The Family History AI Show

Mark Thompson, Steve Little

Booking Overview

A co-hosted solo-expert show focused on artificial intelligence applications in genealogy and family history, with occasional interviews featuring genealogy educators, methodology experts, and leaders from genealogy technology companies. Credible pitches include AI researchers applying the technology to archives or genetic genealogy, genealogy educators with practical AI workflows, and executives or product experts from family-history platforms; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors specialized, established experts in this niche.

Metrics

Episodes: 43

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thefamilyhistoryaishow@makingfamilyhistory.com

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Host

Mark Thompson - Professional genealogist, educator, and technology expert focused on the use of artificial intelligence in family-history research.

Steve Little - Specialist in artificial intelligence and genealogy who provides expert analysis of emerging AI tools and their applications in family history.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established genealogy educators, researchers, methodology specialists, AI practitioners, and leaders or product experts from genealogy and family-history technology companies.

Required Achievements:

Leadership or senior professional roles at genealogy technology companies, Established genealogy education or research methodologies, Practical expertise applying artificial intelligence to genealogical or genetic-genealogy work

Recent Guest Discussions

Dave Vance - Next-generation Sequencing, Genetic Genealogy Testing, DNA Matching, Triangulation, And The Future Role Of Artificial Intelligence In Genetic Genealogy.

Nicole Elder Dyer - Applying The Research Like A Pro Methodology To Artificial Intelligence Tools For Transcription, Locality Research, And DNA Analysis.

Diana Elder - Applying The Research Like A Pro Methodology To Artificial Intelligence Tools For Transcription, Locality Research, And DNA Analysis.

Recent Topics

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Genetic Genealogy, Handwriting Recognition

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Family History AI Show

EP43: Ancestry's AI Stories, Model News, Scheduled Agents, Goodbye GPTs, AI Slowdown

September 25, 2026

This episode is sponsored by the Family History AI Show AcademyBeginning October 27, 2026, Mark and Steve are teaching Advanced Family History AI, the Level II course in their Family History AI series. The course is designed for genealogists with several months of experience using artificial intelligence tools who are ready to move beyond basic prompting to new tools and powerful techniques for researching and telling their family's story.Register for Mark and Steve's classes at:https://tixoo...

EP42: Summer Model Releases, Desktop Apps, AI Hacking Spree, and Handwriting Transcription

August 17, 2026

DescriptionCo-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little return from institute season to unpack a summer that reshaped the artificial intelligence landscape, beginning with the new model families from OpenAI and Anthropic and how to choose among them.The hosts then examine desktop artificial intelligence applications, which read and write files directly in a folder on your own computer, followed by Mark’s Tip of the Week on connecting ChatGPT Desktop to Excel to update one of his complex spreadshee...

EP41: MyHeritage Announces Scribe AI, Dave Vance Talks AI at FamilyTreeDNA, Full Text Search at Fold3, Wikipedia's AI Ban

April 06, 2026

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little open with a deep look at MyHeritage's new Scribe AI, a new AI tool that analyzes records, photographs, gravestones, and coats of arms and provides genealogy relevant research suggestions. It even works on your own photographs.This episode features an interview with Dave Vance, General Manager of Family Tree DNA, exploring how the hottest new genetic genealogy tests, provided by next-generation sequencing, deliver 400 times more genomic info than traditi...

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