Ancestry is trying something new, offering AI-generated "ideas" for researching an ancestor on your family tree. If you have this feature, now in beta, it will be on the top menu. Look to the right of the ancestor's name, next to the search button on that profile.
I tried "Ideas" for several ancestors that I've researched extensively.
As shown above, the "ideas" for my husband's great aunt consisted of (1) search for the marriage record, (2) trace the ancestor's residences, and (3) locate her death cert.
Since the marriage cert is attached as a source and in the gallery, nothing new there. Since every US Census available for this ancestor is reflected in her profile, nothing new there. Not shown in the image above but on my tree is this ancestor's death cert as a source. Nothing new there.
Ancestry knows the idea to search online for a marriage index is "beginner-friendly" which I suspect is meant to encourage beginners to go ahead and search.
The next two suggestions (look for a county marriage registration and look for local newspaper marriage announcements) are a bit more advanced and clearly good recommendations.
I note that this AI action plan includes the idea to search in FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage! Good suggestion.
My initial reaction is that the AI suggestions don't reflect what is attached to a tree and what is missing. Also these ideas are rather basic for someone with a bit of experience. Maybe this feature will be improved as the beta testing continues?
My next step is to test the AI "ideas" feature with ancestors who are not as well documented. Stay tuned!
Do you have Ancestry "ideas" and if so, what do you think?
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