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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Thanks for this outline Carole. I found it very interesting. Just starting to play around with AI. By the way, they told me I'm related to Queen Victoria. I'm not sure how seriously to take it.

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JenealogyScrapbook's avatar

Oh and Princess Diana is related to me. If it had been the Queen I would have said spot on. A relative has traced our Draycott line that has the royal family in it. 😌

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Jen, I was told I am related to Princess Diana also.

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JenealogyScrapbook's avatar

Thanks to you for introducing me to AI when it first started hitting the news. I’ve been like a sponge ever since. Although some days it’s information overload and I feel like a muddle headed wombat. If you haven’t seen it, Legacy Family tree had an excellent webinar last week on the use of AI. I too watched Denyse’s video and have been practicing for RootsTech. So much to do this weekend. I might need match sticks for the eyes.

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Carole McCulloch's avatar

We have been on an interesting adventure together!

Are you referring to Diana Elder’s webinar? ‘Streamlining Genealogical Research Plans with AI? I will check in there later!

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JenealogyScrapbook's avatar

Yes, Diana’s webinar where she walked you through various scenarios including a locality catalogue and Geoff went live doing his.

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Carole McCulloch's avatar

Yes, I have now watched that one. The creation of a locality guide was a new project for me with my AI assistants. I then tried out a prompt from Steve Little’s presentation at RootsTech 2025 on a similar topic, but this time just using voice input from my smartphone. Now I have a four-page locality guide on my mother’s home town of Kingston, Surrey, UK.

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

This is a great use of AI Carole. Thanks for the info. I'm going to check it out.

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Carole McCulloch's avatar

Thanks Jennifer. My AI tools help me plan, participate and pontificate on genealogy topics with ease. An AI Writing Journal just seemed like the next step for me.

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