GenTech Toolbox – Power Your Family History!

Digital tools are reshaping genealogy, making research faster and more engaging. The GenTech Toolbox Workshop Series gives you practical skills to strengthen your family history research—no tech background required.

Each month, a different Toolmaster demonstrates real-world applications of both free and subscription-based tools of benefit to genealogists, with special attention to emerging AI technologies.

Captions available for all live and On Demand sessions.

Live & On Demand Workshops

Organizing Your Data, Files, and Research Life

Are you doing everything you can to organize and safeguard your genealogical research? Your documents? Your data? Your scanned images? Learn simple, effective ways to file and manage your materials—and take control of your research life so your hard work doesn’t get lost to time or technology.

Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi’s List


Live workshop (+recording):
19 November 2025

ON DEMAND: From Chaos to Clarity: Organizing DNA Matches with Clusters

Sorting through endless DNA match lists can often feel overwhelming. In this hands-on workshop, learn the logic of grouping cousins, practice organizing matches into clusters, and discover how these groups can confirm relationships or reveal missing ancestors in your family tree.

Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD


Available for purchase until:
21 December 2025

ON DEMAND: Power Prompts: Strong Prompts Matched to the Right Model for Genealogical Tasks

Use AI with confidence in your genealogy research. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to prompt effectively, choose the right tools, and leave with strategies and templates you can use right away.

Steve Little


Available for purchase until:
24 November 2025

ON DEMAND: Hands-On AI for Family History Writing: Prompts & Practice

Learn to craft specific prompts and engage in productive conversation with AI to help with every writing stage—from overcoming writer’s block to improving organization and flow and polishing your final draft. 55-page workbook included with purchase!

Kimberly T. Powell, AG


Available for purchase until:
31 October 2025