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AI-Powered Outlining: The Fastest Way for Family Historians to Start Writing
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How to write for real people (and not just the record)
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Why I Almost Gave Up on Writing My Family History
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Advanced ChatGPT tools every family history writer can use
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Writing with AI

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The Beginner’s Guide to AI Deep Research
What it is, when to use it, and the best tools for family history writers
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Denyse Allen
Advanced ChatGPT tools every family history writer can use
How Canvas, Project Folders, and customized GPTs can transform your writing (and research) workflow
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Denyse Allen
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I finally tackled my genealogy paper pile—here’s how I used AI
After years of avoiding it, I finally sorted through the papers I’d collected. Here’s how I organized everything, scanned the documents, and used AI to…
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Denyse Allen
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The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Perplexity AI for Family History
In this guide, we’ll explore what Perplexity is, how it works, a step-by-step example, and how you can use it to enrich your family history writing
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Denyse Allen
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My one AI prompt that will finally get you writing
The surprising reason your decades of research haven’t turned into a single written story—yet.
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Denyse Allen

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Why most genealogy education doesn't work
(And what finally helped me finish my stories)
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Denyse Allen
Turn years of research into stories in less than 10 days
Chronicle Lab opens this Friday with tools, templates, and support to get your first story done.
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Denyse Allen
Most beginning writers skip this step and regret it
If you’ve ever opened a blank page and just stared at it, this post is for you.
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Denyse Allen
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Behind the Scenes: My story-writing workflow, step by step
How I go from raw research to a finished story with help from AI and the STORI process
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Denyse Allen
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Substack Live: Making time for family history writing with Annette Gendler
Ideas and inspiration to write what matters to you about your ancestors.
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Denyse Allen
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Annette Gendler
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Writing rituals: how I show up and stay consistent
Shifting from “I have to write this” to “I get to spend time with my people” changed everything about my family history writing
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Chronicle Makers provides tools and frameworks for writing your family history, transforming raw research on ancestors into treasured stories.
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