Ancestry, the popular genealogy platform is set to launch a new newspaper collection database that utilizes AI to sort through print publications to help African Americans trace their ancestry.
The Ancestry database is entirely free, with an AI tool that filters through every name featured in articles before the 1900s and will contain details that are normally difficult to come across during personal, extensive research. Ancestry compiled a collection based on 38,000 articles between 1788 and 1867. The database draws on information from over 183,000 individuals and includes specifications like "names, ages, physical descriptions, and locations."
The AI-genealogy platform intersects newspaper collection technology with the ever-growing desire to unearth history and preserve personal roots, providing crucial insights that have shaped lives and will contribute to generations to come.