2025 Program Sessions

First Steps with AI Assisted Genealogy

Presented by Steve Little

Designed for those with little experience in AI, this presentation will help you in crafting effective prompts to extract information from documents and to summarize and translate their contents. By the end of the hour, you will be able to apply AI to real genealogical records.

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Autosomal DNA and Artificial Intelligence: 21st Century Genetic Genealogy

Presented by Josiah Schmidt

Dive into the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and autosomal DNA analysis. You’ve done that basic DNA kit and have your results, now explore how you can use AI tools to enhance your understanding of shared matches, segment data, relationship predictions, and more.

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AI-Genealogy

Presented by Steve Little

Once you have a little bit of experience with AI, you are ready to refine and elevate your AI genealogy practice. We’ll now delve into how to structure your prompts to extract more data and to use logical step-by-step methods to handle complex genealogy records to get precise results.

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Add Some Might to Your Research with Mitochondria!

Presented by Jim Brewster

Mitochondria, passed from mother to daughter, is the powerhouse of your genealogy and just might be the thing you need to get past your brick wall!

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AI Q&A: Time to Answer Your Many Questions

Presented by David Rencher

By now, you surely have lots of questions, and you’ve likely noticed those index cards on your table. Jot down your questions, and then spend an hour with Steve seeing some demos of how AI may work for you and getting answers to your questions.

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Y-DNA: Making Men Feel Important Since 300,000 B.C.E.

Presented by Jim Brewster

Come along as we explore the wonderful world of the Y-chromosome and what it can tell you about your direct paternal line. Learn how matching and haplogroups work and how they can help your genealogy.

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Training Our AI Overlords: A Guide to Actually Useful Chatbots

Presented by Steve Little and Jim Brewster

Join Jim Brewster and Steve Little for a look at how chatbots really “think.” Discover how modern AI can transform genetic genealogy research from frustrating to fantastic! Jim will reveal the careful training process behind creating genuinely helpful AI assistants, while Steve decodes their decision-making process and explains why they respond the way they do. Learn how to make AI work for you!

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