This series of posts focuses on an A-Z theme for April in 2025.
In this Zone I chose events that occurred On This Day in April of years in the past.
On this day - 30th April
1892 - Birth: Mary Agnes O'DEA, Terowie, South Australia 2nd cousin once removed
1907 - Birth: Julia Catherine “Kit” HORGAN, Jamestown, South Australia 2nd cousin once removed
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During April I have written about family events that occurred throughout April across the years.
A - Associate Names and Places surnames Meaney and Callery
B - The Building Blocks Lucy Elizabeth James 1847 -1877
C - Collect and Collate Catherine Frances O'Dea 1885 - 1959, Johanna Horgan 1883 -1978
D - Dive in and Deliver the Details Mary Julia Horgan 1909 -1950
E - Evidence in many forms Francis Leo Payne 1902 -1944
F - Finding Families Timothy Thomas Hogan 1864 - 1931
G - Generations and Geography John Stephens Eddy 1891 -1954
H - H for Heritage Elizabeth Ann Hogan 1914 -1973
I - I for Identification Barbara Clarke 1820 -1878
J - J for Journey Alice Rose Eddy 1890 -1915, Anne Josephine Horgan 1917 - 2002
K - K for Kinship Jacob James 1822 -1904
L - Learning through Family connections Edward Andrew Callery 1900 -1985
M - Mapping out the families Daniel Horgan 1843 -1916, William Stirling 1838 -1920
N - Noting the Details John Smyth 1824 -1870, Daniel Horgan 1880 -1919
O - Organising Records Hannah Olive O'Dea1912 -2013, John Horgan 1875 - 1942
P - Preservation of stories, documents and photos Bridget Mary Crotty 1840 -1940
Q - Queries and Questions Catherine "Kit" Callery 1909 -2002 , Dominic McInerney
R - Research reveals the details James Leo Byrne 1899 -1969
S - Seeking Sources Peter Dominic Smyth 1887 -1903, James Leo O'Leary 1891 -1969
T - T for Timelines
U - Uncovering the Stories Andrew Michael O'Leary 1849 -1920
V - Voices from the Past David Crosbie 1820 -1859, Phoebe Horgan 1912 -2012
W - Writing their Stories Margaret Veronica Horgan 1907 -1999
X - Extracting the Details Edward John Horgan 1908 - 1992
Y - In Years gone by Christopher Gerald Horgan 1886 -1954
Z - The Family History Zone, data gathered
ChatGPT assisted with analysis of data and created this Timeline chart. This is for some of the individuals mentioned above.
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| Timeline chart created by ChatGPT |
Hannah Olive O'Dea | 101 years
Bridget Mary Crotty | 100 years
Phoebe Horgan | 100 years
Johanna Horgan | 95 years
Catherine Callery | 93 years
Interesting to note that the data I used had 13 Females and 16 males, a reasonable balance across just one month of the year.
How interesting that you wound up with an approx 50% gender split. That timeline is fantastic and I especially love that you included the big events timelines for context. You’ve certainly got some longevity in your DNA. Congratulations on a clever theme for A to Z, and for rexhing the end zone!
ReplyDeleteI can see I really need to learn about ChatGPT especially doing something like this. Just as well I know an expert ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your many comments throughout April, I wrote most of the posts in advance except for the last six. Life intervened so it was a bit of a rush in the end, hence the use of "chattie"
DeleteCongratulations on completing the challenge.
ReplyDeleteLots of longevity genes in your tree.
I really like the timeline, can you please share the prompt you used.
Hi Anne -Prompt was : I have recently written some short pieces about the people whose names follow. Please look at the data which includes birth year followed by death year and suggest some ways to analyze the data.
DeleteI then pasted in the data from my spreadsheet. ChatGPT returned with 7 detailed suggestions of which I chose a couple. With further discussion it then suggested "Would you like me to create a timeline chart showing when these people lived compared to the major events?" to which I replied yes please but remove the US civil war as none of those folks lived there. It then produced that image.
Many thanks
DeleteThose old girls won the age race. Fascinating use of AI.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on yet another successful month of sharing your stories.
Thanks for all your comments throughout the series.
DeleteThis is so interesting Carmel. I loved you timeline and the stats you've highlighted. You've given me an idea for a post. I will link to you, when/if I get around to it. Well done on completing the challenge. Your posts have been a highlight of my blog reading.
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