ONLINE-Ancestors, AI and Prompt Engineering: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogy by Margaret M. McMahon, PhD, January 9, 2025, 7:00 PM (Central)

The program is for people who have not already used AI tools but want to learn about them and how to start using them, AND for those who are already using the tools to share ideas about how to be more effective and expand their use. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already been used in the realm of genealogy, with major success in indexing records as well as colorizing and animating photographs. Learn from Dr. Margaret M. McMahon, a computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity professor, how AI products can assist you in your genealogical endeavors. Find out how to use AI in your research and writing, as well as its limitations.

Margaret M. McMahon, PhD has always collected family stories. She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering and has amassed decades of experience as a flight test and systems engineer, and as a professional educator, teaching graduate and undergraduate students. Her experience includes speaking at international technical conferences.

When her son was born, family lines became more relevant, so she focused her engineering and educational skills and talents on her newfound passion to combine family stories with factual records. She researches, lectures, and writes about genealogy and military history and is the author of numerous books on those subjects. She is the Unofficial Historian for the 51st Pioneer Infantry Regiment. She has given over 130 lectures as an invited speaker at societies, libraries, and local conferences and was a presenter for RootsTech Connect. She is a graduate of the ProGen Study Group 46.

She is the author of “Researching U.S. WWI Military Members, Military Organizations and Overseas Noncombatants: A Research Guide for Historians and Genealogists,” “A Guide to the U.S. Pioneer Infantry Regiments in WWI,” “From Timeline to Young Readers Book,” and other books.

A Week of Genealogy Blog and information about her and her books can be found at: https://aweekofgenealogy.com.

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