Foundations in AI for Family History 5 of 5: Building Your AI Workflow and Digital Crew
Andrew Redfern, Fiona Brooker
Content
Welcome
2m 9s
Introduction
18m 21s
Prompt Organization
9m 23s
Using Projects
6m 20s
Research Planner Project
13m 3s
Writing a Biography
4m 22s
Detailed Image Prompt
6m 54s
Summary
7m 59s
Announcements / prizes
4m 7s
Questions / answers
4m 12s
About this webinar
Learn the principles, tools, and responsible practices for using AI in your genealogical research.
About the speakers
Andrew Redfern is an enthusiastic family historian and accomplished speaker, having delivered presentations both in his home country of Australia and internationally over many years. His innovative wo...
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Fiona Brooker is a professional genealogist (Memories In Time) who has been actively researching her family history for over 35 years, inspired by two marriage certificates and a collection of family ...
Learn more...Key points and insights
In the rapidly evolving landscape of family history, the integration of artificial intelligence offers a transformative approach to traditional research. This webinar, the fifth installment in the "Foundations in AI for Family History" series, focuses on the practical construction of an "AI digital crew" to streamline genealogical workflows. Led by experts Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker, the session explores how AI serves as a powerful research assistant rather than a replacement for human judgment. By shifting the burden of repetitive, time-consuming tasks to these digital tools, genealogists can devote more energy to critical analysis and the complex puzzles of their ancestral lines.
- Personalization and Efficiency: A central theme of the presentation is the ability to tailor AI responses to specific research needs. By adjusting settings such as professional or concise tones and utilizing custom instructions, researchers can reduce the verbosity of AI tools and ensure outputs follow specific regional standards, such as British English.
- Structured Project Management: The webinar highlights the importance of organization through the use of "Projects," "Spaces," or "Notebooks" within AI platforms. This allows genealogists to keep specific family lines or research questions contained in dedicated digital folders, preventing data cross-contamination and making it easier to revisit ongoing "brick wall" investigations.
- The Human-AI Partnership: The speakers emphasize a task-based approach where AI handles "grunt work"—such as extracting census data, generating research questions, or drafting biographies from timelines—while the researcher maintains ultimate control over ethical judgments and the verification of historical facts.
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Comments (74)
Outstanding final webinar that turns AI from a novelty into a practical, everyday companion for genealogists; now, if only there were a pause button on life to create more time to go and experiment with all these new ideas.
Now I need to go back to part 1 and begin at the beginning to see if I can make this work for me. Thanks for the series: looking forward to the next series!
This course was so practical and helpful! Real-time examples of how ChatGPT works were very effective. Also, Andrew and Fiona work so well together and are extremely well prepared.
This series was fantastic. I am definitely looking forward to Series 2 and 3!
The Foundation in Ai Series by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker have been the best, most comprehensive, and easiest to understand AI classes I have taken. Thank you for this foundation series and for continuing to bring us new AI classes through Legacy Webinars. Kathy A. Miller
Good ideas, good course.
the whole series has been excelllent…I have learned a lot…they explain things really well. I just have to apply these new tools..planning on their next sessions as well.
Fabulous! I recently set up a chat gpt account and was blown away with what it can do. This webinar is just what I needed to understand and practice prompts, organize projects and prompts, and create images and much more. I missed most of this series, but plan to watch all 5 before the next AI series in March. Thank you!