{"id":5524,"date":"2026-01-23T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=5524"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:38:41","slug":"writing-family-history-with-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/writing-family-history-with-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Family History With Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Free Library Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, February 8, 2026, Sunday, 2 &#8211; 4PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, March 21, 2026, Saturday 2 &#8211; 4PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Writing-Family-History-Header.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Writing-Family-History-Header.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Writing-Family-History-Header-300x190.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Writing Family History With AI <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hands-on Writing Family History with AI Workshop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blend of theory, demonstration, and practical application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore storytelling fundamentals and AI-generated narratives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn to use AI as a writing coach and create personalized stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share family anecdotes and insights with fellow participants&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the fusion of storytelling and artificial intelligence at our Writing Family History with AI Workshop. This interactive session merges theory, demonstrations, and sharing for a dynamic learning experience. Learn storytelling fundamentals, from traditional tales to AI-generated narratives. Discover how AI can enhance your writing process and create captivating stories. Dive into movie-making techniques and unleash your storytelling prowess through personalized videos. Bring your creativity and laptop, and craft your own AI-assisted family stories. Share and connect with fellow participants, exchanging family anecdotes and insights. No prior experience necessary, just bring your creativity and curiosity, plus an internet-ready laptop with a word processor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About The Speaker: Ron Chan <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation best practices, &nbsp;captivating audiences worldwide at genealogy workshops and libraries across the San Francisco Bay Area. As a published genealogy author, he has a passion for storytelling and teaches innovative technologies to bring ancestral tales to life. Ron is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, dedicated to preserving ancestral stories. He is also a co-founder of the Chinese American GI Project, ensuring that veterans&#8217; legacies are not lost, forgotten, or ignored. Ron shares with you how to capture and share family struggles of the past so future generations can embrace, remember, and learn from those who came before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feedback From Attendee&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c Enjoy your personal aspects to communicate and use AI. Your personal efforts to create family stories and use your parents and grandparents history was very touching, emotional and very informational. Motivates me to do the same\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsed to great hook to start. The pictures were colorful. Narration was interesting. I was able to follow along. Not too much to read.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLearned a lot (and I am pretty geeky!) I have presented professionally, probably 7200 times before and I could tell you, you have the perfect combination to engage your audience, knowledge, and passion for your topics. Great presentation skills (audience engagement) of your topic \u2013 Family!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVery good. The storytelling tips and slideshow ideas were terrific.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRon explained very well. Had great examples. Spoke clearly and at a good speed.\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought it was helpful \u2013 you presented very nicely. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it was very good and gave me hope to do stories about my own family. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Good thought to use ChatGPT as a writing coach.&nbsp; Only you know your stories the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Library Presentations Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, February 8, 2026, Sunday, 2 &#8211; 4PM Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, March 21, 2026, Saturday 2 &#8211; 4PM Writing Family History With AI Summary Explore the fusion of storytelling and artificial intelligence at our Writing Family History with AI Workshop. &#8230; <a title=\"Writing Family History With Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/writing-family-history-with-artificial-intelligence\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Writing Family History With Artificial Intelligence\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-com-ann-et-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5855,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5524\/revisions\/5855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}