TIGR Course 4 – “Integrating AI into Genealogical Research and Writing”

TIGR 2025 Coordinator: Nicole Elder Dyer

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Format: Virtual, pre-recorded lectures. Daily, live Q&A via scheduled Zoom meetings.

Maximum Registrants:  40

Description:
This course explores how to integrate artificial intelligence tools into the genealogical research and writing process, including research planning, transcription, document analysis, note-taking, documentation, writing, historical context, and editing. Students will learn practical applications of AI technology for improving efficiency while maintaining high standards of quality. Students will develop strategies for incorporating AI tools through hands-on exercises and real-world case studies. The course covers multiple forms of genealogical writing, from research reports to family narratives and proofs. Participants will learn to streamline their workflow by using AI to assist with time-consuming tasks like formatting, data extraction, transcription, analysis, and summarization allowing more time for complex research and writing decisions that require human expertise and judgment. This comprehensive course is designed for intermediate to professional genealogists seeking to expand their research and writing practices. Participants will emerge with practical strategies for integrating AI tools into their genealogical work.

Course Prerequisites:

• Make free accounts with at least one (and preferably more than one) of the major LLMs: Claude (https://claude.ai/) , ChatGPT (https://chatgpt.com/), and Gemini (https://gemini.google.com/); consider creating a free account with Perplexity (https://www.perplexity.ai/) as well.
• Learn about the basics of AI and Genealogy for 5-10 hours – lectures, webinars, articles, courses, etc.
• Spend 10-15 hours using AI genealogical tasks, such as transcription , summarizing a transcription, extracting evidence from a record, writing about genealogical information you provide, understanding meanings of historical words or phrases, etc.
• Bring a work sample of 2-10 pages of genealogical writing – a research report, proof summary, proof argument, family history, or biographical narrative.

Faculty:

Nicole Elder Dyer, Coordinator
Alice Childs, AG®
Diana Elder, AG®, AGL®
Mark Humphries
Jan Joyce, DBA, CG®, CGL™, AG®
Steve Little
Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA
Katherine Schober, MA
Mark Thompson

Schedule Course 4 – “Integrating AI into Genealogical Research and Writing”

Start Time (Central Time)	Topic	Instructor
Monday, June 16, 2025
9:30 AM	Welcome	Dyer
10:00 AM	AI Fundamentals and Responsibilities: A Practical Overview	Dyer
11:30 AM	Objectives, Analysis, and Research Planning with AI	Elder
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Enhancing Research Logs and Note-Taking with AI	Dyer
3:00 PM	Writing and Formatting Citations with AI Assistance	Elder
4:30 PM	Hands on: Genealogical Writing and AI	Dyer
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review	Dyer
10:00 AM	Transkribus: Specialized Models for Transcribing Documents from Multiple Languages and Times	Dyer
11:30 AM	Transcription Pearl: An AI Tool for Handwritten Documents	Humphries
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Transcription with LLMs	Dyer
3:00 PM	AI vs. Old German Script: What Works and What Doesn’t	Schober
4:30 PM	Hands on: Creating Abstracts from Transcriptions with AI	Little
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Dyer
10:00 AM	Analyzing Information and Extracting Evidence from Historical Documents with AI	McGhie
11:30 AM	Locality Research and Creating a Locality Guide with AI	Thompson
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	DNA Evidence Analysis with AI	Dyer
3:00 PM	Formatting Visual Data in Written Work with AI	Childs
4:30 PM	Hands on: Understanding Meanings in Historical Documents: also Extracting Data from Lengthy Sources with AI	Dyer
Thursday, June 19, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Dyer
10:00 AM	From AI to Authenticity: Disclosure Practices and Style Development	Dyer
11:30 AM	AI Techniques to Enhance Your Case Study Writing	Joyce
12:45 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Research Reports: Writing Efficiently with AI	Dyer
3:00 PM	Using AI to Add Social and Historical Context to a Family  Narrative	McGhie
4:30 PM	Hands on: Editing Your Writing with AI	McGhie
Friday, June 20, 2025
9:30 AM	Homework Review/Q&A	Elder
10:00 AM	Weatherford Case Study: Writing with AI	Elder
11:30 AM	Sally Keaton Proof Argument: Writing with AI	Dyer

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