Transform your research into a treasured family story on this innovative, interactive family history course. Over five in-depth video recordings, tutor Carole McCulloch will share practical steps you can implement to build your family history project and tell your family story, all with the assistance of AI tools.
Kickstart your research with this four-week course
The Family Tree AI Bootcamp • On-demand video course
Transform your research into a treasured family story
We family historians are brilliant at gathering evidence. Yet when it comes to writing up our family history we can get stuck.
Make 2026 the year that this changes…
On this four-part course, tutor Carole McCulloch will share practical steps you can implement to build your family history project and tell your family story, all with the assistance of AI tools.
Through webinar recordings, you'll master a practical AI workflow that maintains absolute genealogical integrity while accelerating every research stage.
- Watch demonstrations
- Test AI prompts
- Implement field-tested templates for project scoping, evidence capture, source evaluation, and narrative writing
By the end of the AI Bootcamp you will have…
- A ready-to-publish mini-project with validated documentation
- A customised, reusable workflow using AI tools that you can apply to every ancestor whose story deserves telling
Throughout the course, guided workflows combine your expertise with AI tools for transcription, data extraction, and storytelling.
You'll build timelines, ancestor profiles, and narrative scenes that bring your research to life.
📚 AI Bootcamp programme:
- Preparation and orientation
- Designing your project
- Organising your AI workflow
- Transforming facts into narratives
- Telling the story
- Showcasing & sharing
🗓️ How the Course Works
✔️ 5-week expert-led course
✔️ Full recordings of every session
✔️ Step-by-step handouts, slides & downloadable resources
✔️ Practical tutorials on tools like PromptCowboy, NotebookLM & Perplexity
✔️ Prompt Library guide + ready-to-use template
✔️ Real project work, homework & showcase opportunities
✔️ Access to all materials until 31 July 2026
👩🏫 Expert Tuition
The course is tutored by family history and AI tutor Carole McCulloch, who has a wealth of experience in using Artificial Intelligence for family history research, whilst ensuring accuracy and integrity is retained.
Who is the AI Bootcamp for?
Are you keen to learn how to use AI tools to enhance and save time in your family history research process? The course will teach you how to create a customisable, reusable workflow with the assistance of AI tools.
The bootcamp would particularly suit you if you already have family history research materials, photographs, records, and notes but have not yet found the right pathway to a finished story.
The on-demand course moves you from gathering information to completing a family narrative. You'll transform scattered materials into a polished, publishable family history about one ancestor or family group spanning two to three generations.
🗓️ Suggested course schedule (but you can work at your own speed)
| Week | Focus | Actions |
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| Prep week | Preparation & Orientation Week |
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| Week 1: | Designing Your Project |
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| Week 2: | Organising Your AI Workflow |
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| Week 3: | Transforming Facts to Narratives |
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| Week 4: | Telling the Story |
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| Showcasing & Sharing: You’ll build a complete family history mini-project from start to finish — research plan, organised evidence, verified narrative, and supporting materials — with guidance at every step. | ||
Detailed course reading, templates and handouts are provided.
All course materials and recordings of all the webinars will be provided to you on an exclusive web page, solely for course students.
You will have permanent access to the course reading, templates and handouts and will have access to the recordings until 31 July 2026.