Research with AI
The Making Log: The Running Record of How You Work a Research Problem
A Making Log: dated entries recording what a family historian set out to find, what they did, what AI did, and what they kept, for one ancestor research project.
Research with AI
Research Brain: Your Research and Your Thinking, in One Folder
A Research Brain is the project folder for one research project: your records, your brain dump and your Making Log, kept where your AI tool can read them.
Research with AI
The Find/Work Test: Why AI Invents Records for Family Historians
AI invents records because of the request, not the tool. The Find/Work Test is one question family historians ask first: find something, or work on it?
Research with AI
AI Agents Can't Search the Record Sites for You
MyHeritage and Ancestry both barred AI agents from their sites in 2026. What the terms actually say, and what AI is genuinely useful for at the search box.
Research with AI
The AIM Framework: How Family Historians Stay in Charge of AI Research
AIM is the Chronicle Makers method for working with AI on family history research: Assess, Interact, Measure. It replaces "trust but verify."
Research with AI
AI Can't Give You the Answer (That Was Never the Point)
AI can't hand you the answer about your ancestor, and that was never the point. How the Full Pantry changes what AI does for genealogy.
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How AI Can Help Organize Genealogy Research
How to use AI to organize genealogy research: build timelines, create inventories, find gaps, and get your files ready to write from.