{"id":3015,"date":"2024-07-26T22:44:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2024-07-26T22:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T22:44:55","slug":"using-perplexity-ai-to-find-archives-record-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=3015","title":{"rendered":"Using Perplexity.AI To Find Archives &amp; Record Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Perplexity.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Perplexity.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Perplexity-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AI Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month I blogged about my latest genealogy trip to Chicago in May and my disappointment at visiting many archives and not finding the information I sought. I wish I had read about Perplexity.AI BEFORE my visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically when I plan a research trip, I consult <a href=\"http:\/\/FamilySearch.org\">FamilySearch.org<\/a>\u2019s Wiki for the area. There, I find the libraries, museums, societies, and other archives that may hold the information I seek. Going to each website, I look at the card catalog and note any record sets that seem promising. I list the address, note closures, add hours of operation, any fees, and where to park. If an appointment is needed I request via email a day and time. Then, I arrive early and am ready to research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My experience in Chicago, however, was rather bleak. I\u2019d arrive and ask to see a record set. A librarian would then tell me it wasn\u2019t going to hold the answer and I should go to another archive. Or, they\u2019d give me the record but had no knowledge about how it was acquired, what the cryptic notes written on a page meant, etc. I would then get in my car and drive to the next location and go through the same process. Consequently, I came home with finding some information but not everything I had hoped to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week after I returned I read an article in American Ancestors about Perpexity.AI and I decided to give it a try. I entered my research question regarding where to find records for a possible 1890s scam of a Civil War Union veteran in Indiana. I wanted to know what record in Indiana could help me uncover who was the individual impersonating a deceased soldier. I received a list of archives and what their record collection held. I haven&#8217;t gone to those archives yet but it does look promising. Having a free AI tool to use to not only identify an archive but a record set in it based on information you uploaded for analysis is a gamechanger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I blogged about my latest genealogy trip to Chicago in May and my disappointment at visiting many archives and not finding the information I sought. I wish I had read about Perplexity.AI BEFORE my visit. Typically when I plan a research trip, I consult FamilySearch.org\u2019s Wiki for the area. There, I find the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=3015\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Using Perplexity.AI To Find Archives &amp; Record Sets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1131,223,1211],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-familysearch-org","tag-perplexity-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3018,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions\/3018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}