The FULL, raw look at Goldie May's AI assistant for genealogists

Skip ahead: 16:41 with FamilySearch, 45:49 with Ancestry, MyHeritage, RootsMagic, etc. 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Install and get started with Goldie May 02:15 Computers, not phones and tablets. Chrome, Brave, Firefox, and more. PC or Mac or Linux. 03:19 Browser extension permissions 05:02 Troubleshooting my Goldie May window 07:08 Signing in with FamilySearch: permissions and use 09:16 Adjusting the text size 10:15 Adjusting the color contrast 10:55 Researching with AI available to subscribers 11:44 What is AI? 12:55 AI not deterministic, has "temperature" 13:35 AI helpful when used with sources and your agency 14:35 Model options with varying strengths and costs: Claude Opus, Claude Sonnet, Gemini, etc. 16:41 FamilySearch 17:15 By the way, using SuperWhisper for instant dictation instead of typing 18:32 Asking about an ancestor in the FamilySearch Family Tree 20:10 Multiple chats per project, e.g. compare same question on two models 21:30 Results may vary 23:00 FamilySearch change log 23:53 Evaluating sources 24:54 AI helpful as a thought partner 27:03 Taking a screenshot to log or transcribe 29:05 Questioning the AI's decisions 29:58 Managing costs 31:53 When to start a new chat, e.g. for rabbit holes 33:09 Newspapers finding aid 35:28 FamilySearch Images and FamilySearch Full-text Search 37:20 Locality guide 43:02 Project description visible to all AI chats, e.g. for locality guides 43:53 Global research preferences visible to ALL AI chats 45:49 How to work with Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, Geni, WikiTree, etc. not FamilySearch 49:12 How to work with desktop genealogy programs like RootsMagic and Legacy Family Tree 50:27 Looking for a missing census 51:42 Evaluating the search results 53:25 What if you tried doing genealogy with AI and it was bad? 54:36 So much fun and more to come!