Old Records, New Tools: An Introduction to AI for Genealogists
10:30 – noon CDT (UTC-5)
$15 members; $20 non-members

Curious about artificial intelligence but not sure where to start—or whether it's even relevant to your efforts to trace ancestors? Gigi and Mary will show you how today's AI tools can help you with brick walls, faded documents, and mysterious townlands that every family historian knows too well.

We'll walk through real examples (many drawn from Irish records) demonstrating how AI can help you decipher difficult handwriting, suggest research strategies when you're stuck, make sense of unfamiliar placenames, and even draft those tricky notes to distant cousins.

No tech background is required — just bring your curiosity. You'll leave with practical techniques you can try immediately at no cost, a better sense of what AI does well (and where it still needs a human eye), and maybe a few new leads on that elusive great-great-grandmother from County Cork.

Please join our live audience at the Minnesota Genealogy Center, linger for a box lunch and mingle with the speakers, then get a tour of the Irish Collection at the Hoffman Research Library and explore there until 4pm. Directions are available at this link

IGSI Social Gaggle - Free and open to all.

Drop in on our Zoom gathering between 6:30 – 8 pm CDT (UTC-5)

Hosted by IGSI member volunteers. Let’s discuss Saturday’s presentation on artificial intelligence and address your questions about these promising research tools! It's lively and fun! See our Events webpage for the Zoom login details.