy Resources Relevant To Albany and Saratoga Counties, New York Between the Years 1760 and 1800" (16 November 2024)
• Ask AI: "Why Would a Person Not Have Their Birth Parents Surname In the 1850 To 1920 Time Frame?" (12 November 2024)
• Stephen Little's "Steve's Speculator" AI Prompt and Analysis: The Ontario Kemp Bible Pages (9 November 2024)
• Ask AI: "Describe the Work of a Husbandman, a Yeoman, a Farmer, and a Gentleman In 1750-1800 Worcester County, Mass." (7 November 2024)

• Transcribing and Translating an Italian Marriage Record Using ChatGPT4 and Google (5 November 2024)
• Ask AI: "How Did They Use Animal Horns To Make Combs and Other Hair Ornaments?" (4 November 2024)
• Stephen Little's "Item Identifier" AI Prompt and Analysis: Juliet Richmond's Death Certificate (2 November 2024) 
• Ask AI: "How Can I Make My Genealogy Books/Reports More Engaging For Family Members?" (29 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "How Should a Genealogist Publish Digital Reports and Books?"  (26 October 2024)

• Stephen Little's Biographical Sketch Generator (ChatGPT AI) - Frederick Sovereen (1786-1875) (22 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "Suggest Areas an Intermediate Genealogist Could Expand To Better Perform Genealogy Research and Tell Family Stories" (19 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "What Are the Best 'Substitute Records' For Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates For a Person In the 19th Century?" (15 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "What Is the Most Efficient Way To Coordinate and Update Family Trees in Multiple Online Sites?" (12 October 2024)
• Betty (Carringer) Seaver's Life Summary, Chat Q&A and Audio Overview Using the Google NotebookLM AI Feature (9 October 2024)

• Ask AI: "What is the best way to document your genealogy research work to stand the test of time?" (8 October 2024)
• Exploring the Google NotebookLM AI Tool - Chat and Notebook Guide (with Audio Overview) - Updated! (5 October 2024)
• Google's NotebookLM Can Summarize Large Text Files Using AI - My First Notebook (3 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "What are the best methods and resources to find an ancestor's maiden surname when you know the names of her spouse(s) and children?" (5 October 2024)
• Ask AI: "How Can Artificial Intelligence Help a Genealogist Do Family History Research?" (26 September 2024)

• Ask AI: "Can You Identify This Type of Photograph and Date the Images?" (24 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "What Can You Tell Me About the Life and Family of Gregory Stone (1592-1672)?" (21 September 2024) 
• Another Artificial Intelligence Agent - GenSpark: I Asked "What is the future of genealogy and family history research?" (18 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "What Information Would You Provide To Novice Genealogists To Help Build Their Family Tree?" (17 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "Draft a Plan To Research and Write a Genealogical Proof Argument Confirming the Maternal Grandmother of Randall J. Seaver, and Execute the Plan" (14 September 2024)

• Dear Randy: "How does the pursuit of genealogy relate to aerospace engineering?" - A Question For AI (10 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "How can autosomal DNA help in breaking down genealogical brick walls?" (9 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "Provide Genealogy Research Suggestions For Finding the Parents of Sarah Fletcher" (2 September 2024)
• Ask AI: "How Can I Use Autosomal DNA Ethnicity and DNA Match Results In My Genealogy Research?" (27 August 2024)
• Comparison of a Handwritten Document Transcription With Two Artificial Intelligence Transcriptions (17 August 2024)
• Analyzing and Summarizing a Family Photograph Using Artificial Intelligence (13 August 2024)

• Perplexity Rocks as an AI Genealogy Report Tool (25 July 2024)
• Using ChatGPT-4o to Create a Genealogy Research Plan (28 June 2024)
• ChatGPT 3.5 Offers Genealogy Book Recommendations (28 November 2023)
• Writing My Obituary With ChatGPT 3.5 (17 November 2023)
• Writing an AI Narrative Report in ChatGPT for David Auble (1817-1894) (7 November 2023)

2)  "Ancestor Biography Creation" Posts:

• Using Artificial Intelligence In the Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) Process (5 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) of Leominster, Massachusetts (13 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #9 Hattie Louisa (Hildreth) Seaver (1857-1920) of Northborough and Leominster, Massachusetts (14 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #10 Thomas Richman/Richmond (1848-1917) of Wiltshire, England and New England, USA (20 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #11 Julia E. "Juliett" (White) Richmond (1848-1913) of Windham County, Connecticut (23 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #33 Abigail (Gates) (Seaver) Seaver (1797-1867) of Westminster, Massachusetts (9 April 2025)
• ABC Biography of #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) of Medfield, Massachusetts (7 April 2025)

3)  Randy's Use of Ancestry AI Features:

• Ask AncestryAI: What Was Hilperton, Wiltshire Like in 1848? (14 January 2024)
• Exploring the AncestryAI Feature on Ancestry.com (11 January 2024)

4)  Randy's Use of MyHeritage AI Features:

• MyHeritage Introduces LiveMemory™: Bring Your Photos to Life in Video (21 November 2024)

• MyHeritage DeepStory Creates a Great Short Audio/Visual Biography (10 March 2024)
• New MyHeritage Feature -- Artificial Intelligence AI Biographer(tm) (26 December 2023)
• New MyHeritage Feature -- Artificial Intelligence AI Record Finder(tm) (26 December 2023)
• MyHeritage AI Biographer Feature Is Only on Family View (27 December 2023)
• MyHeritage's AI Record Finder May Be Discontinued on 9 August 2024 (22 July 2024)

