Family history, researched with rigour — and AI beside you.
I’m Carole McCulloch — genealogist, instructional designer, and founder of the Essential Genealogy Academy. I teach family historians to pair traditional research standards with AI tools, so the stories you tell stand up to the evidence.
Family history done well takes patience: parish registers, probate files, ship manifests, the slow cross-checking of one record against another. AI doesn’t replace that discipline. Used properly, it speeds the search, sharpens the transcription, and helps turn a bare census line into a story worth reading. That’s what I teach, and what this site is for.
- Learn — Essential Genealogy Academy
- Watch — AI Genealogist on YouTube
- Read — Next Gen Genealogy
- Book — Book a Presentation
Credentials: Diploma of Family History, University of Tasmania (2019) · Author, The Devon Kin Keeper · UK & Welsh research specialist · Teacher: Essential Genealogy Academy.
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