Just as I input the last row in a 700-line spreadsheet cataloging the largest one of my funeral program collections, Cousin Dr. Portia Nicole shared this detailed guide f0r building a family tree workbook using Claude AI and obituaries. I’m a lot of things, but tech-savvy is not one, so I’m excited and intrigued about the possibilities for organizing and extracting data from the thousands of documents I’ve accumulated. Let me know how it works for you!
Those obits have to be viewed as mostly true but sometimes, oh boy! My great-uncle’s obit left off his first 4 wives! I bet the obit was written by his 5th wife. LOL
I agree. Obituaries often reflect someone’s ideal, rather than strict reality. As with any secondary source, cross-checking and verification is key, and adjustments to the output here would be in order.