Saturday, February 22, 2025

Using AI with Legacy Family Tree


 Tech, you've got to keep adapting! Last year I wrote a blog article in comparing how to get AI to write a wonderful narrative from your research stored in various places - like Legacy Family Tree, Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, etc.

I just completed a Pioneer application for my husband and since I had been researching 5 generations of the family, decided to write a narrative about each generation. I wanted to use ChatGPT to help with the writing.

I tried to follow my own blog advice to go to Legacy Family Tree>Other Reports>Individual Summary but realized that Version 10 does not have that option any longer.

I tried finding where it was relocated through Legacy Help and through a general Google search and got nowhere.

I turned to ChatGPT and located my original prompt. It saves your work if you allow it to on the left hand side of the screen. Problem was, the file I uploaded had a long title and I couldn't read exactly what it was. I create titles based on my own formula so I can always go back to the original source. This usually works until, like now, it doesn't because I couldn't view the entire title. So, I asked ChatGPT and was informed that the .pdf had expired and it couldn't access it, either.

I then chatted about my problem and it told me that the report was renamed and moved. So, if you are using Legacy Family Tree and want to download an ancestor's information to use with AI, here's the new How To:

Click on the Ancestor. In my case it was Samuel Ericksson

Click on "Descendant Narrative Book" on the Ribbon.

In the Pop Up, adjust the "Generations." I just wanted one generation.

Click "Preview"

Click "Create PDF" and there is what you had before they changed the name of the report and the location where it resided. You can copy and paste it into your favorite AI and get a much richer narrative of your family.

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Using AI with Legacy Family Tree

 Tech, you've got to keep adapting! Last year I wrote a blog article in comparing how to get AI to write a wonderful narrative from you...