5)  Randy's Use of FamilySearch AI Features:

• Testing the Full Text Search in FamilySearch Labs - An Immediate Success!! (3 March 2024)
• Dear Randy: "Why Can't I Find Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records on FamilySearch Full-Text Search?" (15 March 2024)
• New FamilySearch Labs Experiment: Find Help With AI Search (14 May 2024)
• FamilySearch Full-Text Search Now Has an AI Summarization Feature (31 July 2024)
• FamilySearch Full-Text Search Is a Genealogy Goldmine (2 October 2024)

• Trying the New "AI Research Assistant" on FamilySearch (First Product) (10 March 2025)
• More On the FamilySearch "AI Research Assistant" (Second Product) (12 March 2025)

6)  Randy's Use of Emulate Me AI Features:

• First Look at EmulateMe: Creating an AI Avatar and Short Audios/Videos (16 January 2024)
• Second Look at EmulateMe: Creating My Father's Avatar and Audio/Video Chats (24 January 2024)

7)  Randy's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Posts Concerning AI Features:

• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Are You Experimenting With Artificial Intelligence for Genealogy?  (13 April 2024)
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Write a Genealogy Poem Using Artificial Intelligence (8 June 2024)
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Share one way in which you've implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your genealogy research (5 October 2024)
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Ask an Artificial Intelligence Agent To Create a Research Plan (26 October 2024)
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Did Your Ancestor Have a "Different" Occupation? Try "Sam the Digital Archivist" on ChatGPT (22 February 2025)
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- The Occupations of Your 2nd Great-Grandfathers (29 March 2025) which includes a description of blacksmith work in the 1880 time frame.

8)  Randy's Ancestral Poems and Songs Created by AI:

• I Can't Resist Creating a Genealogy Song... "Roots Run Deep" (17 June 2024)
• "The Tale of Devier Smith" in AI-Created Rhyme and Song  (19 June 2024)
• For Independence Day - "The Ballad of Asahel Read" (4 July 2024)
• Another Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial intelligence - "Family Roots" (14 July 2024) 
• Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial Intelligence - "Helix Of Our Souls" (21 July 2024)

• "Carringer's Journey" - A Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial Intelligence (28 July 2024)
• "The Blacksmith's Tale" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (4 August 2024)
• "Beautiful Betty" - Genealogy Poems and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (11 August 2024)
• "American Tapestry" - Genealogy Poems and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (18 August 2024)
• "Lyle's San Diego Dreams" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (25 August 2024)
• "Frederick's Life Journey" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (1 September 2024)
• "Randy's Roots" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (8 September 2024)
• "Emily's Loves" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (15 September 2024) 
• "Della's Life Journey" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (22 September 2024)
• "The Builder's Legacy" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (29 September 2024)
• "Bessie's Symphony of Love" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (6 October 2024)
• "Frederick's Labors and Loves" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (13 October 2024)
• "Georgianna's Journey" -- - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (20 October 2024)
• "The Painter's Story" -- A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (27 October 2024)
• A Genealogist's Hallowe'en Tricks and Treats From Artificial Intelligence (31 October 2024)
• "The Combmaker's Tale" -- A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (3 November 2024)
• "The Redhead Beauty of Lancaster Street" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (10 November 2024)
• "The Weaver's Journey" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (17 November 2024)
• "Juliet's Legacy of Love" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (24 November 2024)
• "Lucretia's Quiet Grace" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence  (1 December 2024)
• "James Richman's Journey" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (8 December 2024)
• "Hannah's Song" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (15 December 2024)
• "Henry White's Story" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (22 December 2024)
• "My Christmas Memories" -- My Christmas Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (25 December 2024)
• "Amy's Heart of Gold" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (28 December 2024)
• "The Craftsman's Tale" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (5 January 2025)
• "Sophia's Story" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (12 January 2025)
• "The Family Tree Blues" - A Genealogist's Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (19 January 2025)
• "DJ's Journey" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (26 January 2025)
• "Rebecca, Pioneer Woman" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (2 February 2025)
• "Abbey's Journey" --- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (9 February 2025)
• "The Cobbler's Tale" --- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (16 February 2025)
• "Sarah's Footprints of Love" --- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (23 February 2025)
• "The Carpenter's Hands" --- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (2 March 2025)

• "Mary Jane's Lullaby" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (9 March 2025)
• "My Roots and Branches" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (16 March 2025)
• "The Yeoman's Tale" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence  (23 March 2025)
• "Abigail's Thread" -- A Family History Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (30 March 2025)
• "Alpheus of Medfield" -- A Family History Poem, Song and Podcast Created by Artificial Intelligence (6 April 2025)
• "Elizabeth's Light" -- A Family History Poem, Song and Podcast Created by Artificial Intelligence (13 April 2025)
• "The Cooper's Tale" -- A Family History Poem, Song and Podcast Created by Artificial Intelligence (20 April 2025)
• Therapy -- A Poem: "Threads Of Time" and a Song "Roots Run Deep" (24 April 2025)

I have several more songs online at Suno.com - you can play any or all of them at  https://suno.com/@geneaholic. 

Last Updated:  24 April 2025